john9blue wrote:I like the rail maps, but I think Australia was a step back. If you do this, I hope it ends up more like the first 2.
Once again, might be a little different from the first two to capture the flavour of the continent, john9blue.
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john9blue wrote:I like the rail maps, but I think Australia was a step back. If you do this, I hope it ends up more like the first 2.
Bruceswar wrote:Bigger is better. .. While these rail maps offer a different view to CC, and many do not like them , I say keep on going.
captainwalrus wrote:Does it have to be do dark and drab? I like how Africa is in a silhouette but the area around that is really dull too. It sort of seems like it doesn't have any attraction to the map. It is like almost as if it is just the rails and nothing else.
cairnswk wrote:captainwalrus wrote:Does it have to be do dark and drab? I like how Africa is in a silhouette but the area around that is really dull too. It sort of seems like it doesn't have any attraction to the map. It is like almost as if it is just the rails and nothing else.
So you just think that the drop shadow should be removed on the continent?
el-presidente wrote:cairnswk wrote:captainwalrus wrote:Does it have to be do dark and drab? I like how Africa is in a silhouette but the area around that is really dull too. It sort of seems like it doesn't have any attraction to the map. It is like almost as if it is just the rails and nothing else.
So you just think that the drop shadow should be removed on the continent?
I agree with him, but just getting rid of the drop shadow won't fix that. The only colors in the background are browns or grays. I really don't know what is needed but something needs to be added. I am bad witih feedback, sorry.
whitestazn88 wrote:i am not the biggest fan of the rail series, although australia is a really cool one that i actually like...i think your time could be better spent on other maps though.
el-presidente wrote:I have never really been that into the rail maps, and IMO, you should focus on your other 4 maps that are in production.
Bruceswar wrote:While these rail maps offer a different view to CC, and many do not like them , I say keep on going.
barterer2002 wrote:As someone who enjoys the Rail series Carins I'm looking forward to this one.
cairnswk wrote:It would really help me if you guys and others would get into the other four maps in production & give some feedback.
Night Strike wrote:Did you forget a couple of D army circles and a few others? If you want the stations to share the army circle, perhaps put the letters on each side of the circle rather than top/bottom. The top one looks empty with the top/bottom approach.
Night Strike wrote:I don't know if having the letter identifications between each army circle is going to work on the hubs because I can see some major colorblind issues with it.
i'll fix.H and K lines have too similar of a color to stay together both in the hub and coming out of it.
MrBenn wrote:...
I'd rather see some of the other stuff make it
barterer2002 wrote:Much clearer cairns, thanks. I still think that H and K lines look almost identical in color and would prefer one of them to be a different color but with the clearer station markings I can certainly figure out what is what.Colour changed next version to a brownI think I would disagree with those who want to change the coloring substantially in the backgrounds. The tradition of the rail series has been the starker backgrounds. Each of the other three are solid grey/black/brown type maps. I much prefer this background to the one in Australia which I find a little difficult to read (I'm not suggesting to do anything with that one-just comparing the two) and I find this grey to be easier on the eyes that Europe also.
Night Strike wrote: Putting pyramids on the map would also be nice.
natty_dread wrote:I was wrong
captainwalrus wrote:The viper (J) is marked as I in a few places.
gimil wrote:Just a small thought cairns.
Why not colour code the part of the legends that decodes territory names with the example you give? Sort of like this:
Obviously better colour it than I did but you get the idea.
Oh, and your image is a few px to big
melech14 wrote:this looks like a great map. nice bright/highly contrasting colors - and the black rails - and the white background on territory markers make this easier to read.
if the white territory markers were a bit larger than the number text, then it would be even better.
any idea when this map will be done?
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