New Jersey [Quenched]

by **chaos32679** on Thu Sep 08, 2011 1:59 pm

Tismypueblo wrote:
chaos32679 wrote:alright alright, leave it to you to pick out something minor at this point. i guess i'll find something for an autodeploy in each region, or else go with none...

It is not a minor point and something I was going to comment on. You don't have to have autodeploys for each region, but you shouldn't have two in one region, especially next to each other.

yea, i get it. i meant it wasn't important at this point in time, the map is still in the pot at the moment...

by **Anthrax821** on Thu Sep 08, 2011 2:05 pm

but isn't this where that stuff gets ironed out...idk

Is there a way to present this map with the graphics from the original map?

by **chaos32679** on Thu Sep 08, 2011 5:50 pm

yes, i can remove the color overlay. should have some time tomorrow to post it...

by **Bruceswar** on Fri Sep 09, 2011 5:26 am

I just want to say good luck. This is looking much better than your start. If you need help PM me.

by **Dukasaur** on Fri Sep 09, 2011 5:45 am

chaos32679 wrote:Thanks Dukasaur. I get what you're saying, but i don't want to make up regions, i wanted to keep it real. When you talk to someone from jersey, they are from north jersey, not northwest/east jersey...

Well, I've only ever known two people from N.J. One described herself as being from the Delaware Valley, and the other described himself as being from the Hudson Valley, so I wasn't actually making those up.

Atlantic Shore is a very common term used in travel magasines, and Leeward Shore is a perfectly plausible term for the opposite side. I see the names haven't been finalized, I think you might want to give my suggestion a second look.

Or not. It's ultimately your decision.

by **chaos32679** on Fri Sep 09, 2011 11:56 am

absolutely, i think i'll use the region names you provided.

by **Anthrax821** on Fri Sep 09, 2011 12:39 pm

i live in NJ....Del valley sometimes is used. I never have heard someone say they live in th ehudson valley unless they were from NY...wierd

by **The Bison King** on Wed Sep 14, 2011 9:07 am

[MOVED] to the drafting room. This is looking a lot better. I think this could benefit greatly from some impassable's as well.

by **chaos32679** on Wed Sep 14, 2011 4:59 pm

The Bison King wrote:[MOVED] to the drafting room.

thank you sir, much appreciated...

by **Anthrax821** on Thu Sep 15, 2011 11:43 am

you hit this bad boy with any of those graphics yet or anything?

by **chaos32679** on Thu Sep 15, 2011 6:31 pm

Anthrax821 wrote:you hit this bad boy with any of those graphics yet or anything?

home tomorrow, trying to get some help, then i'll drop an update.

by **RjBeals** on Thu Sep 15, 2011 7:24 pm

what kind of help?

by **Anthrax821** on Fri Sep 16, 2011 4:05 am

give the man a handy!

by **chaos32679** on Sat Sep 17, 2011 8:19 pm

ok, new map posted. i changed the look and feel a bit, wanted it to look more like an old map. map will only have 1 auto (trenton) instead of 5.

working on possibly adding some impassables. also need region names, and bonus amounts.

stay tuned...

Click image to enlarge.

by **perchorin** on Sat Sep 17, 2011 8:49 pm

I like the color scheme, and it gave me an idea for your impassables--how about urban legends like sewer alligators, rat kings, jimmy hoffa grave sites etc?

by **Anthrax821** on Sun Sep 18, 2011 8:14 am

i like the look

NJ has tons of rivers....there are your impassables as well

by **chaos32679** on Tue Sep 20, 2011 8:09 am

question... how do i determine region bonus? is there a formula, or do i just wing it, try to make it realistic? any help would be appreciated....

by **Anthrax821** on Tue Sep 20, 2011 9:33 am

i believe region bonuses are determined by amount of lands bordering the region/routes to break bonus.

one of th emap guys can verify this but I thought that was standard formula

by **isaiah40** on Tue Sep 20, 2011 9:38 am

chaos32679 wrote:question... how do i determine region bonus? is there a formula, or do i just wing it, try to make it realistic? any help would be appreciated....

Try this. This is an excel spreadsheet to help with determining the bonuses.

by **chaos32679** on Tue Sep 20, 2011 7:02 pm

update - added impassables, updated key, added bonus values

Click image to enlarge.

by **Anthrax821** on Tue Sep 20, 2011 7:38 pm

getting there. dont know much about the location of the rivers and such and I know they are just there as barriers but they seem awkward or not in the right spot. Looks sweet though.

by **chaos32679** on Tue Sep 20, 2011 8:15 pm

Anthrax821 wrote:getting there. dont know much about the location of the rivers and such and I know they are just there as barriers but they seem awkward or not in the right spot. Looks sweet though.

they are pretty accurate, location wise. raritan is a little off, its big, would create too much of a bottle neck in the middle, and that area already is tight...

define awkard...

by **Anthrax821** on Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:06 am

one thing you can do which would make it look nicer is to include the whole river but just add little bridges or something where you want people to still be able to cross. graphically it might work better

awkward...i dont know, I little blue line running across a terr or two and then just ending...just seems odd

by **Criticalwinner** on Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:33 am

You could add the capital as a country with an auto-deploy function. This would balance out the necessity of a good drop. Also,the rivers still look like that they were added on a whim... It's a good idea, it just needs some major work still.