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FreeMan10 wrote:I'm not sold on ADL as a hub, either.
The background train looks fine to me, though I didn't have an issue with the previous. What's the thing sticking up in the left foreground of that image? That's the only odd part.
Why are some stations connected by rails, and some by lines? I think the single line is satisfactory, and will eliminate much of the issues you're currently having on RailEurope in trying to make them look 'good'. From this high, satellite view of OZ, a single line is all you're gonna see anyway.
That's what I assumed, but I couldn't make it into one when I was typing that last post. I see it now...Tieryn wrote:The thing standing up in the foreground in West Aus is a kangaroo... and yes, they are odd but cool!
Makes sense. I'll have to go back and look it over to ensure I'm following all the connections. I was thinking along those lines, too, but not seeing it...All basic connections are by single line... All connections that are part of the "long distance" network are done double=line. I think this is a good way to distinguish between them and identify the long-dist routes.
Tieryn wrote:You're just trying to get Adelaide on the map settle for a territory like the rest of us! Sheesh. You're gettin greedy Drew
lord voldemort wrote:Tieryn wrote:You're just trying to get Adelaide on the map settle for a territory like the rest of us! Sheesh. You're gettin greedy Drew
i do still like the idea though even if it wasnt RADelaide
actually cairns can u call it RADelaide??
but yer i still like the hub idea. if your building a rail network there needs to be a hub.
Tieryn wrote:lord voldemort wrote:Tieryn wrote:You're just trying to get Adelaide on the map settle for a territory like the rest of us! Sheesh. You're gettin greedy Drew
i do still like the idea though even if it wasnt RADelaide
actually cairns can u call it RADelaide??
but yer i still like the hub idea. if your building a rail network there needs to be a hub.
I disagree. In places like america/europe it makes sense... but our "hubs" are really just stations with one extra platform... Come on... really there's not much to connect, and the places that do, are not centralised!
The Australian rail network does not have a single "central" type location. it -is- all distributed.
And you can only call it RADelaide, if we get to call it FUNbury.
Tieryn wrote:FreeMan10 wrote:I'm not sold on ADL as a hub, either.
All basic connections are by single line... All connections that are part of the "long distance" network are done double=line. I think this is a good way to distinguish between them and identify the long-dist routes.
I personally like the tin roofs, and especially like the P/X/T down the side. That makes long-distance train-id-ing much easier.
Another negative on the hub - I don't like how it replaces the aboriginal artwork that was there... it unbalances the picture for me. *shrug* maybe I just don't like the hub. But excuses are excuses!
cairnswk wrote:2. the hub is another way of tying these maps together...it is not as big the other other two, but having it in Adelaide was not put there for Lord V's ego...it is put there because Adelaide is the obvious choice as there is the Indian Pacific, The Ghan, The Overlander and the SARail all with hubs there. I know we don't have a Railway hub per say here in australia, but having it in Adelaide allows a smaller version to be created. It does need work though.
lord voldemort wrote:cairnswk wrote:2. the hub is another way of tying these maps together...it is not as big the other other two, but having it in Adelaide was not put there for Lord V's ego...it is put there because Adelaide is the obvious choice as there is the Indian Pacific, The Ghan, The Overlander and the SARail all with hubs there. I know we don't have a Railway hub per say here in australia, but having it in Adelaide allows a smaller version to be created. It does need work though.
are you sure??
well it certainly helps
Tieryn wrote:That circle has 4 quadrants. Each quadrant could be designed and extracted to form a territory, this could then "grow" from the Adl station into the hub for the 4 long distances rails.
This would also spice up the holding of the long distance rail lines to some extent. Work on developing this graphically and i won't have a problem with it. It was the "added on to look like rail US/Europe" bit that threw me. Make it a hub, but make it a distinctly "Rail Aus" hub.
trk1994 wrote:I love the railroad maps. I don't have any real comments on what to do for it b/c I don't really know much about rail systems or coding games. I just wanted ya'll to know that work is not wasted on refining these type of maps. btw if hubs could be worked in that would be cool. they do fit with the line of maps and I personally like them. They make things interesting when triing to fort b/c of multiple lines of attack. I also like the addition of resource bonuses for connecting rail lines and the long haul bonuses.
have you thought of making maps with the U.S. interstate highway system? That would offer MANY lines of attack. Cairnswk, after you got me into that waterloo game I'm looking at complex maps in a whole new light. thanx
cairnswk wrote:what would make the eruopean map look more european?
iancanton wrote:cairnswk wrote:what would make the eruopean map look more european?
that's a difficult one. europe is very diverse and, since some places on the map aren't in the european union, u can't even use an eu flag image. however, this is a bit off-topic.
hope ur feet are dry now.
u have two city codes for darwin: DWN on the map and DRW in the legend. putting "darwin dwn" into google produces darwin, minnesota as the first link, while "darwin drw" gives darwin, northern territory. i conclude that DRW is more logical.
it's not 100% clear which route to port the minerals must take between mount isa and townsville. i assume there's meant to be an orange box at hughenden to show the way.
while on the subject of mount isa, i suggest that ISA will be more recognisable than MTI as the city code.
i agree that a hub isn't necessary for this map. however, if u put one in, then would using a square prism as the adelaide hub work better than the curious half-hub in version 10?
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