Golf map (Gameplay vote)

by **40kguy** on Mon Sep 20, 2010 3:25 pm

Victor Sullivan wrote:
40kguy wrote:
natty_dread wrote:I can't tell which territory is connected to which other territory.

For example, do all the numbered territories that are on the same green splotch connect each other?
What do the clubhouses connect with?
What about the parking lot, golf cars?

Most of your territories don't have any borders or any other indicators of connections.
Also what are hazards? You can't expect all the players to be familiar with golf terms.

As for the roads, I can't tell which territories they are supposed to connect, they just seem to sort of end abruptly.

You also rely too much on the legend to explain the territory connections. Most of the connections should be clear by looking at the actual map, not so that you have to read some tiny text to know what connects where.

it says that pretty clearly

I does, but jeez... You really should show the connections as best you can on the map.

i get it

by **Army of GOD** on Tue Sep 21, 2010 4:30 pm

You should probably say what a hazard is too, because people who don't play golf probably don't know.

by **Victor Sullivan** on Tue Sep 21, 2010 8:01 pm

natty_dread wrote:Also what are hazards? You can't expect all the players to be familiar with golf terms.

Thanks, AoG.

-Sully

by **Army of GOD** on Tue Sep 21, 2010 8:02 pm

Dammit! I ran the risk of not reading the posts on this page and paid the price.

by **RedFlyingGolf** on Tue Sep 21, 2010 8:55 pm

Fixing the hazard problem was a piece of cake. What's dificult is showing what connects to what. I have an idea, I hope I can post the draft by Saturday.

by **RedFlyingGolf** on Thu Sep 23, 2010 5:21 pm

40kguy wrote:
Victor Sullivan wrote:
40kguy wrote:
natty_dread wrote:I can't tell which territory is connected to which other territory.

For example, do all the numbered territories that are on the same green splotch connect each other?
What do the clubhouses connect with?
What about the parking lot, golf cars?

Most of your territories don't have any borders or any other indicators of connections.
Also what are hazards? You can't expect all the players to be familiar with golf terms.

As for the roads, I can't tell which territories they are supposed to connect, they just seem to sort of end abruptly.

You also rely too much on the legend to explain the territory connections. Most of the connections should be clear by looking at the actual map, not so that you have to read some tiny text to know what connects where.

it says that pretty clearly

I does, but jeez... You really should show the connections as best you can on the map.

i get it

Alright I tried to show the connections as best as I could. Any other ways to fix the connection problems would be great.

Click image to enlarge.

FIXED:

TODO:

If you like the whole highlight idea, I can do it in another color also. I added arrows where the highlighting wasn't adequate. I can also just pitch the whole highlight idea. Your thoughts?

by **40kguy** on Sat Sep 25, 2010 8:25 am

i see it clearly now

by **RedFlyingGolf** on Sat Sep 25, 2010 9:29 am

Here is another possibility:

Click image to enlarge.

by **scovey** on Sun Sep 26, 2010 11:21 pm

Hi RFG...wow, it's really coming along. IMHO, I'm not nuts about any of the shading patterns so far. Could you thin the fairways a little, make the tee box the same color as the fairway, and then put a darker green area that encloses the entire hole from behind the tee box to around the green? You know, kind of like the first cut of rough.

Just a thought.

by **RedFlyingGolf** on Thu Sep 30, 2010 2:18 pm

Im not quite sure what you mean for the first cut of rough. And any suggestions for the highlighting/clarity?

by **army of nobunaga** on Thu Sep 30, 2010 4:51 pm

MUCH BETTER man.. wow. lot of work I see... the rounded edges actually make this look like a golf course.

by **RedFlyingGolf** on Sat Oct 02, 2010 9:18 am

V4:

Click image to enlarge.

Things done:
-changed colors
-got rid of highlighting
-traced over golf carts and beer carts because they were just pictures
-thinned fairways
To do:
-add clarity

by **army of nobunaga** on Sat Oct 02, 2010 1:35 pm

i disagree with these guys man... in the legend eexplain what the borders are, like cart paths or whatever.. and explain the order of the shots, like tee to 1st shot to second to hole...

then take those black things off.

by **army of nobunaga** on Sat Oct 02, 2010 1:40 pm

you know a guy that regularly pulls off crazy different maps like this is cairns.. I would not be ashamed If I were in your shoes to send him a message and ask him for thoughts.

This looks great to me, I think the black arrows clutter it a little though.