Map: Isle of Thrones revamp version

[linlin]

hi there!
i'm totally new in the world of dominions, just discovered the game a month ago.. but i was happy when i saw that it was easly modable, so i begin to make a few maps..

here is my first one..

it's a "revamp" version of ballbarian's Isle of Thrones.
a map i find very interestant strategicaly, but the old school hex style was a little bit too much for me, even if i can understand it has his charm

so i redid the map in two flavors, the first has a more "medieval cartography" look, and the second is a more "realistic" version..

feel free to use one or both of them if you like them..

i redid the .map file too, and i removed a lot of the "guardian" monster of the map, i just let some in the isle of the middle.. i take more pleasure to play this mal like that, but anyway, feel free to change that if you prefer the old version..

any comment/remark/suggestion/criticism is welcome!

[pyg]

WOW, great first post! I have played on a lot of Ballbarians maps, but this one looks like one I haven't seen. Looks great!

One small problem:

Line #10 says:
#imagefile IsleofThrones_real.tga
and should say:
> #imagefile isleofthrones_real.tga

This only affects the *nix crowd so you are %70 OK

[kennydicke]

These maps both look great to me! I'll let you know if I ever get a chance to check them out in-game.

[Ballbarian]

Beautiful job linlin!

(I started a game using one of the previews you sent me earlier today. )

[Sombre]

Would it be possible to have the second one (more realistic) but with province borders?

[Globu]

Really nice work! Would you be willing to share any techniques?

[linlin]

Originally Posted by Sombre

Would it be possible to have the second one (more realistic) but with province borders?

there is province border, it's just that the jpg preview is in small resolution..

thanks for the feedback!

for the techniques used, i found this website with a lot of usefull ressource about medieval cartography:
http://forum.cartographersguild.com/

there are a lot of really well done tutorial there, i mixed different ones to find a result that i liked

[Globu]

Oh no! I was just about to down the puppy and play it, but it's gone! I suppose you're updating. I'll wait.

[linlin]

yep, i just updated the files to fix the reference in the .map files for the linux users..

don't hesitate to give feedback, globu!

[Globu]

Ah, there they are. Will do.

Oh, and welcome! Definitely a nice contribution, and hope you do more.