Note - this is now included in SCP, do not use unless you know what are doing.


so as we all know, Rickenbacker lacks proper maps, probably because of the time constraints. and it would be really nice to have them created - if available, we could implement them in SCP.

-must fit the general SS2 map aesthetics.
-must be reasonably accurate.

I stand by my opinion that automapping rick1 in any sort of useful way is basically impossible. It's sliced into so many layers that to fit every layer into the map window they would all have to be ridiculously small. Rick2 and rick3 are the opposite-- they're so tiny that you don't even need a map.

The horror...

1. Not technically possible (the player position marker is hardwired for X/Y coordinates)
2. Would be pretty much useless even if it could be done

we don't know unless we try. and it's not like we are getting spammed by tons of user made Rick maps anytime soon.

This is my best attempt at making this happen:









Deck A is basically a giant cluster of insets, but instead of showing that in a standard way, I decided to seperate map into layers and only show specific "sub-insets" for each layer.
Something similar was done here: https://www.systemshock.org/index.php?topic=2049

A few areas accessible by ladder are intentionally skipped which is not uncommon in vanilla maps anyway. I was even thinking about merging Nacelle B tunnels into one area intead of 3 - in current form it might be even more confusing with automap than without. Besides, I feel there's way too many numbers in the map already.
I tried to keep the style as close as possible to original, so I had to stick to several "rules" of layouting, which only made it more difficult to fit everything in. In the end the scale isn't that bad - Rec2 map has even smaller elements than this.

All rooms and markers are set in .mis files, so everything should work fine. I had to split a lot of room brushes into smaller boxes to match map segments. It's based on SCP maps, so SCP will be required to try it out.
I don't think new automaps are going to work in saves, so new game is also required, at least from my experience.

Overall it works much better during gameplay - even though Rickenbacker is very linear, uncovering new areas gives a nice sense of exploration - something I always liked in games with maps like this.
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what he said. based on beta4 maps, I would assume? //yes. also, if you are using SHTUP, the intrface folder from the archive needs to be copied there as well.

saves from before entering Rick for the first time should be fine.

yeah - pretty sure we'll want to release the next version of SCP sooner than Halloween this year.

yeah, because I've added the files directly to SCP, so SHTUP overrode (woah, that's an actual word) the new maps. should be ok as long as you use the maps as a standalone mod. anyway, it's nothing you would need to be concerned about, we will merge the files properly for the upcoming SCP/SHTUP release(es).

Ok, the typo in rick2 is fixed now.
I updated the attachment in my first post.

Your blueprints helped me get a sense of scale, especially for rick1. Thanks to that I was able to nail the scale in first try, otherwise if I made a mistake it would be very painful to redo everything  .

In the end I had to retrace all walls directly from missions, because there were some differences in the map vs the actual area where player can walk, e.g. the area around missile control room.
That was the fun part though, the worst was to divide room brushes into smaller chunks without introducing room errors  .

Holy crap that looks amazing!
I've downloaded the resource, but ummm, where do I stick it to get it working?