Anybody want to do an Ace Combat World Map?

sonofabandit

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Hello all, my name is sonofabandit and I currently have an Ace Combat based mod, released.

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=177346

The thing is, that currently it uses a random generated map. But what this mod could use is an Ace Combat based map... So does any of the great map makers would like to do something creative and different, and make a map of the Ace Combat world?

I'd like it to mirror Namco's map of the AC world where possible. And if you're going to put cities in it, just put the capital cities (the fan made map below will help alot with that one). Also, I'd like the map in normal and/or large sizes. But if you want to make a map for all sizes feel free.

Whatever you do, just make it look good, and go all out on this one.
But here are some maps for references...

Attachment #1 is a fan Made AC Map, based strickly on Namco cannon (very useful for state capitals).

Attachment #2 is a fan made map based on Namco cannon but less strictly. It's a detailed map of the nations of the Usean continent (the eastern continent divided in the middle of the map #1 and #3). Most of the nations in this map are from Fonce Diablo's fanfiction (it's explained in the AC Mod thread). But these nations and capitals show up in my mod as well.

Attachment #3 is an offical map of the AC world made by Namco.

And certainly if you have anymore questions and comments about the mod or the map, just give a post or PM me. And thank you, and I really appreciate the support from the Civ 3 community.

Info on everything Ace Combat:
http://z14.invisionfree.com/The_Electrosphere/index.php?act=idx
 

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I could help with the map without cities, but don't expect to get it very fast. Is that fine with you?(I have done four maps from scratch. None of them are on the internet.)
 
I started working on one from a previous thread:rolleyes: If you want to do one Snakelover go ahead the one I have in progress is 180 x 180 and I used a different picture for the basis from the ace combat website link that sonofabandit posted. Although to be honest I wasnt planning to place cities either letting the scenario creator do that I just thought it would make an interesting alternative global map. Anyway I have all the points plotted out on the reference picture in photoshop and now have to go about placing them point by point in the editor and filling in the land that way.
 
Well, I will go ahead and do the map, because it would look like a really good scenario for my mod.:)
EDIT:Just thinking about it, I think I will post one of my custom maps on this site.
 
Alright, thanks Bad Karma and Snakelover. I appreciate it. I'll add in the cities myself, it's no big deal.
 
Oh well, I'm not sure if anything got done last year... but that doesn't matter. If anybody has made an Ace Combat made map, please upload it. It would be a great addition to the latest build of my mod and the civilization forum as a whole... AC maps are pretty interesting in their own right.

Or if they'res no map made anywhere, please consider this as a renewed request.
 
Sorry I have been pretty busy with other things. I did however transform the picture of the world map using bmp to bic. Right now its still mainly grassland and ocean. Have to work on putting in all the details as well as adjusting a few areas. BTW this is a 180 x 180 so it as larger than the standard huge in conquests. And the same size as what El-Justo uses for AOI.
 

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I certainly understand. And I appreciate it.

Looks like a good start though. Go ahead and create it as you see fit. Got to let the artist do his thing.
 
Here's one I created using only jungle and coast. Its in .bmp, as I can't seem to get the bmp2bic.exe to work. It's much bigger, at 256X256. Feel free to use it if you want. Just let me know if you can get it converted to bic as I can't get that utility to work.
 

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It is because you are not using the correct colors. If you open the bmp to bic folder you will find that there is a pallette of colors in there those colors have to match exactly in order for it to work.
 
It is because you are not using the correct colors. If you open the bmp to bic folder you will find that there is a pallette of colors in there those colors have to match exactly in order for it to work.

Believe me, I tried that. I thought, maybe one of the colors I used was off, so i tried with several different combination, but still no go.
Anyway, if you can get it converted, I'll do the detail work.
 
Trust me both colors were off. I changed both colors the water to ocean because coastline tiles will be automatically added, and the land to grassland. Personally the problem I find with maps this large is they really make for long turn times thats why I'm making mine 180 x 180. Also having the artic landmass to the south is not that good of an idea but I kept it in for your 256 x 256.
 

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Trust me both colors were off. I changed both colors the water to ocean because coastline tiles will be automatically added, and the land to grassland. Personally the problem I find with maps this large is they really make for long turn times thats why I'm making mine 180 x 180. Also having the artic landmass to the south is not that good of an idea but I kept it in for your 256 x 256.

Then I must have had a bad palette file, because that's the only place I got the colors from.

Thanks though. I'll add the details and post the map for anyone who wants to use it.

Better two choices than one, eh?

By the way, does anybody have a good resource for terrain features in Ace Combat, mountain ranges, etc?
 
here you are


this is just the basic area of the landmasses, as in, i didn't fill in any detailed terrain like forests or hills etc.

the map is very close to the actual map for ace combat

its 256x256 if you want it any smaller just ask, but it seems this is the best size to fit all the detail


also, i didn't include the Antarctica continent thing because i didn't feel it would add anything to the game, just take up needed space
 
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