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Re: New Jersey [UPDATE, 02.21.2012, p10]

Postby RedBaron0 on Thu Mar 22, 2012 3:19 am

What'd the status here Flapcake, we've come to 1 month without an update.
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Re: New Jersey [UPDATE, 02.21.2012, p10]

Postby Flapcake on Thu Mar 22, 2012 3:44 am

RedBaron0 wrote:What'd the status here Flapcake, we've come to 1 month without an update.




(cough cough) Its chaos32679 doing this map ;)
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Re: New Jersey [UPDATE, 02.21.2012, p10]

Postby RedBaron0 on Thu Mar 22, 2012 4:33 am

ugh.... it's to bloody late, or early. DX And Tisha's helping out too, chaos, Tish??
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Re: New Jersey [UPDATE, 02.21.2012, p10]

Postby chaos32679 on Thu Mar 22, 2012 8:03 am

update friday 3/23
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Re: New Jersey [UPDATE, 02.21.2012, p10]

Postby chaos32679 on Fri Mar 23, 2012 2:43 pm

*** UPDATE ***

+ changed mountains
+ added texture to the whole image
+ changed the water route to make it more noticeable
+ took the light blue glow down to make it less noticeable
+ added that trees and mountains are not passable

+ bridges still a work in progress...


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Re: New Jersey [UPDATE, 03.23.2012, p11]

Postby Flapcake on Sun Mar 25, 2012 6:11 am

Nice progress.

This is only my personal opinion ;)
your bridges looks good, to improve them you can add a drop shadow, that would do some magic. (same with the trees)

Mountains are super nice, pls keep them ;)

For the rivers, you can add a (dark) outer glow to make them "sit or melt" in the landscape, it will get them a more natrual look, rigth now they dont look like they belong. that you can also do with the coast line, but here to only getting the glow on the side towards the sea, you create a new layer (copy) of the outer border line, add a (ligth) outer glow, put the layer between the sea layer and the landarea layer.


your about to have a overall fitted theme, nice work =D>
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Re: New Jersey [UPDATE 03.28.2012, p11]

Postby chaos32679 on Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:38 pm

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Re: New Jersey [UPDATE 03.28.2012, p11]

Postby The Bison King on Wed Mar 28, 2012 3:23 pm

I think it would look better if there were outlines surrounding the entire rivers, rather than just around the mouth.
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Re: New Jersey [UPDATE 03.28.2012, p11]

Postby Tisha on Wed Mar 28, 2012 4:43 pm

The Bison King wrote:I think it would look better if there were outlines surrounding the entire rivers, rather than just around the mouth.

I tried.. looks really mess, too busy.
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Re: New Jersey [UPDATE 03.28.2012, p11]

Postby The Bison King on Wed Mar 28, 2012 5:06 pm

Tisha wrote:
The Bison King wrote:I think it would look better if there were outlines surrounding the entire rivers, rather than just around the mouth.

I tried.. looks really mess, too busy.

:-k shouldn't...
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Re: New Jersey [UPDATE 03.28.2012, p11]

Postby Tisha on Wed Mar 28, 2012 5:09 pm

The Bison King wrote:
Tisha wrote:
The Bison King wrote:I think it would look better if there were outlines surrounding the entire rivers, rather than just around the mouth.

I tried.. looks really mess, too busy.

:-k shouldn't...

it shouldn't? lol

I'm the one that drew the lines and looked at it..
just because it doesn't look like a mess, or busy to you... doesn't mean it doesn't to me.

I'll figure something else out.
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Re: New Jersey [UPDATE 03.28.2012, p11]

Postby natty dread on Thu Mar 29, 2012 1:36 am

Maybe if you made the lines thinner
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Re: New Jersey [UPDATE 03.28.2012, p11]

Postby RedBaron0 on Thu Mar 29, 2012 3:45 am

I think it's better without the outlines, but the state outline going so far up the river is a little uneven. Erase the outline back to the end of the inlet.
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Re: New Jersey [UPDATE 03.28.2012, p11]

Postby Tisha on Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:26 am

natty dread wrote:Maybe if you made the lines thinner

I tried thinner also. thinner would be 1 pixel, and then it looks pixelated..
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Re: New Jersey [UPDATE 03.28.2012, p11]

Postby laughingcavalier on Thu Mar 29, 2012 11:35 am

The sea route is clear now and I like the new bridges. Mountains look best of all.
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Re: New Jersey [UPDATE 03.28.2012, p11]

Postby natty dread on Thu Mar 29, 2012 12:01 pm

Tisha wrote:
natty dread wrote:Maybe if you made the lines thinner

I tried thinner also. thinner would be 1 pixel, and then it looks pixelated..


Make it 1,5 pixels?
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Re: New Jersey [UPDATE 03.28.2012, p11]

Postby bernooch on Fri Mar 30, 2012 7:32 pm

I say change Burlington to Marlton.

Least of all...its where I have lived for 20 years now...

Since you've named Cherry Hill and Camden after two large population centers, Marlton deserves recognition since Evesham Township is the largest township in Burlingto County (pop wise)...and Evesham and Marlton are one and the same :) don't get me started on all that.....

Lets get this moving!!!!

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Re: New Jersey [UPDATE 03.28.2012, p11]

Postby thechuck51 on Sat Mar 31, 2012 12:43 pm

bernooch wrote:I say change Burlington to Marlton.

Least of all...its where I have lived for 20 years now...

Since you've named Cherry Hill and Camden after two large population centers, Marlton deserves recognition since Evesham Township is the largest township in Burlingto County (pop wise)...and Evesham and Marlton are one and the same :) don't get me started on all that.....

Lets get this moving!!!!

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It might make sense to change Cherry Hill to Voorhees since cherry hill would be located in what has been labeled camden.
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Re: New Jersey [UPDATE 03.28.2012, p11]

Postby RedBaron0 on Mon Apr 02, 2012 12:02 am

Names are arbitrary... for every change that could be suggested, someone else can come up with 10 different names. Haddenfield, Evesham, Collingswood, Moorestown, Bellmawr, Ciniminson, etc, etc...
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Re: New Jersey [UPDATE 03.28.2012, p11]

Postby isaiah40 on Mon Apr 02, 2012 8:52 am

RedBaron0 wrote:Names are arbitrary... for every change that could be suggested, someone else can come up with 10 different names. Haddenfield, Evesham, Collingswood, Moorestown, Bellmawr, Ciniminson, etc, etc...

I agree with RB0. Names are the mapmakers prerogative, as they do not affect gameplay or graphics clarity. So let's leave what names are to be used up to the mapmaker, fair enough?
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Re: New Jersey [UPDATE 03.28.2012, p11]

Postby thechuck51 on Tue Apr 03, 2012 8:08 pm

isaiah40 wrote:
RedBaron0 wrote:Names are arbitrary... for every change that could be suggested, someone else can come up with 10 different names. Haddenfield, Evesham, Collingswood, Moorestown, Bellmawr, Ciniminson, etc, etc...

I agree with RB0. Names are the mapmakers prerogative, as they do not affect gameplay or graphics clarity. So let's leave what names are to be used up to the mapmaker, fair enough?


No problem by me. Looking forward to giving this map a whirl
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Re: New Jersey [UPDATE 03.28.2012, p11]

Postby merch313 on Fri Apr 06, 2012 10:17 pm

The Bison King wrote:I think it would look better if there were outlines surrounding the entire rivers, rather than just around the mouth.


I like the rivers look as is...Border would fake it up.. IMO leave rivers alone lol
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Re: New Jersey [UPDATE 03.28.2012, p11]

Postby bigblueXLII on Sun Apr 08, 2012 2:01 am

I like this map a lot, but as a Bergen County resident, I've got an issue with where you've placed "Paramus", and "Hoboken". Geographically incorrect. Also, you've got Clifton where Newark actually is, and Newark in Union County.

I think you'd be better off doing something like the NYC map. Put all the counties on the map, and then have the Parkway, AC Expressway, and Turnpike, etc on the map as bonuses.
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Re: New Jersey [UPDATE 03.28.2012, p11]

Postby chaos32679 on Sun Apr 08, 2012 8:57 am

bigblueXLII wrote:I like this map a lot, but as a Bergen County resident, I've got an issue with where you've placed "Paramus", and "Hoboken". Geographically incorrect. Also, you've got Clifton where Newark actually is, and Newark in Union County.

I think you'd be better off doing something like the NYC map. Put all the counties on the map, and then have the Parkway, AC Expressway, and Turnpike, etc on the map as bonuses.


I'm from Jersey also, so i'm pretty sure i know where everything is. Its not spot on, but its pretty close, i wouldn't say "geographically incorrect"

Can we agree that Paramus is North of Hoboken?
Can we agree that Hoboken is North of Jersey City?
Can we agree that Paterson is West of Paramus?
Can we agree that Clifton is North of Newark?
Can we agree that Union is South of Newark?
Can we agree that Elizabeth is South of Newark?
Can we agree that Union is West of Elizabeth?

I could do this all day. Look, i know its not an exact match, but i had cities/towns i wanted to include, so i fit them best i could.
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Re: New Jersey [UPDATE 03.28.2012, p11]

Postby Flapcake on Sun Apr 08, 2012 11:33 am

chaos32679 wrote:
bigblueXLII wrote:I like this map a lot, but as a Bergen County resident, I've got an issue with where you've placed "Paramus", and "Hoboken". Geographically incorrect. Also, you've got Clifton where Newark actually is, and Newark in Union County.

I think you'd be better off doing something like the NYC map. Put all the counties on the map, and then have the Parkway, AC Expressway, and Turnpike, etc on the map as bonuses.


I'm from Jersey also, so i'm pretty sure i know where everything is. Its not spot on, but its pretty close, i wouldn't say "geographically incorrect"

Can we agree that Paramus is North of Hoboken?
Can we agree that Hoboken is North of Jersey City?
Can we agree that Paterson is West of Paramus?
Can we agree that Clifton is North of Newark?
Can we agree that Union is South of Newark?
Can we agree that Elizabeth is South of Newark?
Can we agree that Union is West of Elizabeth?

I could do this all day. Look, i know its not an exact match, but i had cities/towns i wanted to include, so i fit them best i could.


Its not importend where everything are like an GPS, whats the most importend in a map are the gameplay, if it means that you have to push some borders around you do that. You create your graphics from a gameplay point of view, and I realy dont think people sits and nick picking where stuff dont fit down to 5 inch while they play, lets say a "speed game" hehe 8-)

Its your map and you are aloud to call cities/stuff what every you like. keep up the good work, looking 4ward to play it :P
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