Rail Africa [Quenched]

[cairnswk]

Putting pyramids on the map would also be nice.

As in silhouettes?

[cairnswk]

Version 3.

1. Removed the dark drop shadow on the continent.
2. Fixed those incorrect station identities
3. Changed the colour on the Inlander Line to brown
4. Inserted a B & W print of the Nairobi Railway Stations in the back ground
5. The legend will probably go for a simple railway type sign as it is very big.

[captainwalrus]

I like this much better. IS there a bonus for holding the main hubs? Why not?

[SultanOfSurreal]

the slats on the rail connections need to be much thinner or the connections be turned back into solid lines. as it stands now, they look like checkerboards.

title needs work too... that is seriously cliche and not very compelling, but i understand not mussing with it now.

really loving the lotus flower-like hubs. great idea.

overall this is looking promising. I've never played the other rail maps but they are interesting, and seeing the concept expanded is exciting.

when are we getting rail antarctica?

[gimil]

Just a small thought cairns.

Why not colour code the part of the legends that decodes territory names with the example you give? Sort of like this:



Obviously better colour it than I did but you get the idea.

Oh, and your image is a few px to big

[captainwalrus]

The viper (J) is marked as I in a few places.

[cairnswk]

The viper (J) is marked as I in a few places.

thanks cappy...fixed next version

[cairnswk]

Just a small thought cairns.

Why not colour code the part of the legends that decodes territory names with the example you give? Sort of like this:



Obviously better colour it than I did but you get the idea.

Oh, and your image is a few px to big

All fixed. Thanks Gimil

[melech14]

this looks like a great map. nice bright/highly contrasting colors - and the black rails - and the white background on territory markers make this easier to read.

if the white territory markers were a bit larger than the number text, then it would be even better.

any idea when this map will be done?

[cairnswk]

this looks like a great map. nice bright/highly contrasting colors - and the black rails - and the white background on territory markers make this easier to read.

if the white territory markers were a bit larger than the number text, then it would be even better.

any idea when this map will be done?

Thanks Melech14 for commenting. We have to get it out of Drafts first, before it even looks like becoming a map.
Version 4 shortly.

[cairnswk]

Version 4.

1. Added railway carriages to the Nairobi Railway station
2. added simple african triangle design border in earthy colours
3. put colour to the suggestions by Gimil for the "destructions"
4. changed the "line indicators" on the map to longer thicker lines so they don't look like checker boards
5. Added two bonuses for the RBK and PRA stations

Click image to enlarge.

[captainwalrus]

What are the carriages? Nairobi looks just like all the other stations. I like this muchy more than when it started.

[cairnswk]

What are the carriages? Nairobi looks just like all the other stations. I like this muchy more than when it started.

In the background image, i've added carriages to Nairobi station to make it look more like a train station.

[DJ Teflon]

Nice map so far - would have preferred an ancient river niger civilisation map though - maybe a project somebody might take up another time.

[SultanOfSurreal]

while I like the thinner rail lines, I think you misconstrued what I was getting at. The slats themselves (the colored portions) are too thick compared to the black portions. There should be a few more of them and they should be thinner.

Click image to enlarge.

Click image to enlarge.

now that I think about it they may also look better if they stuck out a tiny bit past the black sections. And maybe you could go whole hog and add little metal rails to either side (the actual "rail" part of the railroad)

and if i may ask, why did you choose Rabak as one of the main hubs? it's not a very large or influential city. cairo or nairboi would make more sense.