The Fight for Alexander's Empire [Quenched]

happysadfun · Post by **happysadfun** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 7:00 pm

maritovw wrote: .... it could be named "The fight for Makedonia" (that was the name of Alexander's empire, right?)...

Makedonia was the starting country. It has been called Macedon Empire, Makedon Empire, Alexander III's Empire, and Alexander the Great's Empire. The selection screen title could be Alexander's Empire/Alexander III's Empire.

See Alexander was an odd situation. He was a Macedon but longed dearly to be a Greek. So he technically ruled an empire of no official country. (I can't help thinking of Hezbollah, not an official country, but ruling an area. Except Alexander was not a terrorist.)

Mr. K · Post by **Mr. K** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 2:09 am

happysadfun wrote:See Alexander was an odd situation. He was a Macedon but longed dearly to be a Greek.

Hey now, lets not tread awkward controversial territory here.

happysadfun · Post by **happysadfun** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:54 am

*laughs* Maritovw didn't write that

Mr. K · Post by **Mr. K** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 4:30 pm

Baha, and you all thought the day would never come.

I had to change up the colors of Kassander and Ptolomey to make the numbers visible.

reverend_kyle · Post by **reverend_kyle** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 4:31 pm

Quench it I see no problems with it..

BIG IMPROVEMENT FROM ANCIENT GREECE!

AndyDufresne · Post by **AndyDufresne** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 4:36 pm

It's look rather good Mr. K!

But looking at the small map, I notice many of the names are hard to read, due to their size.

Ilyria
Byzanitum
Thessaly
Athens
Myrcania
Caria
Prisidia

A few others are a little tougher, the 'i's are specially in a few. Also it looks like India Inferior almost got cut off on the side, and might need a nudge to the left.

--Andy

casper · Post by **casper** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 4:55 pm

Does Corinth border Thessaly? It's hard to tell what is going on there since some of the land is white and some is brown.

Cyprus armies should be on Cyprus not floating out right next to the words Mediterranean Sea.

reverend_kyle · Post by **reverend_kyle** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 4:57 pm

casper wrote:Does Corinth border Thessaly? It's hard to tell what is going on there since some of the land is white and some is brown.

Cyprus armies should be on Cyprus not floating out right next to the words Mediterranean Sea.

Corinth doesnt.. I think hes adding to the necesity of having a ocean.. imo..

I agree about cyprus's armies.. tis confusing which ones belong to which country.

Mr. K · Post by **Mr. K** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 5:06 pm

The brown areas are off the playing field, so Corinth does not border Thessaly.

Only problem with putting Cyprus' armies on the island is that its such a small island, when I put the numbers there it completely covers the place and its hard to tell whats going on.

Currently i'm having a crisis, I can't find the photoshop file... :{

AndyDufresne · Post by **AndyDufresne** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 5:07 pm

Also you might want to consider making the 'Note' sharper or larger in the small map. There is ample room, and it would help the visual on the small map.

--Andy

gavin_sidhu · Post by **gavin_sidhu** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 5:57 am

I like it. U do need to fix Cyprus' army though and i think you should change the colour of Ptolomy, it looks so dull compared with the colours of the other continents.

Marvaddin · Post by **Marvaddin** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 10:17 am

I agree about the difficult names and Cyprus number. Im also feeling the lack of the army shadows... no many maps without it...

What name will be put in create game page? Alexander's Empire? We need a reduced form, this name is huge and wouldnt fit well.

sfhbballnut · Post by **sfhbballnut** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 6:04 pm

It looks great, I can't wait!!!!!!!

Mr. K · Post by **Mr. K** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 6:06 pm

Marvaddin wrote:Im also feeling the lack of the army shadows... no many maps without it...

So what? It works just fine, and army shadows wouldn't work well on this map, and I personally think this map looks better without them anyway.

What name will be put in create game page? Alexander's Empire? We need a reduced form, this name is huge and wouldnt fit well.

Right, I changed the title because a lot of people thought the full "Alexander the Great" would be better, so I used the room I had to squeeze it in. The shortened title will probably just be Alexander's Empire.

Mr. K · Post by **Mr. K** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 6:07 pm

As for the concerns about the name sizes, i'll try and work something out on that as soon as i'm able to find the photoshop file... :oops:

I'll try moving Cyprus' name around too, but i'm not sure it'll look better ontop of the island, the number just totally blocks out the island (cause its small) and its hard to tell whats going on.

Gilligan · Post by **Gilligan** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 7:25 pm

when is this gonna get quenched?!?!

AndyDufresne · Post by **AndyDufresne** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 7:30 pm

When it's ready, and not a minute sooner.

--Andy

Mr. K · Post by **Mr. K** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 8:00 pm

Yeah so I tried a desperate search for the photoshop file and I didn't find it. I'll look again, but not for a while cause i'm having an INSANE few weeks.... Haha sorry to give false hope on its quick return, but atleast ya'll know i'm still alive.

gavin_sidhu · Post by **gavin_sidhu** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 8:02 pm

Still not going to change the wisp in the mediteranian sea?

Mr. K · Post by **Mr. K** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 8:24 pm

nope. at this point i'm only addressing new concerns, cause all the old ones have been more than dealt with.

So yeah, when I find that photoshop file (and some time) i'll see what I can do about the name sizes, and i'll also make sure that note is more visible.

ttocs · Post by **ttocs** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:26 am

has this map been abandoned?

AndyDufresne · Post by **AndyDufresne** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 12:28 am

I don't believe so. Mr. K is a busy man, and just hasn't had a lot of time for cartography. We'll see if he ever posts an update though

--Andy

strike wolf · Post by **strike wolf** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 1:16 am

I like it. It's not as similar to the middle east map as I thought it might have been.

gavin_sidhu · Post by **gavin_sidhu** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 1:56 am

strike wolf wrote:I like it. It's not as similar to the middle east map as I thought it might have been.

I think it is, but as Middle East map blows, its alright.

Mr. K · Post by **Mr. K** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 2:06 am

AndyDufresne wrote:I don't believe so. Mr. K is a busy man, and just hasn't had a lot of time for cartography. We'll see if he ever posts an update though

--Andy

He's right. worky work busy bee. This map will have its day, I promise.