mop lables

[Solo]

Could we add the town names to the portals inside the mop? this would help a lot, thx

 

[Ikaa|LoveYums]

Maps are clientside, so feel free to add labels to them all you wish.

 

[Wesell]

You can add labels and stuff to your maps you know.

 

[Tarutao]

Well... maybe he means something like rename the NPC from "Portal" to "Sadri Malath Portal" or something? That'd actually be nice.

 

[robopirateninja]

Or even a portal wizard of an appropriate race would help.

edit:

Maps are clientside, so feel free to add labels to them all you wish.

does this mean there is no longer any official map pack? I remember back when I started you could download one from the main page that had sod zone names in it. It would be a shame if new players had to make their own from scratch these days.

 

[Ikaa|LoveYums]

There is a map pack, sure. As it does not get updated every time there is a change, my post was an invitation for users to help themselves, as its done rather easily.

Or even a portal wizard of an appropriate race would help.

Eh.. 2 reasons not to. 1, it would mean force loading models into the MOP that are not there, such as shadow dwarves. 2, the MOP is a place of wild magic.. nothing really lives there for its own safety. This same reason (wild magic) is why the NPC portals should remain "portal" and not "portal to erudin" or whatever. They exist, but no one knows what force controls them. We dont question why they work, just know that they do, and we traverse the mansion at our own risk.

Honestly, is it that hard to open your map tool and add a label?

 

[Cinn]

They exist, but no one knows what force controls them. We dont question why they work, just know that they do, and we traverse the mansion at our own risk.

UNTIL THE AHKEVANS COME BACK AND HAVE A CONVENIENT BACKDOOR INTO EVERY BRANCH OF OUR CIVILIZATION AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

:tinfoil:

 

[Ponden]

Ahhhhhhhhhhh

 

[Dzillon]

http://shirotaku.free.fr/vexthal.txt
(hope I don't get banned :tinfoil: )

 

[Nepentheia]

Could we add the town names to the portals inside the mop? this would help a lot, thx

Do you perhaps mean that for each portal inside the Mansion of Portals, instead of seeing the name "Portal", you would see the destination location of that portal--for instance-- the name "Sadri Malath Portal" for the portal which takes a person to Sadri Malath?

Or are you referring to the labels on the Mansion of Portals map?

Not entirely sure exactly what you are requesting.

 

[Solo]

Well... maybe he means something like rename the NPC from "Portal" to "Sadri Malath Portal" or something? That'd actually be nice.

indeed.. like how the portals are labled in the rust

 

[Tarutao]

The MOP is a place of wild magic

Yeah... I suppose the Akhevans wouldn't have labelled them, and they'll be using all of them to kill us soon enough. (no sarcasm, actually)

 

[Llanoldar Lluindar]

This same reason (wild magic) is why the NPC portals should remain "portal" and not "portal to erudin" or whatever. They exist, but no one knows what force controls them. We dont question why they work, just know that they do, and we traverse the mansion at our own risk.

Ah, but we know that they work, so why shouldn't we remember that this portal usually goes to Erudin and that portal usually goes to Sadri Malath?

Are the names of NPCs their own names or the ones that we give them?

I think that names of destinations should be added to the portals in MoP not because they are by definition the portal to those places but because we as people in the game world know what they do, and where they go.

 

[Finkk]

I can think of like 50 things that I'd rather the devs spend time on than changing the names of the portal models in MoP. They are all clearly labeled on the map that comes with the map pack (available on the wiki) with the exception of King's Pass. Learn how to use the cartography tools and be more self sufficient.

 

[robopirateninja]

Honestly, is it that hard to open your map tool and add a label?

I can think of like 50 things that I'd rather the devs spend time on than changing the names of the portal models in MoP. They are all clearly labeled on the map that comes with the map pack (available on the wiki) with the exception of King's Pass. Learn how to use the cartography tools and be more self sufficient.

Ikaa says it's pretty easy to do, so I don't think we will be missing out on new zones of content if the maps, or even the portals were relabeled accurately.

It's not a huge deal for those of us who have been around for a long time but for a new sod player who is struggling to learn new zone names and connections it certainly would help to have maps (and mop portals) labeled correctly.

 

[Gregor]

Even if your new it's not all that hard to use the map tool. If you go in said portal once your going to know how to mark it the next time your in the MOP. Of corse if the Dev's did spend the time to update the map pack some it would in the very very super early stages of a new players life here a bit easier.

But most of all I vote Tyrone as having the absolutle best all time sig in all of SOD's history or future. =)

 

[Waldoff]

This is not a bad idea but is one of those things filed in the "When we have a few spare hours that wouldnt be better spent on ikisith/deity quests" category. For now use the map pack or the online mop labels here.