South Africa Map - Back On Track?

by **Crowley** on Thu Jun 19, 2008 3:00 pm

InkL0sed wrote:Were you forum banned? Otherwise, that's a little strange...

Nope, I'm having problems with YouTube too sometimes and I have no clue what the problem can be.

Anyway, any ideas for this map? How do I get one of these shiny new stamps?

by **t-o-m** on Thu Jun 19, 2008 3:48 pm

it was moved out of FF because of lack of anyone doing anything

i think the graphics need looking over completely anyway though
its too dull

by **Kaplowitz** on Thu Jun 19, 2008 3:51 pm

t-o-m wrote:it was moved out of FF because of lack of anyone doing anything

i think the graphics need looking over completely anyway though
its too dull

I disagree, its perfect IMO.

by **ZeakCytho** on Thu Jun 19, 2008 3:54 pm

I think there are a lot of conflicting styles in the map. The first thing I'd do is change the font. A lot of the continent colors are too similar, IMO. But I basically think this map is looking good.

by **Crowley** on Sat Jun 21, 2008 9:40 am

Kaplowitz wrote:I disagree, its perfect IMO.

I wouldn't say perfect, but we had it almost good to go, graphics-wise when I still worked on it.

Can one of the cartographers please shed some light on this?

by **Kaplowitz** on Sat Jun 21, 2008 9:53 am

Click image to enlarge.

Okay here are some things that aren't really too important...but id change them.

1) Zulu-land doesnt have a river above it like the rest of the map does
2)I dont know what you mean by Land-locked countries...
3)I think you should just take out the whole impassable box and put in a map of Africa showing where South Africa is. Maybe switch this box with where the title is
4)I think you should make Lesotho and Swazi-land the same color
5)Is it just me? or are the army circles ovals? I think i like them though...
6)Maybe make the port towns have black text?

I dont know, i think its quenchable, but maybe add those in.

by **edbeard** on Sat Jun 21, 2008 9:23 pm

Kaplowitz wrote:
Click image to enlarge.

Okay here are some things that aren't really too important...but id change them.

1) Zulu-land doesnt have a river above it like the rest of the map does
2)I dont know what you mean by Land-locked countries...
3)I think you should just take out the whole impassable box and put in a map of Africa showing where South Africa is. Maybe switch this box with where the title is
4)I think you should make Lesotho and Swazi-land the same color
5)Is it just me? or are the army circles ovals? I think i like them though...
6)Maybe make the port towns have black text?

I dont know, i think its quenchable, but maybe add those in.

I disagree with pretty much everything

1. Maybe there isn't a river there? :p

2. He shows it in the legend

3. I like the legends as they are.

4. Doesn't make a difference really but I'm not sure the orange fits well. Maybe this has a significance for that area though?

5. I believe you're right. as long as they can fit the numbers.

6. I think they're fine as is. They are readable and all the text matches so that's a plus.

Only 'problem' I have is the grey borders. I'd like to see them darker so they stand out more. But, as Kappy says, it seems quenchable to me.

by **Crowley** on Sun Jun 22, 2008 7:19 pm

Thanks for some actual feedback guys.

There should actually be a river in there!

by **t-o-m** on Mon Jun 23, 2008 11:31 am

i think the boarders are too pixely

especially in the south west

by **oaktown** on Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:14 am

Crowley wrote:Anyway, any ideas for this map? How do I get one of these shiny new stamps?

First thing I can do is sticky it.

The first thing you'll need to do is remove the [Vacation] tag from your topic title... then convince gimil that this project is back on its feet and he'll stamp you and move you out of Ideas.

Things that I'd like to see you work on... the Landlocked Countries concept doesn't entirely make sense. To me, "landlocked" means no access to the sea, yet by holding Lesotho and Freestate you haven't granted Lesotho port access. Also, I don't ever like calling bonus regions continents unless they actually are continents - Freestate isn't a continent.

Also, the colors aren't color-blind friendly... it is easy to distinguish colors on the map, but not in the legend.

Glad to see you're back!

by **yeti_c** on Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:17 am

Crowley wrote:Thanks for some actual feedback guys.

There should actually be a river in there!

Hey welcome back Crowley...

C.

by **Telvannia** on Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:25 am

Kaplowitz wrote:3)I think you should just take out the whole impassable box and put in a map of Africa showing where South Africa is. Maybe switch this box with where the title is

Maybe im just being stupid, but isent south africa in the south of africa? :lol:

As for the actual map. I think it looks lovely as it is, apart from, i think the flag should have a bit of a shadow.

by **Crowley** on Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:21 am

Thanks oak, and thanks for the feedback.

I'll work on this for an update next week, then I'll chat to gimil.

yeti, how's life? Not playing chess anymore?

by **gimil** on Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:25 am

hopefully we can get this one back on track in no time, good luck crowly!

by **yeti_c** on Wed Jun 25, 2008 11:16 am

Crowley wrote:yeti, how's life? Not playing chess anymore?

Nay bad - still playing a little bit... drop me an invite if you want another beating?!

C.

by **gimil** on Fri Jun 27, 2008 2:06 pm

When can we expect the new update bud?

by **max is gr8** on Sat Jun 28, 2008 6:57 am

Holding the land locked country should be more advantageous. Maybe gives a bonus to all continents not just adjacent ones

by **wcaclimbing** on Wed Jul 02, 2008 3:16 pm

I'm not too happy with the look of transition from land to ocean. Its kinda blurry. Would you be able to define that edge a bit more, so its not so blurred?

by **lanyards** on Wed Jul 02, 2008 3:20 pm

Could you make the ocean the same color as the rivers, cause I like the way the rivers look, but I don't like it how they are dark and the ocean is lighter.

--lanyards

by **TaCktiX** on Thu Jul 03, 2008 2:50 pm

I agree with lanyards about standardizing the water color.

Also, the bridges just don't look right, especially with the rungs that nearly disappear when the rest of the map shows up behind them. Instead of wood, what about stone? That would allow you to make both sides of the bridge solid without looking "off".

Overall, I like the map, as it has its own unique theme that doesn't seem to fully imitate any other map out there.

by **Incandenza** on Mon Jul 07, 2008 2:10 am

Is there an underlying method to the order in which the continent bonuses are listed in the legend? Seems like it could be a bit more.... internally consistent.