Relevant content- and site types?

Renegade · Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 4:59 pm Post subject: Relevant content- and site types?

Hello again, people.

I am still hoping to create a directory of and content information network for the current C&C community (at least the old school parts of it).

Part of the idea is not just to say "this mod exists" or "this site has SHPs", but to offer the relevant piece(s) of content as independent entities through the network.

e.g. if I searched for "Ares", I would get multiple results: The Ares site and a representation of Ares the software - a piece of data telling me what kind of C&C application it is, under what circumstances it can be used, and where to download it (the direct link to the file).

While planning this, I ran into a simple and yet not easily answered question: What are the community-relevant types of sites and data?

So far, I've got the following:

Site
- Service Provider (Hosters, CnCNet, C&C Online)
- General/News (sites like C&C NZ is or the DENs used to be)
- Mod (the site of a mod, independent from the actual software)
- Forum
- Reference/Tutorial (e.g. ModEnc)
- Asset library (e.g. Editing Sources, YR Arg)
Application
- Tool
  - Game/Management (e.g. LaunchBase, Playlist Manager)
  - Asset creation (e.g. voxel-, SHP-, map editors)
  - Mod creation (e.g. XCC tools, UMP)
- Mod (the software itself)
- Patch (RockPatch, NPatch, Ares and all their cousins)
Asset
- Voxel
- SHP
- Map

Are there any other types I should handle?

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DaRTzO · Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 6:25 pm Post subject:

Sounds like a good idea. It should bring the community a lot closer together or at least offer newcomers an easy way to browse the neighbourhood.

Dutchygamer · Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 8:12 pm Post subject:

Maybe a section for 3D models, or will this be exclusively pre-Generals?

Renegade · Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2014 1:17 pm Post subject:

On principle, it'll be open to all of C&C, but personally, I'll focus on YR and earlier.
Once the system exists, it'll be clear how to add post-YR stuff to it, but that still means someone has to do it.

I'll keep it in mind, though, thank you. Smile

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AlexB · Commander **Joined**: 31 May 2010 **Location**: Germany

Strictly C&C? If not: Dune is pretty close, also OpenRA.

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