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Author: | Bwah117 [ Sun May 16, 2021 2:56 am ] |
Post subject: | SSMS II Maps... |
Well...I certainly didn't expect the task to make maps of SSMS-II to take so long. To anyone waiting for the rest of the maps, I apologize, but "Real Life" snuck up on me. Truth be told, I've been having some health issues (nothing serious, mind you), so that's sapped some of my enthusiasm and drive to finish. As if that wasn't bad enough, my main hard drive started giving signals that it was dying, so I had to replace that hard drive. Unfortunately, cloning failed every time, so I was forced to *sigh* finally upgrade to Win10, on the new, replacement hard drive (it's...not as bad an OS as I've been led to believe, actually). Thankfully, I was able to copy EVERYTHING off my old HD (using an external USB enclosure), before it completely conked out. It took me about a week before I had restored all my programs and files, so that's one week I was unable to do anything map-related. Add to this the fact that SSMS-II has a large number of maps, and it became obvious to me that this wasn't going to be a quick little project. At least it hasn't been boring lately Now then, with that out of the way, let's get to the maps: Next, the items hidden throughout the maps. I've been very thorough and found everything Arcadia found in his/her FAQ, along with some extra things not mentioned there. That's not to say I've found *everything*, mind you, as there might be more hidden items, but at least all known items are now shown on the maps. If anyone finds any other items not shown on the maps, please post the name of the place, along with the item name, and where you found it. Like I said, I've been pretty thorough, but I just want to let everyone know that I'm not against updating any of the maps with new info, where necessary. Finally, some of the maps are...disturbingly large. The worst one, so far, has definitely been Crystal Castle, and that map took me the longest to finish due to the ridiculously large map size. Most of the maps are normal, just don't be surprised if you see a few huge maps. In the past, I've uploaded each map individually, so anyone can download only the maps they want. This time, however, I've also uploaded a single .zip file containing ALL the maps, so you only have to download one .zip file, instead of downloading 68 separate maps. Here they are (numbered, more or less, in the order in which you'll visit them): SSMS II Complete Map Pack https://www.mediafire.com/file/eyzyvpxw ... k.zip/file 00 - World Map [Dark] (Clean) https://www.mediafire.com/view/9nuyw2du ... 9.png/file 00 - World Map [Dark] https://www.mediafire.com/file/mkjleajl ... World+Map+[Dark].png/file 00 - World Map [Normal] (Clean) v2 https://www.mediafire.com/view/c0f3tcfu ... 2.png/file 00 - World Map [Normal] (Clean) v3 https://www.mediafire.com/view/7vj6ia4l ... 3.png/file 00 - World Map [Normal] v2 https://www.mediafire.com/view/w6arqzq5 ... 2.png/file 00 - World Map [Normal] v3 https://www.mediafire.com/view/48hgu4r6 ... 3.png/file 01 - Cave of Ordeal https://www.mediafire.com/view/14sslyq0 ... l.png/file 02 - Grangram Castle https://www.mediafire.com/view/nqzjhr6t ... e.png/file 03 - Grangram Town v2 https://www.mediafire.com/file/u3ashc57 ... 2.png/file 04 - Basil's House https://www.mediafire.com/view/emuidf4g ... e.png/file 05 - Pantana Village https://www.mediafire.com/view/jrkw34dd ... e.png/file 06 - Hell Valley Mine v2 https://www.mediafire.com/file/5c6oftsx ... 2.png/file 07 - Longbridge https://www.mediafire.com/view/blyc11gj ... e.png/file 08 - Mukabi Town https://www.mediafire.com/view/5mnmdazm ... n.png/file 09 - Tontace Village v2 https://www.mediafire.com/view/9s5e57s8 ... 2.png/file 10 - Ruined Village https://www.mediafire.com/view/7dngxh2n ... e.png/file 11 - Nycalo Mountain v2 https://www.mediafire.com/file/mfda37nr ... 2.png/file 12 - Blauer Forest v2 https://www.mediafire.com/file/98ce91rj ... 2.png/file 13 - Yuro's Tent https://www.mediafire.com/view/za5kqyo7 ... t.png/file 14 - The Angular v2 https://www.mediafire.com/file/suaxtkgq ... 2.png/file 15 - Shalam Town v2 https://www.mediafire.com/view/h0c830vg ... 2.png/file 16 - Jodan's Circus v2 https://www.mediafire.com/file/ckekw91w ... 2.png/file 17 - Lighthouse https://www.mediafire.com/view/7qwza8i4 ... e.png/file 18 - Lampa Town https://www.mediafire.com/view/7axmxjfn ... n.png/file 19 - Shalam Desert (Clean) https://www.mediafire.com/view/r1it08s2 ... 9.png/file 19 - Shalam Desert w-Sand 'Currents' https://www.mediafire.com/view/sq8ddk78 ... 7.png/file 20 - Galahar Town https://www.mediafire.com/view/ld2orju0 ... n.png/file 21 - Ancient Mound https://www.mediafire.com/view/i4crh81p ... d.png/file 22 - Metal Scorpion https://www.mediafire.com/view/vyf6ktz2 ... n.png/file 23 - Krull Town https://www.mediafire.com/view/j7f8y0pm ... n.png/file 24 - Crystal Castle v3 https://www.mediafire.com/file/n9fb46si ... 3.png/file 25 - Jem Village https://www.mediafire.com/view/wfw2dav2 ... e.png/file 26 - Chimoy Town v2 https://www.mediafire.com/file/qtclqqkt ... 2.png/file 27 - Village of Faith v2 https://www.mediafire.com/view/k7tmul22 ... 2.png/file 28 - Monkey Cave https://www.mediafire.com/view/xsops0l2 ... e.png/file 29 - Judgment Fountain https://www.mediafire.com/view/3hvejw8q ... n.png/file 30 - Vahn Mountain https://www.mediafire.com/view/2kdu809c ... n.png/file 31 - Port Marinela v2 https://www.mediafire.com/view/sz1trqvz ... 2.png/file 32 - Port Seaba https://www.mediafire.com/view/crynv6nm ... a.png/file 33 - Fice Village v2 https://www.mediafire.com/view/xt41owyn ... 2.png/file 34 - Seamaster https://www.mediafire.com/view/qml9jhy2 ... r.png/file 35 - Foxtail Village https://www.mediafire.com/view/2vxcq33t ... e.png/file 36 - Rumiella's Master's Home [Normal] v2 https://www.mediafire.com/view/2yj6mvh1 ... 2.png/file 37 - Jodan's Ranch [Normal] https://www.mediafire.com/view/ett9p9my ... D.png/file 38 - Time Temples v2 https://www.mediafire.com/view/1iztyi20 ... 2.png/file 39 - Kutomina Palace https://www.mediafire.com/view/lp10134a ... e.png/file 40 - Kutomina https://www.mediafire.com/view/b9ddx3ri ... a.png/file 41 - Holy Land Temple v2 https://www.mediafire.com/view/c4k3fcxk ... 2.png/file 42 - Dark Zone v2 https://www.mediafire.com/file/fk4l0947 ... 2.png/file 43 - Grangram Town [Dark] https://www.mediafire.com/view/077v3hzj ... D.png/file 44 - Longbridge [Dark] v2 https://www.mediafire.com/file/h35b83ow ... ongbridge+[Dark]+v2.png/file 45 - Shalam Town [Dark] v2 https://www.mediafire.com/file/366x04d6 ... alam+Town+[Dark]+v2.png/file 46 - Chimoy Town [Dark] https://www.mediafire.com/view/614cx29w ... D.png/file 47 - Galahar Town [Dark] v2 hhttps://www.mediafire.com/file/tzps2b6 ... ahar+Town+[Dark]+v2.png/file 48 - Mukabi Town [Dark] https://www.mediafire.com/view/3zw8yhqt ... D.png/file 49 - Lighthouse [Dark] https://www.mediafire.com/view/4j7eecyt ... D.png/file 50 - Monkey Cave [Dark] https://www.mediafire.com/view/y614zv9x ... D.png/file 51 - Port Seaba [Dark] https://www.mediafire.com/view/j2yjc0wv ... D.png/file 52 - Shipwreck Hotel https://www.mediafire.com/view/ub69wmoh ... l.png/file 53 - Master's House Underground Entrance [Dark] v2 https://www.mediafire.com/file/iemmeeuz ... +Entrance+[Dark]+v2.png/file 54 - Cave 1 [World Map] https://www.mediafire.com/view/ad6wrm49 ... D.png/file 55 - Cave 2 [World Map] & Chasm 1 & 2 v2 https://www.mediafire.com/file/1ahwo7q0 ... +-+Cave+2+[World+Map]+&+Chasm+1+&+2+v2.png/file 56 - Chasm 3 https://www.mediafire.com/view/ueyu7fkh ... 3.png/file 57 - Cave Near Fice [World Map] https://www.mediafire.com/view/pzza6yzo ... D.png/file 58 - Foxtail Village [Dark] https://www.mediafire.com/file/d9lh93bz ... l+Village+[Dark].png/file 59 - Cave to Dark's Fortress https://www.mediafire.com/file/vpqbjmka ... s.png/file 60 - Dark's Fortress First Area v2 https://www.mediafire.com/file/43msnz92 ... 2.png/file 61 - Dark's Fortress Final Area v2 https://www.mediafire.com/file/qy4adq8l ... 2.png/file Feel free to post if you have any comments/questions/suggestions, or if you notice anything about the maps that's wrong. With that, I'm off to enjoy a cup of coffee and take a break Edit 5-15: Added a couple of corrected v2 maps. All links (and .zip file) updated to reflect new additions. These two corrections were mainly text edits...on one, a last minute font size change messed up the text alignment, and the other edit was a minor correction regarding Wookie's Henchmen. Edit 7-05: Following is info regarding the v2 maps, in case anyone is interested. Edit 9-18: While gathering info for an enemy list, I revisited Foxtail Village and discovered that this map changes after darkness covers the land. New map included. Edit 10-08: While going through Crystal Castle, I realized there's a hidden passage which wasn't shown on the map. Spoiler! :
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Author: | taskforce [ Sun May 16, 2021 5:43 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: SSMS II Maps... |
Nice work. There will no doubt be players that find this very handy. |
Author: | Bwah117 [ Sun May 16, 2021 6:16 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: SSMS II Maps... |
Thanks, taskforce! Indeed, some of the areas are laid out in such a way that they're difficult to navigate, like Kutomina Palace. Using Arcadia's FAQ, I was able to get everything from Kutomina Palace, but it was a bit of a pain having to stop to reference the FAQ, again and again, as Kutomina Palace isn't very intuitively laid out. Now that it's mapped, players can take one look and realize what's going on, so hopefully it's of use to others. Well, back to SSMS-II for me! |
Author: | taskforce [ Mon May 17, 2021 1:50 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: SSMS II Maps... |
Mind if I host the map pack on the download and project page and maybe post the maps to the project page if I can figure a useful way to do so, with proper credit of course? |
Author: | Recca [ Mon May 17, 2021 4:30 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: SSMS II Maps... |
The same thing happened to me back in February as well. My Windows 7 laptop's hard drive failed and I had to buy a cheaper refurbished Windows 10 desktop model to replace it. Luckily, I was able to copy my files onto an external USB flash drive before it failed completely. Afterwards, like you, I also had to spend about a week or so reinstalling my programs and copying my files onto the "new" computer. Along with getting rid of various bloatware and turning off many features, settings and options in quite a few different menus under control panel (Windows 10 seems hell-bent to spy on its users if you don't turn these off). Besides all of that, it's not that bad of an OS, but I still prefer Windows XP and 7 a bit more (that might just be mostly because of nostalgia though). Anyway, good work on those maps so far. This game is a bit harder than the first one, so I'm sure that many players will find these useful, as Taskforce said. |
Author: | Bwah117 [ Mon May 17, 2021 6:21 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: SSMS II Maps... |
taskforce wrote: Mind if I host the map pack on the download and project page and maybe post the maps to the project page if I can figure a useful way to do so, with proper credit of course? I don't mind at all, taskforce, and you don't have to worry about giving me credit. Actually, it would probably be better to have the map pack here as well, just in case anything ever happens to Mediafire (I do keep backups of all my files, and I've yet to lose important files, but you never know what surprises the future holds ). Feel free to use them in any way you see fit. @Recca: Ouch, I feel your pain. Maybe I've been lucky all these years, but I've never had a hard drive just fail on me. Granted, I keep tabs on how old my drives are and I replace them, oh, around the four year mark, and I've never had problems. It's just this drive that suddenly started clicking, then it got worse and it would actually take up to 30 minutes just to boot up! Oh, and that hard drive? It wasn't even two years old. Just goes to show that there are no guarantees with hard drives, I guess. For the longest time I've heard that SSD's are really fast, so I decided to *finally* get an SSD instead of a mechanical HD. Let me tell you, the difference in speed is incredible: it literally boots into Windows in 24 seconds, whereas my old mechanical HD would take around 5 minutes to boot into Windows. Yeah, I'm a little late to the SSD party, but I've never been an early adopter when it comes to technology. I'm new to working with SSD's, so no idea how well it'll hold up over time. Time will tell, I guess. Speaking of Windows 10, yeah, the first couple of days I had to disable several annoying "features" in the OS, but now it's behaving well. Honestly, though? There'll always be a soft spot in my heart for Windows 7 Maybe it's because I used Win 7 for so long and, in my experience, it worked, and it worked very well, or maybe, like you said, it's because of nostalgia...unfortunately, updating to a newer OS is something that most people will eventually have to do, it's just a matter of time. It's nice when it's a voluntary decision (I recall reading about some Intel CPU's/motherboards a while back that would NOT let you install Windows 7 on them...there was a work-around, but people shouldn't have to resort to hacky work-arounds just to install an OS). Anyway, Win10 is stable and behaving nicely so far, so I can't really complain. Hopefully, it stays like that for a long time Oh, and thanks for your kind words regarding the maps. As long as it helps anyone else in the game, I consider it time well spent. |
Author: | Recca [ Mon May 17, 2021 8:13 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: SSMS II Maps... |
I've had my Win 7 laptop for about eight years before the hard drive finally died. It was working fine one day, then the next it clicked four or five times, froze, then just died when I tried to restart it. Before that, I had an XP desktop computer that lasted for about ten years before the hard drive finally stopped working as well. Although, at one point I remember changing the entire motherboard when it wouldn't turn on anymore (before the hard drive failed). It was actually cheaper to buy a new one online than to pay what the local computer repair guys were asking for. Most computers are expected to last between five to eight years of light use which isn't bad. Although, heavily used ones seem to range between three to four years, according to the information online. I just hope that this refurbished Win 10 desktop that I bought this year lasts me for at least a few years because I doubt that I could afford to get a new one currently. At least it seems to be working well thus far, so I'm not complaining. Well, the CD/DVD drive was busted, but I did buy an external USB one. But I suppose that you can expect these kinds of things when you opt to buy the cheapest model available. SSD drives certainly are better than their HDD counter parts, but are more expensive and have less memory/storage space available usually. Though, I would certainly like to get one of those myself someday. |
Author: | taskforce [ Mon May 17, 2021 11:53 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: SSMS II Maps... |
Actually, hard drives tend to be the most volatile thing in a PC. Most PC's can last well over 8 years if taken care of properly. My PC I'm using right now the motherboard is from 2013. I did replace the CPU with a newer model FX 1 or 2 years ago, but the motherboard is still chugging along fine and that CPU was working fine. That all being said. I have hard drives in this PC with well over 11 years of powered on uptime (yes, you read that right, 11 years.) Both IDE and SATA (yeah I actually still have IDE drives in this PC.) One is a Seagate IDE 300GB drive I bought new. Hard drives can be quite robust, just keep your important stuff backed up regularly when they do eventually crap out. And SSD do have one major drawback. They will only write so many times before the memory will no longer write. Now that is a lot of writes but it will eventually happen if not replaced in due time. Most users can use an SSD (even as a boot drive with all windows stuff left on including page files and such) for well over 5 years. A lot of times 10+. A heavy user that rotates files constantly will be less. I'd plan to replace those every 3 years max. |
Author: | Bwah117 [ Mon May 17, 2021 4:26 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: SSMS II Maps... |
Thanks for the tips and info regarding SSD's, taskforce! Wow, 11+ years on a hard drive? Those drives are real troopers! Yeah, I agree, hard drives are the weak link of any computer. I mean, it's not IF the HD will eventually die, it's WHEN. I suppose there's no substitute for keeping current backups. I'll admit I need to work on that, as I only have backups of my most critical files. What I'll probably end up doing is just fall back on my "4 year" plan. After four years of use, I retire that drive into an external HD (USB). My external drives see *very* little use, and I have external hard drives that are over 10 years old and are still working perfectly. Since this is my first SSD, I'll be keeping my eye on it to see how it behaves as time goes by. You know what? All this talk about backups has really got me thinking about it. I think I'll just order another HD, just so I can keep an image of my current drive. That way, should disaster strike, I can recover much more quickly. I guess it's better to have a current backup and not need it, than to need a backup and not have it. Live and learn, I always say |
Author: | taskforce [ Tue May 18, 2021 5:32 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: SSMS II Maps... |
I wouldn't worry too much. My SSD has been powered on for over 4 years and still has 90% health left and I do a lot of writes. However my drive is an MLC drive instead of TLC like most drives made today and they tend to last longer. There are tools to monitor the health of the memory in an SSD. (That doesn't account for the SSD failing otherwise but you can keep an eye on remaining memory life.) crystaldiskinfo will tell you the remaining life for example. In the future, if you can find an MLC drive I definitely recommend it over TLC even with a cache. Problem is, they're now expensive to find unlike a few years ago when you could get MLC for just a few dollars more. |
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