The Soviet Union [Quenched]

by **juventino** on Sun Oct 14, 2007 6:43 am

1st chair flute wrote:just out of curiousity why are some rivers cyan and others navy blue?

I think they are rivers or lakes. So different colours for them

by **pepperonibread** on Sun Oct 14, 2007 1:30 pm

cairnswk wrote:Pepperonibread....lovely update...fonts, borders, sea, background all look good IMHO.

I can see that most people have picked up a lot of changes/suggestions for you.

My main concerns are:
1. not sure if i like the mountains....they don't appear to go with the style of the map.
2. you already know about the western republics colour being too close to the sea colour
3. this is your large version, how will it translate down to the small version at 600 px wide.
4. there is one river bordering the sea that i think should flow into the sea at taymyr
5. perhaps an english translation in small legible font above or below the russian text.

Please. let's see one more update and we can look at moving this into the main main foundry.

Thanks cairns. That will all be worked on.

by **pepperonibread** on Sun Oct 14, 2007 1:31 pm

juventino wrote:
1st chair flute wrote:just out of curiousity why are some rivers cyan and others navy blue?

I think they are rivers or lakes. So different colours for them

Yes, juventino is right. Some are lakes.

by **unriggable** on Sun Oct 14, 2007 4:10 pm

Does Belarus connect to Moscow? Can't tell.

by **pepperonibread** on Sun Oct 14, 2007 6:55 pm

unriggable wrote:Does Belarus connect to Moscow? Can't tell.

No, but I'll make that river longer to clarify.

by **Liam5129** on Sun Oct 14, 2007 7:21 pm

this is just random
wee!!!

by **gimil** on Sun Oct 14, 2007 7:23 pm

I dont really see why this is still in ideas. Pep has made 2 updates and theres clear support for the map.

by **DiM** on Sun Oct 14, 2007 7:24 pm

Liam5129, please edit your post because it's screwing the forum display.
or if a mod is nearby please edit it.

by **pepperonibread** on Sun Oct 14, 2007 7:33 pm

gimil wrote:I dont really see why this is still in ideas. Pep has made 2 updates and theres clear support for the map.

Just one. When I get the next one up, it should be out.

by **wrightfan123** on Sun Oct 14, 2007 7:35 pm

[quote="Liam5129"]this is just random
wee!!!quote]

Little bro, prepair to die a bloody a horrible death.

by **gimil** on Sun Oct 14, 2007 7:41 pm

wright fan can you fix your quote as well please :wink:

by **DiM** on Sun Oct 14, 2007 7:45 pm

gimil wrote:wright fan can you fix your quote as well please

don't worry we moved on a new page

now back on topic.

map looks great.

by **Tazer** on Sun Oct 14, 2007 8:41 pm

Like the recent changes. Mountains look good and I like the look of the motto -although I don't read russian. Cool picture of Stalin also. The map looks sharp.

by **Unit_2** on Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:08 pm

Pep, how about you try to make the moutins a little more real.

by real i mean more solid.

by **sfhbballnut** on Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:55 pm

I don't want to say it looks sloppy, because the overall effect is nice, but its a little hard on the eyes when you're looking for details and what countries are

by **cairnswk** on Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:00 am

gimil wrote:I dont really see why this is still in ideas. Pep has made 2 updates and theres clear support for the map.

Gimil...thanks for your counting skills.
Unless i am mistaken, and i could very well be since i seem to make mistakes also, there has only been one graphical repost/update of this map, of which as you correctly state 2 are required.

Yes there is clearly support for the map which i readily acknowledge regardless of where that support comes from....and yes i acknowledged that the map will be moved on the next graphic post. :wink:

by **pepperonibread** on Mon Oct 15, 2007 6:18 am

Unit_2 wrote:Pep, how about you try to make the moutins a little more real.

by real i mean more solid.

Sorry Unit, most people want the mountains looking less real, or the same as they are now. If there is more support for this, I can change it.

by **militant** on Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:08 am

i think this map is great , although the font on the legend isnt unreadable but it is quite difficult to read. Also i disike the small continents like far east. if a player started with all three countries it would be very difficult to win the game. i think there should be at least 5 countries in each continenet, so to not make it very easy to win if you have a lucky deployment

by **pepperonibread** on Wed Oct 17, 2007 2:56 pm

militant wrote:i think this map is great , although the font on the legend isnt unreadable but it is quite difficult to read. Also i disike the small continents like far east. if a player started with all three countries it would be very difficult to win the game. i think there should be at least 5 countries in each continenet, so to not make it very easy to win if you have a lucky deployment

All of the continents have at least four territories. I like them how they are, so more people will have to speak up before I make a change. I will see what I can do with the legend.

P.S.: Everybody, probably no update til this weekend or later.

by **Coleman** on Wed Oct 17, 2007 3:00 pm

I think we have a different problem here if Militant saw 3 and there are 4.

Anyway, after next update I say we get it out of Map Ideas, if that seems fair to everyone. :lol:

by **Mr_Niels** on Wed Oct 17, 2007 3:47 pm

i think it is as good as finished.. would love to play the map

by **Aerial Attack** on Wed Oct 17, 2007 4:22 pm

Coleman wrote:I think we have a different problem here if Militant saw 3 and there are 4. :(

I think the reason why militant only saw 3 countries is that the name tag for Kamchatka overlaps the border with the country above it (only slightly - but it's a fairly thin border to begin with). Need to move Kamchatka label down a few pixels (and maybe sharpen that border?).

by **pepperonibread** on Wed Oct 17, 2007 6:01 pm

Aerial Attack wrote:
Coleman wrote:I think we have a different problem here if Militant saw 3 and there are 4.

I think the reason why militant only saw 3 countries is that the name tag for Kamchatka overlaps the border with the country above it (only slightly - but it's a fairly thin border to begin with). Need to move Kamchatka label down a few pixels (and maybe sharpen that border?).

Sure, sounds good.

by **militant** on Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:14 am

Sorry guys for the confusion, i was tired and it was late at night :lol:

Minimum of four is ok

by **iancanton** on Sat Oct 20, 2007 2:29 pm

unriggable wrote:Connect the islands, that way you don't have to go through purple to get from one end of the map to the other.

the islands are now connected, but the inter-island route still goes through purple.

to avoid this, why not make the arctic islands a white continent with a zero bonus, like world 2.1's antarctica? if this is done, then a zero bonus is appropriate because severnaya zemlya and novosibirskiye ostrova both have no permanent inhabitants and, during the soviet era, neither did novaya zemlya, which was a major nuclear test site.

ian.