Middle Earth: Battle For Arda - Official Thread
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@hepps Yeah, now you are putting the units image to shame.:face_without_mouth:
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@redrum Let's just settle down for now.
Perhaps once all the tweeking has been done to the map and a good balance has been achieved... we can examine the possibility of further enhancements.Bear in mind that once I have gotten the thumbs up on the PU, UP and Names... I still have to design them all.
"A joyous heart sours with the burden of expectation"
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@hepps But you live for this! It is your purpose in life!
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@hepps Fair enough. My thoughts:
- PUs and UPs look great
- I like the name font though is it possible to give them a bit more outline? Feel like they fade into some of the backgrounds a bit (ex. Tuckborough). Just an idea.
TripleA Developer with a Passion for AI: https://forums.triplea-game.org/topic/105/ai-development-discussion-and-feedback
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@redrum Yup. Same thoughts here. I am working on a variation with it slightly bolder right now.
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@hepps The territory names and PUs are nice. The orange UP numbers are a bit hard to tell apart at a glance.
If you start doing PUs and unit production, keep in mind that I will change them for quite a few territories as soon as the new units are done and balancing starts, and they will be subject to modification throughout the beta period, especially PUs.
As for territory names, I will change some of them too. I'm going to send you a list of territory names that are new, changed or have unusual spelling.
"For the world is changing: I feel it in the water, I feel it in the earth, and I smell it in the air."
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@redrum said in Large Middle Earth - official thread:
I like the name font though is it possible to give them a bit more outline? Feel like they fade into some of the backgrounds a bit (ex. Tuckborough).
They are fine on the full-sized image, I think.
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Here is my revision...
"A joyous heart sours with the burden of expectation"
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@hepps I like that red line. Can we have more of that?
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@alkexr LOL... as far as what? The line is meant to simply separate the two versions of the territory names.
Where exactly would you like to see it used?
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@hepps Like so ;D
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@alkexr I have designed all the PU from 1 through 12 as per the original game design... as long as I know what upper limits you plan to use... I can add more in without issue.
You are going to be the one doing all the plotting and placement for the PU, UP and Names if it is to be done the official way. I emphatically refuse as it is an extraordinary waste of time... I did it for CCLXX and that is the VERY LAST time I will ever do such a ridiculous exercise.
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@hepps Anyway...
So I'm not sure it is necessary to change the territory names. But if I try to reverse the situation, and imagine that the question is whether or not the new names should be changed to the original names, I can't think of any reason to do that. So it's just status quo bias on my behalf: the new names are better.
As for placement of stuff: I'll just write a program where I can place this stuff instead of having to manually edit the placement files. I have done it manually once for this map, that was enough for me too
I'll also write a better placement picker I think. Not now, though, this will have to wait until around August, barring miracles."For the world is changing: I feel it in the water, I feel it in the earth, and I smell it in the air."
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@alkexr That would be a superb improvement.
I don't mind doing it all as long as we do it in this method....
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All of the terrain and relief imagery will simply be put into the Base Tiles folder.
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All of the PU, UP and Territory Names will be placed in the Relief Tiles folder.
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If and when we implement Flags for the map (or anything else) they will be placed in the Decorations Layer.
Doing it this way will allow me to do everything for you as well as making any alterations very quickly without all the laborious work associated with doing things with the established methods. If and when an easier system is developed we can redo all the work at that time as it will be simple to change.
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@alkexr And to be clear... if you export a snapshot of the last version of the map with the new names (Hide the units)... I can have all of this done tonight.
I can set up all of the Base, Relief folders with all the tiles already done and send them back to you.
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@hepps Definitely think the bolder names look nicer and more professional.
TripleA Developer with a Passion for AI: https://forums.triplea-game.org/topic/105/ai-development-discussion-and-feedback
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@alkexr And if you want to make a final decision on the Title of this new work I can include a decorative title banner to the Bottom left hand corner of the map.
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@redrum And we know... I am all about appearing professional.
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@hepps gigglez
need your banner in donations drive bro
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@prastle You mean the thermometer?
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