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Modified Lonely Mermaid map for MP games.

Hi all.

DireAussie was kind enough to modify the tga file for his Lonely Mermaid map for me, so it would be more suitable for MP games. I have created the matching .map file for it, using the altered map image itself (and not necessarily the original Lonely Mermaid game map) as my example.

I have also set up 8 fixed starting locations, 7 land + 1 sea. Each starting land province was selected with the following conditions: all have 4 or 5 neighbours; all are 4 or 5 provinces away from other starting provinces; and all (except one) have at least one farm neighbour and one forest/border/mountain neighbour. The starting sea location has 3 neighbours (all are sea), and is 3 provinces away from 3 starting land provinces.

It's yours to use and play with as you wish. DireAussie, feel free to put it up on your site if you'd like as well.

(Quoted below is my original post, the request for the edited tga file.)

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The Lonely Mermaid map is one of my favourites for MP--but it has too many ocean provinces. Unfortunately, I have the artistic ability of a rock, and don't know how to alter the .tga file. Would someone be willing and able to take the .tga and make it so it has only 12-15 provinces? Then I could use it to create multiplayer games on smaller maps.

Thanks,

--IndyPendant.

Re: Help with altering Lonely Mermaid map.

Sounds like you want to play one of the other Maps from DireAussie, like Mines and Farms for example:

http://users.on.net/~dfidge/dom3/mods.html

Re: Help with altering Lonely Mermaid map.

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The Lonely Mermaid map is one of my favourites for MP-

Great to hear that someone likes it http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

It was the first map I made, the other ones that you can download from the link ich gave are a bit better quality-wise. Mines and farms has been playtested in MP and we're currently mid way through a MP game of four lakes and forts and nobody has reported problems so far. I'm kind of disappointed that they have gotten so few downloads considering there arent many wraparounds out there (only 13 for four lakes and forts last time I checked).

If you want to go through the hassle of creating all the neighbour links, setting up all the provinces then triple-checking its all correct then download this modified .tga which has 14 seas:

http://users.on.net/~dfidge/modifiedmermaid.zip

Re: Help with altering Lonely Mermaid map.

Ha! Thanks DireAussie. I didn't realize you were still active. This is very good; I can take it from here.

Re: Edit: Please help playtest new Lonely Mermaid MP map.

Please see the original post in this thread; I have edited it with a new request. ; )