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"don" <don@no.spam> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:42C95604.E91D13BB@no.spam...
> I've always thought that it was just an excuse when they said the true
> 3D nature of the game made it impossible to have an in-game map.  When
> this came up in the past, people have given examples of other "true 3D"
> games that had maps.
>
> I remember using the fly cheat to go up as high as you can, and you can
> see much of the layout from that vantage point.  It's not quite the same
> as a map, but it can help you get oriented if you've gotten confused.


a 2D map with a birds view would be most likely very, very confusing and
frustrating. Imagine a building with several stories, but how should the map
code seperate them from each other ? for the game it's all only brushes (
resp. polygons), the game does not really have criteria to interpret the map
structure like a human does.
in birds view you would see through several stories at the same time without
knowing which detail belongs to which level.  there are lots of  wall
stuctures or map objects which are made of the same material as the rest of
the map .... generators, machines, inventory.
the map won't be able to recognize what the structures are intended to be
and how to seperathe each from other and how to show the details that are
most relevant for navigation ( main wall / floor structure ). you would see
a horrible mess of connected lines in your map, that's all.

try this: decompile a Quake map which was made by someone else and look at
it in the editor. I did sometimes. even with three different views it is
nearly impossible to get an idea what the map structure really is like. most
of the time I need the OpenGL preview window which shows the map like the
game itself does to find my way through and finally localize the deatails
that are of interest.