Madagascar [Quenched]

[t-o-m]

i removed 1/3 of the mountains - i will try to remove some more.
the knots will come soon.


i want to know if the top-right colour is ok????

[hulmey]

wow, when you cant thinkit will get any better, it does. the new inner bevel is a huge improvement on the map

[t-o-m]

wow, when you cant thinkit will get any better, it does. the new inner bevel is a huge improvement on the map

yay - thanks to gimil

i want to know if the top-right colour is ok????

[AndyDufresne]

Regarding the southern forest, perhaps you could use a small variant of the tree to "fill" in the gaps, and give it a more "forest feel."


--Andy

[t-o-m]

Regarding the southern forest, perhaps you could use a small variant of the tree to "fill" in the gaps, and give it a more "forest feel."


--Andy

i was thinking of making them a little shorter, putting a black colour overlay on them at a low ocpacity to make them darker and then seeing how they look

[Ruben Cassar]

Regarding the southern forest, perhaps you could use a small variant of the tree to "fill" in the gaps, and give it a more "forest feel."


--Andy

i was thinking of making them a little shorter, putting a black colour overlay on them at a low ocpacity to make them darker and then seeing how they look

Yes, try making some a little shorter. I think it would do the trick.

[t-o-m]

Regarding the southern forest, perhaps you could use a small variant of the tree to "fill" in the gaps, and give it a more "forest feel."


--Andy

i was thinking of making them a little shorter, putting a black colour overlay on them at a low ocpacity to make them darker and then seeing how they look

Yes, try making some a little shorter. I think it would do the trick.

ok, thanks.

ill do that now...

[t-o-m]

slightly changed the top-right cont colour
slightly changed mountains
added the forest thing
and some other touch-ups here and there

[rocky mountain]

when i think of the clustered mountains i see the ones going down through yellow. they look weird.
the southern forest looks better,and the top cont. colour is fine.
just a note: gimils name is more noticeable than yours...

[t-o-m]

when i think of the clustered mountains i see the ones going down through yellow. they look weird.
the southern forest looks better,and the top cont. colour is fine.

ok ill see to that, and gd about the forest and colour!

just a note: gimils name is more noticeable than yours...

lol
ino - im going to re-do mine

[t-o-m]

comments, anyone, please!?

[cairnswk]

t-o-m...i still think you could lose a few more mountains in some place
i'm not saying your map should look like mine, but see how my mountains look more realistic below...i spent days working and reworking those mountains

also i can see you have a similar style bevel going on now between the map island and the legend, correct?

[t-o-m]

t-o-m...i still think you could lose a few more mountains in some place
i'm not saying your map should look like mine, but see how my mountains look more realistic below...i spent days working and reworking those mountains

also i can see you have a similar style bevel going on now between the map island and the legend, correct?


[image delted to save room]

yes i like yours on that map - i think they would suit mine well...
i will delete some of them soon - its just a matter of getting around to it

about the bevel - gimil helped me with that
hence the "special thanks to gimil". but yes it is the same type of bevel through-out the land/legend.

ive never palyed cairn coral coast...i'll try it out!

[firth4eva]

message from tom, since he got another forum ban for something he doesnt know about

---tom---

ok well ive changed the terit names, however they arent very accurate, i think i should put something at the bottom saying in small something like "some names are changed to suit the map"??
the new names are actually where they should be, but the names are places inside the terit.


i dont know when ill be back but ill try to get other people to post things for me...damn you wicked

--tom

er i mean firth

---/tom---

that is from tom

[Kaplowitz]

why is Ferafangana bigger than the other text?

[firth4eva]

I have no idea.

Says tom.

[MrBenn]

I'm not too sure that you need to have the bevel on the legend as well as the map itself.

Have yuo tried adding an outer glow to the island to help blend it into the sea?

On a gameplay aspect, the green region is the only one that is easy to hold; and gives an advantage to anybody starting at the top of the map... I would start from there, and then work round clockwise until I had Green, Pink and Orange for a bonus of +6, with 3 borders to defend (Melaky or Menabe, A-M, Atsinanana). With a little work, I could expand into the blue area to get +9 with 3 borders (Menabe, Betafo, Atsinanana).

I can't see a similarly simple way to expand for anybody strarting in the South.

[oaktown]

IOn a gameplay aspect, the green region is the only one that is easy to hold; and gives an advantage to anybody starting at the top of the map... I would start from there, and then work round clockwise until I had Green, Pink and Orange for a bonus of +6, with 3 borders to defend (Melaky or Menabe, A-M, Atsinanana). With a little work, I could expand into the blue area to get +9 with 3 borders (Menabe, Betafo, Atsinanana).

I agree... what about punching a hole in the mountains from orange to green? it could even be a one-way attack into green (with gimil's fun little arrow - you know the one). Other than that I think gameplay is pretty much ready to go.

I'm digging the trees and mountains - visually it's coming together and looks fun. I'd lighten the border between regions - nothing else on the image is black. And I agree with the comments about the over-use of beveling, and I would consider losing the bevel on the region borders, unless they are supposed to represent valleys.

[bryguy]

IOn a gameplay aspect, the green region is the only one that is easy to hold; and gives an advantage to anybody starting at the top of the map... I would start from there, and then work round clockwise until I had Green, Pink and Orange for a bonus of +6, with 3 borders to defend (Melaky or Menabe, A-M, Atsinanana). With a little work, I could expand into the blue area to get +9 with 3 borders (Menabe, Betafo, Atsinanana).

I agree... what about punching a hole in the mountains from orange to green? it could even be a one-way attack into green (with gimil's fun little arrow - you know the one). Other than that I think gameplay is pretty much ready to go.

i agree about punching a hole. Prefferably between batssomethingorother, and AM, right where the mountains are all scrunched up. Fix 2 problems with 1 blow!

[cena-rules]

MAP UPDATE FROM T-O-M

this is the map without the 'valleys' taken out:

Click image to enlarge.

and this is with them taken out

Click image to enlarge.

i reduced the bevel on the mini map backgrounds aswel
also i added the 1-way attack
and I fixed the size on farafangara


so yeah t-o-m says hi and he is currently forum banned

[AndyDufresne]

Could you kindly pass the word onto t-o-m that he such refrain from getting anymore forum bans, before he permanently becomes banned, and is unable to finish this map that is finally coming together?


--Andy

[gcwca_4_life]

message from tom

haha i can still see the forum you know...keeping my beedy eye on the thread - how else would i know what to do in my updates! im only banned coz wickys being...a...lets not go into that ; ) its apparently something that ive already been booked for...so i dont know why im banned for the time being. p.s oak what else is left gameplay-wise?

[cena-rules]

so apparently tom rick rolled after his other forum ban

which I want proof of

but what do you lot want from this map

[hulmey]

Could you kindly pass the word onto t-o-m that he such refrain from getting anymore forum bans, before he permanently becomes banned, and is unable to finish this map that is finally coming together?


--Andy

LOL, i agree..........

Regards gameplay, im becoming incrasingly =worried that if you start in the top half of the board you have basically secured victory. You get the bonus 1 and move downwards with ease well others are scraping it out!

Also there will be a mad rush to get to the top of this map....Very worried

[hulmey]

Could you kindly pass the word onto t-o-m that he such refrain from getting anymore forum bans, before he permanently becomes banned, and is unable to finish this map that is finally coming together?


--Andy

LOL, i agree..........

Regards gameplay, im becoming incrasingly =worried that if you start in the top half of the board you have basically secured victory. You get the bonus 1 and move downwards with ease well others are scraping it out!

Also there will be a mad rush to get to the top of this map....Very worried

How about adding a few more regions at the botton to creat another small continent with a 1 bonus?