South Africa Map - Back On Track?

Crowley · Post by **Crowley** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 7:35 am

New update page one.

Ruben Cassar · Post by **Ruben Cassar** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 8:33 am

Crowley wrote:New update page one.

It's looking good Crowley. Well done.

Qwert · Post by **Qwert** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 9:59 am

I must say that problem with map making its these that every map authors first start to create large image. I every time start from small image and then go too work in large image, becouse you can see what can stand in map and what will be bad to see in small map.

Crowley · Post by **Crowley** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 10:14 am

I don't see any problems in the small version...

spinwizard · Post by **spinwizard** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 10:57 am

how did u make ur river?

Crowley · Post by **Crowley** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 2:03 pm

spinwizard wrote:how did u make ur river?

FireWorks
Brush -> blue
Colorfill with wave pattern and swish texture.
Inner bevel -> sloped, inset.
Inner glow -> dark blue color.

Crowley · Post by **Crowley** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 2:07 pm

Any more feedback?

Especially the mountains - Is any one of them cool, or none? Going in the right direction?
I tried to recreate the mountains from the new middle east map (I think KEYOGI's map), but to do that I will need to spend more than the odd hour on them...

I redid the bridges. I hope these new ones will be better eceived...

What direction do I have to look next?

Bad Speler · Post by **Bad Speler** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 3:10 pm

I see youve added the texture, it looks great!! I cant see much more to critisize.

Crowley · Post by **Crowley** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 3:36 pm

Bad Speler wrote:I see youve added the texture, it looks great!! I cant see much more to critisize.

Thanks.
I love my little bridges

but I think they may have to be shrunk...
Also, the mountains aren't finshed yet.

Nikita_2006 · Post by **Nikita_2006** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 4:03 pm

Sorry Crowly don't know if I can give feedback any longer.

I think that you read my post about my cheating (multiple accounts) and I don't know if I have an account the next week.

sorry

Crowley · Post by **Crowley** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 4:14 pm

I see. Too bad, you're apparently my biggest fan

Nikita_2006 · Post by **Nikita_2006** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 4:18 pm

We will see, have send a PM to lack about it.

I am glad that I told it

Crowley · Post by **Crowley** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 4:23 pm

Update on page 1.

Have a look!

Nikita_2006 · Post by **Nikita_2006** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 4:31 pm

Looks good I think, the rivers are much better then on the last map.

Have you worked on the XML file ?

Crowley · Post by **Crowley** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 4:36 pm

I finished and checked it a while back on an older map - was working fine...

I just have to check if I changed any borders since then.
Some bonuses have definately changed and army circles have also changed position, but I could finish the XML in a day or 2, no problem.

What is the way forward?
How much feedback do I need to get the map to the next stage of development?
I'm new, but I always see 'Final Forge' and 'Quenched' flying around the place.

KEYOGI · Post by **KEYOGI** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 5:04 pm

I like it. Not much to fault.

It would be nice if there was one continent that offered a bigger bonus, but I don't think it's neccessary. I think the gameplay on this one should be nice.

Onto visuals. The only things that I think could use improving here are the continent borders and perhaps the text. I'm not a fan of the grey continent borders. I'm sure you could make them white like the rest of the borders. The font is very boring and does weird things to my eyes in some places. Maybe go for a sans serif font, they tend to be easier to read.

One last thing. In your dead territory, next to the river up near the legends there is a weird line coming off your river. :wink:

Crowley · Post by **Crowley** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 1:21 am

Thanks.

I had the Eastern Cape as a 6 bonus (5 borders, 7 territories), but there was unhappiness about it. I still think it should be 6. It's nice if there's always a big bonus continent enticing people to make a play for it.

I had the borders better defined in an earlier update, but later I thought, "Is it really necessary when the country colors don't clash?". I will make another update with better defined borders, then maybe we can vote on it.
The text has been a nightmare for me. I thought that would be the easy part, but many fonts don't scale down nicely. Again, I'll play around with it...

That line is actually a quick patch I put in when some of my layers got a little funky :oops:

- I've already fixed the coloration in the last update and I'll do a permanent fix later...

Nikita_2006 · Post by **Nikita_2006** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 1:53 am

I hoop that Andy looks at your map, he decide if it is good anough and if everything is discussed long anough. So we can only wait

Teya · Post by **Teya** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 4:08 am

Is it possible to have just 1 coloured font? Instead of both black and white?

Crowley · Post by **Crowley** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 7:52 am

I doesn't look cool to me when I only use one font.
The background is just too light or dark for one font, in my opinion...

Crowley · Post by **Crowley** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 7:55 am

Maybe this way it could work - Black text with white shadow...

armychick · Post by **armychick** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 8:07 am

Wow it looks good! Good job!

boberz · Post by **boberz** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 9:59 am

very good i can read it very easily and this in my opinuion is one of the best visual maps in this stage of development

Wisse · Post by **Wisse** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:59 am

i don't like the emboss

Lone.prophet · Post by **Lone.prophet** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:51 pm

i think the vorders look better black, and i think the font doesnt really work

South Africa Map - Back On Track?

What area of the map needs the most work?