Test map section

[Alok]

Now that the Templates section was added, I thought that adding a Test map section too wouldn't be a bad idea. Test maps can be really useful for many things, and they can also help mappers and others. What do you think?

 

[Ralle]

Please define a test map. I'm feeling this is pastebin material.

 

[Alok]

Anything from spells to any kind of systems, anything customized or anything else that could be complex and useful enough put into a map for others to use and copy to their maps, or any maps that are made for testing something that are complex and useful enough (it would have to be less complex than other map types, still). You could make it a sub-section of Templates, if everything else is out of question. These kind of maps should be graded by usefulness, if it works or not, and complexity and would go either to the Test Maps section or to Substandard, based on those criteria. When it comes to pastebin, it isn't public.
These are examples: Testing Grounds - the map for the overview and testing of all units/buildings and their abilities, tech demo
Currently there is nowhere public to put these kind of maps on this site. They are neither playable nor terrain templates nor complex spells and systems the Spell section is for (by the way, the test maps from the Spell section can be put there too, and the test maps from the Tutorial section too), and are mostly less complex (they mostly can't be more complex anyway) than such maps, so they cannot be in the map section. Yet their usefullnesses can be numerous and they can help map makers copy something instead of making everything from scratch, or test something bigger without having to make their own big test maps.

 

[Shar Dundred]

World Editor Help Zone
Map Development
Triggers & Scripts
The Lab

 

[Ralle]

Yeah, I'm not feeling it. The resource sections are for mostly done resources. If you want feedback, there are the forums Shar Dundred mentioned. They seem pretty fitting for your needs.

 

[Alok]

I guess you could post them there just like I posted my test map in Warcraft Town Hall, but none of them are for that specific purpose.

 

[Shar Dundred]

but none of them are for that specific purpose.

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[Alok]

Discuss your developing maps. Release beta tests and get useful feedback before the final release. If your map is fully complete or is a late Beta, then it can be uploaded directly to our Maps Section. Otherwise, attach the map to your post. This is NOT a forum to ask questions about the Editor!

 

[Ralle]

Spells and Systems => The Lab
Maps => Map Development