[Abandoned] - Kazakhstan

[hadati]

Everyone seen borat right


Any way heres my base pl be helpful and give things to improve to add to my list well here it is:


Info:
53 territs
8 continents
army circles 22 px

List to improve:
Background gaphics
Continent bonuses
Bevel and Emboss
Impassibles
Borders

Questions:
Should i make impassible borders of leave plain and basic
Should i add more graphics on the map or leave simple
Should i scap it cause its awful ( and i put all that work in)

[t-o-m]

ok, first: DONT SCRAP IT!!
this looks promising, well done,
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i think the continents could do with beveling so they look better, there needs some back ground graphics - but i suggest some other countries in there, and within the countries maybe some faded pictures,
is the theme of this borat of just the country?
yes, you will need some immpassables - dont they have lots of mountains there?
the graphics are okish - they will do for now i think?? while there are suggestions,
the army circles need fading a lot more, i dont like them -and im not too keen on the light blue for them - although is that ment to represent the kasacstan flag? (the blue colour)

[RjBeals]

This does nothing for me. Sorry. But I laughed like hell at Borat. !! He's afraid of Jewish people !!

[t-o-m]

This does nothing for me. Sorry. But I laughed like hell at Borat. !! He's afraid of Jewish people !!

twas a good film, hiding in the room giving the insects money (thought they were jews for some reason!)
why dont you like it?

[RjBeals]

why dont you like it?

Nothing unique about this. I've seen plenty of boring maps come and go. There was not much thought that went into this map. It doesn't represent Kazakhstan in anyway to me.

[ZeakCytho]

The map needs a very serious graphical overhaul, but the basic premise is good enough. Some nicer colors, the use of gradients and bevels, a more interesting background, the addition of impassables, and redone army circles would all be big improvements to this version.

[hadati]

Thanks for the advice ill get right on to it
And its based on the country not borat

[Qwert]

try to start with small image,and you have to many empty space.

[hadati]

Help i use photo shop and my image wasflaettend as i saved i cant change things

[ZeakCytho]

Did you save it as a .psd before saving it as whatever sort of file you uploaded it as (.jpg, .png, etc.)?

If not, you have to start from scratch. If so, open the .psd file and all your layers should be there.

[t-o-m]

if you have to start again it wouldnt be a big deal...
it would probably take around 10mins - ish?
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when i 1st starting PS i found it weird using layers - but it makes it a lot easier to edit the picture,

[wcaclimbing]

Kazakhstan has some mountains and big lakes in it, right?
At least thats what it looks like from a map of it on Wikipedia....
Perhaps you could add in a few of those lakes and mountains to add some impassables to the map.

That, and the pinkish tan continent sitting right in the middle seems to be near-impossible to hold, without some huge amount of luck involved. Every territory within it, except for the one in the very middle, borders somewhere outside that continent, which means the entire place is basically one big border you have to defend. Is there:
A. a way to add a few impassables to make it easier to hold. (Lake Balkash would help a lot, making tan and bright red both a bit easier to hold.)
B. split it in half or something to make it not as difficult to control.

from what I see, the yellow, pink/tan, and bright red continents would be nearly impossible to hold, just because of how many borders each of them has.

Also, watch out for 4-way borders (where four corners come together in the same place).
like the TKS/Zhanga/Shym/Taras border. those can get a bit confusing. Unless that is exactly how it is with the political boundaries, I think you should try to make them not-4-way borders (just shift them a bit so one of the diagonals can touch and there aren't 4 corners in the same place any more)

[Unit_2]

Nice start, but try not to over lap any of the letters with the images, also thickin the borders and maybe take some territorys out.

Don't worry about putting in the army circles yet untill you have the names and borders right.

Find better colors, those are too bight.

Other then that its a good start and hope you can make it

Good luck,
U2

[hadati]

TY

[bryguy]

oh theres really a kazakhstan? i thought it was some made up place for the movie Air Force 1

[TaCktiX]

Yes, Kazakhstan exists, it just stays comfortably out of any news of importance, at least from the perspective of the Western Hemisphere.

[/threadjack]

The map has potential, but the current graphics level looks on par with Microsoft Paint + 30 minutes. Color contrasts are really bad, the colors themselves are painfully bright, and the army circles look like they should be violating some map feng shui. Heck, as the colors stand right now you shouldn't need circles at all. Tone down the colors, clean up the borders, ditch the circles.

Gameplay, find some impassables...now...

[t-o-m]

oh theres really a kazakhstan? i thought it was some made up place for the movie Air Force 1

lmao off topic!! hahah
[/threadjack]
if you put mountains around the "pinkish tan" cont and maybe some lakes as said by wca, it could work. that or you split the cont up/add gameplay features such as one-way attacks-that would be a little bit like an immpassable if you were holding the cont.

[Qwert]

bryguy wrote:
oh theres really a kazakhstan? i thought it was some made up place for the movie Air Force 1

jel moguce da ima tako glumpavih ljudi

[bryguy]

bryguy wrote:
oh theres really a kazakhstan? i thought it was some made up place for the movie Air Force 1

jel moguce da ima tako glumpavih ljudi

uh.... No comprendo?

1) Cant hardly read the legend
2) Get rid of the 'Welcome to Kazakhstan
3) The flag is crappy, improve it or remove it
4) make the legend blend into the background at the corners
5) the lterritory lines are to strait, make them more curvy
7) Include the surrounding area, but not as territories and such
8.) lose the circles

[t-o-m]

could you post the image of the map that you worked off and got your terits off please, so we can see what it looks like,
thanks

[sam_levi_11]

borat should be mentioned sumwhere lol....anyway yeah seems interesting since i know nothing about kazakhstan

[hadati]

V2 coming out in a few days ive tried to make it better but this is my first map and im new to ps so... weel see

[t-o-m]

V2 coming out in a few days ive tried to make it better but this is my first map and im new to ps so... weel see

i was like that with my london map, but the drafts didnt turn out too bad

i know nothing about kazakhstan

does anyone???

borat should be mentioned sumwhere

copyrightsssss

[hadati]

can anyone help me with mountains cause i suc at making them

only really small ones though

[t-o-m]

i dont know how to make them either,
what software are you using?
PS?