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zim wrote:Adjusted Upper Canada and Western USA to remove any ambiguity about the attack paths available. Note to self: Update XML to reflect new diagonal path in Western NA, also check Upper Canada-Midwest route.

Also moved Afghanistan label into China to make sure that the Pakistan-Turkmenistan connection was visible.

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That shift of the Canadian border looks much better IMO- no need for any kind of barrier like a lake now.

I think the connection from Cuba to Florida is unclear because of the army shadow though. It's like the Albania-Italy connection in the Europe map- you can see it but just barely because the army shadow covers it up, and people will no doubtedly say there is no connection. Perhaps moving the shadow to the right....or better yet, moving the border to the left would solve that problem.

I just noticed a problem in the Sudan Somalia region- I don't believe they are meant to connect but there is a double border (light and dark gray) around the outside of Ethiopia, which makes it look like there should be a strip of land between those borders. I'm assuming you meant to have the two borders coincide and only the dark gray sub continent border visible.

i dont like the afghanistan label in china but i understand the necessity of it.

andy, could we get ur opinion on the changes that have been made, and how much farther it needs to go?

Looks like there is still discussion going on


--Andy

ok if you want this map finished

shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I object and demand a total overhaul.

Just kidding, nice map.

Per Sully800's suggestions; Updated Cuba/Florida connection to avoid confusion. Also removed cleaned up remains of Djibouti and Eritrea which suggested a Sudan/Somalia attack might be possible.

Also fixed XML to add Prairies/Western USA route.

http://www.zims.com/blog/images/vfv7.xml







Cheers,

Zim

looks sweet, will it be out before Christmas?

looks good to me

Jargo The Axe wrote:looks sweet, will it be out before Christmas?

Oh man. Now I just want to keep this discussion going so it doesn't get released until Christmas morning!

Nice fix with the Cuba/Southern USA border. It is much more visible now.

Unfortunately I just noticed the same thing with the Yemen Somalia border. I hadn't even realized the connection was there until I checked the XML to see if Yemen bordered any African countries.

I think the problem is that the army shadows, over seas borders and ocean color are all very similar. I think it would be better if you changed the over seas connection lines to a darker gray (perhaps the same color as the borders of the sub continents) so it would stand out better against the color of the water. At the same time this would make the connections more visible even if they were beneath an army shadow. That might require you moving some country names that currently sit on top of the borders because the grays would be too close to keep legibility. All small fixes but I think it would help, because I find myself having to squint to see many of the short connections in crowded areas (Taiwan-China, Sumatra-Thailand are also hardly visible because they are so short)

sully800 wrote:

zim wrote:Adjusted Upper Canada and Western USA to remove any ambiguity about the attack paths available. Note to self: Update XML to reflect new diagonal path in Western NA, also check Upper Canada-Midwest route.

Also moved Afghanistan label into China to make sure that the Pakistan-Turkmenistan connection was visible.

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Zim

That shift of the Canadian border looks much better IMO- no need for any kind of barrier like a lake now.

I think the connection from Cuba to Florida is unclear because of the army shadow though. It's like the Albania-Italy connection in the Europe map- you can see it but just barely because the army shadow covers it up, and people will no doubtedly say there is no connection. Perhaps moving the shadow to the right....or better yet, moving the border to the left would solve that problem.

I just noticed a problem in the Sudan Somalia region- I don't believe they are meant to connect but there is a double border (light and dark gray) around the outside of Ethiopia, which makes it look like there should be a strip of land between those borders. I'm assuming you meant to have the two borders coincide and only the dark gray sub continent border visible.

the amount of work you must have put into this is incredible, and i hold you in high esteem for doing so. i think that once its done, this could be one of the best maps on cc

Sully..... You are the biggest idiot have ever seen and you won't shut up! How many times have we told you to SHUT UP?!?!?!?!?!?!?! We don't nees your crappy coments!

I haven't had much to say about this map for awhile...
I still think adding the Baltics to Scandinavia would make it more valuable.

and straigthen the Zim in Zimbabwe

onbekende wrote:and straigthen the Zim in Zimbabwe

No. It credits his name.

I just thought of that 5 min before you posted, sorry for asking it

Ninja Kid wrote:Sully..... You are the biggest idiot have ever seen and you won't shut up! How many times have we told you to SHUT UP?!?!?!?!?!?!?! We don't nees your crappy coments!

I can tell I wouldn't be able to survive any battle of wits with a man such as yourself.

In the future, take posts like yours to the flame wars forum. That's where they belong in this community.

sully800 wrote:. . . Unfortunately I just noticed the same thing with the Yemen Somalia border. I hadn't even realized the connection was there until I checked the XML to see if Yemen bordered any African countries.

I think the problem is that the army shadows, over seas borders and ocean color are all very similar. I think it would be better if you changed the over seas connection lines to a darker gray (perhaps the same color as the borders of the sub continents) so it would stand out better against the color of the water. At the same time this would make the connections more visible even if they were beneath an army shadow. That might require you moving some country names that currently sit on top of the borders because the grays would be too close to keep legibility. All small fixes but I think it would help, because I find myself having to squint to see many of the short connections in crowded areas (Taiwan-China, Sumatra-Thailand are also hardly visible because they are so short)

Good suggestion and done. It's definitely clearer and it's growing on me aesthetically. Let me know if I've missed any I think after about seven iterations I've got them all but....

happysadfun wrote:I haven't had much to say about this map for awhile...
I still think adding the Baltics to Scandinavia would make it more valuable.

Happy, I don't want to re-hash the debate on sub-continent membership (frankly I'm not sure I remember the rationale on this particular one, I vaguely recall it being around the definition of "Scandinavia" but bygones {though a "search a thread" would be cool}) at this stage. As long as you don't feel it's a critical flaw in the game play I'd prefer to leave it as is.

Cheers,

Zim

P.S. The crooked Zim in Zimbabwe is not there as a sop to my ego. It's a political protest at the corrupt and crooked government of Robert Mugabe's Zanu PF. If Tsvangirai or Mutamabra takes over I'll change it. Honest

missed 1 connect btwn greenland and nunavut.
looks gorgeous

Yeah, I really think that looks a lot better, and there is much less risk of someone not seeing one of the connections

Aside from the minor connection point missed that Enigma pointed out, and perhaps a moving Mongolia's name a little bit north so it isn't on the border, this map is looking better and better.

Lets do another XML test/check to make sure they are all properly aligned.


--Andy

Andy et al,

Here are updated images correcting the Greenland link and moving Mongolia for greater legibility.

I haven't been able to check the XML as it appears (at least from my end) that Jota's tools at http://www.conquerclub.com/mapmaker/index.php are borked at the moment. The XML checker reports errors that aren't there and the map/alignment checker fails to a blank screen. Maybe a result of the server move?

Anyway I locked the shadow layer so as not to move any of them during the recent changes so the previous XML at http://www.zims.com/blog/images/vfv7.xml should be fine.

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Cheers,

Zim

This needs a quick quenching. Lack's on!

Zim, the program problem revolves around the Brazil/Space bug that we still have from the new server change. We should get it fixed soon. Until then, hold tight.

Looking a little closer at the map, is there any way to move Turkey's name to make it slightly easier to read?

Also I think it still may be hard to tell that Taiwan is a part of the Far East. Perhaps you could nudge the army shadow and show a hint more of blue?


--Andy

Could you do something to make New Caledonia's name (the letter "d" in particular) more readable?