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Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 2:25 pm
by Unit_2
ok, i know its not at the edge of the map but that because the legand and the name arn't on it yet.
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:23 pm
by Unit_2
Ok guys, how is this?(if you still don't like it i got a new back ground below this one)
here is the other one.(W/O blur)
Here it is with blur.
I know theres some spots in the ones with teh blurs but i didn't see then when i did it.
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:23 pm
by RjBeals
Unit 2, seriously, what do you think - would you play a map with that over-powering background image? It's just too much. This isn't an art gallery.
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 12:03 am
by edbeard
what's wrong with having it just be a normal ocean like all sorts of other maps with water in them?
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 12:56 am
by Unit_2
Thats what i want(ed) to do all along but i can't find a style 
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:23 am
by a-person1192
i like the ancient scroll and the orange square arch thing.
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:33 am
by oaktown
maybe you should focus on the playable area of the map... everything else - like text color - is just eye candy and is not as important as content. 
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 11:53 am
by Unit_2
I already got that, i just need to get the eye-candy down and its good to go.
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 12:08 pm
by RjBeals
Oh really? Can you post again the most recent map without the background effect?
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 12:47 pm
by Unit_2
I need the eye-candy before i can put the terrt names in.
Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 12:12 am
by lanyards
Instead of a picture of something in the background, why don't you have the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean. Then put South Korea and Russia on there for the dead zone. Your borders are a bit sloppy, and you need to put on the territory names also.
--lanyards
Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 1:05 am
by t.e.c
work on the map first, eye candy later.
Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 1:50 am
by lord voldemort
agreed.... unit, gameplay, terr and bonus names need to be done first.
give us a rough map of those, it doesnt need to be pretty, then u can do the pretty stuff latz
Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 2:31 am
by Unit_2
I already did that, its all realy, i just need eye-candy.
Also good suggestion landyard.
Bad said he will help me when Iberia is done, so i guess its on hold till then.
Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 3:00 am
by Skittles!
Alright, this is how I see it.
The continent colours are burning my eyes. Please change them.
The country borders look fragile and as if they'll break if I put more than 10 armies on it.
The backgrounds are stupid, don't do them. It just takes away what you need to do, and that's focus on the map.
You need to have army shadows.
A legend. Just show the most previous map without all the high-top backgrounds so we remember what everything is.
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 4:53 pm
by Unit_2
Ok guys, i see that you all think a water background is the way to go, so do you guys like any of these?
This one:
Or
Or
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 4:55 pm
by cena-rules
B
C pisses me off
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 4:57 pm
by Unit_2
sorry guys, didn't see that it blured, i'll see if i can fix it.
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 4:58 pm
by gimil
non of them,
either:
A you have compression problems
or
B your not effectivly using your layers in your software.
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 4:59 pm
by Unit_2
B, i'm not useing layers, i can't with this background.
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 5:05 pm
by gimil
Unit_2 wrote:B, i'm not useing layers, i can't with this background.
unfortunatly if your not using layers properly there is little chance of this map making it any further.
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 5:31 pm
by Qwert
If you can not use better program for making map,then i must sugested to you to give up,sorry for these bad opinion.
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:29 am
by Blitzaholic
gimil wrote:Unit_2 wrote:B, i'm not useing layers, i can't with this background.
unfortunatly if your not using layers properly there is little chance of this map making it any further.
why?
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:32 am
by AndyDufresne
By using layers, you can essentially change and improve your map on the fly...in parts. By not, you may have to start all over, or from a previously saved image. Basically no layers = Incredibly difficult production.
--Andy
