Proposed Map: Domination 1941

[TheDog]

@black_elk
I was using Frostions nation colours, now yours are in game and are way more suitable for my eyes.

In the UK we have very detailed walking maps by The Ordnance Survey, their stylized waterways symbols are below;

Link to one of OS legend pdf
https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/documents/50k-raster-legend.pdf

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Instead of lighthouse maybe think beacon for the canal entrances.

Here are some images for inspiration.
https://www.google.com/search?q=panama+canal+beacons&rlz=1C1CHBF_en-GBGB812GB812&sxsrf=ALiCzsbpxNbWn1i3_7LGIwdZVxjdE4Y_sg:1672565492100&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj6pJSAiKb8AhUTnVwKHQwsBK4Q_AUoAnoECAEQBA&biw=1600&bih=767&dpr=1

Happy New Year!

[Black_Elk]

Sounds good, I like it! hehe

Here I threw this together right now using that same idea for the icons you had, but just with some color information with images from the wiki instead of bw. Might work alright for a placeholder, till we can make something cooler...

[TheDog]

@black_elk
That will do nicely!

That was quick you must be itching to do more graphic work

[Black_Elk]

Hehe right on! We'll have to cook up something for the straits and canals that works for the quick read too. I like the ideas you mentioned. After the holidays I'll lean back in for sure.
Game is looking aces thus far! Have a blast dude

[Black_Elk]

quick attempt at a tiny lighthouse type icon... I took one from a postage stamp that had a simple design that I thought might double as a beacon. Just isolated the tower, stripped down the colors and added a little light. Might work in combination with something

[TheDog]

@black_elk
Yes a light house or beacon like that would be fab!

As this icon represents land TT ownership, it needs to be placed on the land or touching the land TT at an obvious point.

As the SZ dots/dashes will be on the reliefTiles, I too think we should put the Beacon/Lighthouse directly on the reliefTiles, so not as a decoration, what do you think?

[Black_Elk]

Ok here it is with those icons added to relief in case you want to try it out and see if the display holds up.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/wkn989vmfic4qy3/Domination 1941 relief 25 opacity lighthouses.png?dl=0

If we need more than that we can probably add a symbol or dashed line in blue like you mentioned, but least it gets the ball rolling hehe

[TheDog]

@black_elk
Another request, this time for flags.
Lets use the correct aspect ratio for flags?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aspect_ratios_of_national_flags

So for my map, I would like the following;
16px _small used in History and Tech table
32px, Bottom right-current players turn, politics panel
54px _large & _convoy for Sea Zone ownership
For the following nations
Australia, Britain, China, Germany, Italy, Japan, USA, USSR

where Australian flag will be used for the Pacific Allies

If you wanted to do a buoy for SZ ownership then please use the 32px flag with the buoy underneath as the flag pole.

If you wanted to do all the nations for the "Global" maps then be aware they should only be used on 4K screens as 1920x1080 is not wide enough without the screens looking squashed/crowded, the flags are better left as square.

For reference my map, 1941 Global Command Decision only has 8 nations/players, not the usual 16+.

[Black_Elk]

Just to confirm you want to the height at 54/32/16 and the width to hold the historical aspect ratio? Those would be the larger sized banners I made included in the unit sticker at 68 tall there. Here they are reduced to 54px and the smaller sizes, shown all together...

Doing the variable aspect some nation's will appear rather larger than others, like USSR or the UK with wider banners. I forgot France below, but it's basically in the same aspect ratio as Italy and Japan at these scales. German flag is made up, but it's at 3:5. Let me know if that's what you meant for the sizing or something else?

[TheDog]

@black_elk
So quick!
Copied the US ones, they look perfect in every way, just like Mary Poppins.

I will put them in game to see the whole effect.

Thanks!

[beelee]

@black_elk said in Proposed Map: Domination 1941:

I forgot France below

That's ok It happens

[ctj13]

@black_elk Is there a version of this without the country colours, but has the labels?

[TheDog]

@ctj13
Check out this map, it has territory labels, not sure what you mean about the country colours.

UHD World War II Global
https://forums.triplea-game.org/topic/3458/uhd-world-war-ii-global?page=1

[beelee]

Hi @ctj13

The Territory labels are in the "misc" folder. The Player colors are in "map.properties".

Go to "downloadedMaps" in your triplea folder and open the map you want.

Then open the "map" folder and you will see the above misc and map.properties folders.

Ahh ... this is for Domination 1941. Yea Idk about it but as Dog mentioned above, UHD will probably work as it's basically same time frame.

Edit
You also need to have a "decorations" text which tells triplea where to put the names. Use UHD as a guide. Let us know if you have any trouble.

[ctj13]

@beelee Thanks!!!