Central America [Quenched]

[lgoasklucyl]

I like Oaktown's proposed changes.

A lot of the community seems to lose interest in maps based solely on geography and with no (at least remotely) interesting gameplay features. Adding this in would help mix the map up and not turn it into a funnel-fest like Indo or similar maps.

I especially like the +1 for the canal and ports, and the two additional attack-routes to the middle.

Regarding the compass: I can easily add color/resize it to make it more appropriate and fit with the addition of sea routes. Obviously the mini-map will also need to be moved.

[lgoasklucyl]

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Along what lines did you search for the boats? I'm assuming boats are the better way to go as opposed to making up pretend-geography like I had originally thought

[Incandenza]

Those boats look pretty similar to the steamers in oak's eastern hemisphere map.... you might be better off going with modern supertankers or something along those lines.

Plus thi allows you to make the ports an icon, icons attack matching shipping lane, shipping lane attacks all matching ports, good times.

[ben79]

the colours of the 2 south regions are too similar i can't make a difference between the 2 please ask a colorblind before putting colours on a map, but that's a nice map you made but those south regions colours are the same to my eyes and i'm sure i'm not the only colorblind person on this site they both look brown to me and the same brown

[lgoasklucyl]

the colours of the 2 south regions are too similar i can't make a difference between the 2 please ask a colorblind before putting colours on a map, but that's a nice map you made but those south regions colours are the same to my eyes and i'm sure i'm not the only colorblind person on this site they both look brown to me and the same brown

You're certainly not. It has been raised and will be changed. I'm not red-green so I didn't notice it. I have problems with other colors, but typically not between red and green, it shall be fixed

Those boats look pretty similar to the steamers in oak's eastern hemisphere map.... you might be better off going with modern supertankers or something along those lines.

Plus thi allows you to make the ports an icon, icons attack matching shipping lane, shipping lane attacks all matching ports, good times.

Are you saying utilizing the same icon for the boat as the ports? Or rather different ports on either side, and the same boats?


I could use the white tanks/walkways and custom make ports.


Example of something I could use for tanker.

Therefore: Three ports on each side; each port can hit tanker, tanker hits all ports.

Huzzah?

[lgoasklucyl]

New problem: fitting the minimap, region names, and a port in that corner will prove difficult. I suppose I could make the entire mini-map smaller, but that's gunna end up pretty tiny in the small version.

[LED ZEPPELINER]

New problem: fitting the minimap, region names, and a port in that corner will prove difficult. I suppose I could make the entire mini-map smaller, but that's gunna end up pretty tiny in the small version.

i think that making the minimap smaller wouldn't be so bad if you:

a) got rid of the territ borders in the minimap, and just left the bonus borders

b) made the font of the +_ smaller with the minimap

[lgoasklucyl]

Okay, here's version 5.

Issues:
-I'm going with the extra territs and am in desperate need of some advice. I found some modern tankers, took a load of time cropping them out nicely, only to realize they look like crap in this scheme. Anyone got ideas to make them fit better? Making them smaller may help a little, but they become pretty much black-blobs at that point.

-How are the colors on the southern two bonuses now? I took a lot of red out of the southern most bonus to try to help with the colorblind (note: minimap colors not updated yet, until we come to a conclusion on colors).

-Minimap itself: Think it needs borders? I kind of like it free-floating, but people have expressed dis-interest in it.

-The compass may need to be made smaller to work with the boat action.

-Ports will also be made and figured out (another scheme-pain I'm sure)

-Something will be written in pertaining to boats/ports as soon as I can figure them out

-I need to add the attack routes back in for the islands.

-Small version has a bunch of ordeals I'm sure: Minimap font, centering, whatnot.

-What does everyone think about the versions w/o army circles? I personally like it, though it might prove to be even more problems for the color-blind.

I'm sure there's LOADS more, but I'm forgetting as of right now. I've decided that instead of waiting for feedback and doing big updates I'm just going to pour updates out as ideas come in; seems maps get more feedback that way.

Thanks! Off to studying for the Family Law and Social Policy exam

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[Bruceswar]

I would not use those Tankers, they look way out of place...

This ship would fit in better if you ask me..

[lgoasklucyl]

Hm. I do like the cartoony-approach better (fits the scheme better). Drops the idea of oil as the reason for the extra territs, but I'm sure we could make it work.

Unfortunately, Cairns is working on a Jamaica right now with a similar gameplay asset and it may not fly to have two coming in at the same time. I suppose I'll wait for more feedback.

[lgoasklucyl]

I would not use those Tankers, they look way out of place...

This ship would fit in better if you ask me..

Update: I've tried these boats out and do like them better.

I think I'm going to crop them out, plop them in, then hand-draw some ports (unless someone comes up with a more interesting idea for the ports).

[lgoasklucyl]

Okay, here's version 5.

Changes:
-Added attack routes back in on islands.

-Fixed shadows on Cayes

-New boats

-Resized compass

-Messed with the credits font a bit to make it more legible

Issues:
-How are the colors on the southern two bonuses now? I took a lot of red out of the southern most bonus to try to help with the colorblind (note: minimap colors not updated yet, until we come to a conclusion on colors).

-Minimap itself: Think it needs borders? I kind of like it free-floating, but people have expressed dis-interest in it.

-The compass may need to be made smaller to work with the boat action.

-Ports will also be made and figured out (another scheme-pain I'm sure)

-Something will be written in pertaining to boats/ports as soon as I can figure them out

-What does everyone think about the versions w/o army circles? I personally like it, though it might prove to be even more problems for the color-blind.

I'm sure there's LOADS more, but I'm forgetting as of right now. I've decided that instead of waiting for feedback and doing big updates I'm just going to pour updates out as ideas come in; seems maps get more feedback that way.

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[LED ZEPPELINER]

to me, the compass on the large map, and maybe the small map looks a little squished/dememted

[lgoasklucyl]

to me, the compass on the large map, and maybe the small map looks a little squished/dememted

It's gone through a couple Transforms, it may be off by now. I could reopen the original and down-size on % to see if that helps.

[LED ZEPPELINER]

to me, the compass on the large map, and maybe the small map looks a little squished/dememted

It's gone through a couple Transforms, it may be off by now. I could reopen the original and down-size on % to see if that helps.

i would suggest that