Africa II [SoS Africa Reward Map]

[isaiah40]

Okay guys, let's get this back on topic and not at each other.

[chapcrap]

Another thing: the border between Western Sahara / Algeria is really small, to the point that it nearly looks like a 4-way border on the small version, and it's unclear. I think you should tweak it a bit to make the connection more clear.

This is truth.

The font debate... I like the newer font better. And it is to be used, the legend and everything should be changed I think.

You're grumpier than the grumpiest 60 year old!

That made me laugh.

The elephant change was a good one. I would make all of the animals larger overall and I like the gloomier, muted outline around the edges of the animals in the first version.

Can the first post be updated? Or was that updated map just a hypothetical update to look at the font differences?

[AndyDufresne]

Nobodies, would it be possible to make the small map...even a little smaller? It's pretty big / tall, and it looks like it might be possible to make it smaller. The only thing I like more about Africa, over Africa II, is that it is smaller and fits in your window nicer.


--Andy

[thenobodies80]

Everything is possible, but be aware that if Lackattack will compress it as always it will look very awful when you will made a comparison with the large.

[koontz1973]

My vote is for a bigger, better version of Africa. Wait a minute, we have that with Africa 2. Please leave it. A bit of scrolling never hurts unless you have Carpal tunnel syndrome.

As none of us are fish, lets leave it as it is.

[AndyDufresne]

My vote is for a bigger, better version of Africa. Wait a minute, we have that with Africa 2. Please leave it. A bit of scrolling never hurts unless you have Carpal tunnel syndrome.

I think there is some might be a way to eliminate some of the dead space in the map, so that everything can be tightened up. A map with no scrolling from a general point of view is much more preferred than a map with scrolling. If it turns out it ruins the map, we can at least say we tried.


--Andy

[chapcrap]

I would agree with Andy on this. There is no reason for it to be as large as it is. The smaller the better when it comes to maps image size.

[Gilligan]

I disagree...Any smaller and it'd be very cluttered.

[DiM]

I disagree...Any smaller and it'd be very cluttered.

while some areas could surely be smaller others would probably look like crap if they were shrunk.

there are several countries that barely fit the animal icon and some that can't even do that. shrink it more and it will be a mess, unless you start screwing with the borders, in which case you can just call this "almost africa"

[alstergren]

Nobodies, would it be possible to make the small map...even a little smaller? It's pretty big / tall, and it looks like it might be possible to make it smaller. The only thing I like more about Africa, over Africa II, is that it is smaller and fits in your window nicer.


--Andy

YES!

That is why I came here. Just opened my first game on the map - the map just hit me in the face (and I use show small map size as default). Compared to other maps, it is very big. See no need for it when other maps fit neatly onto the screen. Makes it more difficult to play when everything is big, no overview, scrolling up and down etc.

[Gillipig]

I would agree with Andy on this. There is no reason for it to be as large as it is. The smaller the better when it comes to maps image size.

Does that apply to other things in life as well?
This is turning into one of my favorite maps! If it is because I keep winning on it or that I genuinely enjoy playing on it is uncertain though !

[thenobodies80]

Elephants reversed, didn't change the font in the legend...no way to fit it and have it readable with the new font.
Moved the border between Mauritania and Algeria for a clear border between western Sahara and Algeria.

Click image to enlarge.

Now, let me show you a couple of preview (not refined) of the ridicolous and ugly small versions with a size that fits the useless UI we have.
I don't know if laugh or cry

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Click image to enlarge.

Hey, better to bother mapmakers than change the UI removing a useless left side bar menu

Now, choose the size you prefer the most, I really dislike both of them and I'm really disappointed to have to shrink the map down. If it was my site i would remove just the left sidebar in the game page, move the game command next to the map and i would also tell to those who can't see the map also in that way to buy a real monitor. But it's not my site afterall.....so choose the version you want. (btw remember that the images need to be compressed, so quality will be lower)

show: A_Good_UI

[koontz1973]

.....so choose the version you want. (btw remember that the images need to be compressed, so quality will be lower)

Original. Sorry to the guys that want the smaller small version, but I only have a small monitor on my home PC and small maps are what I play, but the original small is still way better than either of the two mock ups nobodies did for us.

Scrolling is annoying but the map is not so large that it is not manageable for a few games. Once the beta dust settles, players who like the map will play it, and ones that do not will not. Over the two maps, I would rather scroll my way around this beauty than play the much maligned original African map or a compressed version.

[Nola_Lifer]

I would agree with Andy on this. There is no reason for it to be as large as it is. The smaller the better when it comes to maps image size.

+1. It is too big. I can't comprehend the map because it is so big.

[chapcrap]

I do like the small version better for playing on.

If the UI could be changed on the site, that might be for the best, but that's not something we have available right now, so I say go smaller.

I would agree with Andy on this. There is no reason for it to be as large as it is. The smaller the better when it comes to maps image size.

Does that apply to other things in life as well?

No comment.