Baltic Crusades

[thenobodies80]

...Also, there don't seem to be any ovals on the small map. If these are to be added, then I will wait for them before updating the XML, so that both large and small map coordinates can be corrected all at once.

@ender516: yes I know there are no circles on the small, I think it is fine without them.
@theBastard: I did a test with circles on the small, i can send it to you but I'm pretty sure you won't like it.
Let me know if you want give it a look
Nobodies

[theBastard]

@theBastard: I did a test with circles on the small, i can send it to you but I'm pretty sure you won't like it.
Let me know if you want give it a look
Nobodies

ofcourse I want to see it and I´m sure I will like it

[thenobodies80]

ofcourse I want to see it and I´m sure I will like it

Believe me, you can't like it!

Anyway look into the spoiler

[spoiler=ugly_small_version_hidden_into_a_spoiler][/spoiler]

[theBastard]

thanks nobodies.

Believe me, you can't like it!

uf, you was right but it does not look so bad. maybe do "elipses" a little lighter? or more transparent?

[thenobodies80]

Tried. They look bad....anyway we can go with two "different" versions, there's no rule about have exactly the same things on both versions, moreover the gray numbers are a problem only on the big one.
Is there anything else to do except finalizing the xml?

[tokle]

This might have been brought up before, but is it correct English to call the order "brothers in sword"?
I think it is better to say "brothers of the sword" or "sword-brothers", for short.

Looks great. I'm looking forward to this one. Have been for a while.

[thenobodies80]

You right,I'll fix it with the next update. =)

[ender516]

Are all the territories and troop circles in their final places, so I can finalize the XML coordinates?

EDIT:

Just to be clear, which images should I work from, large and small?

[thenobodies80]

[bigimg]http://www.wcforums.org/foundry/BalticCrusades/balticv3.2.png[/bigimg]


After some chatting with MrBenn I did some small changes to shields/castles....and I did the brothers of the sword fix

[ender516]

Okay, I will use those images. English is a funny language sometimes. "Brothers in arms" is fine, but "brothers in swords" just sounds odd. "Brothers of the Sword" is great.

EDIT:

Okay, here is a link to the latest version of the XML, including updates to coordinates to match the large map above http://www.wcforums.org/foundry/BalticCrusades/balticv3.2.png and the "Brothers of the Sword" name change.

Baltic_Crusades_1.9.xml

[ender516]

Quick fix: I had to rename the override as well.

Baltic_Crusades_1.10.xml

This and the latest images have been submitted to the official XML check topic:
viewtopic.php?f=64&t=50034&p=3179110#p3179110

[theBastard]

ou, what a progres here. thanks ender

I look at XML and there is no bonus for continent Gotland. legend says 1 for Gotland (Gotland + Visby)...

[ender516]

Whoops, here you go:

Baltic_Crusades_1.11.xml

I will update the official XML check post as well.

[Commander9]

Any news here?

[natty dread]

Just something that caught my eye...

On the lower right legend, left from the Duchy of Estonia -shield, it seems like part of the forest is overlapping with the legend.

On the upper left legend, part of the "V" of "Visby ship", same thing.

[theBastard]

natty is right with trees in lower right corner. the "V" in Visby ship is fine on the small map, the big needs update...

thanks to all who help to polish and finish this map

[thenobodies80]

It was done.
thebastard can you please update the links and images in the first post?

big version: http://www.wcforums.org/foundry/BalticC ... icv3.2.png
smallversion: http://www.wcforums.org/foundry/BalticC ... cv3.2s.png

[theBastard]

ender, please can you edit XML? you have codded trade route Visby-Visby ship-Dago-Osel-Riga. but this is not valid. only connections by ships are valid. sorry, just now I saw this...

but this helps, I see how are connection confusing.

nobodies, do you think there must be edited text about this problem?

[ender516]

So, to confirm, the only routes which would earn the +1 with Gotland are Visby-Danzig, Visby-Konigsberg, and Visby-Reval.

To make the bonus structure more clear, you might change the colour of the Visby-Riga route from red to black, and then change the key at the left, so that it would show "Impassables" (the river and forest symbols), "Passable" (the black dashed line) and then, widening the box below, "Visby-Hanseatic Trade Route" (a Hanseatic City symbol labelled Visby, a red dashed line to an unlabelled ship and another red dashed line to an unlabelled Hanseatic City symbol). Then change the text in the legend at the bottom right to say "1 Gotland +1 w. Visby-Hanseatic Trade Route". Also, change the connections to the Riga ship to black since they earn no bonus.

[thenobodies80]

I'd prefer to change only the text in teh legend if possible.
Something like: +1 w. Visby connected with any hanseatic town by ship
I don't have so much free space...

[ender516]

Well, there is open ocean at the left edge of the map, and the Visby - Danzig ship route could be moved to the right as well, but that's just my two cents.

[theBastard]

maybe to the legend about bonuses - in the right low corner - would be written:
+1 w. Visby connected to Danzig, Konigsberg or Reval by ship.
and delete "to any Hanseatic town".

[ender516]

That would be clear enough, but it might not hurt to use red and black routes as I described above.

[thenobodies80]

maybe to the legend about bonuses - in the right low corner - would be written:
+1 w. Visby connected to Danzig, Konigsberg or Reval by ship.
and delete "to any Hanseatic town".

It's good for me.I'll update the map later

[theBastard]

great nobodies. thanks