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Washington map

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I know its not that good, but would anyone enjoy playing this map?

to do:
Add citys
better graphics
change color of text around the legend
make I-5 bigger.
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wow. just wow.
you're american trying to do a map about washington state and yet you completely misspell everything on the map.

"whashingOton"
impassibles
"they" instead of "the"
"whight oad" this is a tricky one. i think it's supposed to be "white road"... but there's no white road on the map


PS: the map has potential since there are so many americans playing CC. the only problem is that you'll need to improve the graphics a lot.
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DiM wrote:wow. just wow.
you're american trying to do a map about washington state and yet you completely misspell everything on the map.

"whashingOton"
impassibles
"they" instead of "the"
"whight oad" this is a tricky one. i think it's supposed to be "white road"... but there's no white road on the map


PS: the map has potential since there are so many americans playing CC. the only problem is that you'll need to improve the graphics a lot.
OK im 13, so spelling sucks

also for graphics, should i make regions attack circles instead?
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Heres a better draft
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I actually like the first one better. Your lines are really thick on this, they only need to be about 3 pixels max for width.

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rdsrds2120 wrote:I actually like the first one better. Your lines are really thick on this, they only need to be about 3 pixels max for width.

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Is that the only thing? cuse i can change that
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Maybe someone will revive the Seattle map idea too, and then we'll really have a map of the area at every conceivable zoom level.
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Is there really a need for a full on Washington state map? Tisha covered the most interesting area gameplay-wise when she made Puget Sound.
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shakeycat wrote:Is there really a need for a full on Washington state map? Tisha covered the most interesting area gameplay-wise when she made Puget Sound.
I dont like that map, there are barely any impassibles, (wich i can add alot in this map)
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Why do you have the shape so distorted?

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adding highways might be fun.. they can be a way to pass over the mountains

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Correct County names:

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Tisha wrote:Why do you have the shape so distorted?

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adding highways might be fun.. they can be a way to pass over the mountains

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Correct County names:

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cant see the pictures
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nevermind.
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Tisha wrote:
Tisha wrote:Why do you have the shape so distorted?

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adding highways might be fun.. they can be a way to pass over the mountains

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Correct County names:

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fixed my post.
Ok i like the roads crossing over the mountins, that sounds like a fun unique idea.

the shape, i need the image to be 700 by 700, maybe i can change the higt, and make a legend.
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40kguy wrote: Ok i like the roads crossing over the mountins, that sounds like a fun unique idea.

the shape, i need the image to be 700 by 700, maybe i can change the higt, and make a legend.
Why 700x700?

Allowed:
1. SMALL MAP: WIDTH up to 630 px; HEIGHT 600 px
2. LARGE MAP: WIDTH up to 840 px ; HEIGHT 800 px.
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Tisha wrote:
40kguy wrote: Ok i like the roads crossing over the mountins, that sounds like a fun unique idea.

the shape, i need the image to be 700 by 700, maybe i can change the higt, and make a legend.
Why 700x700?

Allowed:
1. SMALL MAP: WIDTH up to 630 px; HEIGHT 600 px
2. LARGE MAP: WIDTH up to 840 px ; HEIGHT 800 px.
woops, i thought it was 700 by 700
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40kguy wrote:
Tisha wrote:
40kguy wrote: Ok i like the roads crossing over the mountins, that sounds like a fun unique idea.

the shape, i need the image to be 700 by 700, maybe i can change the higt, and make a legend.
Why 700x700?

Allowed:
1. SMALL MAP: WIDTH up to 630 px; HEIGHT 600 px
2. LARGE MAP: WIDTH up to 840 px ; HEIGHT 800 px.
woops, i thought it was 700 by 700
Those are just guides. It can't be larger than that. It can be 800 wide by 425 tall.
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I was gonna comment on the state being too narrow but I see Tisha addressed it. However those new maps are projected funny as well. They appear to be a little elongated east-west than normal and the northern border is a flat horizontal line which isn't correct unless you're projected in Mercator or with some goofy world datum using decimal degrees.

I made this quick and dirty map of Washington using a State Plane 1983 Washington North coordinate system.
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Can you see the difference?
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so heres a check list, let me know if i need to add anything

1.fix borders
2.fix shape
3. add roads to make them go over the mountins
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40kguy wrote:so heres a check list, let me know if i need to add anything

1.fix borders
2.fix shape
3. add roads to make them go over the mountins
it doesn't need fixed, it would be best to start over.
get the names correct also.

Correct the name of the thread Washington.
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Tisha wrote:
40kguy wrote:so heres a check list, let me know if i need to add anything

1.fix borders
2.fix shape
3. add roads to make them go over the mountins
it doesn't need fixed, it would be best to start over.
get the names correct also.

Correct the name of the thread Washington.
I did it so that everything is easy to change, I can just delete things and add them, very easy.

what county names?
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Is this better?
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well, i might play it occacionally just like any other 'classic' map.
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zimmah wrote:well, i might play it occacionally just like any other 'classic' map.
would adding cites for more bonuses change your mine?
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classic maps aren't bad per se, there's just a lot to choice from, but if you make a nice classic map, i'm sure it'll be played, however if you do add some gameplay elements like cities it'd be nice as well.
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zimmah wrote:classic maps aren't bad per se, there's just a lot to choice from, but if you make a nice classic map, i'm sure it'll be played, however if you do add some gameplay elements like cities it'd be nice as well.
Any other ideas on how i can make the map better?
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