Map design

[Captain Frakas]

Scheisse! It doesn't look that good at all, ok the second one looks better than the first. I'll try to modify it a bit.

The first is ugly, but the second look good... (but less than in black n'white)

 

[Rythin]

Hive like always has the smallest equipment

 

[|AXiN|]

I'm curious where BJ's island is.

 

[unmerged(5110)]

Drop Shadow:
Angle: 120 degrees
Colour: white, blending: screen, opacity: 75%
distance: 1, spread: 2, size: 2

Outer Glow:
color: #404040
blending: color burn
opacity: 55%
spread: 20
size: 40
technique: softer

Bevel and Emboss:
Size: 2
depth:100%
angle: -60
altitude: 40
default settings for rest

Colour overlay:
color: #404040

The underlying land colour is then #B2B2B2 and sea colour is #C7C7C7

Are you sure about this, MKJ? I tried it and it's really dark!

 

[Mad King James]

did you turn down the opacity?

 

[Cagliostro]

There might be a virtue to making an unreachable island province somewhere to use as a place for hands-off testing... you could definitely call it Wisk Inferis if you wanted - I doubt anyone would object.

 

[unmerged(5110)]

did you turn down the opacity?

Of the whole layer? Or what?

 

[Mad King James]

Of the outer glow
it should be on colour burn too, not multiply or normal

 

[Ciçatrix]

Let's see how Birger's stuff will look...

(Images.)

The borders of the sea zones aren't visible, but i like nr. 2 best.

 

[unmerged(5110)]

MKJ, also how thick do you make your province borders?

 

[Mad King James]

3 pixels with a somewhat soft-edged brush.

 

[unmerged(11496)]

...do all provs have to be the same texture?

Well...do they?

One texture for mountains, one for plains & deserts and one for forests & swamps?

 

[unmerged(5110)]

That could happen, but since it takes more work, it's probably best to do it after everybody has agreed on names, shapes and terrains for the provinces first.

 

[Vharzul]

I hope Central Europe wont be forgoten, imo Germany could use more devisions in provinces, in order to make things last longer, Poznas perhaps split into 2? and Selisia, maybe use some of the CK boarder partisionings to put into this?