Condensed Map Ideas

by **Steel Panzer** on Thu May 24, 2007 8:14 am

my opinion is tht is not going to be. there is a china map in progress and i don't think even if you attach more territories it will be better, i must suggest another theme.
there are hundreds of good ideas and no mapmakers willing to take them, try looking around the threat about "map ideas..."

its that way^^^ :wink:

by **gimil** on Thu May 24, 2007 8:17 am

grrrrrrrrrr this damn foundries against me today lol

first the british isles revamp gets taken from me now my new map lol

is there any support for this? lol

by **Steel Panzer** on Thu May 24, 2007 8:25 am

i'll give you 100% support if you come with a new idea and a revolutionary map :wink:

by **Ruben Cassar** on Thu May 24, 2007 9:18 am

You have my support. This map looks like it could have some potential. Maybe you need to give it a different flavour set in your particular era of Chinese history.

On a separate note, I would like to see a decent Russia map. Can someone make a Russia map please?

by **Machinehead** on Thu May 24, 2007 9:22 am

Kudos to the map designers, you guys do an awesome job.
Like the new maps, like the variety, keep them coming please.

How about a map of the carribean or the hawaiian islands or maybe a movie theather map ??

by **gimil** on Thu May 24, 2007 9:37 am

can ideas go in the ideas thread and not to spamming my thread

by **gimil** on Thu May 24, 2007 9:39 am

Ruben Cassar wrote: Maybe you need to give it a different flavour set in your particular era of Chinese history.

Waht do u mean??

Ruben Cassar wrote:On a separate note, I would like to see a decent Russia map. Can someone make a Russia map please?

ideas thread

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by **mibi** on Thu May 24, 2007 10:09 am

gimil wrote:I always thought PNG was better but it still seems to pixalate teh borders with white around them : \

you have 1px borders. a 1 px line will always alias on a diagonal.

by **DiM** on Thu May 24, 2007 11:09 am

you got a pm gimil :roll:

by **gimil** on Thu May 24, 2007 11:17 am

i did DiM and i liked teh idea i might work on tweeking it a little thou =) but thanxs

by **GosoxJ** on Thu May 24, 2007 2:54 pm

Regardless of the other China map I think this one is pretty cool too and I like to be able to play it in the future.

by **Scary Kid** on Fri May 25, 2007 7:39 am

ARGH I HAD THIS IDEA!!! Haha good luck, man. Good first draft, hope to play there.

by **kmealey** on Fri May 25, 2007 5:04 pm

keep it up brylski, its an awesome idea, I want to play that map

by **Lobster Crush** on Sat May 26, 2007 3:08 am

edit: Working on the art...any comments?

Here's my first attempt at a map. Let me know what you think before I go on. Of course, any comments/suggestions are welcome.

Right now I'm just wondering about playability. It'll be completely redrawn.

Thx,
LC

57 countries, 11 continents♦

by **gimil** on Sat May 26, 2007 4:02 am

its gd map with decent playability allow graphically it needs alot of work. some boarders arnt clear and some territory namers arnt clear. try to clear up the generally view of the map but its a decent 1st draft.

and how many countries is there?

by **yeti_c** on Sat May 26, 2007 6:23 am

Yargh, Shiver me timbers - no where's that scurvy land lubber Johloh gone with me pieces of update?

C.

by **mibi** on Sat May 26, 2007 7:20 am

put it in img tags next time.

by **gimil** on Sat May 26, 2007 7:24 am

happy 1000 votes MIBI

lol

by **johloh** on Sat May 26, 2007 9:18 am

Yargh, Shiver me timbers - no where's that scurvy land lubber Johloh gone with me pieces of update?

too many things to do! im finishing up guiscards xml right now...and working on the montreal revamp with the old cartographer...

ill get around to it though...

by **ClessAlvein** on Sat May 26, 2007 10:04 am

I like the concept.

by **dominationnation** on Sat May 26, 2007 10:13 am

needs alot of work. It looks much to like montreal and no one likes how that looks

by **johloh** on Sat May 26, 2007 10:16 am

i like it...i was thinking last week that vancouver is laid out to be a great map.

-id rotate it like 3 degrees CCW so all those angles going left to right are horizontal.
-white text needs either a border or a shadow
-youre going to need to increase the size of some of the islands even if its not accurate (ex anna island is too small, no room for armies) same with new west something cant read it and no room for armies
-id make all the borders a more neutral color like black, green clashes with some colors and doesnt show up in some (like the dark green continent in the SE)
-legend should have shadows, outlines, or a background to make it stand out
-you need a title and a signature

great start though!

by **Xyl** on Sat May 26, 2007 6:58 pm

Some more neighborhood reference maps:

For continents, I'd suggest some or all of the following:

* Add part of the eastside. The floating bridges make natural connections.
* Split magnolia from central/downtown. Downtown will likely be a wasteland, but magnolia will be fairly defensible, especially if you limit the bridges.
* Divide north seattle into northeast and northwest/ballard. The natural dividing line is the I-5 freeway.

Something like this:

by **wicked** on Sat May 26, 2007 8:01 pm

All good ideas. What about adding some of the stuff on the western side of the sound, like Mercer Island, etc..?

by **I GOT SERVED** on Sat May 26, 2007 10:08 pm

There's a total of 37 countries. I can add/subtract if I need to. Oh, and the blue lines are impassable borders.

So here's what I'm thinking for bonuses.

Red = 4
Orange = 4
Green = 3
Purple = 3
Brown = 2
Yellow = 6

I'm not that great with advanced graphics, but I'll see what I can pull off. I'll have some more free time in a week or two.

As for XML, I haven't had the chance to fiddle around with that yet. I have no previous experience, but I'm willing to give it a shot.