New map by Jason Lutes

[Kristoffer O]

To my knowledge he has no presence on these Boards. He was semi-active on usenet during the dom1 times and made a map called 'Realm War' with a nice colour palette.

[J. Lutes]

Hi guys...

Kristoffer's right about my not having posted here, and Gandalf's right about me being a lurker. It's been very helpful to read these Boards -- Gandalf's randomly generated maps have provided great "canvases" for me to work with. Thanks, Gandalf!

Much obliged for the kind words about the map. If anyone has any comments after giving it a run-through, please post them here. I did find a few neighbor errors in testing, and have sent Kristoffer an updated .map file to correct them. If anyone wants me to send them the new file directly, let me know.

Also, though I currently have to take a break from my obsessive mapmaking, I am interested in doing more in the future, so if anyone has any suggestions, please let me know!

Jason

[Tenryu]

Jason,
Nice, very nice map, noted one minor thing ... not sure if it's intended or not. Area 90 has a name listed as Randomized. Since you named everything else, either you missed this one or it's "delibrate imperfection". Either is just fine, only thought I'd note it in case it was unintended.

Thanks for the excellent map.

[Stormbinder]

Interesting, I haven't played any beutifull maps since Karan.

How big is this map? (surface/underwater)

[E. Albright]

A beautiful map created by Jason Lutes.
For 8-10 players.
221 provinces, 22 of which are water.

[J. Lutes]

Originally posted by Tenryu:
Jason,
Nice, very nice map, noted one minor thing ... not sure if it's intended or not. Area 90 has a name listed as Randomized. Since you named everything else, either you missed this one or it's "delibrate imperfection". Either is just fine, only thought I'd note it in case it was unintended.

Thanks for the excellent map.

Thanks, Tenryu, and thanks for the heads-up on that name. I did notice it and and it's fixed in the updated .map file I sent Kristoffer. If you're playing on that Version, you should be warned that there are 3-4 provinces in the northwest continent that have some faulty neighbor connections. Just a few, but they kind of kill the immersion factor.

[Cainehill]

Wow! Awesome map! There's some other great looking ones out, but with many of them the prettyness detracts from playability (Britain for instance - the real map background tends to conceal the in-game information). With this one, much of it instead conveys information, with the cities, ports, bridges, magic-intense areas....

I also love the way the map file is tweaked to ensure that the starting provinces all have, mmm, 4 or more neighbors? That'd be a boon to many of the standard maps such as Aran - a MP starting position with only 2 neighbors (either total, or "viable" (ie, land)) tends to be a major handicap, especially with indie strength set high.

And the aesthetics of the map background itself are great, possibly even "perfect" in terms of background maps for computer programs.

I think it's going to be one of my favorite maps.
Many thanks to the author who put all the work into it.

Also thanks to all the others who labor on new and improved maps such as Zen's Europe.