The new map Dawn

Michaelangelo · #1 December 8th, 2006, 06:26 PM

Hi guys, I'm new to both the game and the forums. Is there a good location or link that details how to go about making maps that will work with the game?

Thanks, and congratulations to Jason for what appears to be outstanding work.

Ragnarok-X · #2 December 8th, 2006, 06:35 PM

Great map. I have a suggestion though. The borderlines between territories are sometimes very hard to see. Would you mind releasing a version with "black"-borders ?

Gandalf Parker · #3 December 8th, 2006, 07:24 PM

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Ragnarok-X said:
Great map. I have a suggestion though. The borderlines between territories are sometimes very hard to see. Would you mind releasing a version with "black"-borders ?

You could bring up the tga in any paint program and change the borders. It wouldnt affect any game play (as long as you dont use pure white when making changes)

WraithLord · #4 December 8th, 2006, 08:21 PM

I join the chorus chanting what a great map this is.
It does leave one with a taste for more

Agrajag · #5 December 9th, 2006, 06:32 AM

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Gandalf Parker said:

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Ragnarok-X said:
Great map. I have a suggestion though. The borderlines between territories are sometimes very hard to see. Would you mind releasing a version with "black"-borders ?

You could bring up the tga in any paint program and change the borders. It wouldnt affect any game play (as long as you dont use pure white when making changes)

Well, it would be 200 times easier for Jason Lutes to change it, because he probably has the original map saved with different layers, so all he has to do is click on one layer and do a quick brush-over or many other similar easy things, and come up with an improved version.
Editing the .tga would mean hand-coloring each an every border piece and trying not to go out of lines.

Though I like the map the way it is

Wauthan · #6 December 9th, 2006, 09:34 AM

Damn that's a sweet map. I promtly made two new scenarios (for middle and late age versions of the nations) and it remains nifty and balanced. Great work!

Endoperez · #7 December 8th, 2006, 06:36 PM

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Michaelangelo said:
Hi guys, I'm new to both the game and the forums. Is there a good location or link that details how to go about making maps that will work with the game?

Thanks, and congratulations to Jason for what appears to be outstanding work.

Making the graphics is pretty easy. You can use any picture, with very very slight editing (adding the tiniest bit of hue so that there are no pure white pixels, and then adding one white pixel into every area that you want to be a province). Making the .map file that defines the neighbours, terrains, non-good starting sites, etc is quite a bit more complicated.