Announcing the Maps Workshop Beta!
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So when this was released earlier, I thought it would be a place to upload maps that are finished. I've since seen some maps that are still in development. What's the general consensus on that? Are we using this as a way to easily distribute maps or as more of a showcase?
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Who knows how WE are going to use it. Personally, I think uploading mostly finished maps is a better idea as the general community doesn't always know what it is looking for (ahem ahem trade maps cough).
Congratulations.
You can pack all of the missions and stuff in, as long as it goes into the right directory it should be loaded on map start.
So, we investigated in chat for a bit.
Right now, it downloads the maps to Steam\SteamApps\workshop\content\440\<MAP WORKSHOP ID>. That map is already playable if you copy it over to the maps folder.
There currently seems to be no automatic sync with TF2, so you have to manually do that by typing tf_workshop_map_sync <MAP WORKSHOP ID>.
It will then be startable by typing map workshop/<ORIGINAL FILENAME>.ugc<MAP WORKSHOP ID> . There is currently no option to create a local game with that map without using the console, and autocomplete won't work (because of the subfolder, i guess.) So basically, it's working, but there are a few steps in between missing.
Right now, it downloads the maps to Steam\SteamApps\workshop\content\440\<MAP WORKSHOP ID>. That map is already playable if you copy it over to the maps folder.
There currently seems to be no automatic sync with TF2, so you have to manually do that by typing tf_workshop_map_sync <MAP WORKSHOP ID>.
It will then be startable by typing map workshop/<ORIGINAL FILENAME>.ugc<MAP WORKSHOP ID> . There is currently no option to create a local game with that map without using the console, and autocomplete won't work (because of the subfolder, i guess.) So basically, it's working, but there are a few steps in between missing.
It's ingame. Click on the workshop button (which your custom hud might or might not have.) There is a new button called Maps there when you submit a file.
yoseph
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I feel like I choose a pretty opportune time to get into this stuff! 
The thing I'm most excited about is being able to quickly and painlessly download custom maps via the workshop like in cs:go, that's probably one of the biggest dealbreakers when it comes to custom maps. That and valve being able to pick and choose maps from the workshop is pretty amazing too.
I wonder if this will lead into cs:go style "operations" with a group of temporary maps in a special operation map pool to play on. I would really love that.
The thing I'm most excited about is being able to quickly and painlessly download custom maps via the workshop like in cs:go, that's probably one of the biggest dealbreakers when it comes to custom maps. That and valve being able to pick and choose maps from the workshop is pretty amazing too. I wonder if this will lead into cs:go style "operations" with a group of temporary maps in a special operation map pool to play on. I would really love that.
I'm not sure if it was there before, but TF2Maps.net is featured on the 'About' page of the TF2 Workshop.
Edit: Sending this feedback to the TF Team:
TF Team:
First of all, as a mapper for Team Fortess 2, I want to sincerely thank you for the recent addition of the Map Workshop. That being said, I feel that many potential new mappers will go into Team Fortress 2, then open 'Workshop', then click on the 'Learn How' link. This link leads to:
http://www.teamfortress.com/workshop/
which doesn't have information regarding mapping for TF2. I see that the 'About' section of the TF2 Workshop does, and I was wondering if this information could at least be transposed to the above URL.
KubeKing4556
"KubeKing4556 #tf2mapworkshop"
Edit: Sending this feedback to the TF Team:
TF Team:
First of all, as a mapper for Team Fortess 2, I want to sincerely thank you for the recent addition of the Map Workshop. That being said, I feel that many potential new mappers will go into Team Fortress 2, then open 'Workshop', then click on the 'Learn How' link. This link leads to:
http://www.teamfortress.com/workshop/
which doesn't have information regarding mapping for TF2. I see that the 'About' section of the TF2 Workshop does, and I was wondering if this information could at least be transposed to the above URL.
KubeKing4556
"KubeKing4556 #tf2mapworkshop"
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We've been a sponsored community thing since they implemented the feature.
The feature being the Maps Workshop, the Workshop in general, or what else? I didn't mean that this wasn't up since the beginning of the Maps Workshop.
Back when they added communities as being designate-able money recipients for workshop items if the author so wishes to give back to someplace that helped them a lot.