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Ogrecrusher wrote:Hey, first post for me here. The idea I have is for a map based on Constellations of stars in the sky. I've had a search of the forums and haven't seen any mention of this. Has it been thought of before? I'm not exactly experienced in this area, but I'd like to have a go at it if no one is working on it already.
Piestar wrote:Ogrecrusher wrote:Hey, first post for me here. The idea I have is for a map based on Constellations of stars in the sky. I've had a search of the forums and haven't seen any mention of this. Has it been thought of before? I'm not exactly experienced in this area, but I'd like to have a go at it if no one is working on it already.
That sounds cool... you would get bonuses for controlling all of Libra, or all of Taurus. I hope you give it a shot, I'd play on it...
sheepofdumb wrote:I'm not scum, just a threat to the town. There's a difference, thank you very much.
ga7 wrote: I'll keep my vote where it should be but just in case Vote Strike Wolf AND f*ck FLAMINGOS f*ck THEM HARD
Piestar wrote:Who would be the best person to ask, regarding the flexibility of XML?
I'm hoping for a combination of know-how, and friendly... I have what seems like a wild idea for a map, but I'm not sure if it will work...
I have a half-powered version of it in my head already, but going full throotle would obviously be the way to... if I can make it work...
The Weird One wrote:yes, with all the major threads making up each forum
Coleman wrote:Well I finally have something barely worthy of posting.
Initial Draft
Major Issues
Holland vs Netherlands
While I agree that Netherlands is the technically correct term, Holland is often used interchangeably with it by both people that live there and several places in the outside world, especially frequently in the time period this map is shooting for. So I decided I liked Holland better. I wouldn’t be against changing it to Netherlands though if people really think that would be better.
Great Lakes looks like crap, or at least more so then the rest of the ‘map’
Portugal looks like crap also.
Caribbean area is not very well defined.
Territory count, names, configuration, size all need work.
For instance, some territories are outrageously small, others are more like continents that I would want to break up. Some that I want to be continents aren't very big. Several have dumb placeholder names that should change. ALl the starter locations (except the british and the dutch colonies) are going to be broken up a bit so they aren't touching so much. France/Spain/Lakota is definitely a situation I am not liking proximity wise.
An example of a few break ups I probably will do, Western, Central, & Eastern Cuba. West Indies & Dominica instead of just saying everything that isn't Cuba is West Indies. I definitely favor a lot more territories then I have now, if I can figure a way to get the numbers and names to fit.
Spain's colony might present some balancing issues due to it's closeness with so many starting areas. I could probably work in some things to help with that or eliminate routes but I'll probably develop everything more before I worry about it too much.
I don't know very much about South America, or at least not as much as I'd like, and I still don't like how big it is compared to what I would consider the more important American area, but I'm biased.
Oh yeah, I stole and poorly colorized WidowMaker's unused anchors from Great Lakes, I hope he doesn't mind. They may not be staying on this map either. And if they are I'll color them better soon.
Stuff I wouldn't mind
I'd really like cool flag background textures for the Europe territories like in Great Lakes, WidowMakers has agreed to do graphics later, so that may happen.
I also like the way bonuses are presented in Great Lakes with the mini map.
I kind of want a single territory to be significantly valuable (+4?) but with 10 or 12 starting neutrals in it. This territory would be Oregon. This may be a horrible idea, but I like it for some reason.
sheepofdumb wrote:I'm not scum, just a threat to the town. There's a difference, thank you very much.
ga7 wrote: I'll keep my vote where it should be but just in case Vote Strike Wolf AND f*ck FLAMINGOS f*ck THEM HARD
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