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by **oaktown** on Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:23 am

Alright CoolC, you're out of the dead zone... nice to see this is back on track.

Get the updates and the discussion rolling again, and I don't imagine there is too much standing between you and your Drafts stamp.

by **yeti_c** on Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:38 am

Agreed - Traditional Lighting one is best.

C.

by **The1exile** on Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:42 am

I like this map, but better with the brighter version. Good job though

by **ZeakCytho** on Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:46 am

I too prefer the brighter version.

by **yeti_c** on Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:48 am

Hmmm - if you're going for the bright one (Where's the rolling eyes smiley when you need it) then tone down the ice caps please - they hurt my eyes!!!!

C.

by **The Viking** on Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:55 pm

Haleluja! I've been waiting for this to start up

I prefer the new lighting, yeti, I recommend a pair of sunglasses

I think you're right that you don't need to have the names of the continent, I didn't notice the color coding in the legend.
It would probably help though to have the sub-continents color coded as well, if that's possible(so for example western finland is darker than eastern finland in the legend).

by **The Viking** on Sat Aug 02, 2008 7:22 pm

How about a poll for which lighting option is better?

by **The Viking** on Tue Aug 05, 2008 10:50 am

Isn't this ready for at least an idea stamp?

by **CoolC** on Wed Aug 06, 2008 1:35 pm

Change log for version 7:

- Åland is blue again
- More work on impassable mountains
- Small connection for Öland
- Improved readability of country names
- A north-arrow to make directions clear
- Slight icon change for Laponia
- Did two versions, to test increased light and contrast

Change log for version 8:

- Added a temporary compass to help decide if a compass in that place is better then the north-arrow
- Increased color coding / separation in legend (as per suggestion)
- Softened the boats a little bit
- Decided to increase the lightning but not as much as v. 7b

I am still drawing the map with the original colors, the increase in light and contrast is added as a last step before producing a jpg. So, I will probably experiment a bit with the levels in future revisions depending on feedback. (Version 7b used br: 39, co: 42. Version 8 used br: 33, co: 36)

I still think just a north arrow is better then a compass but if I get sufficent feedback that says compass I can go with that instead...

Finally a question: should I add a water border between Blekinge - Öland ?

by **The Viking** on Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:04 am

I think a north arrow is enough, and that yes a Blekinge-Öland border would be good.

Have you considered allowing all Baltic Sea Islands to attack each other?

And I noticed there's a territory in Norway called Troms. Isn't it Tromso (o with / through it can't do it on my keyboard)?

by **gimil** on Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:52 am

The Viking wrote:Isn't this ready for at least an idea stamp?

Once you reinstate a little comitment to the map then we'll see about an ideas stamp. For the time being ill be watching

by **CoolC** on Thu Aug 07, 2008 2:04 pm

The Viking wrote:Have you considered allowing all Baltic Sea Islands to attack each other?

Yes, but i think it would make it too easy

by **The Viking** on Thu Aug 07, 2008 3:09 pm

Yeah I though about that, but that would also make it a more desirable continent, right? Leading to more competition from players who might not have any territories near, say, Bornholm?

by **Lufsen75** on Tue Aug 12, 2008 2:20 pm

Gotland are in the real life connected to Småland and Södermanland by boats. What I know Öland are not connected to gotland. Öland is connected to Småland, only.