I do feel OS could have some more useful features that could expand the base game but as it goes I use it for more polies (I think HAC allows more than OS...even still), more tagspace (I do optimize but when you're creating a 40 minute SP level, you want to put in as much as possible), and the UI widgets mainly (I need these things if I want it to have a nice and clean interface).



I do feel this is true. A lot of OS mappers aren't really using extreme or needed OS features. Which is why I want to make Takedown: Extermination as MAP files as much as possible. Its just without the UI widgets, it's not going to be as nice of an interface when I come to the portion that needed them. I can still probably get it done, but it'll require a complete rescripting of whenever I use a widget + it wont be as nice of an interface.

*Features Only for Improving HEK Process:
-supreme lightmap manipulation
-more materials per model
-increased BSP triangle count
-expanded shader effects


*"Engine"/Game/Tag Improvements:
-more animations per model
-improved dynamic lighting
-gravity manipulation

These are the only features I'm interested in OS, the rest is just...

As you said it, OS is just for CMT's SPV3 and H2SPP. They are the only team that can manipulate and bring OS to it's full potential.

Just use both together... I did that until the patch came out. HAC2 was even patched so that the map downloads wouldn't crash anymore.

OS will soon be updated to 1.10, and the devs (Btcc22 at least) seem to have a new focus on making the two play well together. There's no reason not to use both. Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure you can still use both on 1.09 (not sure if HAC2 on 1.09 shows the new server list, however).