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I'm wondering which maps were developed and built first. I was curious if the .DAT has indications of this.
External link →I'm wondering which maps were developed and built first. I was curious if the .DAT has indications of this.
External link →Definitely Queensdale, the first tests they made were prototyped in GW1's engine and traces of it can still be found in the dat file of GW1.
Most of it revolved around the garrison and farms near Shaemoor and some of the NPC's even made it over to GW2.
You can also find some really old Garrison map textures in GW2's dat file.
That seems correct. Queensdale was originally prototyped in GW1 and then was rebuilt in GW2. Pretty sure the human starter zone was among the first maps, though an art lead could confirm that.
Also, any of the content that we showed off in early demos is arguably the oldest stuff in the game, dating back more than a decade. If you find old YouTube vids from PAX and Gamescom you'll see what I mean.
Definitely Queensdale, the first tests they made were prototyped in GW1's engine and traces of it can still be found in the dat file of GW1.
Most of it revolved around the garrison and farms near Shaemoor and some of the NPC's even made it over to GW2.
You can also find some really old Garrison map textures in GW2's dat file.
Definitely Queensdale, the first tests they made were prototyped in GW1's engine and traces of it can still be found in the dat file of GW1.
Now I want to go into GW1 dev to see if I can load into that test map after all these years. I have no idea if it's still in there but I'm dying to find out.