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[Octavian X]

I would like to offer my map-making skills to the peoples of Phoenatica. If there is a specific map that you need, simply post what you do need, and I will make one. I especially encourage governors to do this.

 

[Stuck_as_a_Mac]

I need my cities:
Mokra, Tonawanda, Salamanca (to be renamed on Saturday by the German Ethnic Group) ,Allegheny ,Cattaraugus
Thanks!

 

[BCLG100]

SMAC they are not maps they are just screenshots of cities maps are of say your province

 

[disorganizer]

A political map of kashmir like the ameri one would be fine. Or maybe even a political map of the whole world?

 

[Octavian X]

A political map of the entire world.... That sounds like a worthy challenge. City placement would be difficult. Phoenatica alone has 60 or so cities. I might only place metros....

 

[disorganizer]

You could do the following:
* Map a normal worldmap
* put it into paintshoppro (or other layer-capable editor)
* new layer: draw the coastline and color the land+water parts
* new layer: draw the foreign borderlines
* new layer: draw the provincial borderlines
* new layer: draw major roads
* new layer: draw major railroads
* new layer: draw the cities (more to this later)
* new layer: draw mountain ranges + other special parts

or something like that.
cities:

small dots: size 1-9 (8 pts name)
middle dots: size 10-19 (10 pts name)
big dots: size >=20 (12 pts name)
stars: province capitols and national capitol (14 pts name)

 

[Almightyjosh]

I tried to make a map, and the graphics program fried my ram and I can't use my computer (on my brother's now)
So much for being an Octavian wannabe!!

 

[Octavian X]

Octavian wannabe?

Dis, thanks for the suggestion. I'll give that a try.

 

[disorganizer]

The advantage of layers is that
a) you can change their order, so rr will be on to of roads when they cross, for example
b) you can add transparancy
a good example of the usage of layers for mapmaking is the ameri political map or the delphi-view. in the delphi view, i can just exchange the layer with the ingame-view within seconds and still have the writing on the view.