[Official] Montreal REVAMP [Quenched]

[WidowMakers]

i agree with hulmeys comments and...

-bridges could look better
-the small river text is too small and unreadable...
-id remove rivere des praires, bajo de valois, and rapides or make them more readable somehow.
-im not sure i like the region font too much, but its not terrible, i think it could be more readable
-the impassible mine in the middle (borders mtlnord, stleonard,ahuntsic, and villeray) doesnt look very 'miney' to me. maybe change the graphic for it? make it more brown? something?
-also the graphic of the twin hills (where the cross is) could be better. i know you got the skills widow to make it look like two hills instead of a forest.

also i think the small map is way too big. i know people have been pushing the size limits lately, but the purpose of the small map is to help out people with low resolution monitors. i think making the big one at 820px is no big deal...but the small one at 738px is too big in my opinion. thats practically a 'large map'.

Ok those are great suggestions. I will not be able to update anything till after the weekend. Monday or Tuesday I will have an update with the suggestions above and any other ones that come by then.

Plus RockSolid noticed I have put an island in Valois Bay. He said that the island does not exist. It was on the map I used to make the borders but it is not on Google Earth. I will be removing that as well.

[yeti_c]

also...id like to suggest the '+1 to downtown' be directly applied to downtown (with the new xml changes).

if rocksolid approves the change I think it would be a good addition.

I like this idea.

C.

[WidowMakers]

also...id like to suggest the '+1 to downtown' be directly applied to downtown (with the new xml changes).

if rocksolid approves the change I think it would be a good addition.

I like this idea.

C.

RockSolid has nothing to do with the changes of the actual XML code. As long as the Bonuses are the same, he does not mind.

In regards to the channging of the 3 4-way borders in the original map, does anyone have any issue with how RockSolid and I decided to change them?
They are listed in the first post. 4-ways have been a "no no" in the foundry since I have been here. These would be the only changes to the XML other than coordinates and the new downtown bonus setup.

[MR. Nate]

I think Johloh was talking about the +1 for downtown being applied to the downtown, instead of just being given to the holder. The reason that I think rocksolid would have to approve it because that would change gameplay.

As for the borders, I don't think that the gameplay is going to be significantly changed by the border changes, but in the interest of keeping it as close to the original as possible, is there any way you could institute something impassable right on the corner. In Keyogi's revamp of the middle east, Luxor, Eastern Desert, Darfur and East Nubia used to have 4 way corners, now there's a small lake there. It breaks up and defines the corners without changing the gameplay one iota. I've never been to Montreal, but are there statues, or famous buildings, or even walls in any of those areas that could be inserted to keep the original borders?

That being said, I think the map is beautiful. I will certainly be playing in Montreal more when it's finished.

[d.gishman]

great looking map, but the park in the middle with the cross disturbs me in some way... looks out of place or something

[hulmey]

.....i agree about d park

[Unit_2]

i think you should try to add-in the yellow islands.

[Spiegelprime]

I like the park, and the Cross...it's a true Montreal landmark. It looks sort of out of place in reality

[d.gishman]

What i meant was not the park itself (I know that park in real life), but i meant the texture that the artist put on the park - it has like, ripples and bends and looks weird

[WidowMakers]

Here are the updates
*The hills with the cross look more like hills now.
*I made suspension bridges for all of the bridges. I know they are not suspension bridges everywhere but if I don't then the raods I had before are more accurate. I personally like the previous version with roads becasue it is less busy
*The small water text has been removed
*I made the larger water text italics like t he wording under the title
*I changed the territory font to regular instead of italics.
*And made the small version SMALL

[johloh]

-you changed the mine too

-I like the old bridges better too. but i still didnt like the old ones...
-mine/hills are looking good
-small text gone is good too

[MR. Nate]

I don't like the new bridges at all.

Don't hate me for nitpicking, but is there a way to do an arch bridge instead of a suspension bridge? It might accomplish what you're looking for without looking as dorky, plus, you could probably make one and scale it.

Just a thought.

[WidowMakers]

Here is the latest update.
*I still have not redone the bridges.
*I sent an email to RockSolid about putting the +1 to downtown instead of letting the player deploy it. A territorial bonus for Downtown.

<country>
<name>Downtown</name>
−
<borders>
<border>Westmount</border>
<border>Plateau</border>
<border>Hochelaga</border>
<border>St-Lambert</border>
</borders>
−
<coordinates>
<smallx>434</smallx>
<smally>307</smally>
<largex>543</largex>
<largey>377</largey>
</coordinates>
<bonus>1</bonus>
</country>


XML: http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/15/ ... real_3.xml

[hulmey]

think you can do alot better with the cross. It looks very awakard and horrid (sorry)

Also the brown cow pat which is not a terrioty...Can you do something with that?

[yeti_c]

Here is the latest update.
*I still have not redone the bridges.
*I sent an email to RockSolid about putting the +1 to downtown instead of letting the player deploy it. A territorial bonus for Downtown.

Remember - you'll have to take the bonus out of the Continents XML too (I didn't check - so don't know whether you did or not!)

C.