It shows up in Noggit all nice and cool until I click on it which makes Noggit crash.
I tried to do it also by hand (avoiding the continent creator program) using the map.dbc extracted from patch-enGB-3.MPQ (should be the most recent version of the .dbc) and edited it with Taliis but it didn't show up in noggit then.
Anyway I am not trying to rush things but how about releasing a new version of the program? I read that there are critical bugs fixed already which would come really handy. A note to consider: frequent releases -> more users = more testers -> faster/more bug reporting -> faster development (less time spent on tracking down bugs) -> greater help than closed beta with a couple of people
Yea I know that anyone can apply for the test group but a known fact is that people are lazy in general which means even the smallest step required to get stuff discourages them from doing so. What I am saying there is that if the betas would be really public accessible(and not "semi-public" like now) then more people could volunteerly help to catch bugs.I gonna bitch a little more another strong point for releasing a new version is to avoid hundreds of topics like these continent error ones.
Well, if the approved tutorial is not working it IS related somehow to noggit. If there wouldn't be any error, we'd drown in custom user made maps already but that seems not to be the case. A fresh tutorial is required or a proper explanation why this is not working properly, even when it is done by hand.
I disagree with you on the user's part. I don't think the wow modders are made up of people who don't care about the editing programs they use. First off it is everyone's(developer+user) interest to have a bugfree program to use therefore reporting encountered bugs is not a favor to do, as long as there is a clear method doing it (I'd prefer a forum section where bugs can be posted as topics as opposed to the current bugtracker method [too "developerish"] ). I don't see a reason why would a user leave an annoying bug unreported when he bumps into it each time he uses the program. Even though I think modding wow requires a lot of understanding (thus expert people), there will be always newbies or people who simply don't understand things easily. To that end there should be a built in help menu or something, and a link pointing to this forum (even I had hard times finding this board) so people can get help easier and/or report bugs.What discourages people here is the pressure to report bugs. In a working community this shouldn't be needed as per the reasons explained above.
fact is that people are lazy in general which means even the smallest step required to get stuff discourages them from doing so
Also: All files should be read from the disk, no matter if ADT, WDT, BLP or XML. There should be no difference codewise
is everyone's(developer+user) interest to have a bugfree program
Then fuck up such people.