South Africa Map - Back On Track?

armychick · Post by **armychick** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 8:25 am

Looks good!

mibi · Post by **mibi** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 8:35 am

I dont like the ocean/river color, but it fits the pastel color scheme you have going i suppose.

Crowley · Post by **Crowley** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 8:51 am

Did a little tweaking on the map and finished the XML (hopefully!).
Is there any to actually play this map to see how it plays?

Large:

Small:

XML:
http://www.aargh.co.za/images/cc/SouthAfrica.xml

armychick · Post by **armychick** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:12 am

You might want to check your XML, I clicked on it and it didn't work..

Crowley · Post by **Crowley** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:19 am

The XML is not supposed to 'do' anything, armychick.
Did it not open the file in your browser? It works for me... When you click on it you should see a file that starts like this:
<map>
<title>South Africa</title>
<smallwidth>600</smallwidth>
<smallheight>450</smallheight>
<largewidth>800</largewidth>
<largeheight>600</largeheight>
<filetype>jpg</filetype>

armychick · Post by **armychick** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:32 am

Yea I know what a XML is, I know what its suppose to look like lol, it didn't open the first time I clicked on it, now it does, maybe something I was doing or not whatever..saw it now though

DiM · Post by **DiM** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:35 am

lose the parchment scrolls. they don't fit with the map style. :wink:

Syzygy · Post by **Syzygy** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:55 am

Call it Durban please and not eThekweni.

*Sighs*, your choice though.

I like the map though. Alot.

Nikita_2006 · Post by **Nikita_2006** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:02 am

I don't like the white fonts in the small map, not readable anough

Crowley · Post by **Crowley** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:07 am

I had a simpler legend on the first attempt, but was told it looks to boring! I changed the legend on the Large image - check out page 1.

Nikita_2006 · Post by **Nikita_2006** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:14 am

I like the new legend, don't throw it away

Crowley · Post by **Crowley** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:15 am

Syzygy wrote:Call it Durban please and not eThekweni.

*Sighs*, your choice though.

I like the map though. Alot.

This is a map of the official districts - Some liberties were taken because of playability, but I'm trying to stay true to that idea.
So there is no Port Elizabeth, Durban, Pretoria etc.

boberz · Post by **boberz** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:00 am

i agree make the legend on smaller one like larger one

Nikita_2006 · Post by **Nikita_2006** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:44 am

Did not see that last change of the legend, i agree the legend on the large map now looks the best.

Is the texture of the sea and the neighbouring lands in the north not to much ?

gr

Crowley · Post by **Crowley** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 1:41 pm

New versions on page 1.

I have toned it down a bit, but on the small map the text is still not very readable. I'll work on that...

Nikita_2006 · Post by **Nikita_2006** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 1:45 pm

small looks to me very small, is that the correct size ?

Can you place armie numbers on the shadows in different colors, so we could see how it looks

gr. nikita

Crowley · Post by **Crowley** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 2:16 pm

Posted image, on page 1 again, with armies from the MapMaker.

I see the armies are not perfectly positioned, but I will sort that when it becomes necessary...

I made the small map 75% of the large map. I believe this is the standard?

Nikita_2006 · Post by **Nikita_2006** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 2:17 pm

Has the position something to do with the XML file ?

The crossing of the rivers, can you make the better, I see the borderline in the water of the crossing.

Crowley · Post by **Crowley** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 2:20 pm

Nikita_2006 · Post by **Nikita_2006** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 3:15 pm

Are you sure about the size of the small map ?

Crowley · Post by **Crowley** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 3:44 pm

Nikita_2006 wrote:Are you sure about the size of the small map ?

It can be a bit bigger. I don't mind

Nikita_2006 · Post by **Nikita_2006** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 4:18 pm

But that small map looks so small, is there a minimum for the dimensions.

Look at the classic worldmap, are am I wrong

gr. nikita

Crowley · Post by **Crowley** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:19 am

Updates on page 1.

Small map is now 640X480 and seems more readable.

Nikita_2006 · Post by **Nikita_2006** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:40 am

Looks great to me.

Crowley · Post by **Crowley** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 8:30 am

Dankie Nikita.

Yet another small update - just changed some filenames and changed the font color to black in Eastern Cape.

Anymore ideas?

Should the one way attack routes stay?

South Africa Map - Back On Track?

What area of the map needs the most work?