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by **oaktown** on Fri Nov 21, 2008 1:34 am

This solution has been up for 48 hours without a complaint, so here's a small...

by **e_i_pi** on Fri Nov 21, 2008 2:00 am

Corrientes looks fine. People should get with the program

The area around Para looks a little busy. Maybe:
Asuncion text down 1px
Asuncion army circles down 2px left 2px
Para text down 1px left 1-2px
1px outside stroke of about 35% lighten on Para text

that is the only part of this entire map I can see anything resembling a problem, but I wouldn't even call it a problem, just an opportunity for slight clarification.

By the way, how did you get those ripples around the continent? I've had trouble getting smooth strokes like that. Outside glow just doesn't seem to have the consistency along the line that I'm after

by **asl80** on Fri Nov 21, 2008 9:03 pm

good solution to corrientes and the arrows oak. subtle, clear, and they look nice too.

by **oaktown** on Sat Nov 22, 2008 3:02 am

e_i_pi wrote:By the way, how did you get those ripples around the continent? I've had trouble getting smooth strokes like that. Outside glow just doesn't seem to have the consistency along the line that I'm after

I copied the path of the land and made it a bit larger and flattened some bits out, stroked it, then copied that path and stretched it and flattened it out, stroked it a bit lighter, etc. The first one or two were a bit of work because there were so many anchor points I had to knock most of them out to simplify it, but then it was easy.

I'll pay around with Paraguay a bit.

by **pamoa** on Sat Nov 22, 2008 1:19 pm

e_i_pi wrote:By the way, how did you get those ripples around the continent? I've had trouble getting smooth strokes like that. Outside glow just doesn't seem to have the consistency along the line that I'm after

oaktown wrote:I copied the path of the land and made it a bit larger and flattened some bits out, stroked it, then copied that path and stretched it and flattened it out, stroked it a bit lighter, etc. The first one or two were a bit of work because there were so many anchor points I had to knock most of them out to simplify it, but then it was easy.

An easiest way of doing it, is to make a selection from the path of your coast.
Then select>modify>expand, choose the pixels of expansion.
You will get a smooth selection zone. Then edit>stroke.
and again expand and stroke...

by **oaktown** on Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:44 pm

Click image to enlarge.

Click image to enlarge.

As suggested above, I've spaced things out in Paraguay a bit more... XML coordinates will be updated momentarily.

by **oaktown** on Mon Dec 01, 2008 12:06 am

Coordinates changed, checked, and changed again. Direct links as follows...

code: http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/7/30/ ... liance.xml
Large: http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r76/ ... ance28.jpg
Small: http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r76/ ... 8SMALL.jpg

by **MrBenn** on Mon Dec 08, 2008 3:19 pm

Onwards and waitwards...

by **AndyDufresne** on Sat Dec 27, 2008 4:25 pm

Quenching

---The Final Forge period has concluded for the War of the Triple Alliance Map. All objections have had their time. The Foundry and I hereby brand this map with the Foundry Brand. Let it be known that this map is now ready for live play (barring any Lack vetoes).

Conquer Club, enjoy!

--Andy

by **cairnswk** on Sat Dec 27, 2008 8:20 pm

Congrats Oaktown =D>

by **Incandenza** on Sun Dec 28, 2008 12:46 am

Huzzah!

by **pamoa** on Sun Dec 28, 2008 4:32 am

well done

by **enterprize** on Wed Jan 21, 2009 6:49 pm

love the map.

Igatim (spelling?) is a bit illegible though.

by **j35t3r.us** on Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:07 pm

My Review:

8/10

Pros:
Great map design.
Nice Tech w/ the Boat
Haven't played the same game twice.

Cons:
Couple balance issues.

Possible Fixes:

Drop Paraguay down to +2 bonus instead of +3?
Drop Argentina down to +5 bonus instead of +6?

Fun stuff!