[Abandoned] - Switzerland

[wcaclimbing]

Mod Note:Abandoned - If resurrected, this one must be checked again.

v46
I didn't make any major changes, just a few small things.
1. made the borders darker
2. made the river darker and more chalk-like
3. made the mountains purple like they were on Kap's version.

What do you guys think of it?

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A rough to-do list for us tomorrow:

• move some borders around
• move some names around (this and ^ are to accomodate 100s mostly)
• clarify Thurgau-Scheffhausen connection
• clarify Bienne-Bern connection
• get rid of mt. dots
• extend Vaud mts. a bit North
• change "North-East Switzerland" to "Northeast …"

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[CatfishJohnson]

wow nice start fo sho, i like the title sweet font, well hmm, instead of the grey borders, maybe put some mountians? i mean the reason switzerland is so inpenetrable is cause of those swiss alps, i would think it would give ur map a lil more realizum, the colors are all nice and distinguishable fo sho, looks good, nice start man..ah hmm maybe some like impassables some of those have a LOT of things u would hve to defend to hold, it is a mountainous country so thats what i got now, good stay bro

[TaCktiX]

Very open map at present. I assume you're intending to add a few mountains in a country that is inundated with the Alps? The graphics otherwise are a good start.

[Kaplowitz]

I was thinking about adding mountains, but where? I dont want to add them just for the hell of it.

[t-o-m]

have a look at positions of mountains in switzerland on websites, then add them in corrosponding positions, although they probably would go through and cover some whole territories, you cant be 100% accurate.
definitely immpassables as others have stated and you probably have also planned.
great graphics.

also, could there be some sort of bonus for holding Zurich - sorry, not sure about the spelling

i dont know much about switzerland, you could do some research into what kind of public transport they may use, i know that their trains are very accurate and very good, so you might want to include a train system to link some terits, or an underground system - like tube in london - and subway in the US. I also dont know about how many airports there are so i cant comment about linking terits with airports.
you could consider these and see what you think,

-tom

[greenoaks]

wouldn't everyone who played it get an overwhelming urge to make a peace treaty with their neighbours ?

why do you have 30 terts ? there are 23 or 26 cantons depending on whether you count the 3 sets of Halb-Kantone's individually or together.

[t-o-m]

wouldn't everyone who played it get an overwhelming urge to make a peace treaty with their neighbours ?

lol

remember - theyre not from switzerland, just playing it lol

[Kaplowitz]

have a look at positions of mountains in switzerland on websites, then add them in corrosponding positions, although they probably would go through and cover some whole territories, you cant be 100% accurate.
definitely immpassables as others have stated and you probably have also planned.
great graphics.

thats basically what i plan

also, could there be some sort of bonus for holding Zurich - sorry, not sure about the spelling

why?
i dont know much about switzerland, you could do some research into what kind of public transport they may use, i know that their trains are very accurate and very good, so you might want to include a train system to link some terits, or an underground system - like tube in london - and underground in the US. I also dont know about how many airports there are so i cant comment about linking terits with airports.
you could consider these and see what you think,
interesting ideas, ill consider it
-tom

wouldn't everyone who played it get an overwhelming urge to make a peace treaty with their neighbours ?

If you want that true Switzerland feel, then sure!
why do you have 30 terts ? there are 23 or 26 cantons depending on whether you count the 3 sets of Halb-Kantone's individually or together.
Because i wanted the number 30, so i added some cities as territories

[t-o-m]

also, could there be some sort of bonus for holding Zurich - sorry, not sure about the spelling

why?

just a suggestion

[Kaplowitz]

v2

-Added mts using this map:
http://orbat.com/site/maps/map_files/sw ... rbases.gif
-Made bonuses using WM's Bonus maker
-Cut some of the text in half and brought them to the next line for neatness
-Brought the borders layer under the continent color layers, so that the glow around the borders are the color of the continent

Mts good or too shiny? Are they in a good spot?
Are the bonuses good?
Any gfx concerns?
Any game-play concerns?

[t-o-m]

still fairly open, thats ok though.
mountains are orange? why? they're not too shiney though.

i havnt taken a look at the bonuses because i cant see the whole image and i cba fixing my screen resolutions..
the map is a little dark, you could perhaps make it lighter and hold a poll to see whether people prefer lighter or darker.

what is this widow makers' bonus maker tool?
can you send me a link please?

[Kaplowitz]

still fairly open, thats ok though.
mountains are orange? why? they're not too shiney though.
They were meant to be brown, i will fix that.

i havnt taken a look at the bonuses because i cant see the whole image and i cba fixing my screen resolutions..
the map is a little dark, you could perhaps make it lighter and hold a poll to see whether people prefer lighter or darker.
Copy it into a new page

what is this widow makers' bonus maker tool?
can you send me a link please?
http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1410 here are the map making tools, its on that list.

[TaCktiX]

The mountains are a good start. Yes, dull their orange-ness some, but I like the direction this map is going.

[Kaplowitz]

How does this look?

[t-o-m]

they look a little bit..."rusty". i dont think thats the colour to use, maybe try a little less red in them, reduce the R in the RGB menu and browse some colours there.

[Kaplowitz]

sry guys, cant really get on except for weekends. Ill change the red thing above, and keep the comments coming!


ps: new smilies? longer chins! just look at this one:

[t-o-m]

ps: new smilies? longer chins! just look at this one:

umm, is that new?

[Kaplowitz]

maybe its IE, but the chins werent always that long

/threadjack

[t-o-m]

maybe its IE, but the chins werent always that long

/threadjack

IE?
/threadjack?

ok this is going off-topic, and you know what happens to threads like that...

[Kaplowitz]

maybe its IE, but the chins werent always that long

/threadjack

IE?
/threadjack?

IE: Internet Explorer. I usually use Firfox.

Threadjack: going off topic, "/" is the end part of bbc code (like "/color")

[ZeakCytho]

This map looks like it has a lot of promise. My biggest suggestion now would be to do something with all that gray space in the background. It doesn't even need to be anything fancy - maybe just a subtle texture, or maybe draw in the borders of neighboring nations and put their names, or something. It just looks a tad boring now.

I love the title font!

[t-o-m]

i still think its a bit dark,
and the yellow - where you've made it light, it looks a little..umm...green, just a little,
again if you go to the RGB chart and reduce the G factor by a little bit this can be solved, it might just be my monitor, what do others see?

[edit]
now i see the NEW smilies!! haha theyre good,

anyway back on topic,
yes your map is excelent

[Kaplowitz]

I will do the above things.

and whats up with these:

[t-o-m]

I will do the above things.

and whats up with these:

whats not with those things! i like em!

when is your next update going to be?

[Kaplowitz]

weekends are prime update time