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[Anti98]

So okay it seems that nobody will actually be keeping any maps from what I see on BNet (unless you do actually keep them)
Every time you log out you have to re-download melee maps you want to play.
SO! I was wondering if anyone would happen to know if when the editor comes out during beta will our maps that we start stay? or be wiped when the actual release comes out?
Just something that is bugging me :O
Wondered if anyone knew

 

[Vengeancekael]

no i think you will be able to keep your map and continue it with the full version.

 

[Hero_Lief]

Uhm, every map you have stays with you... There's a maps folder now in your My Documents folder under another folder called "StarCraft II Beta". There is also a maps folder that appears during play in your "C:/Program Files/StarCraft II Beta" folder, but that's a temporary folder for scripting and such and does not actually contain the map.

 

[Anti98]

Uhm I dont know about you but when I open that maps folder I only find a cache folder and they contain a "hardtile.bin" everyone one of them and ive opened it and I only see like SOH NUL NUL NUL NUL... etc
Not very mappy to me, though I could be wrong
Do melee maps just not stay with you?

 

[MGCǂSpectre]

The maps are in 2 folders:

User\AppData\Local\Blizzard Ent\Bnet\Cache - the actual maps numbered f34f34f4349389093 and the Documents\SC2\Cache\Maps\ which caches the maps that you have played. In other words, Documents\ doesnt matter cause the file can appear there any time you play the map. You need to keep your s2ma file. But before the GE is out, it's hard to tell for sure how a saved map filr will look, I guess it is the ones in User\AppData\...

 

[Hero_Lief]

I don't know... Perhaps they'll be saved under the Mods folder? We'll just have to wait and see.

 

[Anti98]

that would be an odd place lol
Well if you think about it this would stop other people trying to post other peoples maps up and attempting to take credit, uhm I heard they r adding libraries to map editing so multiple people can work on maps at once and having the map on bnet and uploading the changes seems more logical then anything else I can think of.
I think it would attempt to stop hacking of maps
Idk just tossing ideas out I could just be blind and not be able find the actual maps

and Edit: I reread TheTerran's post I see it
but its confusing cuz it has SMV SML and SMH
and are those seriously all maps? each folder?

 

[Hero_Lief]

Well, all I know is that maps save under the s2ma filename. I believe I once saw a maps folder in base.SC2Assets, but can't confirm as I'm on linux atm.

 

[Thalassicus]

I find it rather puzzling they store the game data in at least 3 different locations, possibly more as yet undiscovered.

 

[Anti98]

lol yeah its a little drawn out
But ok! So I was thinking! If you can buy maps why would they let you permanently keep them on your computer that would just be screaming SHARE ME! SHARE ME! IM FREE
So why not let Bnet handle all of the map holding and just upload it to you?

 

[Hero_Lief]

lol yeah its a little drawn out
But ok! So I was thinking! If you can buy maps why would they let you permanently keep them on your computer that would just be screaming SHARE ME! SHARE ME! IM FREE
So why not let Bnet handle all of the map holding and just upload it to you?

As I've stated in other threads.
You can buy maps and keep them on your computer.
If you log in as you, the person who baught the map, then you can play it.
If you log in as someone else, who hasn't yet baughten the map, they can't play it.
If you log in as someone ELSE, who HAS baught the map but not on your computer, they can play it without purchasing it again.

Buying a map really counts as buying a license to it. With that license you can play it wherever, it just so happens that it downloads to play it, but you can't take advantage of that.