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pikkio wrote:i think i can try to resize some of the smaller islands and make it out of scale.
iancanton wrote:http://www.norfolkisland.com.au/pages/map/
unrelated to this, norfolk island belongs to australia, not new zealand.
iancanton wrote:i see that u're having a bit of trouble with names in east indonesia. timor-leste (or east timor) is no longer occupied by indonesia, having gained a independence by 2002 in a very bloody struggle. rather than east indonesia, perhaps u can call this region east indies, if u can't find a better name.
http://www.timor-leste.gov.tl/AboutTimo ... istory.htm
papua (formerly known as irian jaya), not west papua, is the name of the indonesian half of new guinea. west papua is a small section that was split off administratively from papua very recently. geographically, papua is part of melanesia, though it goes with indonesia politically.
http://www.petra.ac.id/eastern/irian/
iancanton wrote:celebes and maluku are not names that are contemporary with each other. celebes is now known as sulawesi, while maluku was the moluccas, if u prefer historical names.
http://www.bi.go.id/web/en/Ruang+Media/ ... +77205.htm
iancanton wrote:http://www.norfolkisland.com.au/pages/map/
unrelated to this, norfolk island belongs to australia, not new zealand.
i see that u're having a bit of trouble with names in east indonesia. timor-leste (or east timor) is no longer occupied by indonesia, having gained a independence by 2002 in a very bloody struggle. rather than east indonesia, perhaps u can call this region east indies, if u can't find a better name.
http://www.timor-leste.gov.tl/AboutTimo ... istory.htm
papua (formerly known as irian jaya), not west papua, is the name of the indonesian half of new guinea. west papua is a small section that was split off administratively from papua very recently. geographically, papua is part of melanesia, though it goes with indonesia politically.
http://www.petra.ac.id/eastern/irian/
celebes and maluku are not names that are contemporary with each other. celebes is now known as sulawesi, while maluku was the moluccas, if u prefer historical names.
http://www.bi.go.id/web/en/Ruang+Media/ ... +77205.htm
hoschke118 wrote:sorry, i haven't read any of the posts, but I'm pretty sure thats Vanuatu there between new caledonia and fiji, not Anuatu.
otherwise it's looking great
oaktown wrote:And visually, think about how this entire map could be made to look a bit more tropical. There is so much ocean that a dark ocean color makes the whole map look very heavy, which I don't think is your intention. And the colors of the islands are in some cases very radioactive looking; when I think polynesia I think tropical fruits and bright natural colors.
samuelc812 wrote:Just noticed the "Anuatu" is spelt wrong should be "Vanuatu"
Natewolfman wrote:while most of this looks great and the water connections/islands look nice in the glow, aussie itself seems somewhat blank and dull... any possible remedy for this?
pikkio wrote:obviusly, all the other colors are not fixed. i mean that with each of this sea layout i must find the right colors of text, connections, islands, ecc...
Question: Which background version do you prefer? - pg. 8 -
Poll Time: Poll runs till Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:55 am
Options:
- Actual 3.0 40%
- Version 3.1 No votes
- Version 3.2 60%
- Version 3.3 No votes
- Version 3.4 No votes
Total votes : 5
oaktown wrote:hey thenobs, I'm finally dropping by as promised! I've got a bunch of maps to respond to, so I'll just tell you the things that I like and why.
I like what you've done in 3.1 around the islands. The apocalyptic glow in 3.0 (and especially in the image you PM'd me) are distracting, and do not fit the Polynesian theme... Micronesia in particular is punishingly bright on my eyes. If you were to tone the glow down so that it looks like shallow water/reef that'd be really nice, but when you couple the glow with the radioactive colors you've got a bikini atoll map rather than an oceania map.
oaktown wrote:I can see you're facing some some background dilemmas... to which I say let that be the last thing you worry about. Personally I like the direction that the 3.4 background is going -- it's far more abstract than the other images, which is perfect because you aren't trying to achieve realism with the graphics on this map. The fact that the 3.4 background recedes into the background I do NOT like - you shouldn't have a vanishing point for the background if you don't have one for the rest of the map - and as it is the heavy lines are too distracting, but I personally think more abstract water is better than realistic water.
oaktown wrote:Looks like the gameplay is about the same as last week, so my earlier comments stand - I see no particular problems, just things to consider as you move ahead.
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