South Africa [I'll come back to it eventually] [Vacation]

happysadfun · Post by **happysadfun** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 1:06 pm

all i did was make it bigger. i have not addressed such other urgent issues such as the koala

happysadfun · Post by **happysadfun** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 1:38 pm

that's odd...

gavin_sidhu · Post by **gavin_sidhu** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:15 am

Looks the same size to me

happysadfun · Post by **happysadfun** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 4:05 pm

yes that's why is said "that's odd."

happysadfun · Post by **happysadfun** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 4:52 pm

ok... so i'm starting it again.

happysadfun · Post by **happysadfun** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 6:17 pm

i plainly started over. can't really say what i changed because everything was. i'm working on getting a bigger image

happysadfun · Post by **happysadfun** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 7:39 pm

aha! bigger

i'm gonna change the mountain graphic and make the text less blocky. otherwise, is it playable?

gavin_sidhu · Post by **gavin_sidhu** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 8:17 pm

...wow. That is much bigger. What program are you using? I think your going about creating the map all wrong. What i did with my pathetic Indian map (which wont be pathetic for two much longer i hope) is got a map of the area, and cleared all its colouring so it just had borders, and then i attempted to deorate it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sout ... l_2006.png

Take this image (you can steal it because it is only licensed under GNU), get rid of the numbers I would make the borders black and then start working on it. It will look much better than ur current paint job. (love the mountains btw).

The only problem with this is that you wont have surrounding countries, but you could draw them in later if you want.

happysadfun · Post by **happysadfun** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:31 pm

gavin_sidhu · Post by **gavin_sidhu** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:40 pm

What program are u using? If u dont have photoshop (which is apparently the best, i wouldnt know im not rich enough to afford it) or any other programs u have to pay for, download GIMP (I spent ages trying to use Inkscape and it didnt work for me, GIMP was much more friendly). There are a lot of help pages for it, i learnt how to use it from this website.

http://www.gimphelp.org/index.html

happysadfun · Post by **happysadfun** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 9:29 am

do the borders really need to be black? and also does gimp use java? cause if it does my computer can't do it. it goes haywire

Marvaddin · Post by **Marvaddin** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 10:38 pm

Hmmm, magnification error... I still cant see the map. :oops:

By the way, I use 800x600. Can you post an image with the size of one CC normal map??

reverend_kyle · Post by **reverend_kyle** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:10 am

If my eyes could stand to look at it i'd give feedback.. I say use gavins image and make lesotho one territory that isnt in a continent like the quad.

happysadfun · Post by **happysadfun** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:19 am

reverend_kyle wrote:If my eyes could stand to look at it i'd give feedback.. I say use gavins image and make lesotho one territory that isnt in a continent like the quad.

i started already but lesotho's grayed out

Marvaddin wrote:Hmmm, magnification error... I still cant see the map. By the way, I use 800x600. Can you post an image with the size of one CC normal map??

is that close enough? i couldn't get it much smaller otherwise it would be thumbnail-ish.

lilwdlnddude · Post by **lilwdlnddude** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:08 pm

gavin_sidhu wrote:What program are u using? If u dont have photoshop (which is apparently the best, i wouldnt know im not rich enough to afford it) or any other programs u have to pay for, download GIMP (I spent ages trying to use Inkscape and it didnt work for me, GIMP was much more friendly). There are a lot of help pages for it, i learnt how to use it from this website.

http://www.gimphelp.org/index.html

Oh, photoshop is the best, well atleast the latest version is. And I did a little research on gimp, its a pretty good program from what ive read. Ill have to try it out.

happysadfun · Post by **happysadfun** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 2:55 pm

working on next one, this is not abandoned.

cowshrptrn · Post by **cowshrptrn** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 8:36 pm

i got a version free w/ my digital camera

but its still good for making images. I suggest you buy Nikon cameras if ur gonna buy a digital, cus u get a version of PS fr33!!1!11!!

Kayla · Post by **Kayla** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 12:13 am

how do you start a map, my fiancee and i have a great idea, how do you get a rough draft started on here

happysadfun · Post by **happysadfun** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 9:56 am

find a map on the internet, and label it, change it, etc in some sort of art program, like paint or gimp

Crowley · Post by **Crowley** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 8:41 am

Good day everybody.

I'm a relatively new subscriber and I was thinking about a South African map, when I stumbled onto this thread.
This original idea seems to have died down, but I would like to revive it.

The last two evenings I whipped this up, using my relatively amateur graphic design skills:

The map is loosely based on the Wikipedia map of the SA districts.
Please tell me if I'm wasting my time, but I would dearly like to make this map...

yeti_c · Post by **yeti_c** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 9:10 am

Looks pretty good - you may need to block a few borders here and there as the middle "continents" will be hard to hold...

Also I can't tell which territories the Harbours relate to...

C.

Crowley · Post by **Crowley** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 12:06 pm

yeti_c wrote:Looks pretty good - you may need to block a few borders here and there as the middle "continents" will be hard to hold...

Also I can't tell which territories the Harbours relate to...

C.

Obviously the rivers and mountains are unpassable. Rivers can only be crossed by bridges.
I could probably add a river or another mountain here and there. Give me some ideas if you have.
Input is what I need!

Updated map, also with army shadows:

Nikita_2006 · Post by **Nikita_2006** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 12:49 pm

This could be a very interesting map. I like south africa.

I did not read all the post, is it an historical map

greetings: Nikita

South Africa [I'll come back to it eventually] [Vacation]

Is a South Africa map a good idea?