new map generator

paradoxharbinger · #1 August 17th, 2006, 09:27 AM

i spent all night on it, but i smoothed out the transitions between each type of terrain. i just want all of you to know that it was a monumental pain in the ***. attached is a screen. enjoy.

Endoperez · #2 August 17th, 2006, 10:54 AM

It does look much better.

Agrajag · #3 August 17th, 2006, 12:50 PM

Looks great.
With a bit of Guassian Blur (3) and some nice mountain/forest/swamp sprites it will be pretty awesome.

paradoxharbinger · #4 August 20th, 2006, 12:58 PM

researched gaussian blur a bit, and wrote up an algorithm for it, havent had the time to test it yet. also have to find a good value for sigma.

my plan is to blur it with a radius of 2 or 3 before the sprites get put on and then to blur it again with radius 1 or 2 after. i don't want the sprites to become too indestinct, but i don't want them to be too blocky either.

paradoxharbinger · #5 August 21st, 2006, 12:56 PM

ok, tested the gaussian blur algorithm and i think i'm satsfied with it, take a look. let me know whether you think it's too blurry or not enough.

Endoperez · #6 August 21st, 2006, 01:17 PM

I don't like the colors, but the blur works fine. It's hard to tell before seeing some of the icons and the scond blur, though. It all depends on how you do the actual province borders - if they aren't bold in color or shape, the regional differences might be too pronounced. That might be just because of the colors you used, though.

paradoxharbinger · #7 August 21st, 2006, 11:39 PM

right now, all of the colors are just placeholders for debugging and will be chosen with more care according to the sprites that are going to be placed in each respective area. the final colors will probably look similar to the ones in that older map i put up that already had the sprites.