I'm going to regret this, i can feel it. This is something that, if there are people interested, will take over our lives, it's such a massive undertaking, but it'd be stupidly cool.
Do we have any game modders/mappers/etc among us?
I'm asking because i'm very much considering attempting to map out at least some of the city. I'm a total n00b at this, so i'll almost certainly need help if it's to progress at any sensible rate. I'm still undecided as to what game engine to do it in. Source seems like the obvious choice, because it's so powerful, but is it considerably harder to use than, for instance, the Q3 engine? or even the original HL engine?
Source is definitely going to be more able to deal with the scale of thing we're talking about here...
Can you imagine the sheer geeky pleasure of running around the trongate on your pc? or sniping someone in st enoch square from halfway up buchanan street? I'm not wanting to do this SPECIFICALLY for the gaming side of it, but it would be a nice bonus.
It would be very, very, VERY hard to do, and it'd be a hell of a lot of work, but man, just think about it. all the nooks and crannies... the BRIDGES!
imagine being here with a sniper rifle...
First though, i'll have to gauge interest, and see who's willing to help, and who actually has skills in this area.
3d modelling? graphics stuff?
Obviously a large part of it would be swanning about whichever area we choose, collecting photographs for textures, and for modelling's sake.
The more i think about it, the more work i think it'll be, and i know i'm STILL underestimating it, but come on, imagine it!
A large part of mapping for games is keeping it even. in most maps for objective-based games at least, you don't want one side to have any particular advantage, or everyone will want to go the allies or whatever. We don't have to worry about that aspect at least...
Come on then, who's as stupid as me and thinks we can actually pull some of this off?