First Attempt: South Africa (Boer War)

Stronger · Post by **Stronger** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 12:48 am

Current Versions:

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5.1b

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Any comments welcome.

Stronger

Unit_2 · Post by **Unit_2** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 12:52 am

wow, looks pritty good.. i don't like the rivers and the briges but the rest looks good. and when was this map? and i also like the colors

Stronger · Post by **Stronger** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 12:58 am

The date is in the lower left right.

Unit_2 · Post by **Unit_2** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 12:59 am

o, ok. i did't see that :oops:

gavin_sidhu · Post by **gavin_sidhu** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:01 am

which continent are natal swaziland and zululand apart of? the way you did the trading routes makes it look like the symbol is a country, i guess with numbers there will be little confusion

Stronger · Post by **Stronger** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:06 am

Those are independent countries - no bonus.

Unit_2 · Post by **Unit_2** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:06 am

you need to try to get the circules out, becouse i can't see a thing with them in

Stronger · Post by **Stronger** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:14 am

Without dots...

(see above)

Unit_2 · Post by **Unit_2** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:16 am

ok thanks, thats alot! beter to see now..

i think that you need to make zululand, swazi land,and natal all a bonus

Stronger · Post by **Stronger** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:37 am

Does this have map potential?

Nikita_2006 · Post by **Nikita_2006** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:28 am

Is there place for two South-Africa maps.

As a history fan I like also this one

Competion is best I think, sharpens the mind

gr.: Nikita

Ruben Cassar · Post by **Ruben Cassar** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 6:40 am

General tip: Always put the most recent version of your map on the first post of your thread.

As for the map I like the idea but you have to work on those colours because they hurt my eyes. Also improve the graphics for starters.

fluffybunnykins · Post by **fluffybunnykins** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 7:08 am

not knowing the history of the region that well, this might be a dumb idea, but would it make sense for Orange free state to be the orange continent?
Also, I'd agree with the post about toning down the colours a little, maybe choosing a set of colours that are complimentary... At the moment I'm starting to get hyperactive just looking at them!

Stronger · Post by **Stronger** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 11:50 am

Don't like the pastels?

Stronger · Post by **Stronger** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 2:59 pm

What else? Could this become a map? What type of work does it need?

boberz · Post by **boberz** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 4:23 pm

i ike the map being posted throughout the thread aswell (if possible, so then it keeps the posts in context and we can see speed/quality of development, the difference between (naming no names DiM and qwert). But i can barely read the namesof the territories and the names opn the legend are totally inelegible im not even going to bother trying to read them.

Stronger · Post by **Stronger** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 9:24 pm

(see below)

Gozar · Post by **Gozar** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 9:30 pm

Colours are certainly better.

Need to work on that font though. The black with yellow outline is cruel.

Cheers
Gozar

Stronger · Post by **Stronger** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 9:49 pm

OK, how about now - how can i improve this?

Would you play this map?

Gozar · Post by **Gozar** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:06 pm

New font is good, and I like how the mountains look.

Maybe make the lake at the top of Pretoria larger.
Some of the angled text could be straightened, even if the text overlaps some borders. That island on the right for example.

I presume the trees are impassable borders?

Cheers, Gozar

Stronger · Post by **Stronger** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:41 pm

Trees are impassable, correct. I will work on straightening out the fonts in the next update after I get more suggestions.

What else? What needs to be done so this can be a map?

Unit_2 · Post by **Unit_2** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:47 pm

wow, you realy wantto make this map. if you work hard you will get it on the site, thats the easy part. but you need to get people to like it.

sfhbballnut · Post by **sfhbballnut** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:51 pm

not bad, it's gonna need some wrk, but it could be good. I'll be keeping up with this one

Gozar · Post by **Gozar** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:53 pm

I am not one to comment on territories and bonuses, I will leave that for others.

Try some cosmetic stuff. Touch up your trees. Take the flag off the compass and put it under the title. Put a regular compass or a graphic in its place. Your lake and river water look different. Something about the rivers too.
Brushing up this kind of stuff may help grab more eyes to your map.

Keep going.

Gozar

sfhbballnut · Post by **sfhbballnut** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:56 pm

in general its a little tough on the eyes and doesn't look very professional, that is fixable, but its gonna take some time and work