Imperator Knoedel
Currently obsessed with The Owl House
Am I the only one who thinks that the whole lagoon thing is just a joke?
Everyday we stray further from Rhye's light.
Am I the only one who thinks that the whole lagoon thing is just a joke?
Am I the only one who thinks that the whole lagoon thing is just a joke?
This is still the same island feature, just a graphical variety like for forests. I found that green islands looked wrong in these latitudes. Maybe I can also create a dry variant.
Is there a way to manually select which 'graphical variant' gets used on a specific tile? I notice there's a fair bit of variety -- big islands, small islands, mixture, arranged in a row, random, etc. -- but it'd be really handy when developing the new map if we could set in stone which type of 'islands' feature gets applied to each tile.This is still the same island feature, just a graphical variety like for forests. I found that green islands looked wrong in these latitudes. Maybe I can also create a dry variant.
The "variant" in this case refers to the different texture (i.e. either fertile green or cold grey). I think you are talking about the arrangement of the islands, in that case we cannot control that per tile. It is determined based on the surrounding land and other island tiles, similar to how the placement of trees is dynamically determined based on the underlying terrain and connection to nearby forest tiles. However, I also noticed that some configurations create undesirable graphics, in particular in some cases the art appears to be one tile north of where the feature actually is. It is possible to change that, but I am unable to do it because I do not understand the system involved.
Absolutely! I'm hoping to change it a ton once the development branch is up. Like, why is Vancouver Island a single tile despite being at least a third the size of Madagascar IRL?Does anyone else feel that British Columbia (Canada) is quite cramped compared to the current map?
Um, no? Madagascar is 587,000 km2, while Vancouver island is 31,000 km2. That's 20 times smaller. A better comparison might be Cuba, which is around 110,000 km2, and Hispaniola, which is 76,000 km2. Cuba has 5 tiles and Hispaniola has 3 (?), so with the same scale Vancouver island should have 1 or 2.Absolutely! I'm hoping to change it a ton once the development branch is up. Like, why is Vancouver Island a single tile despite being at least a third the size of Madagascar IRL?
Wow Vancouver Island seems way bigger when you live there I guess I'm just used to seeing it on zoomed in provincial maps LOLUm, no? Madagascar is 587,000 km2, while Vancouver island is 31,000 km2. That's 20 times smaller. A better comparison might be Cuba, which is around 110,000 km2, and Hispaniola, which is 76,000 km2. Cuba has 5 tiles and Hispaniola has 3 (?), so with the same scale Vancouver island should have 1 or 2.
Um, no? Madagascar is 587,000 km2, while Vancouver island is 31,000 km2. That's 20 times smaller. A better comparison might be Cuba, which is around 110,000 km2, and Hispaniola, which is 76,000 km2. Cuba has 5 tiles and Hispaniola has 3 (?), so with the same scale Vancouver island should have 1 or 2.
To be honest I'd say British Columbia is cramped in real life. So the map seems generally fine to me. But someone who knows the area better should definitely make a proposal!
Wow Vancouver Island seems way bigger when you live there I guess I'm just used to seeing it on zoomed in provincial maps LOL
Fair enough, but California is half the size of British Columbia and was given a lot at the expense of Cascadia. I mean I get historical importance of California's many heavily populated urban centers warrants given it more space but the historical importance of Vancouver to the Canadian game is also important. I was hoping that "giving California more space" would also translate to "giving the Pacific coast more space". British Columbia is Canada's third most populous province! Like, in the first version of the new map Vancouver was a MOUNTAIN, though it seems that was changed now. There's still very few workable tiles in the area especially if you found a Prince Rupert to the North (which fair enough should be very unproductive if reflecting reality).
I don't think I have the map editing chops, or BC knowledge to make a proposal however, just pointing it out in case someone can make a better proposal.
Yeah, Prince George is what I meant. I think Prince George is the name of the city in the current scenario even if you found it on BCs Northern coast where Prince Rupert is.When I made my proposals for Canada (most of which have been since integrated), I was intending for the northern BC city to be Prince George, since it's much larger, fills in the space better, and crowds Vancouver less - I specifically put a grassland tile there so it could be founded (it's already a little more north than it should be to fit better).