Madagascar [Quenched]

[t-o-m]

For holding 5 borders you only get a bonus of 2?? it needs to be ATLEAST 3 4 would be better.

umm...there are no conts that have 5 boarders and have a bonus of 2
care to tell me which ur refering to?

[rocky mountain]

maybe you didn't notice the impassibles.

[t-o-m]

ok here we go, i have 2 versions for you:

i generally played around with a few things on the map - minor details, but the differences in the 2 versions are:
version A&B have very slightly differing trees, shading and such on the left, only very slightly.
*ALSO* new mountain, just a try out - i only did 1 new mountain, and its the bottom right one. is that better than the previous mountains?
if so then ill make the others like that


Version A:

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Version B:

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NB: *note for me* change the positioning of the Anosy army circle.

[TaCktiX]

Both of the tree samples look like hairy moss or some weird creature from the black lagoon sort of thing. There's too much roughness to them as it is. If you kept the same idea and made it a little smoother throughout, they'd be good trees.

[t-o-m]

perhaps if i blured the current ones so the colour would be more continuous??

[ZeakCytho]

Both of the tree samples look like hairy moss or some weird creature from the black lagoon sort of thing. There's too much roughness to them as it is. If you kept the same idea and made it a little smoother throughout, they'd be good trees.

That.

Also, I don't like the new mountains either. Back to the drawing board on this

[t-o-m]

lol!

ok i dont know what to try next..?
any thoughts?
should the mountains be defined individually - if u no wa i mean, or should it be a continuous line?

[Kaplowitz]

The trees are too realistic, the mountains are too un-realistic

[lord voldemort]

bonus need a fix
antisaranana should be 2
mahajanga should be 2
toliara should be 3
fianarantso should be 5
antananarivo is fine
toamasina should be 3
graphics wise
like kaplowtiz said trees look to realistic. the last version i think looked better mountains in the north look cool
the ones in the south dont look that good
also have u put numbers on the army circs...sure they look cool but how legible will they be.

[t-o-m]

ok i'll edit things now...

keep the mountains the same (for now)
and add a blur effect on the trees and see what that turns out like

[t-o-m]

ok - i blured the trees more so they've lost a lil detail - hopefully making them look less realistic. i added the army circles as requested LoVo - maybe ill turn the army cirlces' ocpacity up a bit so theyre clearer,
i made the mountains as they were before - so i will need to find ways of making them better soon...
suggestions are welcome!

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oh and p.s. LoVo - didnt change the bonuses that you suggested yet 'cause i havnt looked at them in great detail yet...i will soon.
p.p.s - having looked at the army #'s now - i think that its a definite that i turn the ocpacity up on the circles...

[ZeakCytho]

I agree with turning up the opacity on the army circles.

The jungles...hmm...I kind of like the southern one now, but the western one still looks bad. Not sure why, since they have the same effects on them. Not sure what to suggest to fix this, sorry.

[t-o-m]

i know what you mean - i think that i should alter some of the shadows/bevels on them
?
i'll see if i can do the army circles now if i have time, im going in a mo

[t-o-m]

alright ive got 4 ocpacities, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70% - the previous version was 30%

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50%



60%



70%



maybe i should try turning the contrast down on the cirlces a bit? as they have white and black in them.

??

[rocky mountain]

i like 60% best, but i also say make a poll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hulmey]

i like 60% best, but i also say make a poll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

make a poll lol...come on, next thing u know we will be having a poll on when we can go to the toilet!!

[gimil]

[bryguy]

Woohoo congratz t-o-m!

edit: ok just to have something helpful....


Your A's look more like upside down V's to me, maybe zoom in and 'sculpt' the - between the two /\

[t-o-m]

Your A's look more like upside down V's to me, maybe zoom in and 'sculpt' the - between the two /\

ill look into it...

lol i just went in the map ideas and i was wondering where my map was!

cheers gimil

[bryguy]

Your A's look more like upside down V's to me, maybe zoom in and 'sculpt' the - between the two /\

ill look into it...

lol i just went in the map ideas and i was wondering where my map was!

cheers gimil

same thing happened to me when EB got moved

btw i like how u have the mini map hanging down like that, cause the ropes look really good

[t-o-m]

thanks, i was thinking instead of knots at the end i could have nails- ubt i cant do them v well

[t-o-m]

what do people think to the idea of adding rivers OR replacing the mountains with rivers?
ide prefer to keep the mountains but what do you think?
(you meaning everyone )

[ZeakCytho]

what do people think to the idea of adding rivers OR replacing the mountains with rivers?
ide prefer to keep the mountains but what do you think?
(you meaning everyone )

Do whatever is more geographically accurate.

[t-o-m]

they're both fairly geographically accurate, mountains more-so though

heres a map but for some reason it wouldnt let me view the image to get the tags, so go on this link and its basically the main thing on the page:
http://www.freeworldmaps.net/africa/madagascar/map.html

EDIT:
i think if i added rivers it would cause bad things 'coz ide have to add more of them making gameplay unfair, unless i added rivers which arent immpassable like on middle earth, or put bridges over them - but the map's already crowded

[hulmey]

Congrats tom, this map really looks good and i love everything about it apart the colours. They appear drab and boring.

Also your impassables could be improved alot more. scour the foundry and see other peoples impassables and then if u like one try and contact them for help