Seeking map or need advice on making it

[Gandalf Parker]

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 ]

[Targa]

Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:
Can we see the comparison as it would look in the game? With flag, castle, temple, army square, neighboring grey flags.

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.

[Gandalf Parker]

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 ]

[Targa]

OK, I've had several cups of coffee now and can think semi-straight. 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.

Its up to you. If you want it playable, or prettier on the download screen.

Can't it be both?

[Gandalf Parker]

Didnt mean to turn you off. I think your map is great and you should definetly continue.

I also think some players would rather have dull fast-loading maps since its basicaly background and some dont look at that just as some people turn off the music and all the animations. Dull fast maps are easy to do so I dont think you should be swayed that direction. Others can take care of that (like me).

[Targa]

No problem, I wasn't turned off. The problem with internet communication is that you can't see and interpret body language, tone, attitude, etc... Makes for easy misunderstandings. I know you well enough to know there was no ill intent behind that.

On another note, does anyone know how Dom2 calculates province richness? I see in the map editor and docs that you can assign multiple values to a single province. ie:

Province A is assigned "farm"
Province B is assigned "farm" and "rivers"
Province C is assigned "farm" and "forest"
Province D is assigned "farm" and "mountains" etc...

How do these affect cash production of the provinces? Does "A" produce more money than the rest? What does designating it as "rivers" do? I know that the terrain types will affect movement rates and the chance of finding a magic site, but unsure of how it affects money (other than that the designation of "small" vs. "large" will have an effect). If I have a province that looks like this:

http://www.techno-mage.com/~targa/province.jpg

It's meant to be a farm province with mountains around it to limit access (the mountains are impassable). Will making it farm + mountains reduce income?

[Targa]

Today's sneak preview:
http://www.techno-mage.com/~targa/webmap.jpg