Lobster Crush wrote:

General Bradley wrote:
Ok, so where is it??

I've been obsessively checking the Beta maps in the Game Finder looking for Vancouver...how much longer do I have to wait until East Van can kick some ass?

The Cloverdale farmers are gonna kick your complacent urban backsides!

From the sounds of it, the beta run is taking place this weekend in Vancouver, as soon as somebody can print and laminate the map

I even got my boss (for the price of the printing and laminating) to join us tomorrow afternoon.

Phone me, I'll tell you my moves, and what I rolled (I've got to ...

Beta - Quenching

---The Final Forge period has concluded for the Vancouver Map . All objections have had their time. The Foundry and I hereby brand this map with the Foundry Beta Brand . Let it be known that this map is now ready for BETA Play . After an extended period of time in BETA and once ...

Beta now?? (bump)

http://www.atomation.com/~thazzard/fun/gva/jul18.jpg
http://www.atomation.com/~thazzard/fun/gva/jul18s.jpg

Re-did the text on the small one, you may or may not be able to tell much other than size.

General Bradley, it has taken so long because shakeycat here is ...

Looking good...

You can check the 3-digit numbers by duplicating the layer with all the 88's on, and shifting it so they turn into 888's.

We'll need to make sure that the triple-digit numbers fit alright, but it looks like it should be OK - although you might need to shift the Dundarave slightly ...

MrBenn wrote:Congratulations on the stamp!

I'll sit down and give a proper graphics review over the next few days - I can't do too much right now as I'm checking in via WAP

chirp... chirp... (crickets)



(smart-assedness comes so easily when I'm not the one having to do the work )

I think it is as polished as it's going to get. It looks beautiful. I wanna play it now. Please, oh please, cartography admins, let's move this forward!

http://www.atomation.com/~thazzard/fun/gva/apr22.jpg

Would this be odd?

Yes, please drop the station names, again it makes it WAY crowded. I like the idea of a minimap with the bonuses instead of names, but I think you have to put the continents in their proper places so colours ...

Love it! I'm giving it the "General Bradley Stamp of Approval" I'm also stamping it with my special ultra-prestigious "I wanna play this in Beta NOW" stamp.

darreldpahl wrote:they will probably end up getting rid of the ferry anyway ......can you just move it downstream?

http://www.vancouversun.com/Albion+ferry+last+sailing+July/1428510/story.html

Last Sailing is July 31st. Lets keep the link between the same countries, just wiggle it over a hair.

Keiths, I'm just as happy to return to standard gameplay. How does everyone else feel?

Darrel, I probably should, as it opens soon. But is the location far enough West to be Cloverdale to Pitt Meadows (and not a redundant Fort Langley to Maple Ridge), and is this a positive or negative effect on ...

I think the sports themes and images cheapen the map. I am biased towards standard gameplay though. The map just looks too busy.

And we are pretty much back to mar 19th. I agree, looks better and is less "gimmicky" with the sports removed.

I think the sports were added because, in order to move ...

if u have 66 starting regions (plus 1 neutral), then u don't have to have an extra canada line station. my wife, who's canadian, didn't know what YVR was (only YYZ!).

Is she Canadian or Torontonian?


to prevent players from starting with one of the three 3-region bonuses, code them as start ...

iancanton wrote:u still have 64 starting regions. to bring the number up to 66 and ...

I count 66 already. Two mountains got added.

Looks crowded, also, your labelling still contains reference to beaches and golf courses.

http://www.atomation.com/~thazzard/fun/gva/mar26.jpg

Call me a traditionalist, but now the map looks a little crowded for me. I'm not sure every map has to have a unique gimic for it to be enjoyed. If you look at the puget sound map that caused the latest addition of 'features ...

Why even change it then? The only difference would be whether it touches the US border or not, then, and that is inconsequential.

Agreed. Do we have to chase down a moderator to get the "gameplay" stamp? I am busy playing the Soviet Union map, and this one is SOOOOO much more clear (the mountains ...

Updating the XML is no problem at all, so let's not be limited by that.

White Rock - yes, it is just a South Surrey enclosed bit of land, is its own city. I made the territory to encompass Crescent Beach and Ocean Park, everything south of King George/Highway 99. I figured those places would ...

Big and White, I like it!

If we are trying for true shapes, White Rock is WAY too big as drawn. It is a very tiny community completely enclosed by South Surrey (with nice square corners on its two top edges. It stretches only up to 16th, from 136th to 160th.

Of course, correcting that in the picture will require xml ...

Im typing up the xml today. Should have it for you soon.

i think it's no time for xml now.
If you do thw xml now you have to modify it a several number of time...
Be patient, take gameplay and graphic stamps, then you could start to think about xml.

Same for armies versions, you could wait...but ...

It looks great. Now we need to get some "play testing" done.

Im typing up the xml today. Should have it for you soon.

Do you need help doing the xml?