Update older maps

[ionic grove]

As usual, loving the game! Just keeps going from strength to strength. My only suggestion is, what about updating all the old maps outposts? What I mean is, for a while now, all new maps have custom made outposts designed to look like the local area. Could it be done with the older maps? The I understand the art team don't have quite as much to do after a release. Maybe slowly rework old maps I'm between times? Don't touch the map, just the outposts. I think it would be awesome to walk through layton and see a lovely old log cabin......

[twin tide]

Time and money are only for the next new map

[worthy timber]

Oh, this is a fair and possible ask I was going to start a rant about how it's not fair to expect years of maps just get remade

[dreamy pier]

If it were possible, users wouldn't want to pay again for the same map since it won't be free.
The solution to this is the Seasonal Expansions; that way they could work on some improvements to the base map for that season.
https://discord.com/channels/393040947006406657/1224777679790669955

[idle kraken]

Gonna be honest I don’t see how that would help? It would make even more work for the devs as they would have to update the game far more often just to switch population numbers and animal locations around.

Plus I’m sure you’d hear so much griping from the grinders and herd management folks that: “My grind is ruined!”, “Noooo, my herd management!” “#$&* my zones are gone!”, and other far less polite things I’d assume.

[viscid timber]

Turning the game into a grind set is exactly what ruins the fun

I would totally want maps to be updated to reflect the current standard

[idle kraken]

I agree, I don’t grind and don’t bother with great ones, I just don’t see how creating “hunting seasons” for a single animal at a time helps update the maps

[dreamy pier]

The idea is to have two separate maps, for example, Layton Autumn (Current) and Layton Summer (New), same landscape, same plants, same render, only different foliage colors and seasonal species.
It's the only way to finance an upgrade to an old map, u pay for a "new old map"

[viscid timber]

Eh, I'd rather they just have it as a backburner project

[idle kraken]

I don’t see that going over very well with the current North America fatigue, plus I’ve seen a decent portion of the community tired of reused assets. Releasing a “new” map that’s just a different season for redone outposts and maybe a few remodels is gonna scream cash grabby to a lot of people (as much as I’d like to see said changes).

Also that’s not what the post you linked was about? The linked post talks about simulating seasons on one map not having separate maps?

[viscid timber]

I'd say just use the proceeds from other packs to update old stuff

Especially weapons. There's no reason the 45-70 should only have a capacity of 3

[idle kraken]

Not to mention the issues of the 10 gauge atm

[viscid timber]

The guns and the class system have a TON of issues that come from a remarkable and appaling lack of consistency

So, I'd like one update where they look at all the gun stats and see what's reasonable

[dreamy pier]

There are some threads missing, but it's one of the oldest requests...
Anyway, you answered your own question about why the maps aren't updated; nobody wants resources wasted on old or reused maps when a new one can be made.
All updates that modify (remove or add) new things to existing content require modification of the base game, a massive update that only happens twice a year, when new maps are released.

[twin tide]

I want to remove this camouflage netting because it is blocking my view, and I cannot aim and shoot at an animal properly.

We have to straighten this fixed stand, as it is a bit tilted.