Conquer City Map - Rough draft page 1

by **cazmart** on Wed Oct 10, 2007 1:05 am

I have an idea for a City Map. Town hall, suburbs, Hospital, schools and such. I have did a rough version in excel just to make things linear.

Wondered what people would think.

Also what program would I need to actually start doing the real map.

I showed my printout to some friends who play and they liked it and convinced me to try. So here I am.

Thanks for any Help

Chuck "cazmart" Martin

by **cazmart** on Wed Oct 10, 2007 1:06 am

NOTE to EVERYONE: This is nothing like what the final project will look like......this was a rough FLOORPLAN...Will have buildings, houses, fire trucks, police cars and a Hooters....well maybe not a hooters...I hope everyone understands that now!

by **cazmart** on Wed Oct 10, 2007 1:15 am

I noticed someone else also has started this Idea and project...should I continue with mine to give an option or just abandon????

by **Coleman** on Wed Oct 10, 2007 2:54 am

All other attempts of this have abandoned their projects. Which means you are welcome to it.

by **Mr_Niels** on Wed Oct 10, 2007 6:26 am

yeah i wanted to do this.. it was way to hard for me

but yeah, maybe youre better then me, so give it a try! i would love to play on a map like that

Mr Niels

by **mibi** on Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:14 am

um....excel?

by **DiM** on Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:33 am

mibi wrote:um....excel?

exactly my thoughts. :lol:

by **RjBeals** on Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:42 am

DiM created a good tutorial thread you should read through here:

http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22320

by **cazmart** on Wed Oct 10, 2007 12:16 pm

I Created A grid...using border lines...

Then I made my city in a block style format....

Only did this to get my layout, attack routes, etc...

I know that sounds strange but it gives me an aerial type view of a city block...

I need to know what program to map with...

will check out thread...

by **cazmart** on Wed Oct 10, 2007 1:08 pm

downloaded gimp...will try to make map and have posted soon...

by **cazmart** on Thu Oct 11, 2007 1:04 am

See map above...

by **cazmart** on Thu Oct 11, 2007 1:06 am

That was my excel map that i pulled into gimp and turned into a img...

Real rough...started with gimp refurb...will post asap....

May need help....definitely w/xml

by **bspride** on Fri Oct 12, 2007 12:59 am

Looks good chuck...let me know when you are working on it and maybe I can swing by...

by **Coleman** on Fri Oct 12, 2007 8:36 am

This is the best attempt at this idea we've had.

There isn't a lot of room for a legend in this version though, unless you plan on making the map taller and placing it at the top or bottom.

Also, the excel 0s don't make a good substitute for army numbers atm, but they are okay for the rough idea of where they would be.

by **cazmart** on Fri Oct 12, 2007 2:48 pm

On my gimp map...I have made it taller with the legend at the top..

Explain in further about the O's...

Thanks for everything

by **wicked** on Fri Oct 12, 2007 2:57 pm

Can you make it look less like CCU?

by **Aerial Attack** on Fri Oct 12, 2007 3:01 pm

I believe Coleman is indicating that you need to replace the 0s with actual Army Circles (which have specific dimensions and need to be able to support numbers such as 888 without overlapping anything too egregiously).

by **cazmart** on Fri Oct 12, 2007 3:01 pm

Once again this rough draft.........

The final image will look diferent....

Block design is just the starting point...

The houses are actuall house, fire truck and police cars....etc.

by **cazmart** on Fri Oct 12, 2007 3:03 pm

Aerial Attack wrote:I believe Coleman is indicating that you need to replace the 0s with actual Army Circles (which have specific dimensions and need to be able to support numbers such as 888 without overlapping anything too egregiously).

OK, thanks....since i am early in the design phase ...

What size roughly is that?

by **Coleman** on Fri Oct 12, 2007 3:07 pm

http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21353

Army circles are not always necessary unless your territory colors are conflicting with the army number color in some way. Many maps don't have them.

These might be useful for copy paste purposes if you want though:

by **casper** on Fri Oct 12, 2007 5:03 pm

this doesn't look like a city at all. looks like a scrabble board to me. to me it should look more like a real city...buildings...neighborhoods....highways...a rail system... suburbs...downtown....airport... etc. if i had the time i would love to work on something like this but alas i am too busy with grad school (city planning).

by **bspride** on Fri Oct 12, 2007 8:42 pm

casper wrote:this doesn't look like a city at all. looks like a scrabble board to me. to me it should look more like a real city...buildings...neighborhoods....highways...a rail system... suburbs...downtown....airport... etc. if i had the time i would love to work on something like this but alas i am too busy with grad school (city planning).

Dude he said like a bajillion times:This is a Rough Draft! Give him some time and he will have all of that. Chuck i really like the layout so far,maybe this inspires me to make one. Nice use of fire stations. Knowing you i thought you would have went all Halo 3 on us. keep up the great work.