Baltic Crusades

[thenobodies80]

thenobodies80, glad to see that you have managed to get this one moving again. Been a while since it was sitting at the bottom of the forum with nothing new. A couple of things, firstly, the map legend looks very dark and the text is hard to read. Can you lighten it up a tad? Secondly, as you seem to be the only one working on this, I take it that you will be the one getting credit for this now?

I tried to contact theBastard, but I get zero replies from him. Obviously I leave his name on the map because he developed the concept, but I'm not going to leave this one go into the bin after that I put so much effort into it. About the ownership and the other "burocratic" aspects, I'll leave the final word to isaiah40 (deputy foreman), being myself the graphics developer of this map.

Now, if everyone is happy with this one I'll go with the small:

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[natty dread]

Could you make Gotland & Papal Legatus more different in colour? They're indistinguishable with CB filters.

[thenobodies80]

They are close but not indistiguishable, and the fact there's gotland written on the island seems to make the bonus self explanatory to me, anyway i did another version.
But I'll leave them both up to hear what the other people think.

Version 5.1 Gotland orange

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Version 5.2 Gotland blue

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[Nola_Lifer]

thenobodies80, glad to see that you have managed to get this one moving again. Been a while since it was sitting at the bottom of the forum with nothing new. A couple of things, firstly, the map legend looks very dark and the text is hard to read. Can you lighten it up a tad? Secondly, as you seem to be the only one working on this, I take it that you will be the one getting credit for this now?

I tried to contact theBastard, but I get zero replies from him. Obviously I leave his name on the map because he developed the concept, but I'm not going to leave this one go into the bin after that I put so much effort into it. About the ownership and the other "burocratic" aspects, I'll leave the final word to isaiah40 (deputy foreman), being myself the graphics developer of this map.

Now, if everyone is happy with this one I'll go with the small:

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I don't think the B would have any complaints on this being a finished map.

[natty dread]

The blue gotland is better, but perhaps you could make it lighter? I kinda have a dislike for dark blue land colours - it seems somehow counter-intuitive, especially when you have blue water on the map... idk, up to you.

[AndyDufresne]

In general, I really like the overall look of the map---except that for my taste, it is a shade or two too dark.


--Andy

[ender516]

I think the dark colours work for these northern locales, especially given the historical setting.

[AndyDufresne]

I think the dark colours work for these northern locales, especially given the historical setting.

I don't dispute it working, just not to my taste.


--Andy

[koontz1973]

What is with the boarder. There seems to be spots of light behind it at irregular intervals. Also, might look nicer if you have a corner piece.

[isaiah40]

Blue Gotland is better IMO.

[Victor Sullivan]

Blue Gotland is better IMO.

+1

-Sully

[Gillipig]

I'd really like to try this map. How far is it from beta?

[thenobodies80]

Ok, I will go with the blue gotland, but I won't do it with a lighter color. As ender said the "dark lights" work with the map and its historical setting, moreover have gotland lighter will create other problem with colors, specially for colorblind people. (I did a test to say this )

What is with the boarder. There seems to be spots of light behind it at irregular intervals. Also, might look nicer if you have a corner piece.

I think you're referring to the frame. Yeah, I don't like it as it is now. I'll redraw it this weekend.

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Now, since I'm planning to work on it, is there something else you want to see changed or refined?
@ ender, I'll check if some coords need to be moved. I'm pretty sure that circles are in the same place, but I don't remember if I slightly moved some labels or borders. If something need a fix, I'll send you a PM

Nobodies

[ender516]

Standing by.

[thenobodies80]

Frame fixed, small version will come in few hours.

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