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Postby unriggable on Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:11 pm

The rails aren't very pleasing to the eyes, especially those that overlap.
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Postby cairnswk on Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:32 pm

unriggable wrote:The rails aren't very pleasing to the eyes, especially those that overlap.


naturally....i'm sure that WM will make some great lines.
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v14 Smnall Updates.

Postby cairnswk on Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:02 pm

Here is V14 updates with some fixes suggested by Gnome.

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Postby onbekende on Tue Sep 11, 2007 3:31 am

Who wanted double tracks? may I kill said person

if you want to make it railroady, try these things perhaps:
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Postby cairnswk on Tue Sep 11, 2007 4:00 am

onbekende wrote:Who wanted double tracks? may I kill said person

if you want to make it railroady, try these things perhaps:
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obekende....i'll not sue you over using paint...especially when u present a brilliant idea that will cover nicley for those double lines.
let's see what i can do in a short few hours. :) very nice thank you.
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Postby Unit_2 on Tue Sep 11, 2007 1:46 pm

i love that! its awsome! keep the lines the same.
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v15 update.

Postby cairnswk on Tue Sep 11, 2007 4:02 pm

Unit_2 wrote:i love that! its awsome! keep the lines the same.


Thanks unit 2.

Below is V15 for WM to work with for the rail lines.

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Postby Gozar on Fri Sep 14, 2007 7:11 pm

Having seen Rail USA in action now, I am keen on seeing different railways of the world maps, cairnswk. (Although Rail Canada would probably be boring :P )
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Postby cairnswk on Fri Sep 14, 2007 7:18 pm

Gozar wrote:Having seen Rail USA in action now, I am keen on seeing different railways of the world maps, cairnswk. (Although Rail Canada would probably be boring :P )


Gozar...thanks for comment as always. :)

Rail Australia is already in development on my puter, and Rail Asia will be started in a couple of months. As for Africa....i have not even visited that one yet.

However, i think there will be some other maps come out before Rail Australia. I'm keeping hush on those... :-#
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V16 update

Postby cairnswk on Fri Sep 14, 2007 8:25 pm

V16 Update

This is a small change:

* Title bar starting to take shape - heading for something in European Grand style, maybe like antique carved swirls etc.
* WM (who away this weekend) provided a "rough" version in blue of the rail lines for preview....apologies for them all being blue...this is not the final colour for each line
We have also yet to finalise the colour scheme for the stations and lines.

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Postby d.gishman on Fri Sep 14, 2007 9:04 pm

The map might ahve to be a little wider (unless that goes against size restrictions) right now it seems a little crowded
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Postby cairnswk on Fri Sep 14, 2007 9:16 pm

d.gishman wrote:The map might ahve to be a little wider (unless that goes against size restrictions) right now it seems a little crowded


thanks for comment d.gishman....can take it any wider...size restrictions....i don't think it is too crowded...busy yes, but not too crowded...the large version will be more suited to your needs i beleive when i get that done.
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Postby edbeard on Fri Sep 14, 2007 9:25 pm

the only problem I have at this point (haven't look at the bonus structure lately) is the colours in the legend and how they are shown on the map itself. very hard to distinguish all around. I've had this problem since you switched the colours from vertical lines to horizontal (under the station letters) but you explained why you had to make that change. And, I believe you said you are working on the colour scheme still so I'll let you know what I think when I see those changes
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Postby oaktown on Sat Sep 15, 2007 10:42 am

I like it... same potential for color confusion as the USA, but it'll be fun to play.

just for clarification (and I apoligize if this ha already been covered on another page) but some stations that have two lines running through them are multiple territories, such as Prague, while others with multiple rail lines are only one territory, like Venice? Why the difference?

And the tracks around Rome are confusing... looks like Florence could bypass Rome and hit CBA.

Your first poster wanted the graphics to reflect the USA game, but I disagree. European train stations have a grandeur that few American stations have, and I'd like to see that reflected. For instance, when European stations fall out of service they become museums (Paris, Berlin) - when our stations fall out of service they become meth labs, then later are torn down to build a Walmart.

This map has been bumped by the PGD, a mapmaking advocate group.
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Postby Wisse on Sat Sep 15, 2007 3:03 pm

i think you need the rails as they are now, but then in colours, because it's now confusing wich countries belong into one bonus area
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Postby cairnswk on Sat Sep 15, 2007 4:00 pm

Wisse wrote:i think you need the rails as they are now, but then in colours, because it's now confusing wich countries belong into one bonus area


yes wisse...they will be in colour
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v17 Small

Postby cairnswk on Sun Sep 16, 2007 2:30 am

v17 Small

Some frame work going onto the title bar. Suitable?


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Postby Kaplowitz on Sun Sep 16, 2007 9:37 am

oooohhhhh
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Postby cena-rules on Sun Sep 16, 2007 9:48 am

this is sweet. I would make the paris station a bit brighter
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Postby unriggable on Sun Sep 16, 2007 1:16 pm

cena-rules wrote:this is sweet. I would make the paris station a bit brighter



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Postby cairnswk on Sun Sep 16, 2007 2:35 pm

unriggable wrote:
cena-rules wrote:this is sweet. I would make the paris station a bit brighter



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do you mean the legs of the octagon, or in the grey areas?
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Postby cena-rules on Sun Sep 16, 2007 2:48 pm

cairnswk wrote:
unriggable wrote:
cena-rules wrote:this is sweet. I would make the paris station a bit brighter



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do you mean the legs of the octagon, or in the grey areas?


all of it. It need to stand out like chicago.
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Postby oaktown on Sun Sep 16, 2007 2:59 pm

cena-rules wrote:all of it. It need to stand out like chicago.

Actually, I'd say it shouldn't look like Chicago; it should make you think of Paris. The ironwork around the title is exactly the kind of look I'd push you keep going after Cairns. Nice work.
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Postby cairnswk on Mon Sep 17, 2007 5:24 am

oaktown wrote:
cena-rules wrote:all of it. It need to stand out like chicago.

Actually, I'd say it shouldn't look like Chicago; it should make you think of Paris. The ironwork around the title is exactly the kind of look I'd push you keep going after Cairns. Nice work.


i'll see what i can do oaktown....but it won't be an Eiffel Tower, OK
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Postby cairnswk on Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:41 pm

POLL RESULTS

Another Rail Map? Yup - this time Europe's turn! Interested? (14 day poll)
Yes 75% [ 39 ]
No 25% [ 13 ]

Total Votes : 52
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