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ITALY MAP HISTORY

Postby matteo11 on Fri Sep 15, 2006 12:20 am

This thread is a graphical documentation of the drafts for the Conquest Italia map for those who would like to be able to see its historical progression. If you would like to comment on any of these maps or on the general idea please do so in the '[poll]Conquest Italia' thread.

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original idea

Postby matteo11 on Fri Sep 15, 2006 12:24 am

This is a later stage draft of the original idea:

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alternate

Postby matteo11 on Fri Sep 15, 2006 12:25 am

This is the first draft of an alternate idea for the map:

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2nd alternate draft

Postby matteo11 on Fri Sep 15, 2006 12:32 am

This is the second draft for the alternate idea:

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above draft + names

Postby matteo11 on Fri Sep 15, 2006 2:41 am

This is the above draft with names added plus a decorative flag and the bonuses legend.

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Postby gavin_sidhu on Fri Sep 15, 2006 2:44 am

The problem with your alternate one is that you cant tell the difference between the countries, especially for italia sett. I still voted for i though.
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Postby Evil Pope on Fri Sep 15, 2006 3:17 pm

Maybe you could find a way to make the borders more visible in the alternate version.. You could possibly change their color to something lighter..
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Postby Mr. K on Fri Sep 15, 2006 3:31 pm

I love the idea, but if I may say, the alternate version, the textures are very....harsh. Almost painful to look at for more than a few moments. Especially the water. I think this map would benifit greatly by toning the textures down a great deal, and softening up the color difference with the water. What I mean by that is, its like every pixel is either bright white or dark blue, if you can kind of blur them together to get a softer picture it would be much easier on the eyes.
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Postby dussle on Fri Sep 15, 2006 3:37 pm

I dont like them either, but I can decipher them all easily enough with the exception of Italia sett. A few things will help.
1. Once we actually get number in there, that'll make life easier.
2. Bolder lines, or thin lines in a color that stand out, would certainly help.
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Postby onbekende on Fri Sep 15, 2006 4:09 pm

Didn't anyone moticed Corsica and Sardinia, when you hold both, 1 territorie needs defending for a total of 3 bonus army's
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Postby gavin_sidhu on Fri Sep 15, 2006 9:54 pm

onbekende wrote:Didn't anyone moticed Corsica and Sardinia, when you hold both, 1 territorie needs defending for a total of 3 bonus army's
Since when was Corsica part of Italy anyway? Its French.
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borders

Postby matteo11 on Sat Sep 16, 2006 12:14 am

Many issues have been brought up, but this draft version only trys to resolve the 'border' problem of Northern Italy(Italia Settentoriale). The mountains have been toned down, a flat mask layer added, and the borders thickened. I would like to thank everyone for their valuable input.

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Postby matteo11 on Sat Sep 16, 2006 1:43 am

small version of the above map with army circles and without the fancy sea:

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Postby reverend_kyle on Sat Sep 16, 2006 1:56 am

CAPITALIZE!

but do it properly.. unlike what I did in that part of the post.
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Postby matteo11 on Sun Sep 17, 2006 5:14 pm

Some name corrections (thanks to Lupo) and added graphical effects.

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