Mega Game II-vote for map

[lch]

Here are smaller images of the maps:

test900_03:


test900_11:


Trophy:


Trophy4:


BTW, Gandalf has more 900 prov maps on http://www.dom3minions.com/RandomMaps/test900/

[Xietor]

Thanks Ich.

I viewed 25 of Gandalf's maps and chose 2. Regrettably, I did not think it wise to post 50 maps up for vote. The 4 I picked
had unique land or water areas, which is the reason they made the cut.

If Velusion, Dr. P, or any map expert makes a better one before the game starts, I will be thrilled to use it. But when Dr. P told me his map may not be done, I wanted to have a fall back map that was at least "pretty good, if not good." And I started on this map quest about 2 weeks ago, with Gandalf's help.

[Reay]

Does the map "test900_11" have a land bridge in the middle? If so then I choose that one.

The only problem with Gandalf's maps are the province borders being hard to see?

[Xietor]

Not sure, i need to get rgb file from gandalf. And i asked him to send me that one. It does not look to me like the bridge of land connects-though it could be made to do so. But the graphics for the province cannot be changed by any method
known to me. But i am graphically challenged.

[IndyPendant]

Are any of these maps wraparound?

[Xietor]

no. Dr. P was going to make a wraparound-and maybe he still might-but he told me he may not have time to complete it. So these are my ace-in-the-hole just in case no one else makes a better map.

[Wokeye]

How many provinces are these maps?

[Xietor]

900 provinces. 60 nations.

Likely be 7 water nations. So roughly 105 water provinces.

LA Ermor and LA Ryleh are banned due to issues with unit cap and them being the biggest of the free spawn nations.

[lch]

Xietor said:
Not sure, i need to get rgb file from gandalf.

You can download all the RGB files from http://www.dom3minions.com/RandomMaps/test900/

I suppose Trophy4 is the easiest map to be made wrap-around, followed by test900_11. Maybe only left-right for test900_11. Google "image tiling" for tips how to touch up the images for wrap-around. New connections for the neighbors table would need to be done by hand, I think, or did somebody write a program for that, too?

[IndyPendant]

On the other hand, I don't want to play a server game for two main reasons: 1) it's harder to check a server game to remind yourself when a turn is due (you basically have to load the game to do so, as opposed to just adding a website to your favourites) and 2) if I need a temp sub (and I probably will at some point) I have to give him my permanent, unchangeable nation password for the whole game, whereas with llamaserver it's easy to switch a nation's email for a brief period.

Very strong vote for llamaserver here.