February 6th, 2004, 01:54 AM
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Re: Random Map Generator
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Originally posted by NTJedi:
Anyway those maps could use pictures of trees for forests, pictures of mud & plants for swamp, corn & barn for farmlands, etc. , etc...
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"Anything is possible, its a computer. Some things are just more trouble than they are worth"
Thats a common quote of mine. Lets see... if the iconic stuff were all saved as seperate image files against a transparent background then a program (C, Basic, Perl, whatever) could go thru the .map file to find the terrain markers and then use the imagemagick program to paste an appropriate image randomly selected from a group (tree1, tree2, tree3) for variety and... no, I think that can be someone elses project.
But if you want to then feel free to grab any that catch your eye and touch'em up. Make it your own offering to the community. Please do because that map will be gone tomorrow. Any paint program will do.
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The size of the maps are great... but they would really be great if random pictures of what I mentioned above could help identify the provinces. The small pixel dots really hurts the eyes after awhile.
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The best I can offer is that Im trying to get a way to "blur" the images. I think that makes them alittle more enjoyable.
http://www.techno-mage.com/~dominion...s/WEvsTHEM.jpg
[ February 05, 2004, 23:57: Message edited by: Gandalf Parker ]
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