Daunte
Sergeant
518 Posts
    
 | | 04/23/2006 12:34 PM |
| OK, we need to get the map done so we can move on to other things. Below are all the most current images for the map. Lets get some suggestions out and get this finished up so we can move on to some more import/fun things...
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zenthrus
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| | 04/23/2006 2:24 PM |
| | Climates1.jpg (4th one down) looks fantastic. Seriously. Fantastic [^][^][^][^][^] | |
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K Rich
Sneak
69 Posts
| | 04/23/2006 3:05 PM |
| | Yeah, the climates really do look fantastic. | |
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Ghendar
Warlord
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| | 04/24/2006 1:13 PM |
| They all look sweet. Wish i could make up some maps that looked as sharp.
Comments - Only one and it's not a deal breaker for me, just what I'd do if it were me alone.
I'd prefer the middle desert be smaller maybe half its size.
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Talistran
Warrior
310 Posts
| | 04/24/2006 2:43 PM |
| I'd prefer the middle desert to be GONE.
Too many deserts. Please make it a plains area.
Beyond that it looks great.
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LargeMarmot
Sergeant
463 Posts
| | 04/24/2006 5:22 PM |
| | Wow, very nice work I cant wait to see this thing get up and moving. | |
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maijstral
Underboss
2105 Posts
| | 04/24/2006 9:08 PM |
| Still like the map,but too many islands.
Get rid of most of the islands around the upper left on the main continent. Lose all but one big island or a couple of small ones along the right coast. Thin out the chain of islands leading from the main continent to the large island/continent.
I also agree with the others about reducing or removing the desert in the middle.
Great job on the map, I wish I had the skills and programs to do something as good. | | | |
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The Defenestrator
AesophDarkfable
Warlord
5628 Posts
| | 04/24/2006 9:29 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Talistran
I'd prefer the middle desert to be GONE.
Too many deserts. Please make it a plains area.
Beyond that it looks great.
Talistran
First comment ive made on any of this, but I agree with this. Make it more of a Savannah like plains or a plateau, lots of desert otherwise. | |
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AesophDarkfable
Warlord
5628 Posts
| | 04/24/2006 9:38 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by ChristopherGroves
I'd rather it be something like that as well ... some sort of menacing, forbidding land like more jungle actually. It's the shortest path from the northern to the southern seas, but I'd like for that to be a land FULL of natural hazards (DINOSAURS!!!!!!!)
Whatever ... just big dangerous things (and a desert isn't dangerous enough - you can go pretty fast crossing it and can see things miles away).
Mmmm maybe more of an highlands jungle? very mountainous and jungle... much more say african with high mountain ranges?
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llyrsln
Sneak
100 Posts
| | 04/25/2006 9:51 AM |
| | Wow. Those maps are pretty amazing. Kudos to you, Sulaco. Perhaps you should indicate your authorship of it somewhere, so that at least others will recognise your efforts...? | |
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Sulaco
Underboss
1605 Posts
| | 04/25/2006 10:41 AM |
| I like the highland plains idea. Make a nice natural hazzard that gets in the way of overland travel. Maeks the inner sea even more valuable.
quote:
Originally posted by llyrsln
Wow. Those maps are pretty amazing. Kudos to you, Daunte.
Err... | |
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Talistran
Warrior
310 Posts
| | 04/25/2006 10:45 AM |
| | Sulaco actually made those maps... | |
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Sulaco
Underboss
1605 Posts
| | 04/25/2006 10:50 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Talistran
Sulaco actually made those maps...
Thanks. I was wondering how to point that out without coming across as an arrogant glory-hound. | |
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The Great
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Ghendar
Warlord
11456 Posts
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| | 04/25/2006 12:26 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Sulaco
quote:
Originally posted by Talistran
Sulaco actually made those maps...
Thanks. I was wondering how to point that out without coming across as an arrogant glory-hound.
Been there, and had an angry halfling gunning for me. [)] | |
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dj-chuckles
Underboss
2454 Posts
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| | 04/26/2006 1:03 PM |
| First Input:
Love it. You don't have to but the Axis of Rotation like the earth. It could be different.
Love the Set up. I'm looking forward to making tons of input in the future. I'm working on Cities / Regions / Politics for sure. | |
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Daunte
Sergeant
518 Posts
| | 04/26/2006 10:32 PM |
| Yeah, from now on to avoid having to make an arrogant glory hound contents ill make sure to give you credit on the maps Sulaco, they are really great.
Can you update them with the suggestions from this thread. Want to get this part of it knocked out and move on ASAP. | |
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Sulaco
Underboss
1605 Posts
| | 04/27/2006 2:00 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Daunte
Yeah, from now on to avoid having to make an arrogant glory hound contents ill make sure to give you credit on the maps Sulaco, they are really great.
Can you update them with the suggestions from this thread. Want to get this part of it knocked out and move on ASAP.
I'll get on it this weekend and have something on Monday.
Cheers. [:D] | |
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devasque
Sergeant
874 Posts
| | 04/27/2006 5:10 PM |
| | I like the ideas of dropping the large middle desert in favor of a daunting terrain. The mountainous/hilly highland jungle idea would be cool. Gives me all sorts of ideas. Couple big snaking rivers and falls etc. | |
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dj-chuckles
Underboss
2454 Posts
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| | 04/27/2006 5:26 PM |
| all deserts of course should be surrounded by a large mountain range. to keep the sand from blowing elsewhere.
Whats next riverS?
What program are you using for these maps? | |
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Sulaco
Underboss
1605 Posts
| | 04/27/2006 5:31 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by dj-chuckles
What program are you using for these maps?
Just good ol' Photoshop. | |
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The Great
Choco Monster
Ghendar
Warlord
11456 Posts
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| | 04/28/2006 7:26 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by dj-chuckles
all deserts of course should be surrounded by a large mountain range. to keep the sand from blowing elsewhere.
There's a couple problems with this idea.
Not realistic
Totally isolates any desert area. Isolating one desert area might be cool but all of them?
I don't like the idea. [:)] | |
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Daunte
Sergeant
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Sulaco
Underboss
1605 Posts
| | 05/02/2006 4:13 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Daunte
Still working on revising the map sulaco?
Yeah, sorry. Real life has a way of rearing it's ugly head. My wife passed out on Saturday and bounced her bonce off a concrete floor. I'd happily do it tonight but I have a meeting I have to attend.
I'm very sorry for the delay, guys. [:I] | |
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Daunte
Sergeant
518 Posts
| | 05/03/2006 1:02 PM |
| | Thats totally understandable Sulaco. Hope your wife is OK and everything is fine. Just post them when you can get them done. | |
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Sulaco
Underboss
1605 Posts
| | 05/03/2006 11:12 PM |
| I think this hits all the bases. Reduced number of islands, lost the middle desert, added volcanic island, refined the climatic regions a litte. Remember, this is still pretty broad strokes. When we zoom in there will be a lot more climactic diversity. I have used the names rainforest and jungle interchangably.
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zenthrus
Commander
4908 Posts
SLC, UT
| | 05/03/2006 11:22 PM |
| | Looks swanky [^] | |
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Grim
Sergeant
482 Posts
| | 05/03/2006 11:25 PM |
| | Very nice. Good job. Photoshop you said? | |
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Daunte
Sergeant
518 Posts
| | 05/04/2006 12:04 AM |
| That looks great Sulaco. Thanks again for the work your putting in on the map/maps.
I dont think there is much more to really change on the map. Can we see what everyone thinks, see if there are any other changes to make and then move on to the next step. | |
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maijstral
Underboss
2105 Posts
| | 05/04/2006 12:18 AM |
| Looks good, I miss the trio of islands hugging the coast on the left side of the inner sea but thats just nit picking.
The only change I would make is, maybe, narrowing off the inner sea from the outer one with the line of islands running across the entire opening but on the zoom in there could be reefs or other underwater obstacles making navigating the opening more difficult and I don't want to slow up the world building any more. So no more changes is good but if you do keep my suggestion in mind. [:)]
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The Defenestrator
AesophDarkfable
Warlord
5628 Posts
| | 05/04/2006 12:39 AM |
| | Much better. I give two thumbs up. | |
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dj-chuckles
Underboss
2454 Posts
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| | 05/04/2006 1:02 AM |
| *drool* Volcanic Island, Not where I suggested but even better!
Yay! I made a difference!
EDIT: Mind making a grid of it so we can point things out easier? | |
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Wayne
Underboss
1371 Posts
| | 05/04/2006 1:03 AM |
| (Caveat: this is the first I've even looked at the thread, so take my opinion for what it's worth.)
I really like the shape of the super-continent, and its Pangea-like nature.
But you're overdoing the archipelagos. You'd be better off making at least half the archipelagos separated subcontinents, instead. An archipelago tends to shape cultures in dramatic and distinct ways, making them very interesting locales for roleplaying ... but if there're nine different major archipelagos in the world ... ehn.
(I think the real world has maybe three major archipelagos (and several minor).) | |
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MangasColoradas
Sneak
82 Posts
| | 05/04/2006 4:05 PM |
| | I like the map. The volcanic island was a good idea. | |
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Corim Danex
Warlord
6685 Posts
West Valley City, Utah
| | 05/04/2006 4:05 PM |
| I still think there are too many islands. I think it is a reaction to having one supercontinent.
Everything you have done, Sulaco, is looking really good. | |
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orcdoubleax
Sergeant
694 Posts
| | 05/04/2006 4:17 PM |
| I vote that it is Done and leave it at that. The map is not really that important and this is a very nice looking map.
The abundance of large island give lots of options and should be left.
if there is any futher changes my only suggestion is that all the islands shown are very large. the volcanic island in the inland ocean(to big to call a sea) for example is three times as large as the British isles. This island I would like to see smaller.
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Knight of Argenis
Corim Danex
Warlord
6685 Posts
West Valley City, Utah
| | 05/04/2006 8:20 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by orcdoubleax
if there is any futher changes my only suggestion is that all the islands shown are very large. the volcanic island in the inland ocean(to big to call a sea) for example is three times as large as the British isles. This island I would like to see smaller.
I agree that the volcanic island is too large. It's so big that it's an island with a volcano on it somewhere. Unless it's covered in volcanoes.
I agree that the map work is excellent. | |
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Grim
Sergeant
482 Posts
| | 05/04/2006 9:26 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Corim Danex
I still think there are too many islands. I think it is a reaction to having one supercontinent.
Everything you have done, Sulaco, is looking really good.
It looks very good. Leave the islands alone, our Earth has hundreds (maybe thousands) more than your map shows so pay no attention to cries that there are too many. | |
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