Map Log

[Descartes]

MAP LOG
I thought it might be interesting for you to follow the development of the new map, so I'm starting up a map log. I'll post screenshots now and then. First off is one showing the provinces of Italy, squeezed into the Northern part of the vanilla map. Please ignore the Caucasian provinces sneaking up to the right.



As you can see, I have some work left to do with city and text positions, but the borders are more or less finished. Oh and I might as well give you the full province list for Italy. Feel free to comment!

1: Lilybaeum
2: Panormus
3: Agrigentum
4: Henna
5: Gela
6: Melita
7: Syracusae
8: Catana
9: Messana
10: Rhegium
11: Locri
12: Crotona
13: Consentia
14: Thurii
15: Heraclea
16: Tarentum
17: Brundusium
18: Barium
19: Potentia
20: Paestum
21: Canusium
22: Beneventum
23: Cumae
24: Capua
25: Bovianum
26: Luceria
27: Larinum
28: Corfinium
29: Fregellae
30: Roma
31: Veii
32: Reate
33: Hadria
34: Firmum
35: Spoletium
36: Volsinii
37: Tarquinii
38: Populonium
39: Arretium
40: Sena
41: Ariminum
42: Faesulae
43: Volaterrae
44: Pisae
45: Genua
46: Placentia
47: Parma
48: Mutina
49: Bononia
50: Patavium
51: Altinum
52: Aquileia
53: Pola
54: Taurisci
55: Helvetii
56: Verona
57: Brixia
58: Mediolanum
59: Dertona
60: Hasta
61: Allobroges
62: Albingaunum
63: Mariana
64: Aleria
65: Turris
66: Olbia
67: Macopsissa
68: Tharros
69: Sulcis
70: Caralis

[vanin]

Wow... just wow. Looks very nice, all those provinces will be great. Will your new map be correct, correct as in Sicily's position not being southeast of Carthage and the Caspian Sea not being that far east and so on? Also, how will you get the topology and terrain done? The colormap_hires.bmp file sure looks like a bugger to edit and afaik topology isn't easy to get hold of either.

[Descartes]

I'm trying to make it as correct as possible. The projection looks something like this, but I'm using far more detailed maps for the coast lines. I don't find topology that hard, it's just playing around with the grey scale. The colour map is a real bugger though, it will take lots of time before I get it working properly. I prefer the political mode.

[Hardradi]

Looks excellent, the province detail level his huge. Sicily will be a battleground.

[Descartes]

Thanks. The First Punic War was all about Sicily, so I guess this level of detail is needed to make any sense of the conflict.

[Kaigon]

Looks good! Have you considered rotating the map-projection so that you get less of Russia and more of the Middle East?

[Descartes]

No I haven't, but remember my map won't cover neither Russia nor the Middle East. The focus is the Mediterranean region. Still, I will probably make it less spherical when I get down to the details.

[Earl Uhtred]

Moar!

[Woody Man]

That is fantastic, looking really good Descartes!


Though I'd also echo perhaps extending the map east a little

[Descartes]

The border has to be set somewhere you know.

[Descartes]

Here's a closer look at Sicily in 1 AUC. The island is divided between the Elymi (to the left), the Sicani (middle), the Siculi (right). Zancle has also appeared in the North-East. Note that I've edited the topology.

[Tartarin]

Yes, you are doing a good and pertinent division of Sicily.

[vanin]

The border has to be set somewhere you know.

That is what you have the Indus for

[Descartes]

Hehe I guess. I'm not ruling out an expansion to the Middle East in the very far future, but I won't do it right now.

[Marcus Scipio]

1 AVC and you're already getting a peace offer?

Looks very nice!

Seems like the little map on the right needs some working on, it's way off!

[Cheexsta]

Des, that map looks absolutely stunning!

Dead sexy, can't wait to give it a try.

[Descartes]

Thanks, Cheex.
Here's a pic showing Sicily in 411 AUC. Btw, Marcus, I made a quick minimap.

[Earl Uhtred]

I can't wait for the first Agrigento AAR, 'You've Got Crabs'.

[Hardradi]

Nice work Descartes. I can see an opportunity for you to use the 3D modeller guy there, creating some unique unit cultural models, or even differentiate the greek shields a bit, that would be nice.

According to my notes, roughly:
- the Corinthians colonsied the southeastern part
- Rhodes and Crete colonised Gela which then colonised Agrigento; Rhodes also colonised the Lipari island to the north.
- Euboea the northeastern part
- Megara also had a colony to the north of Syracuse but I think it got eliminated and another in the east in Carthaginian territory.

[Descartes]

I can't wait for the first Agrigento AAR, 'You've Got Crabs'.

Sounds awesome.

Nice work Descartes. I can see an opportunity for you to use the 3D modeller guy there, creating some unique unit cultural models, or even differentiate the greek shields a bit, that would be nice.

According to my notes, roughly:
- the Corinthians colonsied the southeastern part
- Rhodes and Crete colonised Gela which then colonised Agrigento; Rhodes also colonised the Lipari island to the north.
- Euboea the northeastern part
- Megara also had a colony to the north of Syracuse but I think it got eliminated and another in the east in Carthaginian territory.

Yeah I'd love to see more varied graphics. I might be able to do a little myself, but if a real 3D modeller shows up, that would be great. Megara's colony was called Megara Hyblaea BTW, and I didn't think it was important enough to be on the map.