Maps available

[Gandalf Parker]

Getting closer?
http://www.techno-mage.com/~dominion...ndomMaps/junk/

[ January 29, 2004, 19:30: Message edited by: Gandalf Parker ]

[Targa]

Either of those would work great (as they are missing the pixelation). I'm running into more difficulties though. *sigh* This will never be easy unless someone were to create a very powerful map designer for this game.

Basically what I was attempting to do is to take a DomMap map, delete all the color information, just retaining the province borders and capitol dots, then filling in the land and sea with Dom 2's texture, as you can see here:
http://www.techno-mage.com/~targa/junky.jpg

(I just threw the mountains and stuff on there, don't pay attention to those graphics)

Problems....
The beige and blue is no problem, but then you have to draw in all the rivers by hand. If you are going to use the "mapstuff" icons (a mountain range for example), you'd have to hand-modify the province borders to follow the shape of the mountains. Have to paint in the greenery (valleys) and "forest shadows", etc... alot of work went into the maps that came with Dom2!

Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:
Hmmm I think I would have worded that as not many Users do.

Not many people, not many Users...what's the diff between a person and a user? Yeah, you're being picky. A very good friend of mine is a linux fanatic, and I know exactly where you're coming from. No insult or slight intended. My meaning was that the vast majority of gamers out there are running MS Windows OS's. So if DomMap (Phil's Version) only runs on linux/unix, there won't be as many Dom2 fans using it to create maps.

Oh well... there's always the old fashioned way of hard work.

[Gandalf Parker]

Originally posted by Targa:

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Originally posted by Gandalf Parker:
Hmmm I think I would have worded that as not many Users do.

Not many people, not many Users...what's the diff between a person and a user? Yeah, you're being picky.

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Well system admins and guru's are people too.

Actually I only use linux as a server and for internet stuff. I like to keep the GUI stuff off my server. I play games on WinXP.


A very good friend of mine is a linux fanatic, and I know exactly where you're coming from. No insult or slight intended. My meaning was that the vast majority of gamers out there are running MS Windows OS's. So if DomMap (Phil's Version) only runs on linux/unix, there won't be as many Dom2 fans using it to create maps.

Oh well... there's always the old fashioned way of hard work. [/QB][/quote]

[Targa]

Since I'm still new to this, I don't really know what people are looking for. Would there be any interest in this map, if I were to make it look similar to aran (graphically):

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

That's 310 land, 75 sea provinces. Too many? Not enough? Choke points not good?

[Arryn]

Great looking map, Targa. 20% water, wow. R'lyeh players will love it!

That is alot of sea provinces. Maybe you could adjust it down some. ~30-40

And for kicks put in all the good 'underwater' sites that allow for a decent triton/shambler/watery creatures on the coasts.

Hard to tell chokepoints based on anything but neighbors.

Other than that, looks good.

[Gandalf Parker]

Nice looking start there. Probably quite playable. For land/water balance I try to figure a map as being 5/10/25 provinces each. Then do the 10*15 for land and 10*2 for water.