Re: Seeking map or need advice on making it
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Ignore Zen. Work, darn you, work! (sound of cracking whip) Slacker! What's taking you so long? People working for free just isn't what it used to be ... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I like that. Looks good. Not bare dirt but subtle plant work. Keep in mind that the castle, temples, flags will all appear on top of these. What you are working on is beautiful but while the game is in play they are basically background.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I prefer the original.

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Well, in closing for the night I'll just let you be the judge. Here's a comparison shot of a section of my map, and a section or Orania (barren areas):
http://www.techno-mage.com/~targa/compare.html

I don't think I'm going to get carried away trying to spruce it up. One of the difficulties I find myself facing is that I don't want to leave any provinces with nothing in them other than a slight bit of shading, but I have to keep telling myself that I can't fill every province with eye candy. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Yours is easier on the eyes, and prettier. G'night. Sweet dreams ...

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I don't mind some plain looking areas. Looks cleaner to me.

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Can we see the comparison as it would look in the game? With flag, castle, temple, army square, neighboring grey flags.

Its up to you. If you want it playable, or prettier on the download screen. As a proud artist maybe a prettier more artistic map is a better choice.

[ February 05, 2004, 14:12: Message edited by: Gandalf Parker ]

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">That would require saving a copy to tga format, addidng capital white dots, creating a map file, then loading it up and taking a screenshot...so don't hold your breath. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

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Or I could do a screen capture from a game and paste transparent on your image.

Latest Version of my Dom2 Daily Random Maps
http://www.techno-mage.com/~dominion...humbnails.html
This one can be done with MUCH less drain on the system. The dail files such as 04Feb19.tga and 04Feb19.map will be put into TodayMap19.zip which means I dont have to regenerate all the web pages each day. Just the views. I might later be able to get it back to the thumbnail view going to a full screen (jpg) view with a link going to the download zip.

[ February 05, 2004, 16:17: Message edited by: Gandalf Parker ]

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OK, I've had several cups of coffee now and can think semi-straight. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif What, exactly, are you asking? If I interpret this correctly....I'd say the following:

If for whatever reason my map ends up looking shabby in-game (poor contrast, too bright/dark, artistic style mismatch, etc..) then there's not much I can do about it. I'll finish the map and let the players decide. I'm not going to scrap 100+ hours of work at this point and start over.

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Can't it be both?