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Hey tom, looking good, and ill comment more later, but for now all i have to say is


5B

Kaplowitz wrote:I pretty sure that it is size 12...

hmm - i dunno

TaCktiX wrote:When in doubt you could drop by Foundry Discussion and download the Army Circle png that mibi posted. I took that and turned it into a layered PSD to show the armies on The Citadel. Very easy to do the Click, Drag, Ctrl+J (duplicate layer) deal.

hmm i will try that sometime

rocky mountain wrote:the lemur heads are great and the mini-map looks better than the box key...
good job!

i agree with ya tehre

lord voldemort wrote:also your 88 are not the correct size

5 min job - just because Zeak wanted them

lord voldemort wrote:and i also think that this map is too small...

actually i think its 630px X 500px - height by width - which is too big for a small map

lord voldemort wrote:and the rgaphical line for mountains could be a lil better to actually represent mountians...

yea workin on that

lord voldemort wrote:the trees look cool

thanks lol

lord voldemort wrote:your bonus's are off....they are too many or not enough for the number of borders to defend....so id go by that

yea we'll work something out

jako wrote:u need to put up a poll for which version of ur map u should go with. u cant pick one based off of one person.

i think that 5C1 is just the best - it looks the best

jako wrote:u could try taking a look at the mountains on the WWII western front map or france map. both are different styles that could give u a good idea for mountains.

ill look into other maps' mountains and look at their mountains - and perhaps hold a poll for the mountain style?

jako wrote:dont know how ur going to fix those forests, but they still need work.

yea - i willl try some blurs and maybe stretch them a lil bit (upward)

jako wrote:Antsiranana - 2 terts + 2 attacking points = 2.
Mahajanga - 4 terts + 3 attacking points = 3
Toamasina - 3 terts + 3 attacking points = 3
Antananarivo - 4 terts + 3 attacking points = 3
Fianarantsoa - 5 terts + 4 attacking points = 4
Toliara - 4 terts + 4 attacking points = 4

i dont know if its thats straight forward - just doing the amount of defending terits - like what if you were holding the equivilant of asia with only one terit - it wouldnt just be a bonus og 1 or 2 - coz u got some more terits within - but i see your point
i will do some thinking

jako wrote:u need to put up a poll for which version of ur map u should go with. u cant pick one based off of one person.

u could try taking a look at the mountains on the WWII western front map or france map. both are different styles that could give u a good idea for mountains.

dont know how ur going to fix those forests, but they still need work.

bonuses are a little off as lovo said. this i what i think they could be:

Antsiranana - 2 terts + 2 attacking points = 2.

Mahajanga - 4 terts + 3 attacking points = 3

Toamasina - 3 terts + 3 attacking points = 3

Antananarivo - 4 terts + 3 attacking points = 3

Fianarantsoa - 5 terts + 4 attacking points = 4

Toliara - 4 terts + 4 attacking points = 4

and congratz on the adv idea.

thanks

bryguy wrote:Hey tom, looking good, and ill comment more later, but for now all i have to say is


5B

cheers m8
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ok next update soon,
i will play around with the trees (maybe) and the mounatins, also the bonuses, and the title background, anyone with anymore suggestions i am very open minded - so go ahead!

I like the background for madagscar, it looks cool! Im not very keen on your impassables, i know you can do better

ok here we go, version 6
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Version 6:
[bigimg]http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll234/t--o--m/madagascarversion6.jpg[/bigimg]
ive updated the mountains - not that they look any better lol (well maybe a lil bit), i changed the bevels on them and smudged them so they look rougher
trees un-altered
bonuses un-altered - i think theyre ok for now (thats probably a bad sign if i think theyre ok) - just that jako your method, well i dont think its quite right. you said that the pink/red cont had 3atacking terits so should have a 3 bonus - but its got 4 terits, and 5 terits availible to break the bonus - so 3 is too low i think.
i also altered the title background - which that doesnt really look much better either,
if anyone wants to see this with the 88's on - just say because its only a click of a button (litterally!)
anyway watcha think of this one??
p.s. yes i am aware that the mountains are all kinda different!

EDIT:
oh yea i forgot, i used a faded gradient to blend the pic - hopefully it works

they look better

lets see it with the 88's. The trees on the left need wotking on though

cena-rules wrote:lets see it with the 88's. The trees on the left need wotking on though

lol i knew that if you came to the thread you'd ask lol
here you go:
[bigimg]http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll234/t--o--m/madagascarversion688s.jpg[/bigimg]
i also tried out having a 3px stroke on the outside of the army cirlces (a darkish blue one) but it didnt look good

can you put a yellow 88 on the yellow cont

cena-rules wrote:can you put a yellow 88 on the yellow cont

lol you are awkward!
ok, i will IF you tell me which colours you want where
i.e orange on orange and so on lol

t-o-m wrote:

cena-rules wrote:can you put a yellow 88 on the yellow cont

lol you are awkward!
ok, i will IF you tell me which colours you want where
i.e orange on orange and so on lol

umm army colours on cont of sam colour ie yellow on yellow etc

the brown cont though!!
lol - i did those brown cont #'s just for you haha
[bigimg]http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll234/t--o--m/madagascarversion688s-1.jpg[/bigimg]
EDIT:
i guessed at the colours
lol

All the colors are right here: http://www.conquerclub.com/mapmaker/index.php

Kaplowitz wrote:All the colors are right here: http://www.conquerclub.com/mapmaker/index.php

thanks kap,
ill do that 2moro!
any other requests/suggestions for the next update - kap suggested lemur heads as army circles and look at the map now!

Maybe a different color font for each continent to help differentiate?

The black borders between continents look stronger in some places than in others. Compare the border between Sofia and Diana to the one between Anosy and Atsimo-Atsinanana. I think the darker ones look better, personally.

The new mountains are better, but still a bit too thin for my liking. Could you make them a bit thicker? Also, your source of light for the image seems to change as you move down the mountain chain. For example, between Analanjirofo and Sofia, you have illumination on the northwest and east sides of the mountain. Pick an angle and stick to it. I suggest the top right corner of the map for the light source.

New mountains are better.
No more comments from me for a while.

how come you have an ! beside your thread instead of a regular conquer club star?

rocky mountain wrote:how come you have an ! beside your thread instead of a regular conquer club star?

sticky (or announcement.... i don't know which....)

It's Stickied as an Advanced Idea.

Kaplowitz wrote:Maybe a different color font for each continent to help differentiate?

i dont think that you could get those colours mixed up very easily - other views?
maybe ill have a poll
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ZeakCytho wrote:The black borders between continents look stronger in some places than in others. Compare the border between Sofia and Diana to the one between Anosy and Atsimo-Atsinanana. I think the darker ones look better, personally.

yea - for some reason i have 2 layers of conts - (when i was making it i probably wanted to make it look darker and harder at the sides) - and they both have different ocpacities, but its just a duplicated layer so i dont know why some have turned out diferent to others, - i will look into it
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ZeakCytho wrote:The new mountains are better, but still a bit too thin for my liking.

ill try make 'em thicker
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ZeakCytho wrote:Also, your source of light for the image seems to change as you move down the mountain chain.

yea - i am trying to make the mountains on the top-rightish more like the others (which you cant see the light source so well) but i used different light sources to get the same effect on the other mountains
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wcaclimbing wrote:

rocky mountain wrote:how come you have an ! beside your thread instead of a regular conquer club star?

sticky (or announcement.... i don't know which....)

sticky yea

TaCktiX wrote:It's Stickied as an Advanced Idea.

yup
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anyway - i will update it soon
thanks for the suggs.

t-o-m wrote:

Kaplowitz wrote:Maybe a different color font for each continent to help differentiate?

i dont think that you could get those colours mixed up very easily - other views?
maybe ill have a poll
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But its a little hard to tell which name goes where.

Kaplowitz wrote:

t-o-m wrote:

Kaplowitz wrote:Maybe a different color font for each continent to help differentiate?

i dont think that you could get those colours mixed up very easily - other views?
maybe ill have a poll
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But its a little hard to tell which name goes where.

the terit names or the cont names?
EDIT:
475px X 600px is ok right?
(width X height)

i think the gs is one too small, while the southern most bonus is one too big

sam_levi_11 wrote:i think the gs is one too small, while the southern most bonus is one too big

ill put together a few bonus options and maybe hold a poll
version 6A is coming out in like 5mins
EDIT:
here it is,
Zeak i think the mountains are too big on this one, and you wouldnt beleive it but i turned the pixel number down 5px's on this update lol
(but changed it to "Emboss" rather than the outer bevel)
[bigimg]http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll234/t--o--m/madagascarversion6A.jpg[/bigimg]

ill be here......waiting

i stick by what i said about the bonus' also the mountains look fine...looks less cartoony and more geographical