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[DiM]

just added continent names. nothing else. but to be honest i don't really like having the continent names cluttering the map.
people can clearly see the continent bonuses from the minimap and in the log it can appear like this:
"X receives 2troops for holding the Nortwest (Blue continent)"

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[cairnswk]

DiM. for me at least, the continent names are lost among everything else, tbh it looks untidy.
If people insist they be there, can't you wrap the names around the edges of each continent so that they can be more clearly visisble; perhaps in smaller text.
Also i think the radiating lines from the mechanical globe are too strong, can these be softened?

[koontz1973]

Agree with you and cairnswk DiM. continent names look truly out of place on the map. Why would the UK, after being smashed up by that evil Dr. DiM, keep the regional names anyway.

I know this is a small thing but it has bugged me for a bit. On the right side under the bottom steam pipe, you have a bit of the maps edge showing. Is it me or it it out of scale and at the wrong angle?

[Boler]

I know this is a small thing but it has bugged me for a bit. On the right side under the bottom steam pipe, you have a bit of the maps edge showing. Is it me or it it out of scale and at the wrong angle?

Optical Illusion, it's looks like that because of the angle of the pipe.

[DiM]

DiM. for me at least, the continent names are lost among everything else, tbh it looks untidy.
If people insist they be there, can't you wrap the names around the edges of each continent so that they can be more clearly visisble; perhaps in smaller text.

wrapping them might work. i'll try that. thanks for the suggestion.

Also i think the radiating lines from the mechanical globe are too strong, can these be softened?

sure. i will also make them a bit thinner as i think they're too bold.

[DiM]

Agree with you and cairnswk DiM. continent names look truly out of place on the map. Why would the UK, after being smashed up by that evil Dr. DiM, keep the regional names anyway.

i will try and implement cairnswk's idea of wrapping the names. i hope that will help.
as for the actual names i guess they could be changed if others thought so. i'm open for suggestions.

I know this is a small thing but it has bugged me for a bit. On the right side under the bottom steam pipe, you have a bit of the maps edge showing. Is it me or it it out of scale and at the wrong angle?

Optical Illusion, it's looks like that because of the angle of the pipe.

Boler is right. the map is a whole vertical piece that i simply twisted at an angle.

[DiM]

V6

DONE:
*added wrapped continent names - i think it looks much better than before. thanks for the suggestion cairns.
*made thinner radiating lines
*moved around terit names and icons to make room for army numbers

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[natty dread]

I think it'd be better if the continent names didn't cling so tightly to the shorelines... you have plenty of room to draw the text on smoother paths.

[Industrial Helix]

Moving this as all requirements are satisfied.

[DiM]

I think it'd be better if the continent names didn't cling so tightly to the shorelines... you have plenty of room to draw the text on smoother paths.

actually i was planning to add some waves some steamships and various graphics on the map so i kinda need the extra room.

[DiM]

Moving this as all requirements are satisfied.

woohoo
thanks.

[koontz1973]

I think it'd be better if the continent names didn't cling so tightly to the shorelines... you have plenty of room to draw the text on smoother paths.

actually i was planning to add some waves some steamships and various graphics on the map so i kinda need the extra room.

Can you make the text a tad smaller North West almost sits on West Midlands.

woohoo
thanks.

Congrats.

[natty dread]

I think it'd be better if the continent names didn't cling so tightly to the shorelines... you have plenty of room to draw the text on smoother paths.

actually i was planning to add some waves some steamships and various graphics on the map so i kinda need the extra room.

Surely you're not going to fill up all the space you have? It's just that the text looks kinda chunky like that, and the labels are getting all tangled up with each other in Northwest & Westmidlands.

[DiM]

ok, i'll see what i can do, especially about the northwest/west midlands part.

[natty dread]

Maybe try something like I did on this map: viewtopic.php?f=64&t=138910