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Old September 4th, 2007, 03:24 PM
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Default Re: Drawing Wraparound Maps - Any Tips?

One thing I would encourage is to try to make a small map wrap first. Also, try to do the edges first. You don't want to put a lot of work into the middle and then fail.

Also, I used a commercial map maker (from age of wonders shadow magic... that game's forums is how i found this game) . That's nice for graphics, but makes it harder in some ways than doing it in a real graphics program.

I'll try to upload my map tonight. It's kind of ugly and simple, and niche-y, but I'd still love feedback. As KO says, if you put things that are easy to draw or match (like open seas or plains with no grass) on the edges it should simplify things. Or, and maybe this is a cop out... If you had nice suqare edges to all the provinces on the borders... That wouldn't be hard to wrap.

Actually, come to think of it, I ended up not wrapping my map, so nevermind. I put a ton of work into trying to make it wrappable, but I forgot a few things and decided it wasn't worth it. From a connectivity point of view it wraps (left provinces connect to right) but visually it doesn't.
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