Delete the garbage

[timrs2001]

There really should be someone who can go through all of the add on packs that are posted and delete the crap ones that don't work or are just lousy. Nothing worse than downloading and opening them to find out the author put no effort into them.

[N104]

Yeah, I've thought about that before. The thing is, there's roughly 1800 attachments in Mission Sharing. And each attachment could have between 1 - 15 maps in it. So it could be quite a task going through them and then determining which maps are "good" and which maps are "bad".

[timrs2001]

I would offer to help if there's a way that I can.

[N104]

If you run across any such bad maps, feel free to post about it on this topic and I can look into it

[timrs2001]

Okay. Will do. There's a ton of them. I'll make notes and let you know.

[SeC]

I could as well offer my hand here too with the map testing

[timrs2001]

Let's do it then. Go through and download and test and make a note of the substandard ones and we'll post our lists here.

[SeC]

Alright, I'll keep a running list on this post as I play through the maps. Just so you know, I'm working bottom up.If you are unsure why I listed a map here, just ask.

4 Replicators Level V1.2 by kazmaz1
http://warfareincorporated.com/xyzzy/viewtopic.php?t=5107&highlight=replicators

BATTLE SHRINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! by will3175
http://warfareincorporated.com/xyzzy/viewtopic.php?t=3192&highlight=

Death Valley by iDude
http://warfareincorporated.com/xyzzy/viewtopic.php?t=4474&highlight=

test war by dialga
http://warfareincorporated.com/xyzzy/viewtopic.php?t=7468&highlight=

Warfare Incorporated version 0.2
http://warfareincorporated.com/xyzzy/viewtopic.php?t=1737&highlight=

City Defence 3
http://warfareincorporated.com/xyzzy/viewtopic.php?t=6170&highlight=

The New Planet (2 of em)
http://warfareincorporated.com/xyzzy/viewtopic.php?t=4198&highlight=
http://warfareincorporated.com/xyzzy/viewtopic.php?t=4192&highlight=

[timrs2001]

Do you want to go from the top on the add on mission list as they appear on our device and I'll start from the bottom? That will be a lot of scrolling I guess but it should work.

[timrs2001]

Sorry. I just realized that you're doing bottom up. I'll start from the top then.

[N104]

You can sort the add-ons pack list by title, number of players, and number of missions. Those rearranged lists can also be inverted. At the top of the download mission pack form, tap "Title", "Players", or "Missions" to sort the list as such.

As long as you give the mission's title and the title of the pack it is in, it won't be difficult to find.

Chances are, most (but not necessarily all) of the garbage maps will be in single-mission-packs. So I would look there first instead of downloading packs with 15 missions and attempting to play all of them.

[timrs2001]

Sorry. Me again. Last post today, I swear.
What criteria should we use for garbage? Obviously if the map crashes or if there is nothing but a black screen that's a good reason.
What about if we have a huge fogged map and there is only one unmoving Dominion or a couple of soldiers doing nothing hiding in a corner and that's it? These maps are a waste of time, don't you think?
Or if you finally kill everything after an hour and there are no objectives and the game doesn't end? I hate doing a big battle and having to abort after all of my effort.
N104!!!, what do you think?
One line of thought is that even if we hate a map and we think it sucks perhaps someone did put genuine effort into it and is proud of it?

[N104]

timrs2001 wrote:

Sorry. Me again. Last post today, I swear.

Haha there's not a post limit

timrs2001 wrote:

What criteria should we use for garbage? Obviously if the map crashes or if there is nothing but a black screen that's a good reason.

Yes, if the map isn't playable for some reason (such as the human player having no units) or the map crashes (which rarely happens) then it's probably garbage. Also, every map should have some way for the human player to win (and lose too), so if you run across a map with no end-mission triggers for the human side, that's probably garbage too.

timrs2001 wrote:

What about if we have a huge fogged map and there is only one unmoving Dominion or a couple of soldiers doing nothing hiding in a corner and that's it? These maps are a waste of time, don't you think?
Or if you finally kill everything after an hour and there are no objectives and the game doesn't end? I hate doing a big battle and having to abort after all of my effort.

If you think the map is a waste of time but you aren't sure, feel free to still post its title and pack title. I'll review your list and look at the map's quality before removing it from the add-ons list

[timrs2001]

Okay, thanks for the wise words.

[timrs2001]

I was really digging this one ReclaimBase by idioticfuse. It's really well done and lots of action. However, when I've killed everyone and destroyed everything it doesn't end. Shame.

[SeC]

I'm personally judging based on faulty triggers (mission doesn't end, thing that should work (like a replicator) doesn't,) as well as if it is excessively easy, or impossible.

[N104]

timrs2001 wrote:

I was really digging this one ReclaimBase by idioticfuse. It's really well done and lots of action. However, when I've killed everyone and destroyed everything it doesn't end. Shame.

I checked it out. It looks like the mission is attempting do execute some triggers after the end-mission trigger. This generally causes an app crash.

[timrs2001]

This one is really well done but when I finished the Defending Help section the game crashes and won't go to the next one. Too bad.

[timrs2001]

This one has a lot of great gameplay but has several glitches at the end of a couple of the levels. With work it could be great but presently buggy.

[timrs2001]

Are the servers for multiplayer games gone? When I start up one of the add-ons with multiplayer it kicks an error.

[scottlu]

It should work. It's not working?

[timrs2001]

scottlu wrote:

It should work. It's not working?

Not for me. I'll keep trying.

[timrs2001]

I've done everything I'm supposed to and drained all of the galaxite but it won't finish the level. I sit in one spot and every few minutes some enemies appear out of nowhere. I kill them and it wait until it happens again.

[timrs2001]

Have a look at this one guys. It seems a little unfair to me. There's one level in it where I'm supposed to run like heck to the other end but no matter how fast I go a swarm of enemies form around me and I die.
Not fair.

[timrs2001]

Another one that starts out great but doesn't end when all is done. Have a look.

[timrs2001]

I've done everything in the Landing chapter but it won't end.

[SeC]

I recommend you do similar to what I'm doing and posting all the maps that don't work on one thread and just edit as you find more. That way it'll cut down on excessive posting

[galm]

N or Scott is there any way for you guys to just filter the maps and group together ones that have literally never been played? I'm not sure if you would have that kind of info recorded anywhere though.

[timrs2001]

I'll use this post right here to edit and add missions that I find to be looked at and possibly deleted. Okay N104!!! ? This is the post to watch.


War of the worlds part I: OMNI strikes back - second part of this doesn't end.

Added Feb 2 2:04 pm: Delta1 map oack: oNly 2 mAps! by delta1 (that's the way it's listed) - The rounds never end. The other colours just sit there for you to kill them.

Added Feb 2 4:09 pm: Practice Challenge Maps Pack - hey N104!!!, this pack could be awesome if there was more to it. Now it's just kind of pointless isn't it?

Added Feb 2 7:34pm - River Break by Da Dealer doesn't work at all for me.

Added Feb 2 11:22 pm - OMNI Campaign V3 Save the Bases - I hate those unending enemies that appear out of nowhere and never stop. I defended the base for 10 minutes as I was supposed to but it didn't stop.

Added Feb 2 11:29pm - War Betta OX 1-2. Another never ending 2 levels and a third that just doesn't work at all.

Added Feb 3 12:50 pm - Part one of ACME vs OMNI vs ???EARTH???: by OMNI God- The Intel Gathering level never ends. I was able to finish the New Ideas level but Red Planet lets me kill everything except for ONE little thing in the bottom right corner that is under the preview screen. I can't kill whatever it is.
EDIT - There are actually 2 versions named exactly the same thing. The second one Red Planet doesn't have that hidden enemy but Intel Gathering level still doesn't end. Both versions of this add-on are flawed.

Added Feb 3 4:43 pm - a map that suks by kingmeofme. (It does suck. He was right. There's nothing there)

Added Feb 3 11:28 pm - Sam by Sam - it says to kill the red to win but doesn't end when I do. The other 3 untitled levels in the pack are nothing but a blank screen.

Added Feb 4 4:00 pm - Blackwolf mappack by Blackwolf has nothing on the screens when you load them up.

Added Feb 4 4:45 pm - Independence Day by SSolid - great map and fun right up to the end. It says to destroy the other bases but when we have done so it doesn't show that we have and the game doesn't end.

Added Feb 4 4:50 pm - desert assault on omni by Jo jobob. I try to play these and the game crashes.

Added Feb 4 6:20 pm - Zombies, The Apocolypse - The first map is good but the second doesn't end.

Added Feb 4 6:40 pm - The Final Battle by Techno Child doesn't end. All enemies are dead but nothing else to do.

Added Feb 6 2:45 pm - Wk: Escortment - it wants us to get the bull pup to the exit but there doesn't seem to be an exit.

Added Feb 6 4:40 pm - MOM: Timer. Not a fair map at all. Impossible to win.

Added Feb 6 5:30 pm - This is an ALL OUT MASSACRE MAP - another level that doesn't end when all the enemies are dead.

Added Feb 6 9:10 pm - Lost Colony by gmaker55- Another one starts off great but never ends. The eternal regenerating enemy in the top left never stops coming. Gets tiring after a while.

Added Feb 7 11:38 pm - 3 side war- Grass by alfex. Another one that is a great map that never ends. The bad guys are all dead. Nothing left to do.

Added Feb 7 11:49 pm - Omni dies by Rahul006 - another pointless one that doesn't end when the baddies are all gone.

Added Feb 8 1:00 pm - X MEN by daddy lowks - Not a bad map but it never ends. All of the enemies are gone but game doesn't end.

Added Feb 9 10:30 am - sand warfare by clutch300 - A few bad guys to kill but really a boring map. It doesn't end when the bad guys are gone. Plus. A huge area under fog of war in the top right corner that we can't get into any way just annoys me.

Added Feb 9 10:40 am - RINGO MASSACRE!!! - Man I HATE when there is one building that is at the very bottom right of the screen that I can't get to and kill because of the little map box!

Added Feb 9 4:15 pm - Man, Lil Earl by Rodney192 started out so well but alas, it doesn't end.

Added Feb 9 11:47 pm - The Path by Slash 666 - pointless map. Nothing to do. There are 2 huge sections on either side of the map that we can't even get to. Frustrating.

Added Feb 10 7:10 am - t7 by dialga - A whole bunch of troops and tanks with nothing to kill or anything to do. Nothing here.

Added Feb 10 7:40 am - first lvl by simas540- no one to fight. Enemy bases just sit there waiting. Boring.

Added Feb 10 8:50 am - QAA3 by dialga [AT]Mission3-The Artifact - Another one with that last little power generator in the bottom right corner that we can't get to and kill. :-/

Added Feb 12 1:30 pm - Protection from Devestation v1.1 - by dws90 - Great level but doesn't end. One of the objectives is to capture the duplicator but there isn't one.

[scottlu]

galm wrote:

N or Scott is there any way for you guys to just filter the maps and group together ones that have literally never been played? I'm not sure if you would have that kind of info recorded anywhere though.

That's a great idea, *unfortunately* the record of past games played has been lost.

[galm]

timrs2001 wrote:

I'll use this post right here to edit and add missions that I find to be looked at and possibly deleted. Okay N104!!! ? This is the post to watch.


War of the worlds part I: OMNI strikes back - second part of this doesn't end.

Added Feb 2 2:04 pm: Delta1 map oack: oNly 2 mAps! by delta1 (that's the way it's listed) - The rounds never end. The other colours just sit there for you to kill them.

Added Feb 2 4:09 pm: Practice Challenge Maps Pack - hey N104!!!, this pack could be awesome if there was more to it. Now it's just kind of pointless isn't it?

Added Feb 2 7:34pm - River Break by Da Dealer doesn't work at all for me.

Added Feb 2 11:22 pm - OMNI Campaign V3 Save the Bases - I hate those unending enemies that appear out of nowhere and never stop. I defended the base for 10 minutes as I was supposed to but it didn't stop.

Added Feb 2 11:29pm - War Betta OX 1-2. Another never ending 2 levels and a third that just doesn't work at all.

Added Feb 3 12:50 pm - Part one of ACME vs OMNI vs ???EARTH???: by OMNI God- The Intel Gathering level never ends. I was able to finish the New Ideas level but Red Planet lets me kill everything except for ONE little thing in the bottom right corner that is under the preview screen. I can't kill whatever it is.
EDIT - There are actually 2 versions named exactly the same thing. The second one Red Planet doesn't have that hidden enemy but Intel Gathering level still doesn't end. Both versions of this add-on are flawed.

Added Feb 3 4:43 pm - a map that suks by kingmeofme. (It does suck. He was right. There's nothing there)

Added Feb 3 11:28 pm - Sam by Sam - it says to kill the red to win but doesn't end when I do. The other 3 untitled levels in the pack are nothing but a blank screen.

Added Feb 4 4:00 pm - Blackwolf mappack by Blackwolf has nothing on the screens when you load them up.

Added Feb 4 4:45 pm - Independence Day by SSolid - great map and fun right up to the end. It says to destroy the other bases but when we have done so it doesn't show that we have and the game doesn't end.

Added Feb 4 4:50 pm - desert assault on omni by Jo jobob. I try to play these and the game crashes.

Added Feb 4 6:20 pm - Zombies, The Apocolypse - The first map is good but the second doesn't end.

Added Feb 4 6:40 pm - The Final Battle by Techno Child doesn't end. All enemies are dead but nothing else to do.

Hahaha that second one is by a friend of mine irl, thats amazing that it never worked.

[timrs2001]

Hey SeC are you still working on this? I've posted a stack of things but I'm not getting any feedback. Should I bother continuing? Lemme know lads.
Thanks.

[SeC]

sorry man I've been busy with school, and other distractions. My fault. Yeah definitely continue, I'll update my list with a coupla of maps later tonight.

[timrs2001]

Take your time bro. I'm slowing down I think anyway. I'm pretty busy too.
I didn't realize you have school. Focus on the important stuff.

[timrs2001]

I think I'm going to give this a break for a while. There are so many screwed up levels in there and it's going forever. It would be so nice if people too a look at their own levels and either deleted the junk or fixed them. It's sad.