Feudal War [Quenched]

gimil · Post by **gimil** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 9:23 am

i would prefer that,

But id rather talk about gameplay at the moment lol

DiM · Post by **DiM** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 9:32 am

gimil wrote:i would prefer that,

But id rather talk about gameplay at the moment lol

forget about gameplay. let's make this map so graphically stunning everybody will forget about gameplay

PS: joking of course. i'll take a good look at it this night at work and i'll post my observations

Telvannia · Post by **Telvannia** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 9:42 am

here is the resized one enjoy:

gimil · Post by **gimil** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 9:44 am

ive added it and put my own tweek onto it

Kaplowitz · Post by **Kaplowitz** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 7:31 pm

DiM wrote: forget about gameplay. let's make this map so graphically stunning everybody will forget about gameplay

The first thing to do when making an amazing map is to put random useledd stuff in in that no one likes.

For example:

o yea, it has to have my name on it to beautiful!

haha jk....sooo..bored...had...nothing....to....do.....

gimil · Post by **gimil** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 7:38 pm

What the hell did you do to my map

lol

PS how did you do the river texture im intrested

Kaplowitz · Post by **Kaplowitz** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 10:28 am

gimil wrote: PS how did you do the river texture im intrested

I use Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7, so im not sure if you can do it in whatever program you did.

1-The first thing i did was select the river (not the lake).

2-Then i went to the textures, and used these settings (the texture was called "lands":

3- i blurred it.

4- I grabbed the lake also

5- I used an effect called "cutout" with these settings:

6-I blurred once more

I just used the exact steps above and got this:

Well, i hope that helps!

edit:
if you want just the river, here it is:

yeti_c · Post by **yeti_c** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 3:46 am

Here's a base image for my sig that you'll need to resize...

C.

gimil · Post by **gimil** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 4:34 am

moved some stuff around for more even gameplay.

yeti_c · Post by **yeti_c** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 4:39 am

Not sure - bottom left castle is V close to both Merc Camp and Gold mine...

C.

Telvannia · Post by **Telvannia** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:17 am

yeti_c wrote:Not sure - bottom left castle is V close to both Merc Camp and Gold mine...

C.

i agree, i think you should break the western most bridge.

also the gold mine looks wrong, if you look at the bottom of the cave bit it is in hte middle of the grass

gimil · Post by **gimil** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:23 am

Telvannia wrote:
yeti_c wrote:Not sure - bottom left castle is V close to both Merc Camp and Gold mine...

C.
i agree, i think you should break the western most bridge.

also the gold mine looks wrong, if you look at the bottom of the cave bit it is in hte middle of the grass

LOL ill fix that. the bridge was broken but it then isolated the gold mine to one empire.

ill play around again and see what i come up with

yeti_c · Post by **yeti_c** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:25 am

gimil wrote:
Telvannia wrote:
yeti_c wrote:Not sure - bottom left castle is V close to both Merc Camp and Gold mine...

C.
i agree, i think you should break the western most bridge.

also the gold mine looks wrong, if you look at the bottom of the cave bit it is in hte middle of the grass
LOL ill fix that. the bridge was broken but it then isolated the gold mine to one empire.

ill play around again and see what i come up with

But the empire you've isolated it to is furthest from the Merc Camp...

Which is more important than putting both Merc Camp and Gold mine closer to 1.

C.

gimil · Post by **gimil** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:27 am

i know im going to move the bridge and connect the gold mine area to the lake side.

Telvannia · Post by **Telvannia** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:30 am

if the worst comes to the worst you could add a gold trading route to connect a empire to the gold mine.

I think the gold mine should be on the central island then every empire could be connected to it

gimil · Post by **gimil** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:32 am

Telvannia wrote:if the worst comes to the worst you could add a gold trading route to connect a empire to the gold mine.

I think the gold mine should be on the central island then every empire could be connected to it

actually thats not a bad idea.

i told DiM i did want any ports ect. but i could add about 3 ports that all connect to the mine area.

I can close of the wall to the empire directly over the mine

Telvannia · Post by **Telvannia** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:35 am

gimil wrote:
Telvannia wrote:if the worst comes to the worst you could add a gold trading route to connect a empire to the gold mine.

I think the gold mine should be on the central island then every empire could be connected to it
actually thats not a bad idea.

i told DiM i did want any ports ect. but i could add about 3 ports that all connect to the mine area.

I can close of the wall to the empire directly over the mine

If you are going to do that in my opinion you should make a little mining community beside the dock, have a few houses ect.

then but a few gold barges in the river.

gimil · Post by **gimil** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:37 am

Telvannia wrote:
gimil wrote:
Telvannia wrote:if the worst comes to the worst you could add a gold trading route to connect a empire to the gold mine.

I think the gold mine should be on the central island then every empire could be connected to it
actually thats not a bad idea.

i told DiM i did want any ports ect. but i could add about 3 ports that all connect to the mine area.

I can close of the wall to the empire directly over the mine
If you are going to do that in my opinion you should make a little mining community beside the dock, have a few houses ect.

then but a few gold barges in the river.

ill get to work on it later on

AndyDufresne · Post by **AndyDufresne** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 9:24 pm

Hm, as much as I love discussion in maps, it seems discussion between all the cartographers is better suited for PM, instant messaging, or some other form of communication rather than posting. I think you may be scaring off other potential posters.

--Andy

gimil · Post by **gimil** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 10:09 am

NEW LOOKS!

I re-organized this map to give space for more terrs, it has now been increase from 90 to 126 terrs.

TO-DO

1. Ask DiM really nicely to make 3 new castles
2. Complete the mini map and legends
3. Add terr names
4. Add 1 village i forgot about lol
5. Decided weather the old gold mine merc camp resource pair should stay or go

Coleman · Post by **Coleman** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 10:12 am

I'm a bit confused how cartographer suggestions on how to improve a map are different from other ones. What are we permitted to discuss in the forums?

EDIT: I hope you guys don't think I'm trying to be difficult. I'm not. I just really don't understand what feels like a lot of new unwritten rules. I'd like for it to be clear for everyone.

Kaplowitz · Post by **Kaplowitz** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 10:16 am

I thought the onld one was fine

the terr namescan be numbers like in Siege.

gimil · Post by **gimil** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 10:20 am

Coleman wrote:I'm a bit confused how cartographer suggestions on how to improve a map are different from other ones. What are we permitted to discuss in the forums?

PM me and it'll be fine

gimil · Post by **gimil** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 10:22 am

Kaplowitz wrote:I thought the onld one was fine

the terr namescan be numbers like in Siege.

There was nothing wrong with it per say. But there was a lack of space and rather than squeeze everything in i thought id just redo it all. And im more than happy with the results

tim02 · Post by **tim02** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 10:42 am

witch ones are castles and witch are villages?
yes keep the gold mine + merc camp