USA 2.1 [10 Mar 2013] Beta Baby!!

[AndyDufresne]

I still think you should take the yellowish glow off the labels. And it seems iv'e read a lot about people having trouble distinguishing between the roads / borders and other lines. Maybe try some dotted lines? Ignore colors - but I did this quickly in illustrator for a visual.

Something like this may help, since at times it has seemed like the map is more about differentiating what straight lines are which gameplay item (state borders, continental, region connectors, roads, etc).


--Andy

[iancanton]

unlike some opinions already expressed, i'm not a great fan of that precise hue of yellow in the west. the bright green highway 15 doesn't show up well on it.

just a small gameplay point: earlier on, i neglected to mention bumping up the pennsylvania bonus from +4 to +5 because of its pivotal position as gateway to the north-east when held with new york city.

the roads from syracuse to plattsburgh and buffalo to erie go over water at the moment rather than over land.

ian.

[Gilligan]

Just to keep everyone in the loop-de-loop, I just started on the coords...

[Vlasov]

I really like this huge USA map... first time I've looked at it in a while. I hope it gets advanced to Beta soon.

[RedBaron0]

:pokes isaiah with a stick: How we doing here kiddo?

[generalhead]

Really Awesome map isaiah40. This looks great!
I can't wait to go cruizin with my girl on USA 2.1

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[isaiah40]

:pokes isaiah with a stick: How we doing here kiddo?

OUCH!!! Pokes RB0 back with a very sharp stick! Going, should have a little something this weekend.

[RedBaron0]

Dun make me get out the -banstick- (not that I have such an ability, but forgive me a lil nostalgia to another BBS that I was a moderator for...)

[isaiah40]

Finally another update.

Changed the Western area to a greenish-yellow color. Changed the secondary highways to a dotted line and corrected the spelling of Asheville.

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[Gilligan]

Personally I like the solid lines better

[isaiah40]

Personally I like the solid lines better

Same here but some had trouble distinguishing the roads from the borders.

[Gilligan]

Personally I like the solid lines better

Same here but some had trouble distinguishing the roads from the borders.

good point.

[elonpuckhog]

I like it and I'm ready to see it go beta. Keep up the great work.

[nolefan5311]

Yeah, I think the dotted lines REALLY clear things up. Good idea.

[AndyDufresne]

Yeah, I think the dotted lines REALLY clear things up. Good idea.

I agree, you can now distinguish in a glance more so than before. If you don't like dots, you could always try a dashed line, which might give you the look you like, but still help with the at glance understanding. Keep up the good work.


--Andy