Good maps are a lot of work, and we rely on people to make them -- it's not like EQ2MAP has paid staff that sits around making maps all day.
A lot of the zones in SF are very complex, with multiple level, lots of detail, etc. That means it takes folks a while to make maps. Once someone has actually made a map that works, gm9 usually gets it up on the updater within a day or two.
There is a bandwidth cost for if we change a map file (after all, everyone that uses the updater is then downloading a new version of the file). This means we're not going to put a partially-finished map up immediately, especially when the author indicates they are still working on it. The code for many of the maps gets posted in the threads before they go to the auto-updater, so you can always manually download and add a semi-complete map.
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Last edited by lordebon : 04-23-2010 at 10:53 PM.
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