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Postby Bad Speler on Wed Feb 21, 2007 1:46 pm

Murcia-Granada Border is now blocked.

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Postby bedplay on Wed Feb 21, 2007 2:19 pm

at the moment, the army shadows don't really contrast well, maybe you could make them whiter? (ignore if this has already been suggested!)
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Postby spinwizard on Wed Feb 21, 2007 2:41 pm

the mountains look like they stack on top of each other...mabey less mointains in the ranges?
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too many continent bonuses

Postby basketballbestp on Wed Feb 21, 2007 3:56 pm

i think there are way too many continent bonuses.....maybe merge two small ones next to each other into one
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Postby spinwizard on Wed Feb 21, 2007 4:09 pm

i think the contenents r fine
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Postby Bad Speler on Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:50 pm

Ive adjusted the circles and the mountains a bit.

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Postby Bad Speler on Fri Feb 23, 2007 11:39 am

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Postby Gilligan on Fri Feb 23, 2007 11:48 am

isnt 6 a bit much for Andalucia? I was thinking 5.
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Postby spinwizard on Fri Feb 23, 2007 11:56 am

4 borders, it is fine!
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Postby Blueoctober on Sat Feb 24, 2007 3:48 pm

what about the basques
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Postby Bad Speler on Sat Feb 24, 2007 4:10 pm

I merged the 3 contries of Basque Country and named it after their largest province, Vizcaya.
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Postby Kaleidoscopio on Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:44 am

Map seems great.
When can I try it out? :D
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Postby Bad Speler on Tue Feb 27, 2007 4:23 pm

well, im working on the xml right now
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Postby Bad Speler on Sat Mar 03, 2007 12:48 pm

Ive finished coding the small version, working on the large.


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Postby regulator33 on Sat Mar 03, 2007 6:11 pm

looks awesome man
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Postby RjBeals on Sat Mar 03, 2007 6:44 pm

where the hell did this map come from? I must have missed the first 10 pages. Sweet map though - just the way I like them. Simple, Direct & Fun.
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Postby dafranca on Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:12 pm

This map is the most balanced map here...
I will love to play...
The state of art playability came from having small continets on the sides and big continets on the center.
Why isn't in Final Forge?
This map looks ready to play for me.
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Postby Wisse on Sun Mar 04, 2007 3:51 am

mayby you can give the rivers the same texture as the sea?
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Postby DIRESTRAITS on Sun Mar 04, 2007 6:11 am

This map is looking good, I just have 1 complaint. The Rivers look a little fake. Perhaps you should try to change the texture
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Postby KEYOGI on Sun Mar 04, 2007 6:26 am

This map is looking sound as far as playability. I agree with DIRESTRAITS about the rivers, although I think it has more to do with the width of them and the fact they dont seem to meet the ocean as they should. I'm not really a fan of the mountains either. Could you perhaps create a few different templates and at least mix it up a bit?

Onto textures. I like the ocean, very nice. I think you should tone down the continent textures though and increase the non-playable areas texture. I'd look into a different approach to colouring the mountains as well, I don't think that texture is doing you any favours there.

At a quick glance the numbers seem centred. I'm wondering if your territory lines are fixed however. If you could give some a bit more room or move some text and shadows around it might look a bit cleaner. For example, Lisboa... if you move the label down and over the edge of the territory you could probably get that shadow in and create more space between it and Leiria. Barcelona is another example and the majority of territories in Galicia could be rearranged with text and shadow placement to make it look neater.
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Postby Marvaddin on Sun Mar 04, 2007 9:50 am

Happy to see how this map improved a lot.
Sorry if I point something already commented. I didnt read all.

1) La Mancha bonus is too high. It could be 5, maybe 6, but not 7. In fact, wouldnt be La Mancha a better name to the region?

2) I think Castilla y Leon should have one less border, maybe block Asturias... Or, maybe a better option:
- Block Madrid to Segovia.
- Open Segovia to Guadalajara.
- Open Segovia to Teruel and Zaragoza.
- Remove Zaragoza to Soria.

3) Other minor things:
- Move Andorra name, maybe? Castellón too. Maybe La Coruña and Pontevedra.
- Adjust Galícia and Aragón colours in the legend. Same to La Mancha.
- If Im not wrong, Trás os Montes should have hyfen, like Trás-os-Montes... Im not sure about this, we need a portuguese to tell us.

Are there decorative images on your plans? I think the map looks sad without even a flag.
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Postby Fireside Poet on Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:04 am

Can Granada attack Murcea? If I get my magnifying glass out, it kinda looks like it -- yeah, I am trying to find holes in this map and I'm not finding many - looks great - even better than Arctic, BedSpiler (see, I can't spell either!) ;)
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Postby spinwizard on Sun Mar 04, 2007 12:32 pm

no it cant, i mentioned it earlyer so he moved the mountains 2 block it.
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Postby johloh on Sun Mar 04, 2007 12:45 pm

looking better...

Id work on the mountains and rivers. also, looking at it kinda hurts my eyes, and im not exactly sure why. I think the ocean and the blur around the continent is so bright in comparison to the muted/dark colors of the continents that it is like looking into a bright light or something....

anyone else feel this way? Id mute the brightness of the sea, or brighten the continents.
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Postby Bad Speler on Thu Mar 08, 2007 9:19 pm

Latest Update:

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Ive added flags and changed everything discussed except the mountains. I will get to them eventually.
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