Hello, map lovers! This might be a week full of joy for you, as we will have two Tinto Maps (as we also had last week!). Today, we will share our review of the maps of Poland, Ruthenia, and the Baltic, incorporating your feedback and suggestions.
As a foreword, this review has taken us more time than the previous ones, as it has been massive in comparison, plus it has fallen into summer time and the vacations. After reading and processing your feedback, we considered that there were several ways in which we could improve these regions, so we decided to devote some more time to get the degree of quality that we considered appropriate. This isn't something that's going to happen regularly; please be aware that each region is unique and challenging on its own, and in some cases, they might need more rework, and in others, less.
Without further ado, here is the list of changes, and the maps:
Countries:
There are some noticeable changes in the country setup. First, we have deeply reworked the Silesian tags, not only with your feedback but also with the help of some of our fellow Polish devs. Second, we've divided Galicia-Volhynia into two separate principalities, which are in a personal union under the same ruler, Yuri II; these two countries, plus the Principality of Kyiv, are now tributaries of the Golden Horde, and part of the Tatar Yoke IO. Third, we've adjusted the southern and eastern borders of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Finally, the internal borders of the Livonian Order have also been adjusted.
Dynasties (this map is now, as we hadn't shown yet the characters by Tinto Maps #4):
Yes, there are several rulers belonging to the Piast and Gediminid dynasties. And there are also some Premyslid still around, ruling over Opava and Raciborz.
Locations:
Locations! We considered that some more location density could be used, and from it comes the additions.
Provinces:
You might notice that provinces are more historical now, following the powiaty and voivodeships of the nations depicted.
Areas:
Terrain:
There have been some changes to the topography of the region, with more wetlands across it, and some hills and plateaus added on the Polish part of the Carpathian mountains.
Cultures:
Some meaningful changes regarding the cultural setup of the region. We've decided to be a bit more consistent with the regions to the west, and we have split the Polish and Ruthenian cultures into their regional variants. We know that there will be a lot of questions regarding how this will work in the game, but we may ask for some patience about it, as we've got some changes planned regarding how it currently works, and we are aiming to show it in a Tinto Talks before the end of the year (and I can't say any more about this yet, sorry!). We've also added the Curonian and Sudovian cultures, and renamed the Western Baltic one to Pruthenian, adding some more cultural granularity.
Religion:
Not many changes regarding the religious setup of the region, as we've distributed them a bit differently in some places.
Raw Materials:
We've added a lot of suggestions from your feedback for the raw materials of the region, making it way more complex economic-wise.
Three main markets, as the last time: Riga, Kraków, and Kyiv. And some staunch bugs regarding location connection to their markets that refuse to disappear, as well.
Population: Unfortunately, we still have to fix the pops of the region, as we have some pending fallout yet to address, so they aren't really in a good state at this moment; it's the only thing pending to do, and we hope to share them with you as soon as possible!
And that's for today! The next Tinto Maps to be reviewed is Anatolia, with no expected date yet; we're skipping Great Britain for now, as @SaintDaveUK will be on parental leave for some more weeks. Apart from that, on Friday we will be having a new Tinto Maps, the one for Arabia. Cheers!
As a foreword, this review has taken us more time than the previous ones, as it has been massive in comparison, plus it has fallen into summer time and the vacations. After reading and processing your feedback, we considered that there were several ways in which we could improve these regions, so we decided to devote some more time to get the degree of quality that we considered appropriate. This isn't something that's going to happen regularly; please be aware that each region is unique and challenging on its own, and in some cases, they might need more rework, and in others, less.
Without further ado, here is the list of changes, and the maps:
ADDITIONS
Added the following:
Renamed the following:
Added the following:
- Locations (194 + 24 Lakes + 1 Wasteland)
- Baltic Area
- Aizkraukle
- Dundaga
- Durbe
- Gulbene
- Mākoņkalns
- Padise
- Pietālava
- Saarde
- Salaspils
- Saldus
- St. Martin
- Straupe
- Suure-Jaani
- Toolse
- Tukums
- Vasknarva
- Viļaka
- Võnnu
- Black Ruthenia Area
- Bershty
- Bol'shie Krugovichi
- Buinovichi
- Chernyany
- Dobrush
- Dzyatlava
- Gródek
- Hlusk
- Kalinkavichy
- Kapyl
- Lakhva
- Lelchytsy
- Luchin
- Lyubcha
- Masty
- Nyasvizh
- Porazava
- Rudobelka
- Starobin
- Tereshkovichy
- Turets
- Volosovichy
- Vowpa
- Zdzitov
- Zhytkavichy
- Central Poland Area
- Brodnica
- Kowal
- Orłów
- Tuszyn
- Uniejów
- Greater Poland Area
- Buk
- Czaplinek
- Czarnków
- Człopa
- Koło
- Ląd
- Nakło nad Notecią
- Ostrów Wielkopolski
- Lesser Poland Area
- Biecz
- Czchów
- Kunów
- Lelów
- Pilzno
- Proszowice
- Urzędów
- Wiślica
- Żarnów
- Lithuania Area
- Astrina
- Dokshytsy
- Drysvyaty
- Giedraičiai
- Halshany
- Kernavé
- Maleišiai
- Medininkai (in Vilna)
- Onuškis
- Shchuchyn
- Svir
- Upyté
- Veisiejai
- Mazovia Area
- Biała Rawska
- Gostynin
- Kolno
- Łomża
- Różan
- Sokolów
- Tarczyn
- Tykocin
- Podolia Area
- Bakota
- Sokilets
- Teplyk
- Zavalye
- Polesia Area
- Chernyany
- Dabuchyn
- Davyd-Haradok
- Hlynne
- Malaryta
- Motal
- Nobel
- Włodawa
- Pomerania Area
- Goleniów
- Kołobrzeg
- Prussia Area
- Barten
- Biały Bór
- Dzierzgoń
- Elbląg
- Frombork
- Gerdauen
- Gniew
- Labiau
- Nowe
- Windenburg
- Red Ruthenia Area
- Bolekhiv
- Jarosław
- Khorostkiv
- Piskorowice
- Sniatyn
- Stryi
- Turka
- Tysmenytsia
- Zvenyhorod
- Samogitia Area
- Papilė
- Skuodas
- Silesia Area
- Bielsko
- Bolesławiec
- Dzierżoniów
- Głubczyce
- Góra
- Hlučín
- Kamienna Góra
- Kluczbork
- Milicz
- Namysłów
- Niemcza
- Niemodlin
- Nysa
- Olesno
- Prudnik
- Środa Śląska
- Strzelce Opolskie
- Syców
- Szprotawa
- Toszek
- Złotoryja
- Ukraine Area
- Belaya Soroka
- Berdychiv
- Bilokorovychi
- Chortolisy (Pulyny)
- Khoiniki
- Kholmyech
- Kopyshche
- Korostyshiv
- Lebedyn
- Rozkishna
- Smila
- Stodolichi
- Viry
- Zdvizhen
- Volhynia Area
- Iziaslav
- Kamin
- Liuboml
- Mel'nytsya
- Peremyl
- Peresopnytsya
- Stepan
- Turiisk
- Tykhomel'
- White Ruthenia Area
- Asvieja
- Bobr
- Bocheikovo
- Chavusy
- Dzisna
- Ilya
- Jeziaryšča
- Kastsyukovichy
- Koidanova
- Kopys
- Krasnoe
- Lahoysk
- Lukolm
- Lyubashany
- Mikulino
- Nekloch'
- Novy Bykhaw
- Rakaŭ
- Rasony
- Shumyachi
- Svislach
- Tyatseryn
- Ulla
- Ushachy
- Velizh
- Vydreya
- Vydritsa
- Zabor'e
- Baltic Area
- Lakes
- Alibey Lagoon
- Berezan Liman
- Curonian Lagoon
- Dniester Liman
- Kadzhibey Liman
- Kuialnyk Liman
- Laek Śniardwy
- Lake Kahul
- Lake Katlabukh
- Lake Kitai
- Lake Lubāns
- Lake Mamry
- Lake Narrach
- Lake Rāzna
- Lake Sasyk-Syvash
- Lake Võrts
- Lake Yalpuh
- Łebsko Lake
- Mius Liman
- Molochnyi Liman
- Sasyk Lagoon
- Syvash Lagoon
- Tylihul Liman
- Vistula Lagoon
- Wastelands
- Crimean Mountains
- Countries
- Brzeg
- Chernihiv
- Drutsk
- Głogów
- Halych
- Minsk
- Mstislavl
- Namysłów
- Niemodlin
- Novogrudok
- Nysa
- Opava
- Pinsk
- Prudnik
- Ścinawa
- Siewierz
- Slutsk
- Strzelce
- Świdnica
- Turov
- Wrocław
- Ziębica
- Characters
- opv_mikolaj_i_premyslid
- opv_mikolaj_ii_premyslid
- opv_anna_raciborz
- opv_jan_i_premyslid
- swd_bolko_II_small
- swd_agnes_habsburg
- sci_jan_scinawski
- sci_margaret_scinawa
- zie_bolko_II_ziebice
- zie_bonne_savoie
- stz_albert_strzelce
- stz_agnes_hardeg
- nmd_boleslaw_elder
- nmd_euphemia_wroclaw
- nys_nanker
- plk_boleslaw_iii_piast
- plk_waclaw_piast
- plk_elzbieta_gediminds
- Cultures
- Curonian
- Greater Polish
- Halychian
- Lesser Polish
- Mazovian
- Polasian
- Polatskian
- Smolenskian
- Sudovian
- Volhynian
- Dynamic Names
- Added lots of German Dynamic Names.
- Added some Dynamic Names in many other Languages
- Renamed all modern Czech, Estonian, Latvian, and Polish locations to their national languages.
Renamed the following:
- Locations:
- Będzin to Siewierz
- Brok to Nur
- Bruntál to Frývaldov
- Bialystok to Suraż
- Holovanivsk to Savran
- Horodyshche to Korsun
- Ivatsevichy to Vyada
- Jonova to Punia
- Kalynivka to Bozhsky
- Karthaus to Mirachowo
- Kelmė to Kražiai
- Khmelnytskyi to Mezhybozhe
- Końskie to Przedbórz
- Kozienice to Stężyca
- Kutno to Gąbin
- Łochów to Liw
- Losice to Mielnik
- Lubań to Rothenburg
- Mankivka to Torgovytsia
- Miechów to Książ Wielki
- Monki to Drohiczyn
- Nova Ushytsia to Ushytsia
- Opole Lubelskie to Kazimierz (Dolny)
- Ostropil to Liubar
- Otwokc to Warsawa
- Pajęczno to Brzeźnica
- Pakruojis to Linkava
- Pishchanka to Karabul
- Plunge to Rietavas
- Przysucha to Iłża
- Pułtusk to Zakroczym
- Radomyshl to Mychesk
- Radviliškis to Tendžiogala
- Rybnik to Pszczyna
- Šakiai to Panemunė
- Šalčininkai to Eišiškės
- Słupca to Pyzdry
- Talachyn to Drutsk
- Telšiai to Medininkai
- Tetiiv to Tsybuliv
- Tomashpil to Dragushov
- Tomaszów Mazowiecki to Zgierz
- Valozhyn to Kreva
- Vyshhorod to Dymer
- Wyszków to Kamieniec
- Ząbkowice Śląskie to Ziębice
- Zakopane to Nowy Targ
- Zarasai to Ežerėnai
- Zduńska Wola to Szadek
- Zurumin to Szreńsk
- Cultures
- Western Baltic to Pruthenian
- Removed Regenwalde
- Reworked the location ownership and subject relationships of the Silesian countries
- Changed several Raw Goods as suggested
- Total Review
- Redrew several Locations
- Reorganized several Provinces
- Renamed several Province Names
- Added minorities
Countries:
There are some noticeable changes in the country setup. First, we have deeply reworked the Silesian tags, not only with your feedback but also with the help of some of our fellow Polish devs. Second, we've divided Galicia-Volhynia into two separate principalities, which are in a personal union under the same ruler, Yuri II; these two countries, plus the Principality of Kyiv, are now tributaries of the Golden Horde, and part of the Tatar Yoke IO. Third, we've adjusted the southern and eastern borders of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Finally, the internal borders of the Livonian Order have also been adjusted.
Dynasties (this map is now, as we hadn't shown yet the characters by Tinto Maps #4):
Yes, there are several rulers belonging to the Piast and Gediminid dynasties. And there are also some Premyslid still around, ruling over Opava and Raciborz.
Locations:
Provinces:
You might notice that provinces are more historical now, following the powiaty and voivodeships of the nations depicted.
Areas:
Terrain:
There have been some changes to the topography of the region, with more wetlands across it, and some hills and plateaus added on the Polish part of the Carpathian mountains.
Cultures:
Some meaningful changes regarding the cultural setup of the region. We've decided to be a bit more consistent with the regions to the west, and we have split the Polish and Ruthenian cultures into their regional variants. We know that there will be a lot of questions regarding how this will work in the game, but we may ask for some patience about it, as we've got some changes planned regarding how it currently works, and we are aiming to show it in a Tinto Talks before the end of the year (and I can't say any more about this yet, sorry!). We've also added the Curonian and Sudovian cultures, and renamed the Western Baltic one to Pruthenian, adding some more cultural granularity.
Religion:
Not many changes regarding the religious setup of the region, as we've distributed them a bit differently in some places.
Raw Materials:
We've added a lot of suggestions from your feedback for the raw materials of the region, making it way more complex economic-wise.
Three main markets, as the last time: Riga, Kraków, and Kyiv. And some staunch bugs regarding location connection to their markets that refuse to disappear, as well.
Population: Unfortunately, we still have to fix the pops of the region, as we have some pending fallout yet to address, so they aren't really in a good state at this moment; it's the only thing pending to do, and we hope to share them with you as soon as possible!
And that's for today! The next Tinto Maps to be reviewed is Anatolia, with no expected date yet; we're skipping Great Britain for now, as @SaintDaveUK will be on parental leave for some more weeks. Apart from that, on Friday we will be having a new Tinto Maps, the one for Arabia. Cheers!
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