>> finishing a track.
What's that? Oh.. wait, yeah... I've done that a couple of times!
>> could probably relate.
heh!
Overall... good thoughts Kdawg, a multi-maker track could be fun! There would have to be some initial guidelines to follow for it to work well. It would probably require an opt-in period for people to sign on, then the list would be finalized and it would go into production. To avoid any one causing the whole project to stall there would have to be a rigid timetable. For a good looking track palette there might have to be a fixed pool of models and textures to be used - or at least a requirement that new ones work well with a particular palette. Model and texture counts would have to be distributed fairly. Checkpoints would have to be distributed too, in fact the number of checkpoints a person had would largely determine what they could make. For the sake of practicality I think the focus might be on terrain carving above all else, since that could be merged more seamlessly than anything else, while the overall set of textures and models might be somewhat simple and fit within a certain theme. Enough slots for custom items could be left open for each person to add their own if they like. The terrain itself might have to be spaced out and divided up so that one area is distant enough from another, so that too much wouldn't get crammed into one area and cause performance problems.
That was written presuming that multiple makers would each make their very own section of track, another option might be that makers would consult and overlap on a single area.
Your posting is similar, in a way, to one EmceeMart posted earlier this year (<a href=http://forum.mtm2.com/viewtopic.php?t=2461>here</a>, where the bits and pieces would go), one which I've planned to add a followup to for a long time, and have even though about it in the last couple of weeks. I will do so yet.
>> I have always thought of how cool it would be if a good portion of the community were to participate in making a track.
X-Raid by OLD_mumhra was almost one of those.
