World Map Discussion

[dwkjohn]

I am taking gs map graphics and recreating the middle island with what we have so far. kinda pointless but I lets us see what it might look like later on. give me a little while and I'LLC get it up.
@Role - I tried that. everything seems fine but still won't work. it worked fine last week. oh well.

[Rolina]

Huh, weird.  Try running malware bytes, see if it catches anything.

That's not an island, though.  That's a while freaking continent.  Wait until Sala posts the full-size map before you do that.

Edit:  Better Grid Example, using the actual world map.  Fun fact, if I'd have saved this as a .gif, it'd have been over 2MB larger.  And john?  That middle island?  Yeah, that's about as big as Hesperia.  Which takes up a little over 4 gridspots.  It's huge, not even close to being able to be called an 'island'.

[Salanewt]

A few notes before the image is posted.

1: The black would probably not be completely black; much like the skies off of Gaia Falls or something. Of course, it could be black off of the northern or southern sides if we wanted.
2: The oceans themselves are far from complete; we can probably put in at least 10-18 small islands to visit, close to the size of Apojii at times. We can do these in the separate grid squares.
3: I removed the indicator cursors, but this is just because they are no longer needed.
4: As for that grid, we might have to do something a bit smaller than 3x3;3x3. Perhaps if we were to do 4x4;4x4 or 5x5;5x5 - or some combination of those.
5: When adding/editing an area, there is no need to pay attention to the blur. That resulted from using some of the tools on Paint and the resizing, so we do not need to worry about blur when we add more.

And now for the map.

Spoiler for Hiden:

Dimensions: 3500x3181. I decided to keep the aspect ratio when resizing it, as it would have made the continents slightly disproportional to what we started with.

[Rolina]

You know that photobucket resizes things above a certain size, right?  That's not the dimensions you gave.  Try it as an attachment.

[Salanewt]

It isn't letting my upload this map with the way it is right now, so I will probably break it up into segments later. It probably has something to do with the 1.8 MB in the 5120 KB limit. I shall see if I can get this done with today. In the mean time, why not do some planning on one of the smaller versions of the map? It would be best to avoid detail, but a rough plan of what you want to submit would probably be beneficial in getting an excellent submission.

[Rolina]

Don't upload it to photobucket.  Attach it to your post.  If it's too big file-size wise, lower the quality of the PNG.

[dwkjohn]

hmm. I saved the image you posted and it is only just bigger than the previous one. hesperia is bigger than the whole thing. how big should it be again?

[Salanewt]

Both the Mars and the Mercury continents should be close to the size of Angara - separate, that is. Of course, I am not sure if I made this file large enough to show that; as such, I shall resize it again shortly.

[dwkjohn]

here is the resized image at 5000x4000. I saved it as a GIF so it would fit but I think it looks fine. no real loss in quality really.

[Salanewt]

Great, thanks for doing it that for us! I hereby call that the re-sized version.

I have a quick idea for djinn as well, as it relates to this in a way. 1/3 of djinn should be found in their respective continents, while the rest are spread out more. This only includes the ones that the PCs can find, as the ones that members/guests find would mostly be for story/mechanic purposes only. We can continue with djinn at a later time, but I just thought that we should be reminded that it might not be a bad idea to consider this when adding the filler-terrain to the world.

[dwkjohn]

here is what I have as of now for a GS style look and feel of it. its not much and something looks weird about it. almost like its too small. oh well. nothing lost nothing gained.

the first is incomplete and is the resized map.
the second is the first small map but at least its done.

[Rolina]

Ah, nice start john.  We're still gonna have the same basic mountain and river design, though it'll probably grow to be a bit more complex.

[dwkjohn]

which one would you prefer to start adding landscapes to. the first is the 5000x4000 map. the second is the first one that sala posted,the small one, but it is finished land wise. the other one isn't.

[Rolina]

The first one, the full size one.

[dwkjohn]

gotcha. I hope to have that up some time tomorrow.

[Today]

Today at 19:05:48

Luna_blade: @.gba Nope. Where is it?

[Today]

Today at 18:00:23

Teawater: By the way, I was wondering, did anyone else notice the ".gba" ROM in the Downloads section?

[Today]

Today at 16:54:26

JamietheFlameUser: Well, that particular Briggs fight was from a long time ago. I haven't been working on my current hack the past few days because of other stuff.

[Today]

Today at 16:40:10

Luna_blade: @Saturos: Your english exams?

[Today]

Today at 16:33:40

Teawater: Can't remember exactly what shae of yellow it was, so not sure it would be too close or not.

[Today]

Today at 16:30:58

Teawater: @KoP: Wouldn't Shiny Gold be for the Sol Clan?

[Today]

Today at 15:37:37

Salanewt: Oh wait, tag doesn't work down here. But yeah, how is your hack going Jamie?

[Today]

Today at 15:37:00

Salanewt: [me] considers giving him the Sol Blade...

[Today]

Today at 15:36:00

Salanewt: Oh my. To be honest though, I'd be more likely to give Briggs stuff from later regions; him being a pirate from another continent and all.

[Today]

Today at 09:36:58

JamietheFlameUser: How not to design boss fights: give human-type bosses stats and equipment on par for what the Editor says their level is and what equipment is available where they're from. You get stuff like an actually scaled to level 21 Briggs with a Great Sword, Silver Plate, Silver Helm, Vambrace, and Leather Boots. God, that was BS.

[Today]

Today at 09:09:49

Saturos: Wow first part of exam is ower (in english) tomorow speaking part.

[Today]

Today at 07:11:35

JamietheFlameUser: Eh, I didn't know the exact chance of Curse screwing you over. Still, that 6% chance to fail to act at all could screw you over when it matters most. The obvious solution, of course, is to stick that armour on a character who doesn't do anything but spam attack moves anyway.

[Today]

Today at 07:10:52

leaf: ...assuming I'm remembering the chance of curse taking effect correctly as 25%

[Today]

Today at 07:09:50

leaf: in fact, you get two turns the majority of the time (~56%), and only completely fail to act ~6%, the remainder of the time getting one action

[Today]

Today at 07:07:49

leaf: I like that stealth armor buff. it wouldn't make sense to do that with the clerics ring available, but if you remove that, it's actually an interesting item. On average, you get ~1.5 turns per round. it's potentially very strong, but carries risks

[Today]

Today at 07:04:59

leaf: lol

[Today]

Today at 06:39:21

JamietheFlameUser: Reading the Venus Psynergy topic and 'lol'ing at Role's reaction to a very simple spell idea I'd had (and still think is awesome), where rock explodes out of the ground from a single point in a focused, cone-shaped burst. Role read me the riot act about not combining elements again. lol.

[Today]

Today at 06:17:58

JamietheFlameUser: Well, one thing I came up with that was actually potentially cool is a modification to the Stealth Armour. I gave it +1 turns, under the assumption that the Cleric's Ring would be removed. You might get 2 actions that round, or 1 action, or maybe no actions at all! RNG at its finest.

[Today]

Today at 06:15:32

Knight of Purgatory: Nice orange text kain. Maybe it should be a shiny gold

[Today]

Today at 06:03:40

leaf: I concur. There isn't much I'd consider worth salvaging from dc in terms of work done, but reading the old threads can be quite amusing

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