Scotland [Quenched]

by **Balsiefen** on Wed Jul 04, 2007 11:13 am

Ok this has been longer than expected but i have just completed a complete revmap.Boarders are now thicker and its hand drawn. I haven't added the legend or names but what do people think of graphics?

by **WidowMakers** on Wed Jul 04, 2007 11:24 am

Balsiefen wrote:Ok this has been longer than expected but i have just completed a complete revmap.Boarders are now thicker and its hand drawn. I haven't added the legend or names but what do people think of graphics?

Don't worry about graphics now. Make the map fun to play (borders, bonus, territory count). Once all of that is agreed upon, then make the map look good.

No point in making a good looking map when you need to change it every 5 days to fix a little gameplay issue.

WM

by **Balsiefen** on Wed Jul 04, 2007 11:30 am

WidowMakers wrote:
Balsiefen wrote:Ok this has been longer than expected but i have just completed a complete revmap.Boarders are now thicker and its hand drawn. I haven't added the legend or names but what do people think of graphics?
Don't worry about graphics now. Make the map fun to play (borders, bonus, territory count). Once all of that is agreed upon, then make the map look good.

No point in making a good looking map when you need to change it every 5 days to fix a little gameplay issue.

WM

any gameplay issues then?

edit: use one of the older maps for that, ive not added impassable boarders for that one #-o

by **WidowMakers** on Wed Jul 04, 2007 11:34 am

Balsiefen wrote:any gameplay issues then?

edit: use one of the older maps for that, ive not added impassable boarders for that one

I would make a current map with all of your borders and bonuses. That way people can see everything all at once.

by **Balsiefen** on Wed Jul 04, 2007 11:40 am

WidowMakers wrote:
Balsiefen wrote:any gameplay issues then?

edit: use one of the older maps for that, ive not added impassable boarders for that one
I would make a current map with all of your borders and bonuses. That way people can see everything all at once.

i'll do that once ive finished some work i need to do. It might take a bit as i'm terrible at mountains

by **Balsiefen** on Wed Jul 04, 2007 4:03 pm

Scotlandgimp 1.1

Changes
Added Text
Added Mountains
Added Sea routs

Still to do
Make sea routs look good (any sugestions on how to do this are welcome)
Add Legend

by **Newcastle** on Thu Jul 05, 2007 2:54 am

you were right Bal. Gimp does look better. well it looks good.

by **Balsiefen** on Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:01 am

Anything anyone wants me to change. Its kinda boring if no-one comments :-^

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by **snufkin** on Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:14 am

more lochs!

http://www.scotlandthemovie.com/movies/flochalsh.html

maybe you can even use them to split the huge Inverness?

and even if they have no effect on gameplay they should still be there visually

and better/more detailed borders would be nice, but I guess you plan to do that later..

by **Balsiefen** on Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:18 am

Ok i get the bits with the lochs but i'm not sure how i will be able to do that

What do you want to change about the borders cos thats really somthing i need to change first

by **CallofDuty** on Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:57 am

By the way, you spelt Lothian wrong, I'm ashamed of you

by **snufkin** on Thu Jul 05, 2007 12:01 pm

Compared to maps that have made it to finalforge they are still a bit uneven but you are going in the right direction.

I prefer them more thin as well but that´s just a personal opinion.. they are in a separate layer,right?

by **Balsiefen** on Thu Jul 05, 2007 12:30 pm

CallofDuty wrote:By the way, you spelt Lothian wrong, I'm ashamed of you

Again? damn it! i can never get that one right

Compared to maps that have made it to finalforge they are still a bit uneven but you are going in the right direction.

I prefer them more thin as well but that´s just a personal opinion.. they are in a separate layer,right?

i wish gimp did 2 pxl brushes. it does 3 (that) or 1 which people complain about because it looks pixelated (which it does) they are in a seperate layer (exept for the colours but thats easily redone)

by **Balsiefen** on Sat Jul 07, 2007 9:29 am

SCOTLANDGIMP V1.2

Changes
Added legend
Redone sea routes
Lothian now spelt right

Still to do
need suggestions

ALL SUGGESTIONS ACCEPTED

by **Balsiefen** on Sat Jul 07, 2007 12:35 pm

ho hum.... :-^

by **Balsiefen** on Sun Jul 08, 2007 8:47 am

Another day past...

Anyone alive out there?......

Helo?.....

Helo?.....

by **jennifermarie** on Sun Jul 08, 2007 8:56 am

the map so far is a great start. My suggestion is taht you add 2 more territories, because right now you have 34, which leaves neutrals in all game types. If you bump it up to 36, you only would have neutrals for 5 player games. You could possibly divide Inverness into 2, and then add another territory somewhere else.

by **Balsiefen** on Sun Jul 08, 2007 9:14 am

Thank you

i think inverness and ayrshire, inverness because its too big and ayrshire because it should be split in to north and south ayrshire. I want those continents to be a little bigger than they are as well.

Does anyone think i should remove a few impassables as theres loads of territories worth 2 and 3 or does it make the gameplay more interesring?

by **Balsiefen** on Sun Jul 08, 2007 9:56 am

Can anyone find a county split in inverness. it seems to be just inverness, most of the time the entire highlands is shown as just one region

by **Balsiefen** on Sun Jul 08, 2007 10:28 am

ScotlandGimp V1.3

Changes
Split inverness
Split Ayrshire
Raised Strathclyde bonus from 6 to 7
Raised Highlands bonus from 4 to 5
Raised boarders bonus from 2 to 3

Still to do
EDIT: Move the south ayrshire text so it isn't covered by the bloody mountains
you tell me

(i'm concidering mabye combining Lothian with Boarders and/or removing a few mountains)