[Abandoned] - Mars

by **a-person1192** on Tue Dec 25, 2007 12:46 am

Yes I am sorry for those who wanted the map to continue but i have not gotten any responses by any of the Cartos as well as everyone else so this map is abandoned. I may pick it up again after a while if post-feedback is good. until then goodbye map.

Current map update

large

small

Territories: 37
Continents: 6
Special Features: One Way Attacks, Bombardments, and Auto-Deploy

last map update

by **Incandenza** on Tue Dec 25, 2007 12:47 am

Copyright issues

by **a-person1192** on Tue Dec 25, 2007 12:48 am

thats why you dont do word for word and or make everything not look the same as the original and call it something else.

by **Incandenza** on Tue Dec 25, 2007 12:50 am

Sure, but you're going to have to do better in terms of territories and what not to make a good map...

shit, if you really want to reach for the sky, doing a straight-up map of mars would be interesting.

by **a-person1192** on Tue Dec 25, 2007 12:51 am

ill suggest that then

by **hecter** on Tue Dec 25, 2007 12:51 am

Quake's better anyway...

by **Incandenza** on Tue Dec 25, 2007 12:57 am

A Mars map would be pimpin', especially a terraformed, Kim Stanley Robinson-style map. ESPECIALLY if you could somehow work the terraforming concept into the map itself.

by **a-person1192** on Tue Dec 25, 2007 1:00 am

yes it would but NASA hasn't really given names to territories on Mars. I look for a pic w/ sort of land markings and post it here or in a new topic or here.

by **Incandenza** on Tue Dec 25, 2007 1:07 am

Just do a google search for mars, or look at the wikipedia entries for robinson's mars series... and seriously, NASA has named practically everything worth naming on the ole' red planet. :wink:

by **a-person1192** on Tue Dec 25, 2007 1:08 am

Found a Map

(sorry image was deleted)

by **a-person1192** on Tue Dec 25, 2007 1:09 am

Incandenza wrote:Just do a google search for mars, or look at the wikipedia entries for robinson's mars series... and seriously, NASA has named practically everything worth naming on the ole' red planet.

thought of that after i posted

by **Incandenza** on Tue Dec 25, 2007 1:11 am

That might work... tho you might want to find a map that has some terraforming on it, so that there's water to break up the land.

I've always wanted to conquer Olympus Mons.

by **a-person1192** on Tue Dec 25, 2007 1:13 am

heres one
(deleted image sorry)

by **a-person1192** on Tue Dec 25, 2007 1:17 am

i would like to try to make the map but no idea how to make maps.

by **Incandenza** on Tue Dec 25, 2007 1:23 am

There's a "How to make maps" thread in the overarching Map Forum.

by **a-person1192** on Wed Dec 26, 2007 1:17 pm

i'll try.

by **a-person1192** on Thu Dec 27, 2007 12:33 am

Ok, here's what I've come up with.

I still haven't figured out bonuses or continents yet. there are 55 territories.

Large and Small Images

Large

And the Small

any suggestions and or comments pm me or post.

by **Coleman** on Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:30 am

I'm worried about the ownership of that picture.

by **a-person1192** on Thu Dec 27, 2007 3:06 pm

when I googled it, there was no owner and the page did not exist anymore sooo. I also searched the site and could not find the picture but i will e-mail him anyway.

by **Coleman** on Thu Dec 27, 2007 3:28 pm

Your small is going to need to be your large, and you'll need another resize down with a smaller font for the names.

I'd actually suggest something like Midkemdil, connect the circles via lines instead of territory borders if space is becoming a problem.

by **a-person1192** on Thu Dec 27, 2007 3:30 pm

ok

Update 1.2

With the board set up as attack routes instead of territories we have 64 City States. Perfect for 8 players.
The old small map is now the large map.

by **a-person1192** on Thu Dec 27, 2007 9:10 pm

well here are the maps that are set up like Midkemil, However we are having a copyright issue because the creator doesn't want the map to go towards profit. this is an issue because of our premium members. :cry:

I added continents and attack routes.

Small:

Large:

Any suggs or problems pm me or post.

I will try to contact the creator and tell him our little situation of premium.

by **a-person1192** on Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:33 pm

Original Image Here

This is the Background that is causing issues.

by **jako** on Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:37 pm

i think incandenza meant midkemia style, not a straight up copy of it. the tert names are hard to read on the small because of teh back colour on the text.

by **a-person1192** on Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:32 am

well the black is there because you can't see the white text, ill most likely go and change the change the size of the small to the max allowed, and ill change the attack routes.

[Abandoned] - Mars

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