1.3's map sketches

[Onager1286]

I really hope that all of the maps in 1.3 will be updated with sketch maps that show moving teammates, like some were in 1.2. It was a very good idea that I was glad had been implemented in the new maps, but I was disappointed when I saw the old 1.1 maps unchanged. Hopefully...

[Buho]

One of the downsides to real-time maps is that they do not represent vertical levels (building floors) well. One particular mapper is working on a vertically oriented map, from what I've read here. I imagine a map for that level will be particularly frustrating....

Shouldn't this be under Suggestions or the Mapping forum?

[WildBill]

I thought there was a sketch map that showed multiple floors, but I could be wrong.

[-=V12US=-]

We'd also have to redownload all the levels

[BiG_D]

I'm on 56k here, I can't afford to have to re-download everything... The 1.2 patch was already too big.

[Machine]

Not a problem, get download accelerator, or a friend with cable! (Chainsaws is my friend whom I leech from)

[Onager1286]

All you would have to do is download 1.3, and I'm assuming you all want to do that...

[MrEricSir]

I thought there was a sketch map that showed multiple floors, but I could be wrong.

In the Thief games, yes. In Thievery, no.

[Curunir]

Download Accelerator = sux0r

[Apache{NAD}]

I use MetaProducts DownloadExpress 1.3 works like a dream and it is free/No Ads.

[KewlAzMe]

hell no.. Download Accelerator changed my life! if u dont like ads.. crack it.. either way..the spot where the ads were is still there.. so whats the big deal? the magic of DA is what made life worth living! and it auto configures Opera to work with it SWEET. Cable modem plus DA = 3x-5x faster than cable alone. I love you DA

[Apache{NAD}]

True but with DA you can only set-up like 11 connections with DE you can set-up 50 connections. Now that is sweet....

[KewlAzMe]

oooh really? maybe ill have to check that one out

[KewlAzMe]

Ok...just DL'd it...
Installed it..
Tried it.....
and.......
FAIL!

Only works with Microshit Internut Exploder. No good for us Opera users. Ill stick to the DA

Uninstalled.

But thanks for the info! 8)

[WildBill]

When servers go to divide bandwidth between clients, they dole it out equally among connections (occasionally with some bias in there for connection reasons). What these download accelerators do is connect multiple times, and try to fake the server into giving you more bandwidth than you should be getting. This has a few effects:

-Your download goes much faster
-Everyone else's download goes slower
-Servers only support up to so many connections, and once the slots are full, the server rejects download attempts. So with these accelerators, it is possible for a couple greedy people to own a reasonably sized server because each client appears as ten, or fifty, or a hundred.

I could list other reasons, but those are probably the main ones that don't require technical jargon. So realize that while these things help individual users, they hurt both the servers, other users, and the network in general. And as they are becoming common and popular now, they're going to start being blocked soon. And that's going to be even worse for everyone in the long run.