So now that community maps are a thing

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Please add a map editor blizz! :weary:

Just think of the amount of creative content that the community would create, the game would become more sandbox like TF2 and CSGO

And it could also be cool if we could complete BP challenges on these maps

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It looks like they’ve already made a map editor, but only Influencers are allowed to use it.

The only excuse I’ll accept for that crime is that a map editor is going to go live very soon, and Influencers only got to use it first because they were being used to QA-test it.

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Based on the Twitch stream just before Xmas where we helped put this together, the tools are for internal use only and not only are they proprietary, the way their workflows, asset libraries etc work, it would require significant engineering effort from multiple teams, not just the OW2 dev teams to pull it off.

The workshop in-game was in development for over 3 years.

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We need something like Halo’s forge mode eventually IMO, it would make workshop custom games even more fun IMO.

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Nobody got access to anything. It was a Twitch stream done by Aaron, Dion and Andy where they took suggestions from Twitch chat polls etc. Happened just before Xmas and was open to anyone to watch.

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This map was made on Twitch by Aaron Keller with help from everyone who tuned in during our “Twitch Makes Overwatch” live stream last December, everyone voted on things we put into the map as it was created in a span of a few hours. It was really awesome to see.

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I tuned into that stream! Was super interesting to watch.

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that’s cool but can we get a map editor though

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Where have you been, brother? this forum is in desperate need of moderation.

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I’m very interested to see if the map gets polished and added officially depending on player feedback.
A Control map with a point at a higher elevation than the spawns could honestly be interesting.

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Craig please could we get any word on mouse and keyboard support for consoles?

Not really related but wanted to ask you because I know you supported this before


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Missing the point of this thread, Craig.

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Thank you for clarifying that, Craig. Will there be more events like this in the future?

If there are, where should we look for news about upcoming broadcasts? We’re all quite hungry for a map editor here in the forums, so the news that we missed our chance to actually participate in making one really whacked the beehive.

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I remember when Aaron loaded by mistake some PVE map haha

Unfortunately for us, he wasn’t sharing screen though. Almost got a glimpse

Fun stream. OW team, you should do more stuff like that.

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No single human can handle the mess that is OW forums.

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Give us a forge mode like Halo. Those empty custom game maps are pointless if you can’t place any objects in them. Make templates for each map type and let us go from there. There’s tons of potential for map making but as of now it’s too complicated for those who don’t know how to do workshop stuff.

This would instantly boost the custom game community and let it reach its full potential.

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Is this gonna be a trial run thing, given the map is only available for a limited time? I assume it’s a way for the design teams to give us a behind the scenes look at new maps, since it looks unfinished.

I really hope so - It’ll be nice to be able to have some sort of direct feedback into making maps. It looks very interesting, so far. We’ve never had a map that’s been quite so vertically large since Petra.

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It would be awesome if certain fan made maps became an official map, like in Counter-Strike.

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The trailer is very misleading then. That is not what people mean with “Community made maps”.

Give us an editor

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Is there any way the map will return later either permanently or temporarily? It makes for a great custom mode map by the looks of it :smile: