Map Prop/Sprite Count

[ThirdOnion 4,898]

Here are all the maps, with the number of props and sprites they have. The map with the most props is Sandbox MM, at 3884 props, and the map with most sprites is (unsurprisingly) Forest at 803. The map with the least props is Hill at just 137. In general, MM versions of maps have more props than their non-MM counterparts.

You can find a spreadsheet of the below table here.

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Map	Props	Sprites	Total
Aleksandrovsk	2239	319	2558
Aleksandrovsk MM	2272	295	2567
Archipelago MM	869	0	869
Arena	257	0	257
Atra	302	0	302
Barda	1889	138	2027
Barda MM	1903	138	2041
Berlin	3306	189	3495
Bobruisk	1125	128	1253
Bobruisk MM	1732	228	1960
Boombox	410	42	452
Brest	2127	177	2304
Brest MM	2673	234	2907
Bridges	1497	136	1633
Bridges MM	1807	215	2022
Camp	545	28	573
Canyon	738	33	771
Chernobyl	1881	51	1932
Chernobyl MM	3273	139	3412
Cologne	1602	55	1657
Cologne MM	2091	85	2176
Combe	284	21	305
Courage	591	28	619
Cross	1820	369	2189
Cross MM	3561	526	4087
Deathtrack	2157	73	2230
Deck-9	457	9	466
Desert	1652	88	1740
Desert MM	1684	94	1778
Duality	478	7	485
Duel	233	0	233
Dusseldorf	1762	207	1969
Edinburgh	403	37	440
Esplanade	1841	38	1879
Factory	1011	36	1047
Farm	918	184	1102
Forest	2765	803	3568
Forest MM	1969	436	2405
Fort Knox	516	22	538
Future	2811	32	2843
Future MM	3162	38	3200
Garder	657	11	668
Gravity	556	0	556
Gubakha	1455	43	1498
Happy New Year	1601	345	1946
Highland	1311	131	1442
Highland MM	1504	146	1650
Highways	1631	53	1684
Highways MM	1989	166	2155
Hill	137	18	155
Industrial zone	1699	22	1721
Industrial zone MM	1852	20	1872
Iran	745	113	858
Iran MM	744	114	858
Island	188	0	188
Kolhoz	754	99	853
Kungur	2238	262	2500
Kungur MM	2617	334	2951
Lost Temple	3065	239	3304
Madness (2017)	871	0	871
Magadan	365	36	401
Magistral	1837	109	1946
Magistral MM	2893	234	3127
Massacre	449	59	508
Massacre MM	2571	317	2888
Molotov	949	38	987
Molotov MM	3246	209	3455
Monte Carlo	1135	0	1135
Noise	716	0	716
Novel	1388	44	1432
Opposition	877	33	910
Osa	1548	93	1641
Osa MM	2244	165	2409
Parma	1026	64	1090
Parma MM	2006	246	2252
Pass	1086	22	1108
Ping-Pong	174	17	191
Polygon	1375	90	1465
Polygon MM	2085	100	2185
Red Alert	1232	80	1312
Red Alert MM	1877	126	2003
Rift	1642	125	1767
Rio	3613	38	3651
Rio MM	3449	38	3487
Sandal	1301	243	1544
Sandal MM	1714	243	1957
Sandbox	1567	186	1753
Sandbox MM	3884	297	4181
Scope	2059	37	2096
Serpuhov	1320	168	1488
Serpuhov MM	2060	259	2319
Short Bridge	483	40	523
Siege	1333	69	1402
Silence	1683	95	1778
Silence MM	1975	124	2099
Skylark	1474	34	1508
Skyscrapers	3629	108	3737
Solikamsk	2850	273	3123
Solikamsk MM	2367	240	2607
Stadium	2418	0	2418
Stadium MM	3018	0	3018
Station	553	17	570
Subway	1787	20	1807
Tribute	897	106	1003
Tribute MM	1834	214	2048
Valley	536	30	566
Wave	359	32	391
Wolfenstein	1100	69	1169
Wolfenstein MM	1869	125	1994
Year 2042	1212	39	1251
Year 2042 MM	1644	26	1670
Yorkshire MM	2731	365	3096
Zone	481	0	481

 

Edited July 20, 2020 by ThirdOnion

[Maf 32,306]

Cool.
I don't know what to do with this information.

[ThirdOnion 4,898]

There's been a general trend of increasing prop count. Consider how the prop count of most maps was increased once they were adapted for MM:

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Aleksandrovsk:  2239 -> 2272 (+2%)
Barda:              1889 -> 1903 (+1%)
Bobruisk:          1125 -> 1732 (+54%)
Brest:               2127 -> 2673 (+26%)
Chernobyl:        1881 -> 3273 (+74)
Cologne:           1602 -> 2091 (+31%)
Cross:               1820 -> 3561 (+96%)
Future:             2811 -> 3162 (+13%)
Highland:          1311 -> 1504 (+15%)
Highways:         1631 -> 1989 (+22%)
Industrial zone: 1699 -> 1852 (+9%)
Iran:                   745 -> 744 (-<1%)
Kungur:             2238 -> 2617 (+17%)
Magistral:          1837 -> 2893 (+58%)
Massacre:            449 -> 2571 (+473%)
Molotov:             949 -> 3246 (+242%)
Osa:                  1548 -> 2244 (+45%)
Parma:              1026 -> 2006 (+96%)
Polygon:            1375 -> 2085 (+52%)
Red Alert:          1232 -> 1877 (+52%)
Rio:                   3613 -> 3449 (-5%)
Sandal:              1301 -> 1714 (+32%)
Serpuhov:          1320 -> 2060 (+56%)
Silence:             1683 -> 1975 (+17%)
Solikamsk:         2850 -> 2367 (-17%)
Stadium:           2418 -> 3018 (+25%)
Wolfenstein:      1100 -> 1869 (+70%)

Year 2042:         1212 -> 1644 (+36%)

Six of the top ten maps with greatest prop count are MM maps. Before MM, there were only three maps that crossed the 3000 prop mark - Rio, Berlin, and Lost Temple. Now there are eleven. The point is, prop count is increasing and rapidly so. Molotov's prop count has more than tripled with its MM version.

What's the drive behind this? Well, maps have certainly become more detailed. There's more stuff than ever before. But in terms of actual playing area, most MM-converted maps have not increased as much as indicated by the growth in prop-count. Highways has even decreased in terms of accessible playing area, but its prop count has gone up. Most of the new geometry has been added to areas outside of maps, in an attempt to make them look more like real places. Sandbox in particular has received quite detailed out-of-bounds areas that are actually much larger than the actual playing arena.

The things is, this increased level of detail harms performance. MM maps run certainly worse than their non-MM counterparts, which is counter-intuitive, since MM is supposed to offer the best experience for a casual player. The stuff outside a map's play area doesn't have any effect on gameplay, but does cause the game to run slower. I don't think the average player really cares or even notices that there are mountains and a dried up river outside of Sandbox MM. Perhaps maps have become more aesthetically-pleasing when viewed in spectator mode or in screenshots, but I personally think that when it comes to gameplay, all those extra props are simply distracting clutter. I prefer the style of the older maps, which have just enough details to make them seem like more than just a series of walls and platforms.

Less is more in this case, I think. The visual intrigue of a map does not lie so much in the quantity of its details but in some unique, distinctive feature. Year 2042, for example, had the broken bridge, which has been removed in the MM version. The middle section of Brest has become more boring (visually) as the towers there have been removed. The most memorable part of Polygon is the central polygon, and not the hills outside the map's walls. While I think some maps have benefited from the visual overhauls they've received, most have suffered.

Edited March 17, 2020 by ThirdOnion

[featwasath 267]

3 hours ago, ThirdOnion said:

I don't think the average player really cares or even notices that there are mountains and a dried up river outside of Sandbox MM.

I have played a lot in Sandbox MM and didn't  know about this river & mountain till you mentioned it here 

[Viking4s 10,791]

TO added more safety prop to avoid clumsy tankers to fell from ramps
They also added more blocks to help hide behind them.

But most of all key maps have been increased in size (e.g. Cross, sandbox,...)