Isle of Thrones revamp version
 

hi there!
i'm totally new in the world of dominions, just discovered the game a month ago.. but i was happy when i saw that it was easly modable, so i begin to make a few maps..

here is my first one..

it's a "revamp" version of ballbarian's Isle of Thrones.
a map i find very interestant strategicaly, but the old school hex style was a little bit too much for me, even if i can understand it has his charm :rolleyes:

so i redid the map in two flavors, the first has a more "medieval cartography" look, and the second is a more "realistic" version..

feel free to use one or both of them if you like them..

i redid the .map file too, and i removed a lot of the "guardian" monster of the map, i just let some in the isle of the middle.. i take more pleasure to play this mal like that, but anyway, feel free to change that if you prefer the old version..

any comment/remark/suggestion/criticism is welcome!

Re: Isle of Thrones revamp version
 

WOW, great first post! I have played on a lot of Ballbarians maps, but this one looks like one I haven't seen. Looks great!

One small problem:

Line #10 says:
#imagefile IsleofThrones_real.tga
and should say:
> #imagefile isleofthrones_real.tga

This only affects the *nix crowd so you are %70 OK

Re: Isle of Thrones revamp version
 

These maps both look great to me! I'll let you know if I ever get a chance to check them out in-game.

Re: Isle of Thrones revamp version
 

Beautiful job linlin!

(I started a game using one of the previews you sent me earlier today. :) )

Re: Isle of Thrones revamp version
 

Would it be possible to have the second one (more realistic) but with province borders?

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Really nice work! Would you be willing to share any techniques? :)

Re: Isle of Thrones revamp version
 

there is province border, it's just that the jpg preview is in small resolution..

thanks for the feedback!

for the techniques used, i found this website with a lot of usefull ressource about medieval cartography:
http://forum.cartographersguild.com/

there are a lot of really well done tutorial there, i mixed different ones to find a result that i liked

Re: Isle of Thrones revamp version
 

Oh no! I was just about to down the puppy and play it, but it's gone! I suppose you're updating. I'll wait.

Re: Isle of Thrones revamp version
 

yep, i just updated the files to fix the reference in the .map files for the linux users..

don't hesitate to give feedback, globu!

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Ah, there they are. Will do. :)

Oh, and welcome! Definitely a nice contribution, and hope you do more.

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I'm thinking of using one of these for a small late mod combo game. I will let you know how it turns out. I'll NI them for that.