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Intro

The CSPmap is an in-game map for the popular MMORPG Anarchy Online. The two maps that come with Anarchy Online are both lacking in information and most people find it helpful to add a better map to their game. The CSPmap includes all of the information other similar third-party maps have, but also all of the game additions of the past two years and more.

Here are some of the map's features:

• A small wompah map is available as the first layer. (similar to Dovve's map)
• terrain is accurately protrayed in its proper colours and is placed to provide the highest accuracy for the location pointer (the latest patches have garbled some of that accuracy, but it's still pretty good)
• level ranges for all notum fields are included as well as the notum field being visible over the terrain; LCA naming is the same as the Huge Map, with some corrections made. There are also alternate maps for each of the live dimensions showing which LCA's are unlocked (aka "approved by ICC for mining").
• all city controllers have been added and catalogued (i.e. you can tell someone who also has the map to go to Broken Shores city #1c and they'll find it easily)
• all player-ownable city plots are included in the map's terrain
• dynacamps have been updated and corrections made
• unique non-player characters have been added on a "cheat" layer to help new players find specific people, but no quest information is provided
• the two coasts at the bottom of the map have been added in detail. (lacking in most current game maps)
• zone walls are more accurate (ex. there's a huge band in Newland that's inaccessible, but you can zone over); please note, though, that AO's zone walls weren't lined up so carefully, so there have been some limitations in accuracy.
• there have been many changes in the last 2 yrs and all of those changes have been implemented in the CSPmap. (ex. Alien Playfield's shuttle, Biodomes, Subway in West Athens!)
• easy to use self-installer that works in multiple languages

There are also helpfiles available that can be viewed in-game while playing Anarchy Online. These files augment the CSPmap by giving additional information on city controllers, dynacamps, and notum fields. They are also available in several different languages.

News

(2008-11-08) CSPmap v1.23 Released

There was a change made to Anarchy Online a short while ago that prevented many third-party maps from functioning. This new CSPmap release is essentially just a fix for that problem. If you have manually fixed your map, you don't need to worry about this update, but running the patch won't hurt anything either.

The installer also has some new features. When you install the CSPmap, it will change all user preferences to use the main CSPmap so manually changing it is no longer necessary. Also, a shortcut to the uninstaller is added into the "Anarchy Online" start menu folder (or another folder if you choose another one). The uninstaller will also change any user's preferences who are using the CSPmap to go back to the normal default map.

[News Archive]

Version History

CSPmap v1.23 (2008-11-08)

• fixed problem with v1.21 not working due to update to Anarchy Online
• French added to the installer (thanks chdoula!)

[Version History Archive]

Downloads

The patch files will update already installed copies of the CSPmap (including the DNW-addon if present) from the version indicated to the latest version, so download the one appropriate to the version you currently have installed. If you're an "advanced paranoid user" and want a zip copy of the map, please go to the map zip file page.

Samples

Here are some sampled portions of the CSPmap. Click on each to get a full-sized version.