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Re: Baltic Crusades [2 Jan 2012]

Postby natty dread on Sun Jan 08, 2012 8:09 pm

Meh, you still haven't broken my record of 3 graphics stamps on one map ;)
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Re: Baltic Crusades [2 Jan 2012]

Postby ender516 on Mon Jan 09, 2012 12:23 am

natty_dread wrote:Meh, you still haven't broken my record of 3 graphics stamps on one map ;)

Now that is a dubious distinction. ;)

I will try to look at this very soon. Too bad I didn't think to check sooner -- I return to work tomorrow, having been off since the Wednesday before Christmas. 8-)
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Re: Baltic Crusades [2 Jan 2012]

Postby Flapcake on Mon Jan 09, 2012 11:24 am

Me like, lets play :P

(need to follow this :mrgreen: )
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Re: Baltic Crusades [2 Jan 2012]

Postby ender516 on Sat Jan 14, 2012 9:23 pm

Just to let everyone know: I have a new version of the XML. I have not changed the coordinates for the large map, but since the small map has been resized, I used the Map XML Wizard to auto scale from the large to the small using

These versions were sent to me by thenobodies80 via PM. Unfortunately, I am having problems with fileden right now, so I can't upload them there and use the Mapmaker tool to produce images with 88s to check coordinates. (I wish the Mapmaker tool could access local files the way the Map XML Wizard can. :( ) I could attach the XML here, or post it in a code block, but that seems premature since I have done no real checking. I don't trust the Map XML Wizard's positioning, since it seems to offset things slightly from where you click. I wonder if that has anything to do with the way CC puts four shadows around the numbers to give them the black outline. Anyway, once I can run things through the Mapmaker tool and put some test images online, I will post here again to start the next round of nitpicking helpful corrections of coordinates. Am I correct that we have had no changes to gameplay?

Oh, and what about the change to the legend: "are river crosses" -> "are river crossings" or "Castles cross rivers" or "Castles are bridges" or whatever...
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Re: Baltic Crusades [2 Jan 2012]

Postby natty dread on Sat Jan 14, 2012 9:42 pm

ender516 wrote: I don't trust the Map XML Wizard's positioning, since it seems to offset things slightly from where you click.


Actually it doesn't, the coordinates go exactly where you click, it's just that the xml wizard displays the numbers with an offset. And since chipv isn't working on his tools anymore I doubt it's going to be fixed ever :(
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Re: Baltic Crusades [2 Jan 2012]

Postby ender516 on Sun Jan 15, 2012 1:00 pm

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ender516 wrote: I don't trust the Map XML Wizard's positioning, since it seems to offset things slightly from where you click.


Actually it doesn't, the coordinates go exactly where you click, it's just that the xml wizard displays the numbers with an offset. And since chipv isn't working on his tools anymore I doubt it's going to be fixed ever :(

So, if I position the cursor so that it looks right, and I click, it will be displayed offset by the Wizard, but will be okay in the Mapmaker tool and the game itself?
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Re: Baltic Crusades [2 Jan 2012]

Postby natty dread on Sun Jan 15, 2012 2:20 pm

Basically, yes.

Also, when you have the number selected, it shows it as exactly 1 pixel down from where it actually is, so if you temporarily move it 1 pixel up, you'll see how it looks on mapmaker/game. When the number is not selected, it shows at 1 pixel down + 1 pixel to the right.
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Re: Baltic Crusades [2 Jan 2012]

Postby ender516 on Mon Jan 16, 2012 1:02 am

Thanks, natty, I'll see if I can wrap this up soon, then.
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Re: Baltic Crusades [2 Jan 2012]

Postby ender516 on Tue Jan 17, 2012 6:46 pm

Update: Apparently fileden got hacked, so upload access is gone for a little while. I will keep an eye out for further news.
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Re: Baltic Crusades [2 Jan 2012]

Postby natty dread on Tue Jan 17, 2012 8:12 pm

You can upload it here as an attachment.
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Re: Baltic Crusades [2 Jan 2012]

Postby ender516 on Wed Jan 18, 2012 1:02 pm

Yes, but that is less convenient for test images. Also, the Mapmaker tool will only work through links. Say, does an attached file here have a distinct URL that the Mapmaker tool could use? (I would just try and see, but I'm on lunch at work, and don't have anything to attach.)
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Re: Baltic Crusades [2 Jan 2012]

Postby natty dread on Wed Jan 18, 2012 1:12 pm

ender516 wrote:ay, does an attached file here have a distinct URL that the Mapmaker tool could use?


Yes. Just attach it to the post and then right-click and copy the link from the post.
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Re: Baltic Crusades [2 Jan 2012]

Postby ender516 on Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:20 pm

Excellent, perhaps I can sort this out this evening. No promises, though -- Big Bang Theory and Person of Interest are on tonight.
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Re: Baltic Crusades [2 Jan 2012]

Postby isaiah40 on Thu Jan 19, 2012 2:04 pm

ender516 wrote:Excellent, perhaps I can sort this out this evening. No promises, though -- Big Bang Theory and Person of Interest are on tonight.

Humph!!! Are you saying TV comes before CC?? :shock:
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Re: Baltic Crusades [2 Jan 2012]

Postby AndyDufresne on Thu Jan 19, 2012 2:30 pm

isaiah40 wrote:
ender516 wrote:Excellent, perhaps I can sort this out this evening. No promises, though -- Big Bang Theory and Person of Interest are on tonight.

Humph!!! Are you saying TV comes before CC?? :shock:

Ender needs to get his alphabet straight. CC is definitely before TV.


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Re: Baltic Crusades [2 Jan 2012]

Postby Victor Sullivan on Fri Jan 27, 2012 9:30 pm

Although Person of Interest is a great show...

<3 Michael Emerson

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Re: Baltic Crusades [2 Jan 2012]

Postby thenobodies80 on Fri Feb 03, 2012 4:16 am

How is it going with the xml?
I'd like to test this one at some point... :mrgreen:
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Re: Baltic Crusades [2 Jan 2012]

Postby ender516 on Sat Feb 04, 2012 3:40 pm

I'm very sorry, but fileden went four feet to the sky for a while, and I haven't had much time since it got running again (especially since they forced a password reset, then messed up the automatic email, so I had to deal with their support team.) I hope I can get some work done this weekend, but right about now, I have to pop out and pick up my daughter from the mall. Dad's taxi, at your service.
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Re: Baltic Crusades [2 Jan 2012]

Postby natty dread on Sat Feb 04, 2012 3:48 pm

ender516 wrote:I'm very sorry, but fileden went four feet to the sky for a while


Use the attachment...
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Re: Baltic Crusades [2 Jan 2012]

Postby ender516 on Sat Feb 04, 2012 4:35 pm

natty_dread wrote:
ender516 wrote:I'm very sorry, but fileden went four feet to the sky for a while


Use the attachment...

Yes, but without a working link, you can't use the Mapmaker Tool. I wanted to do some checks and grab some images with 88's to show off the centering.
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Re: Baltic Crusades [2 Jan 2012]

Postby thenobodies80 on Sat Feb 04, 2012 7:04 pm

the attachment has a working link, just right click on it then copy/paste

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Re: Baltic Crusades [2 Jan 2012]

Postby natty dread on Sat Feb 04, 2012 8:15 pm

Ender, you have a short memory...

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ender516 wrote:ay, does an attached file here have a distinct URL that the Mapmaker tool could use?


Yes. Just attach it to the post and then right-click and copy the link from the post.
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Re: Baltic Crusades [2 Jan 2012]

Postby ender516 on Sun Feb 05, 2012 10:43 am

You know, this conversation did seem a bit familiar. I guess, to be more specific, I did not want to upload a version that everyone could see until I had done the tests. That would require a link that I could use that was not here on a post. Fingers crossed, I will have something today.
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Re: Baltic Crusades [2 Jan 2012]

Postby thenobodies80 on Tue Feb 07, 2012 5:39 pm

Ender have you solved this xml hosting problem? if not let me know and I can help you ;)
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Re: Baltic Crusades [2 Jan 2012]

Postby ender516 on Wed Feb 08, 2012 12:20 am

Yes, sorry, got a little busy with real life: appointments yesterday, my wife's birthday today, exchanging the gift I bought her tomorrow (a very nice terry cloth robe, which unfortunately came with a hole in the pocket). It might be a few more days before I am back on track here. (It's hard to get enthusiastic about recentering coordinates after all the work I did with theBastard's images.)
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