10-24-2010, 11:52 PM
Sounds interesting, and from some Googling I found that maps aren't really that big (couple of kilobytes, few megabytes at most). However, since the website and the gameserver run on different physical servers, the map has to be uploaded twice, once to the webserver and once to the gameserver. Not really a big deal with such small file sizes, but it is something to take in account because it adds extra complexity to the process.
I take it for granted that the user has to be logged in and the map should be linked to his/her account. Next to that, we need to add limits and add a "map manager" where people can delete maps too. Of course VIPs get higher limits and stuff. Talking about limits, a file size limit would be in place too, but I don't know how large a map can get. From what I saw through Google, I think a limit of 2.5 MB per file should be plenty. Other limits can be talked about.
So yeah, nice idea, and I'm all for it. However, I'd like to hear more opinions about this as well.
I take it for granted that the user has to be logged in and the map should be linked to his/her account. Next to that, we need to add limits and add a "map manager" where people can delete maps too. Of course VIPs get higher limits and stuff. Talking about limits, a file size limit would be in place too, but I don't know how large a map can get. From what I saw through Google, I think a limit of 2.5 MB per file should be plenty. Other limits can be talked about.
So yeah, nice idea, and I'm all for it. However, I'd like to hear more opinions about this as well.