Hi @Don V Anderson Jr. : I'm nowhere near the point where you are, but I decided to cross check your not-so-large list from your previous post...

TL;DR: Your suggestions seem on-spot, except for:

• B1cNWlc for which Update3 should be used IMO.
• Sembia for which I suggest Update3 should be used (and then fix 2 hotspots; details below, near the end)

And then there are some minor things I found:

• 4360 Kuo Meilan is missing a label for building "10".
• 4850 Shadowdale: I like the version from up3 a bit more (reasons below).

There. That's the TL;DR. You can stop reading if you wish. ;)

With that out of the way... here's my full analysis.

According to my records, all 4 versions of this map should be identical (my notes suggest to pick any).

According to my records: all 3 versions (up1-3) of this map should be identical. Up1 should be fine.

According to my records: CD is missing a link to 0100 College of Shaping Magics. Up1 should be fine; my notes suggest up1-3.

According to my records: CD is missing links to 0090 College of Rune Magics.FCW and 0110 Mount Drakkor Rouge.FCW. Up1 should be fine; my notes suggest up1-3.

According to my records, all 4 versions of this map should be identical (my notes suggest to pick any).

Up1-2 are binary-identical, with Up3 being entity-identical. Up1 should be fine; my notes suggest up1-3.

According to my records, all 4 versions of this map should be identical (my notes suggest to pick any).

Up1-2 are binary-identical, with Up3 being entity-identical. Up1 should be fine; my notes suggest up1-3.

Hadn't checked this one until now...

Up1-3 are binary-identical. CD is missing "Frozen wreck", link to 6780 Sewers Under Zhentil Keep.FCW, and link to 5470 Zhentil Keep.FCW (pre-1368). Up1 should be fine; my notes now suggest up1-3.

Hadn't checked this one until now...

Up1-3 are binary-identical. CD is missing link to 0460 Death's Head Bar.FCW and 0470 Golotl's House.FCW.

Up1 should be fine; my notes now suggest up1-3.

Hadn't checked this one until now...

Up1-3 are binary-identical. CD is missing links to 1280 Eagle's Eyrie.FCW and 1270 Mage-Lords Crypt.fcw. There are also a few cosmetic changes, most notably: the roof styles ere changed and the path no longer passes above the river on the ford.

Up1 should be fine; my notes now suggest up1-3.

Up1-3 are binary-identical. CD is missing "Frozen wreck", link to 2730 Under Elmwood.fcw. Up1 should be fine; my notes suggest up1-3.

Hadn't checked this one until now...

Up1-3 are binary-identical. CD is missing links to 1260 Haunted Halls of Eveningstar.fcw, 1240 The House of the Morning .fcw, and 1230 Tessaril's Tower.FCW.

Up1 should be fine; my notes now suggest up1-3.

Hadn't checked this one until now...

Up1-3 are binary-identical. CD is missing links to 0420 Caxal's Palace.FCW and 0430 Drakosa Estate.FCW.

Up1 should be fine; my notes now suggest up1-3.

Up1-3 are binary-identical. Up1 should be fine; my notes suggest up1-3.

Hadn't checked this one until now...

Up1-3 are binary-identical. CD is missing link to 2310 Palace of Ultimate Felicity.FCW. However, a label (building "10") was removed in Up1 (by mistake, I prsume).

Up1 should be fine; my notes suggest up1-3, and perhaps to edit and add the missing label.

Up1-3 are binary-identical. Up1 should be fine; my notes suggest up1-3.

Hadn't checked this one until now...

Up1-3 are binary-identical. CD is missing link to 0530 The Gilded Kiva Surroundings.fcw.

Up1 should be fine; my notes now suggest up1-3.

Hadn't checked this one until now (wow! such a big map)...

Up1-3 are binary-identical. CD is missing links to 1050 Ashakar's Accessories.fcw, 0920 Sparkling Edge.FCW, 0990 Leaf In Root.fcw, 1190 Coker Wharf Company.FCW, 1040 Flirin's Sea Morsels.fcw, 1010 Safe Harbor Marine Insurance Company.fcw, 0840 Lair of Jeremiah Morningmist.FCW, 0960 The Jack Mooney & Sons Circus (B).FCW, and 1070 The Lighthouse.FCW

Up1 should be fine; my notes now suggest up1-3.

Hadn't checked this one until now...

Up1-2 are binary-identical. CD is missing link to 0800 The Lair of Alokkair.FCW. There are too many tweaks made between up2 and up3, so I compared the links: they are all present. I like the version from up3 a bit more: the textures are softer, the scale bar is larger (and more legible), and the drop shadow for text is less noticeable.

Lacking a more thorough comparison, I guess up1 should be fine; but my notes now suggest up3.

Hadn't checked this one until now...

Up1-3 are binary-identical. CD is missing link to 0160 Thistleflame Keep.fcw

Up1 should be fine; my notes now suggest up1-3.

Up1-3 are binary-identical. CD has no link to temple of Torm. Up1 should be fine; my notes suggest up1-3.

Hadn't checked this one until now...

Up1-3 are binary-identical. CD has no link to 1350 Temple of Torm.fcw.

Up1 should be fine; my notes suggest up1-3.

All 3 versions (up1-3) of this map are identical. Up1 should be fine; my notes suggest up1-3.

Hadn't checked this one until now...

Up1-3 are binary-identical. CD is missing a link to 6300 The House.FCW.

Up1 should be fine; my notes suggest up1-3.

Up1-3 are binary-identical. CD has no link to 5640 Temple of Moander; buildings are filled with color black. Up1 should be fine; my notes suggest up1-3.

Up1 and up2 are binary-identical. Up3 has missing links and legend. Up1 should be fine; my notes suggest up1,2.

Up1 and up2 are binary-identical. Up3 is blank. Up1 should be fine; my notes suggest up1,2.

Up3 is blank. Up2 is the only option.

Hadn't checked this one until now...

Both up2 and up3 are entity-identical.

Up2 should be fine; my notes now suggest up2,3.

Hadn't checked this one until now...

CD has missing link to 3150 Cloister of St Ramedar Overview. Up1 is missing a link to Amn.FCW. Up2 has several malformed links (absolute path) and has missing links compared to update1 because they were moved to Amn.FCW (such as 0260 Ilefarn Area A Workshops, 3990 Daggerford, 4040 Dragonspear Castle, 3810 Athkatla, 1300 Way Inn Village, and 3960 Crimmor) and is missing a link to Tethyr.fcw compared to up3. Up3 fixed all absolute paths and yet more links were moved to eitherAmn.FCW or Tethyr.fcw (460 Zazesspur.FCW, 4560 Murann.FCW, and 3150 Cloister of St Ramedar Overview.fcw).

Update3 is definitely the more complete map.

Hadn't checked this one until now...

Up1-3 are binary-identical. CD is missing a link to 2170 Khazari Ra-Khati House.fcw, 2350 Red Mountain Monastery.fcw, Manass.fcw, and 2180 Horseshoe Temple.FCW.

Up1 should be fine; my notes suggest up1-3.

Hadn't checked this one until now...

This was a tough one. All maps are different, and all have some error or another:

• CD is missing link to 6280 North Gate Inn.FCW, 10024 Heggar's Bridge.FCW, 3280 Typical Sembian Family Farm.fcw
• Up1 is missing link to 4180 Halfhap.FCW and 0200 Tower of Ruin.FCW
• Up2 has broken link to 5110 Urmlaspyr.FCW, missing link to 10024 Heggar's Bridge.FCW (which was working fine in up1). An finally, several underwater sites are not shown (compared to up3).
• Up3 has broken links to High Dale.fcw and 3280 Typical Sembian Family Farm.fcw (prepended folder named "Maps/" in path)

Of these, I'd go for Update3, not only because the previous maps are missing some locations and tweaks, but because it's the easiest to fix: for the 2 offending links, edit the hotspot and remove the "Maps/" part of the path.

Hope this helps.

Sure thing. Here's what I found:

• CD version is Missing link to "2710 Shrine of the Heart" and "Shoonach" (plus some other "minor" entities I was too lazy to take note).
• Updates 1 and 2 are binary-identical. The map for Shrine of the Heart wouldn't be added until update 2, but you can keep either as long as you remember to include 2710 Shrine of the Heart.fcw in your final selection.
• Update 3 has a different binary, but all entities are identical.

Weird. I don't see anything strange between up2 and up3. In case someone missed that post, I'm not doing a visual comparison; I report (LIST) all entities and compare the resulting text.

Nonetheless, this is what they look like on screen for me:

(I did try comparing in a larger size, but this is the largest size I could fit them both in one screen)

My conclusion is that you can keep any version from update1 to update3 for B1cSWlc.FCW (though I'll probably favor up3 whenever this comes up, since it's the last update applied and I wouldn't have to save intermediate versions for too many maps).

By the way, the same thing happens for 4860 Shoonach.FCW: updates 1 and 2 are binary-identical and they are entity-identical to update2. Both versions (up2 and up3) of 2710 Shrine of the Heart.fcw are entity-identical as well.

Bottom line: you should be able to keep version from update 3 for the three maps: B1cSWlc.FCW, 2710 Shrine of the Heart.fcw, and 4860 Shoonach.FCW.

I've been keeping a spreadsheet of my own to keep track of the things I've tested, but I also try to keep up with Don and thehawk and write down their observations... It's not the XLSX you're asking for, but it's similar.

I'm attaching it to this post.

Hi,

Loos like you found an interesing one @Don V Anderson Jr. ...

On one hand, like you correctly point out, the one from update2 has some broken links:

Namely, Nairning and Ramblecoats don't lead to any existing map.

However, the map does have more detail than the one from update1:

I think I'd prefer to have the Up2 version, but changing Nairning to Fall's Creek and Ramblecoats to Arkhenham.

EDIT: Fall's Creek and Arkhenham do exist in Up2 and their parents both point to Archendale.

Heads up: I edited my post above to specify that "10020 Blackfeather Bridge.FCW" should be taken from Update2 or Update3.