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Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 5:29 pm
by pepperonibread
wrightfan123 wrote:zarvinny wrote:I honestly believe continent bonuses should be as small as possible for the bigger continents. That way, they will be easier to hold, since folks are usually not as angry about somebody having a bonus of 2 or something. In addition, this lax approach toward somebody holding big continents with small bonuses will make the bigger continents more attractive, thus balancing the game. As is the current precedent, there are generally 1 or 2 holdable continents for each map, and if anyone dare attempt take Europe they risk having the rest of the board turn on them.
just my opinion.
in conclusion Europe's bonus should be 3 or 4
...so you're saying we should start an uprising to revamp all of RISK just so you can take North America w/o getting your butt kicked? heres my advice. GOOD BORDERS! THAT WAS THE SINGLE DUMBEST SUGGESTION ON THIS THREAD!
Yeah, I agree with wrightfan on this one. No other map (that I know of) has used this logic, so why should this one?
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 10:27 pm
by Optimus Prime
Love the map!!!
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:02 am
by lanyards
edbeard wrote:are you going to move the army circles at all for the smaller islands?
currently new zealand and iceland are both totally covered by their circles. new zealand is easier to figure out which continent it belongs to, but iceland is very ambiguous
ya, i agree. you should move the army cirlce on iceland down a little bit so you can see what color it is.
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:43 am
by wrightfan123
pepperonibread wrote:wrightfan123 wrote:pepperonibread wrote:onbekende wrote:for that name, "Nieuw Amsterdam" lies not far from it.
Yeah, that's almost perfect. Wikipedia says it's currently known as Île Amsterdam.
I TOLD U IT COULD B RENAMED! BUT NOOOOOO, U NEVER LISTEN2ME... jk. great job, Wade.
Did you suggest anything?
I suggested renaming it.
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 10:09 pm
by thegeneralpublic
I suggest doing the same for Iceland and New Zealand; not because people won't be able to tell what continent they're a part of, but because it is not appealing to have the number of armies you have completely cover the region.
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 11:40 pm
by pepperonibread
They will be moved, it slipped my mind last time.
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 9:16 pm
by steveontrial
this is ingenius! what a novel concept, cant wait to play it!
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 10:23 pm
by pepperonibread
New update:
Changed Indian Ocean Port to Ile Amsterdam, moved Iceland's army circle.
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 10:26 pm
by thegeneralpublic
Why is the normal world a different shade of blue than the sea? If it's underwater, I think it would be cooler to just have it BE the sea and not have it different like that. It would be a cool effect.
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 10:31 pm
by pepperonibread
thegeneralpublic wrote:Why is the normal world a different shade of blue than the sea? If it's underwater, I think it would be cooler to just have it BE the sea and not have it different like that. It would be a cool effect.
I don't really understand what you mean by "be the sea."
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 10:48 pm
by thegeneralpublic
That blue background you have...can you make that extend into the parts of the continents that are now underwater rather than coloring them differently? it would enhance the flooding effect.
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 11:57 pm
by pepperonibread
thegeneralpublic wrote:That blue background you have...can you make that extend into the parts of the continents that are now underwater rather than coloring them differently? it would enhance the flooding effect.
Sure, I can probably do that. I'll see how it looks.
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 10:10 am
by wrightfan123
pepperonibread wrote:thegeneralpublic wrote:That blue background you have...can you make that extend into the parts of the continents that are now underwater rather than coloring them differently? it would enhance the flooding effect.
Sure, I can probably do that. I'll see how it looks.
yea, that's a pretty good idea.
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 10:14 am
by Unit_2
i can't tell where the border is bettween chile and argentina.
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 10:25 am
by wrightfan123
Unit_2 wrote:i can't tell where the border is bettween chile and argentina.
yes u can. it's easy. just look closely.
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 1:03 pm
by snufkin
I can see that border but it could use some tweaking.
It changes from black to greyish blue to something.. not sure
looks like artifacts from another layer?
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 1:07 pm
by RobinJ
wrightfan123 wrote:pepperonibread wrote:thegeneralpublic wrote:That blue background you have...can you make that extend into the parts of the continents that are now underwater rather than coloring them differently? it would enhance the flooding effect.
Sure, I can probably do that. I'll see how it looks.
yea, that's a pretty good idea.
How about you sort of fade it, if you get my meaning: have it lighter closer to the bits that are above the sea and fade it into the darker sea colour - it would be more realistic too.
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 1:20 pm
by unriggable
I think you should keep the flooded oceans like they are and look online for already existent underwater plateaus (I know that they surround england for example) and add those.
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 6:18 pm
by pepperonibread
unriggable wrote:I think you should keep the flooded oceans like they are and look online for already existent underwater plateaus (I know that they surround england for example) and add those.
Yeah, that would probably be more accurate, because today's landmasses are really only parts of these plateaus that happen to be above sea level. I could probably use this map (the same elevation map I used to create my original map):
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:38 pm
by thegeneralpublic
What I had meant was exactly what you did in the original version, but let's see what this turns out like.
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 10:15 pm
by pepperonibread
thegeneralpublic wrote:What I had meant was exactly what you did in the original version, but let's see what this turns out like.
You mean on pg. 5? Because after I changed it, most people agreed that it looked better.
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 10:24 pm
by pepperonibread
snufkin wrote:I can see that border but it could use some tweaking.
It changes from black to greyish blue to something.. not sure
looks like artifacts from another layer?
The reason for that is that the borders are on the same layer as the continent's color, so the color's texture is also on the borders.
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:15 pm
by thegeneralpublic
I did mean what you meant on page five. However, since the consensus has been that the addition was an improvement, I'm willing to go along with it.
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 9:27 am
by pepperonibread
How do I post the map with the XML? Do I just show a screenshot with the numbers? And yes, the XML is now done.
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 7:44 pm
by KEYOGI
That's right pepperonibread, just use the XML coordinate tester and take a screenshot of the result.