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by **cairnswk** on Sun Nov 25, 2012 8:27 pm

koontz1973 wrote:Done.
Enjoys cairns.

Thanks koontz.

Version 17....couple of changes
* some borders have moved slightly to get the names in properly...
* some aspects of the legend have improved....

by **koontz1973** on Mon Nov 26, 2012 1:08 am

Yakaminka colour is heading into Akademicheskiy. Bottom left pic in frame- can you tone down the blue sky, it looks like it is a wonderful day but out of place.

by **cairnswk** on Mon Nov 26, 2012 1:28 am

koontz1973 wrote:Yakaminka colour is heading into Akademicheskiy. Bottom left pic in frame- can you tone down the blue sky, it looks like it is a wonderful day but out of place.

Yakaminka fixed...
Fix sky next version...
Version 18

by **cairnswk** on Mon Nov 26, 2012 4:53 pm

Version 19
* tidied up the corner images with gems
* added 2 new icons
* changed top icon background to same as others
* added 4 studs to plate at bottom
* added bevels and outer edges to legend texts

by **Nola_Lifer** on Tue Nov 27, 2012 3:05 pm

How does it look with a darker background instead of white?

by **cairnswk** on Tue Nov 27, 2012 3:11 pm

Nola_Lifer wrote:How does it look with a darker background instead of white?

i don't know...haven't tried...don't really want to go there either...i wanted the section in-between the frameowrk to be transparent on the site background

by **koontz1973** on Tue Nov 27, 2012 11:39 pm

cairns, I only have one thing that I might change and this would be completely up to you as it really is aesthetics would be the gold circle in the middle. Could you make it the same thickness as the lettering in the title?

by **iancanton** on Thu Nov 29, 2012 4:18 pm

iancanton wrote:on the yellow pages map to which u link, yellow district 10 is nagornyy, which is long and narrow from north to south.

the correct spelling is nagornyy, not nagomyy.

iancanton wrote:yakaminka ought to be yakimanka.

http://evans.com.ru/yakimanka/

in the legend, instead of referring to outer region bonuses, i suggest outer district bonuses or outer suburb bonuses. this is not only more appropriate for a city map, but avoids confusion with other uses of the word region in cc. similarly, inner region pair can be replaced by inner suburb pair.

ian.

by **cairnswk** on Fri Nov 30, 2012 3:01 am

iancanton wrote:
iancanton wrote:on the yellow pages map to which u link, yellow district 10 is nagornyy, which is long and narrow from north to south.

the correct spelling is nagornyy, not nagomyy.

iancanton wrote:yakaminka ought to be yakimanka.

http://evans.com.ru/yakimanka/

Both of those now fixed.

in the legend, instead of referring to outer region bonuses, i suggest outer district bonuses or outer suburb bonuses. this is not only more appropriate for a city map, but avoids confusion with other uses of the word region in cc. similarly, inner region pair can be replaced by inner suburb pair.
ian.

changed to "outer district bonuses" and "inner suburbs pair"

changed in the above version 19.

by **cairnswk** on Fri Nov 30, 2012 3:09 am

koontz1973 wrote:cairns, I only have one thing that I might change and this would be completely up to you as it really is aesthetics would be the gold circle in the middle. Could you make it the same thickness as the lettering in the title?

What is your purpose with this please....there is a lot of work in doing this, as i will have to re-do the whole gold lot

by **koontz1973** on Fri Nov 30, 2012 5:13 am

cairnswk wrote:
koontz1973 wrote:cairns, I only have one thing that I might change and this would be completely up to you as it really is aesthetics would be the gold circle in the middle. Could you make it the same thickness as the lettering in the title?

What is your purpose with this please....there is a lot of work in doing this, as i will have to re-do the whole gold lot

With it being that thick, the connections from inner to outer suburbs are very small at Tverskoe and Krasnoselskoe so these might get missed. Making those two gaps larger alone would be nice. As for the thickness itself, the shiny gold in the middle of the matt suburbs is a little bright. Toning it down would not be the best idea as gold should be shiny but unlike the title, it detracts from the map itself, hence, reducing of the thickness.

by **ManBungalow** on Fri Nov 30, 2012 8:09 am

Are you going to put the names of the bonuses anywhere?

It's not a big issue, but if I were in a team game I might say "go for that green bonus over there, you know the one I mean".

by **cairnswk** on Sat Dec 01, 2012 12:24 am

ManBungalow wrote:Are you going to put the names of the bonuses anywhere?

It's not a big issue, but if I were in a team game I might say "go for that green bonus over there, you know the one I mean".

Mmmm, guess that might be an idea...i'll have to see what i can do. thanks MB

by **Seamus76** on Sat Dec 01, 2012 12:34 am

Great looking map as always cairns, I really like the mosaic, which is pretty different but what I would expect from you. I have to agree with Koontz though, the inner gold ring is too thick, and a little distracting. Also, no offense, but with it being so big it looks a little cheesy and fake. Making it thinner will give you a little more room for the inner ring names, and god knows what magic you can do with an extra pixel or two. I also like the stars indicating the bonuses, and don't think naming them does much but take up more space. Team games can always use tert names as indicators, etc., but I'm sure you're creative juices are flowing already.

Keep up the great work.

by **koontz1973** on Sat Dec 01, 2012 2:18 am

cairns, what where you going to call the bonuses anyway? I have to agree with Seamus, using the territ names instead of bonus names seems to be the norm for me in team games anyway.