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KEYOGI wrote:mibi wrote:i've passed the 600 layer mark.
OMG. How big is the file?
mibi wrote:KEYOGI wrote:mibi wrote:i've passed the 600 layer mark.
OMG. How big is the file?
not very big, only 33 megs. but their arnt 600 layers really. just every time i click the new layer button it names the layer in increasing numbers. now when i create a new layer its 602. i merge a lot and scrap layers. i also dont use the quick mask which is why the count is so high. but the PSD is really a mess at this point. takes forever to find anything.
DiM wrote:mibi wrote:KEYOGI wrote:mibi wrote:i've passed the 600 layer mark.
OMG. How big is the file?
not very big, only 33 megs. but their arnt 600 layers really. just every time i click the new layer button it names the layer in increasing numbers. now when i create a new layer its 602. i merge a lot and scrap layers. i also dont use the quick mask which is why the count is so high. but the PSD is really a mess at this point. takes forever to find anything.
i don't get it how come at 602 layers you have 33 megs and i have only 4.8 at 500+??
i use fireworks 8 (maybe that's the problem?)
also. one more question is there a way to search the layers by name? and inside the layers? i have most of my things labeled but i really don't remember how i labeled them
sully800 wrote:Hmmm, the border between Forest 3 and 4 is partially covered by trees on both the large and small map. It's not a huge deal but I think it makes the border less clear.
sully800 wrote:Also, I'm not sure I like the country numbers in the river camp. They are much brighter than any other numbers on the map and stand out a lot (as if they were highlighted for some reason). I like the fact that you used colors from the tent for those numbers, but perhaps it could be softened a little. Maybe more gray instead of white and less orange surrounding the numbers.
The file size is determined by the number of layers and their type. My King of the Mountiasn map PSD was over 20 megs and my current Grerat lakes is around 12. If you use vecotr graphics to make layers, the files are much smaller. I try not to merge layers. The more megred layers the more full frame pictures in the PSD. THis is just something that I have noticed over the years. With blending modes/styles(drop shadow,glows) if you keep them live and don't merge the layers all Photoshop remembers is the calculations to achieve the look. My merging the file must remember each pixel and that can be more information sometimes.mibi wrote:DiM wrote:mibi wrote:KEYOGI wrote:mibi wrote:i've passed the 600 layer mark.
OMG. How big is the file?
not very big, only 33 megs. but their arnt 600 layers really. just every time i click the new layer button it names the layer in increasing numbers. now when i create a new layer its 602. i merge a lot and scrap layers. i also dont use the quick mask which is why the count is so high. but the PSD is really a mess at this point. takes forever to find anything.
i don't get it how come at 602 layers you have 33 megs and i have only 4.8 at 500+??
i use fireworks 8 (maybe that's the problem?)
also. one more question is there a way to search the layers by name? and inside the layers? i have most of my things labeled but i really don't remember how i labeled them
im not sure why you only have 4.8 gigs. the way PS determines filesize baffles me. I have some other projects with less than 50 layers but the PSD are 400+ megs. and some with 1000+ layers and the PSD are under 100 megs.
as for searching.. yeah its not possible. i'd just use as many folders as possible. i have folders for 'numbers','digits','text','touchups','forest' etc.... that way if i need to change a layer but i cant find the actual label, i just toggle the folders on an off until i find it. ofcourse this is all in photoshop, i dont use fireworks so it may be entirely different.
maybe i'll upload the PSD when im done. after i clean it up first!
Marvaddin wrote:Sorry if its already suggested... I was out for several days, and I didnt realize many changes about playability, so...
1) the midlands are still a wasteland, you could think about reduce it to 4-5 territories to make it a bit more playable.
2) the east ward still has 4 borders, while the west one has 3. Its easy to correct... Give to the territory 2 the area with stairs of territory 1. So t1 would be non border, like t2 of the west ward. Change the names if you want.
3) the throne + walls dont seem to be even playable, I think it could be removed, even why the legend is incredibly crowded.
4) some bonuses are too high, like the forest one. Same with the plains... river camp + plains gives a bonus of +6 and just have 2 borders...
5) the gate numbers cant be read in the small map, maybe it could be a single territory again... and with a bonus just holding both camps...
yeah that 2 is suppose to be above the army circle, need to fix that.6) Its a mistery to me how the tunnel works... is it completely one way, or can I attack from tunnel 7 to 6, just cant move Tunnel 1 to hall 5?
JoshJ wrote:When it says "Throne + all Walls" 5, does that mean just the inner walls or the outer walls as well?
If it's the latter, I'd have to say that's basically a useless bonus and you might as well throw it out.
If the former, it just needs to be rephrased somehow.
It also needs to be made clear whether it includes the Great Hall as well.
Coleman wrote:JoshJ wrote:When it says "Throne + all Walls" 5, does that mean just the inner walls or the outer walls as well?
If it's the latter, I'd have to say that's basically a useless bonus and you might as well throw it out.
If the former, it just needs to be rephrased somehow.
It also needs to be made clear whether it includes the Great Hall as well.
When it says Throne + all Walls, I think it means Throne + all Walls. Unless you have a definition for all that I've never heard of?
Also, last I checked the great hall is a great hall, it isn't a throne, and it isn't any form of wall, so why would it be in that bonus? The great hall already has its own bonus...
Coleman wrote:JoshJ wrote:When it says "Throne + all Walls" 5, does that mean just the inner walls or the outer walls as well?
If it's the latter, I'd have to say that's basically a useless bonus and you might as well throw it out.
If the former, it just needs to be rephrased somehow.
It also needs to be made clear whether it includes the Great Hall as well.
When it says Throne + all Walls, I think it means Throne + all Walls. Unless you have a definition for all that I've never heard of?
Also, last I checked the great hall is a great hall, it isn't a throne, and it isn't any form of wall, so why would it be in that bonus? The great hall already has its own bonus...
SkyCaptain wrote:I assume that the arrows over the gate means that each wall can attack to the gate and across the gate to the other wall. But since lots of people will be confused, I'd like to sugges ta change that might be too big for you to do. If you extended the drawbridge territory into midlands a bit, you could then connect the two walls above the gate. I don't know how hard it would be to do that, but it would clean up those arrows, besides looking better, rather than looking like the wall is broken over the drawbridge and armies can just walk in.
SkyCaptain wrote:I assume that the arrows over the gate means that each wall can attack to the gate and across the gate to the other wall. But since lots of people will be confused, I'd like to sugges ta change that might be too big for you to do. If you extended the drawbridge territory into midlands a bit, you could then connect the two walls above the gate. I don't know how hard it would be to do that, but it would clean up those arrows, besides looking better, rather than looking like the wall is broken over the drawbridge and armies can just walk in.
