Battle of the Elements

Psymon means the title & authors names are still the lower case version of the font or mixed versions. I agree that the other case for the territory labels is the better one, I liked the more Gothic look of the "A". [spoiler=Elements V.5 for reference][img]http://www.bluemelon.com/photo/5408039.jpg[/img][/spoiler]

[quote=PsymonStark - Mar 10, 05:53 PM]:( I preferred all with lowercase, the A is more standard than the a. It was a nice detail Others? Anyway, your name is still inconsistent.[/quote] I'll change them, it's not difficult to do. And thanks for noticing the name! The changes have been made, but the difference is so small, I don't want to go through the hassle of compressing, uploading, and posting. Anything else?

There is a weird line between Omashu and Zaofu, on the river. Would you try a slight texture exclusively for the lands, right now it looks very plain (it looks quite good, but I think that a subtle texture would enhance that look). In some places (especially the big territories) the map looks too plain.

[quote=PsymonStark - Mar 10, 08:32 PM]There is a weird line between Omashu and Zaofu, on the river. Would you try a slight texture exclusively for the lands, right now it looks very plain (it looks quite good, but I think that a subtle texture would enhance that look). In some places (especially the big territories) the map looks too plain.[/quote] [spoiler=elements v.6][img]http://www.bluemelon.com/photo/5408092.jpg[/img][/spoiler] Line is fixed (there was also another one in the orange area), type is fixed. I already had a texture layer, now I made it 20% less transparent. Aaron

There are many separated territories that look like they could be connected by the land opposite the waterways. Could you please open up the gaps all around the map where there are definite gaps to make them unmistakeable? The reason I say this, is players can hate a map and no longer play it because they couldn't read the connections properly and it cost them the loss of the game. The gaps between territories by waterways/channels have to be at least 2, preferably 3 un-shaded pixels separating them for no confusion.

I'd still move the air bison/air temple bonus graphic to the upper left hand corner.

I'll give the temple explanation a shot in the other corner, but I think including it on the bottom as well gives it more connection to the legend.

I don't know if you are addressing the gap issue I raised, so I will put up a marker example which shows where the gaps need to be opened up so as not to cause connection confusion. You'll notice I only marked the gaps for territories not intended to be connected. http://postimg.org/image/borc7m6sj/

[quote=aeronautic - Mar 12, 12:59 AM]I don't know if you are addressing the gap issue I raised, so I will put up a marker example which shows where the gaps need to be opened up so as not to cause connection confusion. You'll notice I only marked the gaps for territories not intended to be connected. http://postimg.org/image/borc7m6sj/[/quote] Don't worry, I've already addressed those. I've just yet to post the next version. I widened a few more canals as well.

[spoiler=elements v.7][img]http://www.bluemelon.com/photo/5409977.jpg[/img][/spoiler] Here's a (not really) shiny and (most definitely) new version of the map (oh, boy!)

I know it was perhaps unintentional, but I like the texture from the background n the Western Air Temple region. Get some good texture on the land and I think you're all set. Love the arrows! makes it more thematic lol

[quote=naathim - Mar 14, 12:42 AM]I know it was perhaps unintentional, but I like the texture from the background n the Western Air Temple region. Get some good texture on the land and I think you're all set. Love the arrows! makes it more thematic lol[/quote] Actually, the air temple was on purpose, the lack of texture was the mistake. Here is the correct one. The struggle has been to add texture that doesn't desaturate the brightened colour scheme. I'm not sure how much I like the result, but the texture does add... something. [spoiler=elements version 8][img]http://www.bluemelon.com/photo/5409998.jpg[/img][/spoiler] Just for fun, it's the same people posting every single time, I figure at least one of you might appreciate it. This is the texture map I had overlaid. It's different now, but only because the map has changed. [spoiler][img]http://www.bluemelon.com/photo/5409996.jpg[/img][/spoiler] Enjoy.

I wanted to comment on v7 that the shadow of (for example) the bottom blue region looks much thicker than (for example) the big green region. But then in v8 the shadow is removed entirely, not sure if that's on purpose or not.

Intentional or not, I think I would like to see the shadow returned to make the sea less bland. I would maybe reduce the texture a bit and/or make the entire thing a bit brighter, because I am afraid I have to agree that this removes the brightness from v.7 a bit.

I think the difference in shadow (Outer Dark Glow) that Matty refers to was caused by the lighter background in that area. This is where separate region layers come in handy so as to compensate in areas where the effect is affected by other factors.