Why, WHY, would this incredible aspect of the game be removed.
Here are my possibilities:
1. They may have been too laggy for older generation computers.
2. You have to totally reset the whole game to change the map.
3. Badspot knew that static shapes were going to be left, and kept 'static maps' a secret, until someone made them. There is a addon that adds static maps to your game, in the environment menu. It even has the classic bedroom :D
Still, may the reason be unknown.
NoEdit: The add-on for the so-called static maps is called System_StaticMaps