hi,

as my app constantly gets stuck or crashes when i try to do something (warp, dewarp, leave skyview) while the map is still loading, I wonder why the map is such a critical component of the application. couldn't you load empty map-dummies and have them replaced with real map-tiles as they are coming in, but on a background low-priority thread? The actual map is the least important thing in the game, all it does is to give a sense of locality and direction. But it uses the most bandwidth and causes lags and crashes.

thanks

oh, and every warp/dewarp/banishment/skyview/backfromskyview-action should dismiss all map-loading actions. I notice that sometimes after two warps and a dewarp the app is still loading the old map data.