I was going to ask this same question but forgot about it, I think a Hogsmeade retextured and changed to remove all HP assets and aspects would be great. I loved the vibe on Hogsmeade, I loved the snow.

I think changes that would be good will be replacing the underwater cave with a normal cave, I think it would be a great area for PVP and dark force RP. 

I think the overall texture of the map should stay the same, I do not want a forgotten school wasteland as Hogsmeade. Warner Bro's do not own the rights to a township or snow.

Huge +1

they can reuse the map without changing anything bc it looks nothing like the hogsmeade from the movies

Hello again fellow gommers!

I think that there is an opportunity to use Hogsmeade because frankly it’s better than dead space and you can take out the HP add ons and stuff, just a little work and we have SBS’s best map ever made in use.

Apart from that I really hope there’s some color on the main map when it comes out… getting on feels quite dull on this temporary map because of how lifeless it looks.

Thank you Gommers for all of your lovely input!

or maybe don't make the map that's supposed to be a more viable option all desert and wasteland themed, and actually add life to it. add the grass texture again and some super simple background sounds ez. it's worse than the fortnite chapter 2 map!!!!!

I mean, majority of the assets for Hogsmeade were thrown down the drain like everything else, so I feel like it would be more of a burden to revitalise that map into something usable (what with placing potion ingredients, setting spawn-points, changing textures, geometry etc etc) than rather just wait it out with what we have currently to get the actual map. 

The more time that is spent making maps that are only temporary, the more time is delayed to actually get the proper map.

Besides, thought most people hated that map?

Quote:or maybe don't make the map that's supposed to be a more viable option all desert and wasteland themed, and actually add life to it. add the grass texture again and some super simple background sounds ez. it's worse than the fortnite chapter 2 map!!!!!

(I also think the desert/wasteland style was done to fit the easy and accessible base gmod textures and assets which are available, as well as just trying to put it together as quickly as possible so that more time could be focused on the proper map.)

Dawg I just want it to not be sbs_forgotten_school

the point of a forgotten school is it is forgotten. But it's clearly not when we are on it 92% of the time

(10-11-2022, 09:30 AM)Etlenor Wrote: or maybe don't make the map that's supposed to be ... desert and wasteland themed... it's worse than the fortnite chapter 2 map!!!!!

It's completely unacceptable we still use this map regularly. It may be a meme. But this meme is very real. Very unamerican. 
logging on seeing sbs_forgotten_school:

[Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KquFZYi6L0]

Stipping the Hogsmeade map will take time out of the needed time to make the map Shy is making as he's shown the progress of in the h'ween post even. the new map layout looks way better and more fluid for RP by the looks of it. they're hoping for early 2023 however side tracking will make it longer.