Feudal Epic, L&S, Pg. 49 [D, Gp, Gr]

[AndyDufresne]

If there should be any rule---it should be against so much bright red on green!


--Andy

[gimil]

Thank you benn.

[jackin_u_up]

If there should be any rule---it should be against so much bright red on green!


--Andy

I agree ...i have been looking forward to this map for months. Please change the bright red ...YeeeCh

[phantomzero]

If there should be any rule---it should be against so much bright red on green!


--Andy

I agree ...i have been looking forward to this map for months. Please change the bright red ...YeeeCh

The new CC Christmas Map?

[whitestazn88]

yo, whitestazn88 here for the map review.

gotta say, i'm not a big feudal fan. i'm bad at it and got no strategy. but it looks good. move it on

[sailorseal]

Its ready, lets get this quenched

[oaktown]

ew, this map is all... sticky!

Nice work to date. Just sent out a review call, so let the criticism begin!

[Blitzaholic]

I will play on it and pm you or post in here if I see any issues or flaws with it



looks great though from what i see, a larger version of feudal, i am quite sure it will be very popular, also, you can set up quads games on this one, correct?

[gimil]

you can set up quads games on this one, correct?

Correct!

[porkenbeans]

I just started learning feudal last week, and won my first game. So I guess you can say that I'm a virgining fan. I saw something that I thought might be an improvement, but instead of trying to explain it, I hope that you don't mind, that I just went ahead and punched out an example of my idea. It is crude because I do not have the file and had only one layer to work with but here it is. If you like it I will be more than happy to tweak it for you if you can supply me with the full file.
[bigimg]http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv12/porkenbeans/feudalmap-1.jpg[/bigimg]
[bigimg]http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv12/porkenbeans/feudalmap.jpg[/bigimg]

[mibi]

I guess I will throw in my final 2 cents, which I have thrown in before. It is way too day glow green. This causes the lanscape to seem unnatural. Also the rivers looked better darker.

[sully800]

I agree with mibi, the greens are definitely too bright. Some darker areas and some paler areas would make the map feel much more realistic. But a general softening of the all the green will go a long way.

[porkenbeans]

Thats funny, The very first thing that struck me about this map, was, how colorful and vibrant it was in comparison to the old feudal. I like it VERY much.
As a matter of fact, I dare you to go out to your yard and grab a handful of grass.Bring it in to and hold it up to the monitor. You will see just how colorful "nature" is.

[mibi]

Thats funny, The very first thing that struck me about this map, was, how colorful and vibrant it was in comparison to the old feudal. I like it VERY much.
As a matter of fact, I dare you to go out to your yard and grab a handful of grass.Bring it in to and hold it up to the monitor. You will see just how colorful "nature" is.

I highly doubt the grass in my yard is a out of the CMYK gamut as this map is.

[porkenbeans]

[bigimg]http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t96/frenchie06_photos/green_grass.jpg[/bigimg]
[bigimg]http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e224/Benjamin-Porter/grass3.jpg[/bigimg]
[bigimg]http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb84/kruemelchen91/gras-green.jpg[/bigimg]
This map is less colorful than any of these images.

[the.killing.44]

Something called lighting and perspective. This map is different in both except your middle image, which is wildly unrealistic.

.44

[porkenbeans]

Something called lighting and perspective. This map is different in both except your middle image, which is wildly unrealistic.

.44

C'mon kill,
Lighting ?
the sun is natural light.
perspective ?
that only means "where the viewer is standing. and unless he is standing behind a dirty window, grass is green. and exceptionally so, if it is a sunny day, and your not in the Majavi dessert in August. lol.

[the.killing.44]

Amount of sunlight = lighting.

[bigimg]http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb84/kruemelchen91/gras-green.jpg[/bigimg]




Those are from the same perspective?

.44

[porkenbeans]

[bigimg]http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee42/cokiesncream411/Green_Grass_Blue_Sky_Bliss.jpg[/bigimg]
[bigimg]http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo170/lnlfranco/47ef44b98f4f4plag_36.jpg[/bigimg]
[bigimg]http://i594.photobucket.com/albums/tt23/Bucket_of_Tee/8a.jpg[/bigimg]
[bigimg]http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh95/pickitup08/bepic/Green-Car-1.jpg[/bigimg]

[the.killing.44]

Look, I'll say it straight out. Bird's-eye view. Zoomed out pretty far, so buildings are ye small. Lighting isn't great, probably a cloudy day. Now find grass that green.

.44

[sully800]

As kill pointed out, sunlight behind the blades of grass makes those images very different from an aerial view.

I'd prefer to see greens taken from these images:

[bigimg]http://highland-outdoor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/lawn-lines.jpg[/bigimg]

[bigimg]http://www.joycelandscaping.com/images/services%20images/lawn.maintenance.jpg[/bigimg]

[bigimg]http://www.agroforestry.net/events/images/Alvis%20Upitis%20_R0Y6666.JPG[/bigimg]

[bigimg]http://www.davidhanauer.com/buckscounty/highrocks/photos/high_rocks_2006_05.jpg[/bigimg]

[porkenbeans]

As kill pointed out, sunlight behind the blades of grass makes those images very different from an aerial view.

I'd prefer to see greens taken from these images:

[bigimg]http://highland-outdoor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/lawn-lines.jpg[/bigimg]

[bigimg]http://www.joycelandscaping.com/images/services%20images/lawn.maintenance.jpg[/bigimg]

[bigimg]http://www.agroforestry.net/events/images/Alvis%20Upitis%20_R0Y6666.JPG[/bigimg]

[bigimg]http://www.davidhanauer.com/buckscounty/highrocks/photos/high_rocks_2006_05.jpg[/bigimg]

The last 2 are not grass.
The first 2 are more colorful than the map, and the 2nd. is a shot on an overcast day with no sun. but it is still brighter and more colorful than the map.
I think that his map and the color of the green grass is just perfect.

[sully800]

The ones you mention are lighter than the map, not brighter.

And yes I understand that the last two are not grass. They are trees, which are included throughout the map that we are discussing.

[danfrank]

I like it gimil.. The shading of the green is great,, Lets get this map beta bound already

[porkenbeans]

[bigimg]http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv12/porkenbeans/feudalmapmastercopy.jpg[/bigimg]
[bigimg]http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv12/porkenbeans/feudalmap.jpg[/bigimg]
I just wanted to show my idea for the water, now here I am messin with the land. lol. Hey this is not my map, why the heck am I working on this ?
Anyways its gmils' baby, and if he wants to make any changes, its his choice. Personaly I like it with the bright green, but here is an option that may be more in line with what Sully has mentioned. I think that it looks pretty cool, a bit more like late summer or early fall.
...I'm done.