The SW Goldrush Issue

The SW Goldrush Issue

For as long as I can remember North American teams have been getting their version of sw_goldrush_te from TWL which has always been the the "day later updated version" & European teams & leagues have been running the non updated version. The problem with this is that for whatever reason when the map makers released the original version they named it "sw_goldrush_te" & as illustrated below a day later made some minor changes the next day & re-released it under the same name..."sw_goldrush_te"

This has caused issue over the years never knowing when you have the correct version or not. When you join a server & your pk3 doesn't match the one from the server it causes a download loop. I've mentioned this before & some seemed to be clueless as to what I was talking about.

In the illustration's below the top folder shown is the version that Europeans use while the bottom folder is the N.American version of choice. The first noticeable difference is the name of the readme files a shown in the picture below. Both are the exact same file size & yet one is named "sw_goldrush_te" & the other being "sw_goldrush_te2"



The 2nd noticeable difference is in the maps directory. As you can see from the picture below the script file for the version NA teams & leagues run was updated a day later



Below are the changes that were made to the map script

Compare File Results:
2 Differences found
0 Changes found
2 Additions found
0 Deletions found

# Diff Line File Content


1 A 826
1 A 826 wm_removeteamvoiceannounce 1 "goldrush_allies_tank_bridge"


2 A 2890
2 A 2890 // *----------------------------------- vo ------------------------------------------*
2 A 2890 wm_removeteamvoiceannounce 0 "goldrush_axis_truckbar_construct"
2 A 2890 wm_removeteamvoiceannounce 0 "goldrush_axis_truckbars_construct"
2 A 2890
2 A 2890 wm_removeteamvoiceannounce 1 "goldrush_allies_truckbar_destroy"
2 A 2890 wm_removeteamvoiceannounce 1 "goldrush_allies_truckbars_destroy"





As you can see there are no significant changes aside from a couple sounds otherwise the maps are identical. It seems the only thing they really achieved with their changes was causing grief & headache.

My proposal ....

Pick one version, rename it something like "sw_goldrush_te2" & make it the standard across all leagues, cups & competitions. This would remove any future problems. No more would there be conflict between 2 versions of the same map with the same name.