California [Quenched]

[isaiah40]

Argh! I hate it when I can't think of the correct terminology! Yea, I think I meant subdue the background to make it so it's noticeable but not the focal point.

[natty dread]

Argh! I hate it when I can't think of the correct terminology! Yea, I think I meant subdue the background to make it so it's noticeable but not the focal point.

Yeah, in that case I agree, I suggested earlier to make the background darker.

[The Bison King]

I finally figured out what is wrong here. Can you please reduce the opacity of the background? The sunset as it is right now is the focal point. We want the focal point to be the playing area itself. Try reducing it by around 30%, and don't forget to reduce the opacity in the insets as well to match the background. Everything else is looking good, so if you can do this please, I'll take another look at it, then maybe we can get this bumped along.

Most excellent. Sorry for the delay, I've been out of town all weekend. So I can get to this tomorrow.

[The Bison King]

[bigimg]http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/223/californiaupload.jpg[/bigimg]
[bigimg]http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/1262/californiasmallupload.jpg[/bigimg]


K, I didn't mess with the opacity but I reduced the saturation in parts of the background to produce the same desired effect. Which is a decreased emphasis on the background, directing more focus to the Map itself.

[isaiah40]

Not too bad. Me thinks it needs a little more desaturation. And please do not forget the insets as well!!

[The Bison King]

Not too bad. Me thinks it needs a little more desaturation. And please do not forget the insets as well!!

I did hit the insets as well. But I'll give it a little more.

[The Bison King]

[bigimg]http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/223/californiaupload.jpg[/bigimg]

[bigimg]http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/1262/californiasmallupload.jpg[/bigimg]

[Industrial Helix]

How about an image with 888s

[Victor Sullivan]

*crosses his fingers*

[The Bison King]

How about an image with 888s

Of course:

Everything looks 90% good. I've only got a few coordinate fixes for you Victor.

SMALL:
[bigimg]http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/8291/picture9cj.png[/bigimg]
-Nappa Valley bump it up and to the left, just over the "A"
-Berkley, San Mateo, & Santa cruz, bump a little to the left
-move Oakland up and left so it sits just above the tip of the y in Berkley
-Sierra Madre, relocate it above the text.
-Lassen bump left
-Salton Sea & Needles bump left
-Hollywood, Central, Anaheim, $ Pasadena can all be bummped just a smidge to the left.

LARGE:
[bigimg]http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/7330/picture10xs.png[/bigimg]
-Nappa Valley (same treatment as small)
-Oakland (same treatment as small)
-Central bump to the right
-Sierra Madre (same treatment as small)

[Victor Sullivan]

Alright, but Central to the right on the large?

[Victor Sullivan]

http://www.fileden.com/files/2010/12/18 ... ornia5.xml

[The Bison King]

Oh sweet. Sorry I've been out. I'll take a look at this tomorrow morning.

[pamoa]

love the sunny felling of the map
and as you are in graphic
I have a readability problem with bay area insert
you have to make it independent from the main map
by closing the frame as you did for LA

[The Bison King]

love the sunny felling of the map
and as you are in graphic
I have a readability problem with bay area insert
you have to make it independent from the main map
by closing the frame as you did for LA

Why do I have to close it up? obviously if you are aware of the fact that you were looking at an inset for the Bay area you didn't actually have a readability problem.

[The Bison King]

Ok here's the test results for the new XML
[bigimg]http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/7072/picture11tj.png[/bigimg]
[bigimg]http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/246/picture12ip.png[/bigimg]

Everything looks good to me. As for central on the large I did in fact mean "left" when I said "right" but it looks fine to me how it is on the version.

[pamoa]

love the sunny felling of the map
and as you are in graphic
I have a readability problem with bay area insert
you have to make it independent from the main map
by closing the frame as you did for LA

Why do I have to close it up? obviously if you are aware of the fact that you were looking at an inset for the Bay area you didn't actually have a readability problem.

because it is not clear it is an inset and a map prolongation
and it took me a while to figure how those territories where connected

[Industrial Helix]

Hmm... i had no trouble at all when I viewed it. I mean, i recognized it as an inset right off... but then, i look at maps on CC too much.

What about labeling the bordering territories in the inset, even though the numbers wouldn't be there. That way it would be clear what borders what.

[The Bison King]

[bigimg]http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/223/californiaupload.jpg[/bigimg]
[bigimg]http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/1262/californiasmallupload.jpg[/bigimg]
How's that look?

[pamoa]

well it helps a bit
but my confusion came from the bay itself in the main map
it doesn't seems to be sea but land!
the black frame of the inset seems to be some coast
and so the inset isn't an inset but an extension
maybe with a double or triple line for the coast

[Victor Sullivan]

Oh, one thing that's been bothering me is Oakland and Berkeley are quite disproportionate on the map itself compared to the inset.

And pamoa, I don't really think it can be helped at this point, and I honestly don't see what's so hard to understand...

-Sully

[The Bison King]

I don't really think it can be helped at this point, and I honestly don't see what's so hard to understand...

This is exactly how I feel on the subject.

[pamoa]

well sorry for disturbing

[Vlasov]

Isn't this California map getting anywhere NEAR the Final Foundry or Beta yet? It's been a long time, and some of us would like to play it and try it out.

Those latest XML images look okay to me. I think Bison King has done well. How long will it be until we can battle in California, and iron out the glitches?

P.S. Yes, the relative sizes of Berkeley & Oakland appear different on the main map, as compared to the OBVIOUS inset map.

[The Bison King]

[bigimg]http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/223/californiaupload.jpg[/bigimg]
[bigimg]http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/1262/californiasmallupload.jpg[/bigimg]
Berkley re-sized.