France [Quenched]

DiM · Post by **DiM** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 3:00 pm

it looks good to me. i'll just need to redo calvados in the small map and i guess the xml is done.

AndyDufresne · Post by **AndyDufresne** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 3:05 pm

Regarding the legend, could you look into making the names stand out a little more? Perhaps with a black outline?

And regarding font on the board, I know you've been through a lot, but it doesn't feel quite right. I think the problem I have with it...is it feels a little too much like 'Type Text' from a type writer. But it's better than most you've had. If you aren't looking to change the font again, perhaps maybe making it a little bolder would make it more appealing to the eye.

--Andy

zach · Post by **zach** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 4:57 pm

this is for andy

better?

DiM · Post by **DiM** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 5:07 pm

for how long are you banned?

zach · Post by **zach** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 7:21 pm

til the 30th.

DiM · Post by **DiM** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 4:30 am

zach wrote:til the 30th.

bad boy

zach · Post by **zach** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 2:06 am

i didn't do shit, but ak removed the link so andy couldn't see it for my appeal.

jako · Post by **jako** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 12:41 pm

so when is the next update? and ur image on the first post isnt working.

zach · Post by **zach** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 1:52 pm

when someone tells me something else to do. I respond based on feedback I get.

jako · Post by **jako** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 1:58 pm

no offense kyle but have u taken a look at the other france map being done?

urs is visually superior to that one, but his borders adn terr names are a notch higher imo than urs. perhaps a collaborating between urs and his?

edbeard · Post by **edbeard** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 4:36 pm

well that map hasn't had an update in 3 months. In my book that means you shouldn't have to worry about it

KEYOGI · Post by **KEYOGI** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 4:37 pm

The map's starting to shape up quite nicely. I don't have time for a detailed look, but something that is quite obvious to me is the placement of territory labels. For example Pyrenees, Garonne, Tarn, Ardeche, Mayenne. There's others as well, but perhaps see if you can better place the labels to not crowd the borders when it's not needed.

zach · Post by **zach** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 11:22 pm

KEYOGI wrote:The map's starting to shape up quite nicely. I don't have time for a detailed look, but something that is quite obvious to me is the placement of territory labels. For example Pyrenees, Garonne, Tarn, Ardeche, Mayenne. There's others as well, but perhaps see if you can better place the labels to not crowd the borders when it's not needed.

I don't see this as being a huge problem and I don't want to mess too much with DiM's coordinates on the xml and I fear that changing the names location will do that and i don't want to do that too much when not needed.

Qyu · Post by **Qyu** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 3:39 am

Why have french name and english name for the region bonus ?

I think all the name must be in french ... :

Picardy : Picardie
Alps : Alpes
Burgundy : Bourgogne
Britany : Bretagne

And there are some mistakes in other names :
Pais de Calais : Pas de Calais
Cote du Norde : Côte du Nord (but it real name is Cote d'Armor)
Loire Atlantic : Loire Atlantique
Hautes Vienne : Haute Vienne
Lozierre : Lozère
Corsica : Corse
and other missing accent (but i understand, qwerty keyboards don't have)

Your card have Manche, but this location is Calvados. And your Calvados location is Orne

The intervention of a french guy

DiM · Post by **DiM** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 5:11 am

zach wrote:
KEYOGI wrote:The map's starting to shape up quite nicely. I don't have time for a detailed look, but something that is quite obvious to me is the placement of territory labels. For example Pyrenees, Garonne, Tarn, Ardeche, Mayenne. There's others as well, but perhaps see if you can better place the labels to not crowd the borders when it's not needed.

I don't see this as being a huge problem and I don't want to mess too much with DiM's coordinates on the xml and I fear that changing the names location will do that and i don't want to do that too much when not needed.

don't worry change the locations if it's needed and i'll update the xml.

reverend_kyle · Post by **reverend_kyle** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 5:08 pm

Qyu wrote:Why have french name and english name for the region bonus ?

I think all the name must be in french ... :

Picardy : Picardie
Alps : Alpes
Burgundy : Bourgogne
Britany : Bretagne

And there are some mistakes in other names :
Pais de Calais : Pas de Calais
Cote du Norde : Côte du Nord (but it real name is Cote d'Armor)
Loire Atlantic : Loire Atlantique
Hautes Vienne : Haute Vienne
Lozierre : Lozère
Corsica : Corse
and other missing accent (but i understand, qwerty keyboards don't have)

Your card have Manche, but this location is Calvados. And your Calvados location is Orne

The intervention of a french guy

I'm back from my ban.

We already decided that wewere going to go with the anglicized names and this was discussed at some lengths before we decided that it was best.

I will, however, fix the manche calvados thing.

KEYOGI · Post by **KEYOGI** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 12:13 am

- - - - Final Forge

--- The France map has reached the ‘Final Forge’ Stage. I've revived this thread from the pits of the Foundry furnace and have examined the contents. Nearly every major concern has been addressed. If there are any other current concerns, please make your voice heard. If after a reasonable amount of time there has not been any objection or protest, the map will be deemed finished with the 'Foundry Brand' of approval and will be submitted for live play. As long as there is still discussion or posts that have yet to be commented on, the map will remain in Final Forge until said discussion has reached the conclusion that the map has reached its final and polished version.

Post questions and concerns if any.

DiM · Post by **DiM** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 7:32 am

congrats RK.

Wisse · Post by **Wisse** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 2:02 am

nice map, only one thing:
i don't like how you did cut off the edges of the legend, make it better

reverend_kyle · Post by **reverend_kyle** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 11:02 am

to be honest i'm not sure when that happened, but I was just hoping no one noticed because i didn't want to take the 5 minutes to fix it... but since you did I guess I will.

Wisse · Post by **Wisse** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 12:30 pm

reverend_kyle wrote:to be honest i'm not sure when that happened, but I was just hoping no one noticed because i didn't want to take the 5 minutes to fix it... but since you did I guess I will.

lol, i see all the smallest things

reverend_kyle · Post by **reverend_kyle** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 5:52 pm

Wisse wrote:
reverend_kyle wrote:to be honest i'm not sure when that happened, but I was just hoping no one noticed because i didn't want to take the 5 minutes to fix it... but since you did I guess I will.
lol, i see all the smallest things

lol no DiM does that. Like those white spots, that later I figured out what were..

transparency.

Incandenza · Post by **Incandenza** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 7:24 pm

Congrats on the final forge, RK!

(now only six more months to go)

DiM · Post by **DiM** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 4:08 pm

here is the latest xml with a minor move on the coord for calvados.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/r6s4xn

reverend_kyle · Post by **reverend_kyle** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 12:18 am

Bad news regarding the notched edges, that's how photoshop draws them it wont do them any other way, and I don't even think they look that bad so unless a good majority objects i'm going to leave them.