Netherlands [Quenched]

[spinwizard]

HI AGAIN LONE, THIS MAP WAS STARTED WAY BEFORE I LEFT AND IT WAS GREAT THEN, IT WAS BETTER THEN THAN IT IS NOW, QUENCH!

[Lone.prophet]

i know what blur and thins meant just wanted to see if theres more to improve before i get my hands on it

[MarVal]

i know what blur and thins meant just wanted to see if theres more to improve before i get my hands on it

Oké, then

Grtz
MarVal

[Lt. Strike]

i think you should give the territories from the smame continent 1 steady colour and a little brighter

[cairnswk]

I think you may need a blur on a lot of the small map borders. They look scratchy, for lack of a better word coming to mind for me at the moment.

Lone.prophet, I am inclined to agree with Coleman on the remarks above, and i beleive it also translates to the large map.

I have to say that I am still not entirely happy with the two reds at the tops of the legend list as they are very close together in colour, whereas all the other colours are quite distinctive. I'm not asking you to change them altogether, but is there anything you might be able to do to make them more distinct?

Apart from the above...a very clean map. Well done.

[spinwizard]

I think you may need a blur on a lot of the small map borders. They look scratchy, for lack of a better word coming to mind for me at the moment.

Lone.prophet, I am inclined to agree with Coleman on the remarks above, and i beleive it also translates to the large map.

I have to say that I am still not entirely happy with the two reds at the tops of the legend list as they are very close together in colour, whereas all the other colours are quite distinctive. I'm not asking you to change them altogether, but is there anything you might be able to do to make them more distinct?

Apart from the above...a very clean map. Well done.

Use gaurtucian blur to blur the lines, it works well

[Lone.prophet]

ok hope the borders are better this way

[gimil]

can we have some kind of boarder around te water please? Right now it kinda doesnt look nice. Even if its a faint one. I jsut feel it needs it.

[Lone.prophet]

sry gimil it was an issue way back and we decided no lines there

and people i need comments

[spinwizard]

I THINK QUENCH

[Lone.prophet]

ill upload the XML tomorrow

[freak87]

lone i think it looks awesome

but is it just me or does the red in the flag looks diffrent between the large map and the small map?

[MarVal]

Great job, we shall play it in the Dutch tourney for sure...

I like the style and most of them the armycircles, Awesome!

Grtz
MarVal

[cairnswk]

lone.prophet....i have asked this question twice before....the red rectangle on the legend shows (particularly on the small map) that these two colours are very close.

Is there anything you can do to make them more distinguishable in colour on the legend by lightening the first one for instance so that the colours are not so close?

[Unit_2]

what was wonrg with the very first one? the grafics were very good.

[RjBeals]

Hmm... I kinda like this map?

I really really don't like the army circles. I think they look really out of place. It's like some kind of pegboard. I think you should really lose or lessen the drop shadows. Did you ever consider not using army circles? You really don't need them for this map. Your countries are clearly defined. If your circles are on a separate layer, could you turn it off and post a map without them?

The spheres that hold the bonus amounts also look a little out of place. The bevel on the numbers makes them blurry. I can read them, but it just doesn't look as good as it could. Too much inner shadow i think.

I'm not sure I like the different shades of the same color for the countries. And I definitely would not put the brown/orange right beside the tan/yellow areas in the center. Even not being color blind, they still blend in to each other. But I do like the bold colors, especially the red & green.

Sorry I didn't vote in the bridges poll - but I do not like them. I think it's the way they extend onto the lands. I would prefer closed borders, with some sort of line connectors - but I guess it's been polled & voted. So be it.

It looks like when you reduced the size for the small map, some of the country names got blurred. The "O" in Ovenjissel and the "U" in Utecht jump out at me. If you just flattened the map and resized it, try resizing just the map layers and keeping the text layer as is (and the army circle layer also). Then adjust the font's as needed on the smaller map. I think it will help. I did that for my Italy map and it worked well.

I think your ocean water came out great, and I really like the subtle patterns behind the territories. The windmill is not needed and looks out of place to me. And I think the flag behind the legend is screwing with me also.

But - keep it up Lone Prophet. You'll get there. You've done great so far. Hope I wasn't to critical - just trying to help. And most of that is just my opinion.

[spiesr]

Suffle the colors so the maroon is now light blue, light blue is orange, and orange is maroon...

[serious_conq]

i defenitely like a dutch map, and according to me, if you leave out the wind mill you kinda leave out all decoration stuff thats usually on other maps. A waste if you remove it, I think.

furthermore I have no comments, so carry on with it and I hope to play with it soon!

[ParadiceCity9]

I still like the old version. Make a poll on whether or not you should bring back the old version.

[gimil]

I still like the old version. Make a poll on whether or not you should bring back the old version.

I very much like hte version its crisp and clean. I have two very small concerns.

1. The stroke you used on the legends is pixalated to solve this reduce the opacitly and experiment with a white outerglow to try and soften it up.

2. The damn boarder is needed around the river in the dead territory lol. I know its been discussed before but i dont see how the community could agree that its better no to have them it just gives me a horrible feeling inside.

[unriggable]

I know its been discussed before but i dont see how the community could agree that its better not to have them it just gives me a horrible feeling inside.

Sexual Inuendo?

Anyways, I agree.

[gimil]

I know its been discussed before but i dont see how the community could agree that its better not to have them it just gives me a horrible feeling inside.

Sexual Inuendo?

Anyways, I agree.

isnt sexual suppose to make you feel good inside

[MPL]

Why hasn't it been Quenched??

[gimil]

Why hasn't it been Quenched??

because there is still discussion ongoing

[DiM]

I really really don't like the army circles. I think they look really out of place. It's like some kind of pegboard. I think you should really lose or lessen the drop shadows. Did you ever consider not using army circles? You really don't need them for this map. Your countries are clearly defined. If your circles are on a separate layer, could you turn it off and post a map without them?

The spheres that hold the bonus amounts also look a little out of place. The bevel on the numbers makes them blurry. I can read them, but it just doesn't look as good as it could. Too much inner shadow i think.

I'm not sure I like the different shades of the same color for the countries. And I definitely would not put the brown/orange right beside the tan/yellow areas in the center. Even not being color blind, they still blend in to each other. But I do like the bold colors, especially the red & green.

Sorry I didn't vote in the bridges poll - but I do not like them. I think it's the way they extend onto the lands. I would prefer closed borders, with some sort of line connectors - but I guess it's been polled & voted. So be it.

It looks like when you reduced the size for the small map, some of the country names got blurred. The "O" in Ovenjissel and the "U" in Utecht jump out at me. If you just flattened the map and resized it, try resizing just the map layers and keeping the text layer as is (and the army circle layer also). Then adjust the font's as needed on the smaller map. I think it will help. I did that for my Italy map and it worked well.

I think your ocean water came out great, and I really like the subtle patterns behind the territories. The windmill is not needed and looks out of place to me. And I think the flag behind the legend is screwing with me also.

But - keep it up Lone Prophet. You'll get there. You've done great so far. Hope I wasn't to critical - just trying to help. And most of that is just my opinion.

i agree with everything above except for the army circles. they do look out of place and they need a bit of tweaking but removing them completely is wrong.

imagine blue armies in zuid. completely unreadable.