Formerly the Map Ideas Thread, now CLOSED

defcon000 · Post by **defcon000** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 12:23 pm

There could be the ATAT's the rebel base with the tunnels. Echo Base could be able to directlyattack the atats because of the snowspeeders

jako · Post by **jako** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 1:01 pm

yes it would, but have u really done anything to do this?

rough draft?

maybe a handrawn draft of what the map might look like?

any research into maps for hoth?

gimil · Post by **gimil** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 1:05 pm

copyright?

gimil · Post by **gimil** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 1:06 pm

sorry little harsh there i actually like the idea. but id rather wait to see a draft of some decent research into it

defcon000 · Post by **defcon000** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 2:36 pm

i dont have one. im just throwing out an idea. maybe base it off of swbf hoth

gimil · Post by **gimil** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 3:24 pm

well if you dont intent to do it yourself you put it in the ideas thread

GreecePwns · Post by **GreecePwns** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:00 pm

how about this for risk on steroids? the # territory is the # of bonus armies you get on the territory.

misterman10 · Post by **misterman10** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 9:01 pm

GreecePwns wrote:how about this for risk on steroids? the # territory is the # of bonus armies you get on the territory.

haha, ya right

Aspect · Post by **Aspect** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:28 pm

There have been numerous maps on the LANDmasses of the world, but what about the oceans?

There are five+ "continents":
Arctic
Indian
Pacific
Atlantic
Southern

Pacific could be divided into 2 because its so large.
Atlantic could also be divided north/south.

This map would best be represented on a globe rather than a Mercator map, so I would suggest something like the wikipedia's image.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:World_ocean_map.gif

Another possibility is to invert all the terrain and make a mountain range out of the marina trench in the pacific, for example.

I'm not a map maker, but I thought the idea was cool, so if anyone wants to do something with this, It's fine by me.

Levet · Post by **Levet** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 3:14 am

That WOULD be pretty L337, but would probably also explode the game and a few third world countries.

lt_oddball · Post by **lt_oddball** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 7:54 am

If this sketching of a map is easy (I understand the XML explanations is pretty easy) I might even try the Festung Holland idea myself.
But I have to start that from scratch (no good map found on internet).

How long does mapmaking take you guys ?
The actual drawing that is (not the commenting time).
:roll:

lt_oddball · Post by **lt_oddball** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 6:02 am

another Arnhem map:
with routes..

http://theairbornesoldier.com/images/Map1ParaPlan.gif

defcon000 · Post by **defcon000** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 9:34 am

There should be a New York City map with the five boroughs. The two airports could directly attack each other and the bridges connecting the boroughs could be territories also and have there be a bonus for holding all of them.

bryguy · Post by **bryguy** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 10:11 am

yea im kinda sorta maybe not working on a star wars map (and i say kinda sorta maybe not because I kinda have what the map will look like but then im stuck cause idk what to do to finish the map)

VoodooGT · Post by **VoodooGT** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 2:52 pm

probably already been posted, but honestly, who throws a shoe

Major King · Post by **Major King** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 2:57 pm

Middle Earth and Valinor

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb13 ... alinor.jpg

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb13 ... eEarth.jpg

How about this for a monster map. It has all of what middle earth has to offer and much more. Spoken of in the Silmarilion and encompasses numenor giving more territories giving people a game on the scale of world 2.1 and the tolkienesk views people love.

Let me know what you think should the elves ad men rise up and bring harmony to CC of will the forces of darkness destroy our fun.

gimil · Post by **gimil** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 2:57 pm

unless your going to work no it yourself, post it in the ideas thread. But anyway. If i had a map of the country i could give a better judgment of weather or not i think its worth pursuing.

gimil · Post by **gimil** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 3:00 pm

very intresting idea. Ive never seen the entire map before. Could be a fun project to take up if your not pursuing it yourself.

Major King · Post by **Major King** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 3:03 pm

I would appreciate any help and advice I can get on this as I have never mad a map before!

Balsiefen · Post by **Balsiefen** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 3:04 pm

Very nice, i really like the midearth map and this one seems to me to be very good for another one.

Balsiefen · Post by **Balsiefen** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 3:04 pm

MK, what art software have you got?

Major King · Post by **Major King** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 3:10 pm

just adobe photo shop lexmark photo editor which is crap and old reliable MS paint. know any decent software?

gimil · Post by **gimil** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 3:21 pm

photoshop CS2 is what im working on. You can get a trial for CS3 which is suppose to be excellent

Major King · Post by **Major King** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 3:25 pm

where can I get that from?

gimil · Post by **gimil** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 3:36 pm

somewhere on adobes site.

If you go to the map making tools thread in this forum and click on the CS2 trial link you'll get linked to the updates CS3 download file

Formerly the Map Ideas Thread, now CLOSED

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