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Postby unriggable on Mon Aug 27, 2007 4:30 pm

Make the army circles in the buildings less transparent.
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Postby cairnswk on Mon Aug 27, 2007 4:52 pm

unriggable wrote:Make the army circles in the buildings less transparent.

OK...thanks unriggable...next version.
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V11 Update

Postby cairnswk on Tue Aug 28, 2007 5:03 am

unriggable wrote:Make the army circles in the buildings less transparent.



OK here is V11 update.....
* removed 5 terrs, now 82 in total
* bonuses now included
* made the army boxes less transparent
* the large version below has been stretched width-wise but not length-wise...what do you think.

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Postby unriggable on Tue Aug 28, 2007 5:36 pm

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Postby cairnswk on Wed Aug 29, 2007 2:53 am

unriggable wrote:Wide.
yes the wide large size works well :wink:
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Postby gimil on Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:21 am

I find the poem rather difficult to read could you perhaps darken it a little?
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Postby cairnswk on Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:30 am

gimil wrote:I find the poem rather difficult to read could you perhaps darken it a little?
uh uh I can do....i lightened it a little but perhaps too much. :)
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Postby Coleman on Wed Aug 29, 2007 7:48 am

The wider large version looks distorted. I wish I could be more specific. :?
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Postby cairnswk on Wed Aug 29, 2007 8:25 am

Coleman wrote:The wider large version looks distorted. I wish I could be more specific. :?

Well yes it is distorted Coleman, it hasn't been upsized lengthways.
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Postby lt_oddball on Thu Aug 30, 2007 6:21 am

I see this concept now for the first time.

At first I thought what a sick mind to think of using this hellish situation in a game.
What is next ? Camps of Dachau ? Conquer barrack to barrack, and if you have all watchtowers in the corner or the gaschambers and incinerationovens you have a big bonus..
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But perhaps this is a hidden attempt to keep that bit of history alive for new generation kids. :(

Anyway.
You are this far. then finish the map :


Regarding the poem...you leave a big space reserved for it, without even showing all of it.
Then better choose a (few) impressing quotes from it and a website link for reference.
That's 4 lines max.

Gives you more gameboard space .


and another thing:
In all the CC maps it shows that corner bonuszones -how low the bonus may be- are mostly the key to success (Like australia in the classic map).
He who has got it in an early stage will eventually grow strongest.

So to counter this effect you must make extra connections for Ban Thai to Toms and Bo Phloi to Barr Nong Pru and Tha Maka to Rutka...
You may think what is the point of having this Kwai bridge, but in reality it was for railtraffic and at many points you could & can cross this river...and gamewise..the bridge gives a bonus so that it does stand out on the map.
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Postby cairnswk on Thu Aug 30, 2007 7:16 am

lt_oddball wrote:I see this concept now for the first time.

At first I thought what a sick mind to think of using this hellish situation in a game.
What is next ? Camps of Dachau ? Conquer barracks, and if you have all watchtowers in the corner or the gasovens you have a big bonus..
:oops:
:cry:

But perhaps this is a hidden attempt to keep that bit of history known to new generation kids.

Anyway.
You are this far. then finish the map :


Regarding the poem...you leave a big space reserved for it, without even showing all of it.
Then better choose a (few) impressing quotes from it and a website link for reference.
That's 4 lines max.

Gives you more gameboard space .


Thanks It_oddball....if you're gonna play war whilst playing RISK which is exactly what this is, then we'd better also teach the next generation about all those horrible situations that occured in places like Dachau and this Death Railway.
Thanks for the suggestion with the poem, i think kids would be able to find it easily enough in Google with "Bamboo Jack John Wisecup" if they want the full version.
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Postby cairnswk on Thu Aug 30, 2007 7:22 am

gimil wrote:I find the poem rather difficult to read could you perhaps darken it a little?


Gimil...this is the full version expanded both ways, with 75% transparency on the poem.

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Postby gimil on Thu Aug 30, 2007 7:51 am

lovely :). Maybe a very light cream outergolw on the poem to finish it off?

Also with hte title maybe a darker purple and reduce the stroke by a px or 2? jsut to make it look a little tidier.

One last thing. The boarder between hunt, frew and sri nakarim seem to meet below the impassable in the area. could these not meet up under hte impassable instead?
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Postby cairnswk on Thu Aug 30, 2007 8:30 am

gimil wrote:lovely :). Maybe a very light cream outergolw on the poem to finish it off?

Also with hte title maybe a darker purple and reduce the stroke by a px or 2? jsut to make it look a little tidier.

One last thing. The boarder between hunt, frew and sri nakarim seem to meet below the impassable in the area. could these not meet up under hte impassable instead?


I think i addressed all those requests gimil, but the cream was overruled by the pale green glow on the poem...looks much better as in below.

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Postby gimil on Thu Aug 30, 2007 8:36 am

Title looks much better now. And im not satisfied with the glow maybe that wasn't my best suggestion :wink:

to help the huts stand out on the main map could you try putting a 1-2 px stroke of the huts name color?

and burma west isnt clear in the legends, you really need to strain your eyes to look at it :)

p.s sorry if im a pain in your ass :wink:

EDIT: maybe the glow could work if the intensity was decreased or you reduced the spread of the glow.
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Postby cairnswk on Thu Aug 30, 2007 3:11 pm

gimil wrote:Title looks much better now. And im not satisfied with the glow maybe that wasn't my best suggestion :wink:

to help the huts stand out on the main map could you try putting a 1-2 px stroke of the huts name color?

and burma west isnt clear in the legends, you really need to strain your eyes to look at it :)

p.s sorry if im a pain in your ass :wink:

EDIT: maybe the glow could work if the intensity was decreased or you reduced the spread of the glow.


gimil.....how does this look now?

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Postby The Fuzzy Pengui on Thu Aug 30, 2007 3:20 pm

I think the map looks nice, but i have one question....the title says
WWII: Thai-Burma Death Railway: New Design V13 (P11)
where is page 11! :wink: :lol: :shock:
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Postby cairnswk on Thu Aug 30, 2007 3:33 pm

The Fuzzy Pengui wrote:I think the map looks nice, but i have one question....the title says
WWII: Thai-Burma Death Railway: New Design V13 (P11)
where is page 11! :wink: :lol: :shock:


Whoops. sorry 'bout that Fuzzy Pengui....me who is being a bit fuzzy there :oops:
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Postby gimil on Thu Aug 30, 2007 4:17 pm

:shock: what happened to the title i liked the last version better :(

The glow on the huts is fine. But maybe bring in down a few px. Also maybe put the glow round the big huts as well to make that connection a little clearer.

And the legends are much better now :wink:
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Postby DiM on Thu Aug 30, 2007 4:35 pm

the new title looks like it's written over the old title. you can still see some old bits behind the new one. :shock:
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Postby gimil on Thu Aug 30, 2007 4:36 pm

DiM wrote:the new title looks like it's written over the old title. you can still see some old bits behind the new one. :shock:


regardless the old one was netter :(
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Postby cairnswk on Thu Aug 30, 2007 4:54 pm

gimil wrote::shock: what happened to the title i liked the last version better :(

The glow on the huts is fine. But maybe bring in down a few px. Also maybe put the glow round the big huts as well to make that connection a little clearer.

And the legends are much better now :wink:


How is this one....i reeduced the pix around the camp huts but if i take it down another one it will simply look like a border.

Is this new title better for you?

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Postby DiM on Thu Aug 30, 2007 4:56 pm

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Postby cairnswk on Thu Aug 30, 2007 4:59 pm

DiM wrote:better


Thanks Dim. :) Off to work...its 8am...catch u all later this evening.
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Postby gimil on Thu Aug 30, 2007 5:13 pm

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thast the title i prefered. But this one is good to. The huts look perfect now
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