Wouldn't it be nice to have skins you can add for the maps, most notably Summoners Rift? Like Medieval, Winter, Fall, Spring, Haunted, Volcanic, Tundra, Project / Mecha, Night time the possibilities are endless I would just love some variety in the style of the map if there aren't gonna be new maps I hope Riot makes this an option.
Torgaz5 votesI always thought it would be cool if SR would go through seasons as the year progressed Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring
I also like your suggestion of having some fit their other themes like Project & Mecha (I would lump Full Metal and Battlecast in there as well)
VivaLaKitten2 votesthat would be AWESOME I was thinking ones you could toggle on and off :D so you can see whichever whenever
ƒoes5 votesRiot has no issues with a program called Wooxy. You can download, upload, and use custom skins you or other players have created.
This applies to champion skins, announcer packs (IIRC), map skins, and other customizables. The only thing this program "tampers" with is client-side aesthetics. It will not improve or hinder your gameplay, all will be the same except for the skins you changed.
I've used Wooxy multiple times and never have I had a problem with Riot banning me, and I've even asked around if this program is an acceptable Third Party Program, and like I said, Riot doesn't have a problem with it.
Have fun!
Dank Memes 333 1 votesWasn't there people who got permanently banned for using Wooxy?
NsEternal1 votesyeah..... i used it and got perma'd on my account back in the day. even a simple language change was enough to get my cousins perma'd as well.
xomp1 votesRiot has no issues with a program called Wooxy. You can download, upload, and use custom skins you or other players have created.
This applies to champion skins, announcer packs (IIRC), map skins, and other customizables. The only thing this program "tampers" with is client-side aesthetics. It will not improve or hinder your gameplay, all will be the same except for the skins you changed.
I've used Wooxy multiple times and never have I had a problem with Riot banning me, and I've even asked around if this program is an acceptable Third Party Program, and like I said, Riot doesn't have a problem with it.
Have fun!
Source for this? I would never run anything like this without seeing the source itself. You risk getting your entire account banned.
ƒoes2 votesWhile Riot does not give support for modding, because it can break your game, they are not against cosmetic modifications that don’t give unfair advantage for players, and we from MapSkins.com will always respect this rule. We have been serving map skins since two years ago and no one never had any case of ban because of a custom skin.
xomp1 votesƒoes1 votesI never said Wooxy = Riot.
I cited the Wooxy FAQ which stated they have never had a case of a ban because of a custom skin. It's purely aesthetic, and stuff that provides the player with bonus information like scripts are taken down from the site, presumably.
[Riot is] not against cosmetic modifications that don't give unfair advantage for players
I've used Wooxy before and never once has it granted me bonus information. You can go check out the website yourself and see that all it is is custom skins for champions and maps.
xomp1 votesI never said Wooxy = Riot.
I cited the Wooxy FAQ which stated they have never had a case of a ban because of a custom skin. It's purely aesthetic, and stuff that provides the player with bonus information like scripts are taken down from the site, presumably.
I've used Wooxy before and never once has it granted me bonus information. You can go check out the website yourself and see that all it is is custom skins for champions and maps.
That's an Arbiter's post, not Riot.
Please note that I cannot guarantee the accuracy and validity of these stances, as Riot does reserve the right to change their stance on an application or modification at any time as the result of changes to the application or in light of new information. Furthermore, this list is not comprehensive; just because it's not listed here doesn't mean that it's acceptable to use. Use 3rd party applications and modifications at your own risk (or don't use them at all).
I know he's trying to be helpful by posting that thread, but the above just completely undermines the purpose of the thread. That purpose is "clearing up confusion on what is and isn't allowed by Riot". It basically belongs in the trash and doesn't clear anything up at all.
To summarize, Riot purposely remains vague on matters such as "what's 100% approved" because it gives them an escape from so much liability and puts accountability squarely on the users of it's software. This is elementary business 101 stuff. I would absolutely love to try some of these map skins out, but I have a feeling something at some point in time will go down and my account of many years/time/money spent will be hit with a ban wave because Riot deemed it necessary to do for "shits and giggles".
VivaLaKitten4 votesI JUST THOUGHT, A HIGH NOON MAP RIOT PLS <3 ! THIS IS NEEDED
HayRoss3 votesOh I have an idea! What if we put the Howling Abyss in Bilgewater, and made that a map skin!
RIP Meat Cutter's Overpass
Bob41312 votesThere are some custom map skins available online. Not as good as the old Riot made ones, but still pretty cool. https://mapskins.com/maps/
Kar98k2 votesWinter, Summer, Autumn , Hextech style, Middle Ages style, Shadow Isles style, Shurima style, Noxus style, Ionia style....Rito plz :)
R FLASH XD2 votesThen you see them make a map skin.You are like: OMG FINALLY.Aaaaand then you see it costs 100 000 RP.
Project omen2 votesRiot explained that they do have that in-mind. They said if they are gonna make skins for sr, they want to make them perfect, and that's something that will take a lot of time. For the time being, you can use custom map skins using wooxy, it is allowed and you won't have any problems with Rito.
fisox2 votesReasons they wont add it:
sorry I want more skins as well, seeing the same thing over and over is boring :)
I hope they will add an option to change songs in game.
Guy Fox Teemo3 votesYou won't get banned as long as it doesn't give you any advantages. (Don't think there has ever been a case of someone banned using custom skins)
Veltox1 voteshttps://mapskins.com/wooxy/ [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]
Ice Birb1 votesI would actually like map skins based on lore. like we can have a shurima theme map or a noxus map
Perceptiøn1 votesThere is something called the custom skins, lol. But i know riot used to add winter rift map in league.
Guy Fox Teemo1 votesThe thing is; its incredibly hard for Riot to do this because when they made the new summoners rift map, they painted it, so they can't just slap on new textures without everything looking wonky. They'd essentially have to Re-do the entire map, which would take as much as work as the original and make sure it didn't cause any gameplay distractions.
It would be much to difficult, for now if you want a different theme I'd suggest using fan made Map Skins (Although they aren't the best quality, they're still pretty cool)
VivaLaKitten1 voteswell, it's never gonna happen if they don't start sometime besides I can wait :D better late than never
Guy Fox Teemo2 votesIts difficult because they only essentially could do like 1 map every 2-3 years. and it would take up A LOT of resources (Delaying other cool things like skins), while I LOVE the idea of having alternate map styles. Its generally to much work for the benefit :L.
VivaLaKitten1 votesso you're saying it's too much work for a game that millions upon millions of people play (and donate to) to update something once every few. . . years?
Guy Fox Teemo1 votesIt does sadly take up to many resources, it would also delay many other things (like skins) . It takes a massive amount of effort and in the end not worth at the cause of delaying everything else. I love the idea and maybe One day we'll have at least one alternate version, but as it stands it takes up to many resources.
VivaLaKitten1 votesthink about it this way, League could keep doing this same thing over and over new skins new champs, new skins new champs, reworks over and over and over or . . . they could try something different, and put off the stuff they've been doing for years, maybe just by a month at average to slowly build up something new and interesting because . . . after a while doing the same thing over and over does get stale, regardless of what it is
Guy Fox Teemo1 votesI personally would love to see them add it. But from Riot's point of view its to many resources to do. I could possibly see them making a different skin for the map at some point, but I very much doubt Riot would ever do it more then once every 3-5 yrs.
ZT Xperimentor1 votesRather have a new map, since it's been a couple years and they haven't brought back the winter theme. Perhaps that volcano map is a possibility now that mobility is everywhere.
VivaLaKitten1 votesI don't think they would add a new map, since it would draw attention away from what they want everyone playing which is ranked / summoners rift so I was hoping they could at least spice up what they're focusing on
ZT Xperimentor2 votesI'm aware, but they also can't deny that they lost a noticeable portion of players when they removed dominion; and riot is setting up the same action for twisted treeline. I agree I don't expect it, but I'm going to ask anyway.