Victoria 3 - Dev Diary #50 - Living Map

[b_raven]

Will a buildings be moddable? I mean the looks of them.

 

[Wizzington]

Will a buildings be moddable? I mean the looks of them.

Yes, for sure.

 

[Wizzington]

Can we modders add new mapmodes with color_mode based on some script_value? (In ck3, we use "color_mode = baronies" and "set_color_from_title" effect to do that, which is quite troublesome。)

Mapmodes are scriptable but I'm not aware of being able to use script values in this way. I believe we use the same system CK3 does.

 

[EmperorKaza]

Looks great, except that the anvil looks a lot like a coffin, which sends a very different message

 

[Shracc]

It looks good, but it will run horribly for weak PCs. Can you add an option that can reduce details of a living map to at least low-poly things with low res textures? Or if that's hard, can you then please give some extra optimization polish, so that even weak PCs can squeeze stable 30 fps on at least one graphics setting set to High?

I really doubt that you would have issues running the game on anything released in the last 6 years. But different levels of detail will probably exist for it.

 

[rodgerdavies]

Absolutely blown away on the whole, I'm impressed with each recent game's evolution of the map but this looks next-level again. Congratulations!

A few minor questions/notes:

• I'm a little confused about whether there will be 3D sprites of troops on the map in times of war? Will it 'just' be the bunkers/camps or there'll be people to (just presumably not ready to show, if so)?
• Zeppelins but no planes seems a strange choice, I assume the latter would be much more prevalent. I love the look of zeppelins but I hope they're rare so spotting one is exciting
• The hammer/anvil level up/down feels a little out of place compared to some of the animations
• Will there be options to turn various bits of animations off/on?

 

[Licarious]

Looks like we finally know what the sign-up bonus does.

Is updating the spline network in VIC3 is more straightforward than it is in IR?

 

[Aozora Kasuga]

The map is so vivid that I can image how excited when enjoying Vikcy 3. However, I found that my favorite city, Nanjing, was located on the north of Yangtze River as shown in the image. But in fact, Nanjing is on the south of the Yangtze River and surrongded by mountains, for which it was been taken as the capital of many ancient Chinese dynasties. I will be gratitude if the dev team can modify the location of Nanjing.

 

[Sovetskysoyuz]

Is it possible to have separate locomotives for freight and passenger trains? Seeing what looks like a Zephyr (light and fast locomotive used exclusively in diesel multiple-unit trainsets) pulling a coal train causes me literal pain.

Everything looks fantastic though!

 

[anbeck]

Looking great!

Will the game feature Haussmann, and will the appearance of Paris (or other cities) change accordingly?

 

[luxfelix]

That devastation effect communicates very well; maybe the same effect could be used for active fronts?

 

[$ilent_$trider]

Tutorial next week, eh? Does it mean we are close to announcing a release date as well?
I know I said this in jest but please let it not be December 31st

 

[Zarkaro]

Large hubs looks terrible and completely ruin the aesthetics of the map. I dont understand people who love to see cities bigger than entire regions on a strategy game

 

[Call Me Vandal]

Man, all this exceeds my highest expectations.

 

[Comrade746]

I like most of this, the team has done a really good job since the reveal when it comes to the visuals. Somehow the (unfortunately) flopped Imperator Rome still has the most appeal to me when it comes to the map and other visuals, but this is still very beautiful and more than satisfying.

I do have 2 issues though, but they are more like nitpicks:

1. While I love how the size of Hubs increase, I'd like them to be either more granular and/or have them be smaller in size on map, so it doesn't take up so much space. I'd guess that would affect performance though, or would it be a visual readability issue?

2. Troops. I want troops. Tiny little toy soldiers or something... anything. I need them. You took away me Unit models, you gotta replace them with something better than some cannons and bunkers. I want the evolution of the uniforms of the era represented somehow. Not just the generals and admirals, but the common soldier's uniform. Other than war not being a focus of the game, my guess is that, again, performance issues would present themselves if you'd put in dozens of very tiny models. (But come on, we need something.)

Love the the work you've put into everything else, and again, the visuals are really coming together. Can't wait for a release date!

 

[Henloriel]

Definitely need a living map for the game. The game needs a dynamically living map. These things will make the game better. We should see the buildings we built in the city.

 

[IntoTheStars]

This is beautiful! I hope this is something PDS continues to improve and build out going forward on all games. It makes playing otherwise kinda staid looking map games sooooo much more interesting and rewarding.

Bring some of this stuff to CK3 please!

 

[Al-Khalidi]

So special pics for soldiers of different nations?

 

[Cagallo]

That's a 9.5 out of 10 for visuals! To make it a 10/10, are there plans to make the city layouts to fit the roads coming in? Right now the houses seem to pop right in the middle of an incoming road.

 

[1337Marth]

One thing I wonder if possible is the distribution of hub buildings - I personally think the map would look even prettier if the buildings were spread out the province a bit, maybe like little towns, or small isolated houses in the countryside, instead of all blobbing around one point, maybe even showing city buildings next to farm buildings to mix up the map a bit more. Other than that this is beautiful!