I would like to put this in a separate topic not to derail the time trial thread.
in another topic greaserpirate {l Wrote}:bonifarz {l Wrote}:As the number of maps in the trial pack gets pretty large, I felt the wish to find maps via preview images more quickly.
Wow, nice work!
This would be really useful ingame, and even more useful in Sauerbraten.
qreeves {l Wrote}:That's actually an excellent idea, and could help solve some of the issues with our current map/vote menu. Voting tends to need swift action to ensure everyone has ample time to vote, and the biggest delay at the moment is scrolling that map list.
I have experimented a bit more with this and come up with an ugly hack of the maps.cfg. Technically, this one should be functional, yet it gives an alias error i cannot resolve, but only for the first time you pick a mode.
maps.cfg- executing this will override the map selection menu (F2)
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- maps.cfg.diff
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These are the changes i made:
- replaced the map selection list with a grid of tiles, 5 images per line
- demos use the old list style
- the selected map can be added to or removed from the favorites via a button
- added a search box to show matching map names below the tiles. An empty string will show all map names.
- The custom map checkbox should now recognize existing maps and give a preview accordingly.
- Added buttons for mastermode 1/2. The checkboxes i first tried do not really make sense.
