Map making aid

Arralen · #1 January 22nd, 2004, 02:20 AM

O.k. gave it a try ..
Random map created by fu-script (GIMP), icons manually added.

A cutout from the map - the part I actually worked on.

The whole .tga for download - not that interesting perhaps.

The GIMP gradient file I used for generating the map.

Hope this works and the files don't get deleted too fast (it's 'free' server space, you know

)

A.

PS: We need hills!!

PPS: I occures to me that there are different perspectives used in this pic - the map is top down, the icons are from an somewhat angled perspective. I'll try to mod the map to fit this ..

[ January 22, 2004, 00:24: Message edited by: Arralen ]

#2 January 22nd, 2004, 02:27 AM

The Icons being slightly off top perspective isn't that bad. You just have to make sure you draw your borders correctly and it shouldn't be an issue at all. I prefer it that way.

Arralen · #3 January 22nd, 2004, 07:53 AM

Bump - any comments if the colors are o.k. for most of you?

A.

#4 January 22nd, 2004, 08:01 AM

The colors look fine to me. Make a frosty mountain and a volcano, and maybe a jungle (if you have the icons) and post the pic, then we could tell on things like that. Also a river and a marsh? (Maybe make a Delta) for swampy effects.

Saber Cherry · #5 January 22nd, 2004, 08:04 AM

Looks pretty good...

Let's see. Beaches (pink-white or yellowish) would be nice. Hmmmm...

The size ratio of icons to landforms give the map an impression of being tiny.

Gandalf Parker · #6 January 22nd, 2004, 03:47 PM

Looks good. I was playing in the same tools so I understand that this is a map generated automatically by script with some of the icons Kristoffer provided laid down. Looks like a good start.

Ive been playing with the high end of my palette to try and get it to do decent mountainous areas (brown climbing to a grey top).

How do you think swamp/river might easily be added? Just scribble a river with blue, select by color, then blur the selection?

Or maybe a palette gradually going green->yellow (beach), yellow->light blue (river), then back up thru beach to green? So its green on the sides with blue in the middle. Draw with an airbrush type stroke?

Ive been playing with trying to get "edge" to find the color boundarys as a starting point for provinces. Then just draw more across areas that are too big.

NOTE: the program used to do all this is the same as the devs use. A powerful Paint program which is free and available for most platforms. Its called GIMP

[ January 22, 2004, 13:52: Message edited by: Gandalf Parker ]