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Re: USA 2.1 [19 Sept 2012] V.30 Pg 27

Postby RjBeals on Thu Sep 20, 2012 10:27 am

ManBungalow wrote:You could try adding a background image.


I say no to this. This map is already very busy. At the most find a subtle pattern or something for the oceans, but don't add an image. It will look cheezy.
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Re: USA 2.1 [19 Sept 2012] V.30 Pg 27

Postby 72o on Thu Sep 20, 2012 11:42 am

Asheville is spelled wrong on the map.
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Re: USA 2.1 [19 Sept 2012] V.30 Pg 27

Postby RjBeals on Thu Sep 20, 2012 3:22 pm

I still think you should take the yellowish glow off the labels. And it seems iv'e read a lot about people having trouble distinguishing between the roads / borders and other lines. Maybe try some dotted lines? Ignore colors - but I did this quickly in illustrator for a visual.

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Re: USA 2.1 [19 Sept 2012] V.30 Pg 27

Postby RedBaron0 on Fri Sep 21, 2012 9:33 pm

I'd also suggest incorporate the planes into their respective army circles to help conserve space and prevent confusion. I'm having trouble figuring out if the airport is Chicago or Madison; NYC or Newark, few others I could go either way on too.
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Re: USA 2.1 [19 Sept 2012] V.30 Pg 27

Postby crazymilkshake5 on Mon Sep 24, 2012 6:38 am

nolefan5311 wrote:I like the new color scheme a lot isaiah. It is still a little difficult to make out the state border lines in the southeast, but overall, this looks really good.

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Re: USA 2.1 [19 Sept 2012] V.30 Pg 27

Postby AndyDufresne on Mon Sep 24, 2012 2:44 pm

RjBeals wrote:I still think you should take the yellowish glow off the labels. And it seems iv'e read a lot about people having trouble distinguishing between the roads / borders and other lines. Maybe try some dotted lines? Ignore colors - but I did this quickly in illustrator for a visual.

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Something like this may help, since at times it has seemed like the map is more about differentiating what straight lines are which gameplay item (state borders, continental, region connectors, roads, etc).


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Re: USA 2.1 [19 Sept 2012] V.30 Pg 27

Postby iancanton on Fri Sep 28, 2012 2:32 am

unlike some opinions already expressed, i'm not a great fan of that precise hue of yellow in the west. the bright green highway 15 doesn't show up well on it.

just a small gameplay point: earlier on, i neglected to mention bumping up the pennsylvania bonus from +4 to +5 because of its pivotal position as gateway to the north-east when held with new york city.

the roads from syracuse to plattsburgh and buffalo to erie go over water at the moment rather than over land.

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Re: USA 2.1 [19 Sept 2012] V.30 Pg 27

Postby Gilligan on Wed Oct 10, 2012 2:41 pm

Just to keep everyone in the loop-de-loop, I just started on the coords...
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Re: USA 2.1 [19 Sept 2012] V.30 Pg 27

Postby Vlasov on Thu Nov 01, 2012 5:57 am

I really like this huge USA map... first time I've looked at it in a while. I hope it gets advanced to Beta soon.
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Re: USA 2.1 [19 Sept 2012] V.30 Pg 27

Postby RedBaron0 on Fri Nov 02, 2012 7:50 pm

:pokes isaiah with a stick: How we doing here kiddo?
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Re: USA 2.1 [19 Sept 2012] V.30 Pg 27

Postby generalhead on Sat Nov 03, 2012 11:45 am

Really Awesome map isaiah40. This looks great! Image
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Re: USA 2.1 [19 Sept 2012] V.30 Pg 27

Postby isaiah40 on Sat Nov 03, 2012 4:10 pm

RedBaron0 wrote::pokes isaiah with a stick: How we doing here kiddo?

OUCH!!! Pokes RB0 back with a very sharp stick! Going, should have a little something this weekend.
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Re: USA 2.1 [19 Sept 2012] V.30 Pg 27

Postby RedBaron0 on Sat Nov 03, 2012 4:16 pm

Dun make me get out the -banstick- :P (not that I have such an ability, but forgive me a lil nostalgia to another BBS that I was a moderator for...)
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Re: USA 2.1 [19 Sept 2012] V.30 Pg 27

Postby isaiah40 on Thu Nov 08, 2012 10:32 pm

Finally another update.

Changed the Western area to a greenish-yellow color. Changed the secondary highways to a dotted line and corrected the spelling of Asheville.
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Re: USA 2.1 [8 Nov 2012] V.31 Pg 28

Postby Gilligan on Thu Nov 08, 2012 10:39 pm

Personally I like the solid lines better
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Re: USA 2.1 [8 Nov 2012] V.31 Pg 28

Postby isaiah40 on Thu Nov 08, 2012 10:41 pm

Gilligan wrote:Personally I like the solid lines better

Same here but some had trouble distinguishing the roads from the borders.
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Re: USA 2.1 [8 Nov 2012] V.31 Pg 28

Postby Gilligan on Thu Nov 08, 2012 10:55 pm

isaiah40 wrote:
Gilligan wrote:Personally I like the solid lines better

Same here but some had trouble distinguishing the roads from the borders.


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Re: USA 2.1 [8 Nov 2012] V.31 Pg 28

Postby elonpuckhog on Fri Nov 09, 2012 8:27 am

I like it and I'm ready to see it go beta. Keep up the great work.
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Re: USA 2.1 [8 Nov 2012] V.31 Pg 28

Postby nolefan5311 on Fri Nov 09, 2012 9:21 am

Yeah, I think the dotted lines REALLY clear things up. Good idea.
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Re: USA 2.1 [8 Nov 2012] V.31 Pg 28

Postby AndyDufresne on Fri Nov 09, 2012 3:01 pm

nolefan5311 wrote:Yeah, I think the dotted lines REALLY clear things up. Good idea.

I agree, you can now distinguish in a glance more so than before. If you don't like dots, you could always try a dashed line, which might give you the look you like, but still help with the at glance understanding. Keep up the good work.


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Re: USA 2.1 [8 Nov 2012] V.31 Pg 28

Postby isaiah40 on Mon Nov 12, 2012 6:34 pm

Some other changes:

1 - Forgot about ian's suggestion to increase Pennsylvania from +4 to +5
2 - Rearranged the legend to add in a numbered list of cities on map. This was done to help with the clutter on the map, and to make it clearer and more readable. I will redo the numbers in a more logical order once this gets some feedback.

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For grins and giggles here is the super large map!
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Re: USA 2.1 [12 Nov 2012] V.32 Pg 29

Postby koontz1973 on Tue Nov 20, 2012 12:42 am

It might of been for grins and giggles but it does look really nice. Will you put a texture (subtle) on the playing map and a picture into the background again?
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Re: USA 2.1 [12 Nov 2012] V.32 Pg 29

Postby AndyDufresne on Tue Nov 20, 2012 11:26 am

Disappointing that the map may need a key and numbers, since I usually avoid those maps with something like that. But it is probably needed.


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Re: USA 2.1 [12 Nov 2012] V.32 Pg 29

Postby isaiah40 on Sat Nov 24, 2012 6:19 pm

koontz1973 wrote:It might of been for grins and giggles but it does look really nice. Will you put a texture (subtle) on the playing map and a picture into the background again?

You mean like this?
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Here is a version with some of the 888's on it.
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Re: USA 2.1 [24 Nov 2012] V.33 Pg 29

Postby cairnswk on Sat Nov 24, 2012 7:28 pm

isaiah40...nice improvements with the dotted connections! makes the highways standout so much more
somehting is wrong with the alignment of New York City NY in the key
is there any way you can get the bottom left key text/images to line up better? perhaps put the green plane at the end of its text, and left align the highway and DC text on same guide?
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