Some ideas

[quote=Dima][spoiler][img]https://i.imgur.com/KhesuLz.jpeg [/img] [/spoiler] [b]i think its finished![/b] [b]30 territories and 7 regions! small size correct image size! [/b][/quote] looks really nice to me. probably get rid of the outline over lapping the minimap

[quote=Hoodlum][quote=Dima][spoiler][img]https://i.imgur.com/KhesuLz.jpeg [/img] [/spoiler] [b]i think its finished![/b] [b]30 territories and 7 regions! small size correct image size! [/b][/quote] looks really nice to me. probably get rid of the outline over lapping the minimap [/quote] thanks man! check out the forum thread dedicated to german map. there i have added this map, just with slightly updated design. Not much, but it really makes it better imo!

[spoiler][img]https://i.imgur.com/2TOotdW.jpeg [/img] [/spoiler] this is how an extended version of the germany 1900 map would looks like. i followed the real borders when creating territories and regions. in my opinion there are too many regions with no internal territories, similar to bulgaria map where all territories must be fortified. i am not a fan of this, i prefer italy map in terms of regions. 71 territories if i am not mistaken and 21 regions. i think adding some ribers as impasables would he a good odea here.

Changes done by myself: [spoiler][img]https://i.imgur.com/Z40BYl1.jpeg [/img] [/spoiler] Original by Glanru: [spoiler][img]https://i.imgur.com/QG53W4c.jpeg [/img] [/spoiler] Hey guys, I have asked Hoodlum, whether there are some maps, that are in the system, but were not tested yet. He found this old map don by Glanru. It looks very good and could be considered finished and ready to test. I also added some region bonuses. And if you like the idea, i can add it ino the map in a proper way, so that it looks beautiful and fits the map design. This way we can have one without bonuses and one with bonuses. Btw: Just imagine that they walked these roads by feet, with donkeys or horses and then, around 80 yaers later, they had nuclear bombs. And these territories were largerly white (european) and now largerly hispanic. Increadible shift in technology and genetic structure of the society/popupation in such a short time span. Probably the americans of the future will look like indians, iranians or iberians, mixed race people with brownish faces and indo-european blood and non-white people blood. Also this map is historic and western-centered. Bishop once said we lack western-centred maps, cuz the majority of d12 players come from the western cultural sphere. Btw: Adding Glanrus original map would be very easy and wont take time, cuz there are no regions and no bonuses. And it is a beautiful map. I can undestand why nobody added it earlier..... Such good work, shuld not become wasted and should be releazed to the public imo.

[b]SOME OTHER STUFF I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON:[/b] [b]River Basins - Mississippi / Eastern USA fantasy borders:[/b] [spoiler][img]https://i.imgur.com/PB7mr3E.jpeg [/img] [/spoiler] I wasnt familiar with US geograpjy, so i accidently added a part of canada. ---------- [b]River Basins - Land of Rus around 1230: [/b] [spoiler][img]https://i.imgur.com/jq4lb2i.jpeg [/img] [/spoiler] --------- [b]Caspian Sea - modern times:[/b] [spoiler][img]https://i.imgur.com/FqXpc4u.jpeg [/img] [/spoiler] I attempt to give it an oriental/persian look.

I like the Caspian Sea idea, it has a nice potential!

[quote=Dima]Changes done by myself: [spoiler][img]https://i.imgur.com/Z40BYl1.jpeg [/img] [/spoiler] Original by Glanru: [spoiler][img]https://i.imgur.com/QG53W4c.jpeg [/img] [/spoiler] Hey guys, I have asked Hoodlum, whether there are some maps, that are in the system, but were not tested yet. He found this old map don by Glanru. It looks very good and could be considered finished and ready to test. I also added some region bonuses. And if you like the idea, i can add it ino the map in a proper way, so that it looks beautiful and fits the map design. This way we can have one without bonuses and one with bonuses. Btw: Just imagine that they walked these roads by feet, with donkeys or horses and then, around 80 yaers later, they had nuclear bombs. And these territories were largerly white (european) and now largerly hispanic. Increadible shift in technology and genetic structure of the society/popupation in such a short time span. Probably the americans of the future will look like indians, iranians or iberians, mixed race people with brownish faces and indo-european blood and non-white people blood. Also this map is historic and western-centered. Bishop once said we lack western-centred maps, cuz the majority of d12 players come from the western cultural sphere. Btw: Adding Glanrus original map would be very easy and wont take time, cuz there are no regions and no bonuses. And it is a beautiful map. I can undestand why nobody added it earlier..... Such good work, shuld not become wasted and should be releazed to the public imo.[/quote] Me too I was trying to restore/update Glanru's unfinished job. I was thinking at something on this line: [spoiler=Trials of the West (draft)][img]https://i.ibb.co/TqKJ8k4m/Trials-00.jpg[/img][/spoiler] No change in gameplay.

[quote=The_Bishop][quote=Dima]Changes done by myself: [spoiler][img]https://i.imgur.com/Z40BYl1.jpeg [/img] [/spoiler] Original by Glanru: [spoiler][img]https://i.imgur.com/QG53W4c.jpeg [/img] [/spoiler] Hey guys, I have asked Hoodlum, whether there are some maps, that are in the system, but were not tested yet. He found this old map don by Glanru. It looks very good and could be considered finished and ready to test. I also added some region bonuses. And if you like the idea, i can add it ino the map in a proper way, so that it looks beautiful and fits the map design. This way we can have one without bonuses and one with bonuses. Btw: Just imagine that they walked these roads by feet, with donkeys or horses and then, around 80 yaers later, they had nuclear bombs. And these territories were largerly white (european) and now largerly hispanic. Increadible shift in technology and genetic structure of the society/popupation in such a short time span. Probably the americans of the future will look like indians, iranians or iberians, mixed race people with brownish faces and indo-european blood and non-white people blood. Also this map is historic and western-centered. Bishop once said we lack western-centred maps, cuz the majority of d12 players come from the western cultural sphere. Btw: Adding Glanrus original map would be very easy and wont take time, cuz there are no regions and no bonuses. And it is a beautiful map. I can undestand why nobody added it earlier..... Such good work, shuld not become wasted and should be releazed to the public imo.[/quote] Me too I was trying to restore/update Glanru's unfinished job. I was thinking at something on this line: [spoiler=Trials of the West (draft)][img]https://i.ibb.co/TqKJ8k4m/Trials-00.jpg[/img][/spoiler] No change in gameplay.[/quote] why not just take glanrus image as it is? it looks very good to me.

The road connections in both Glanru's versions are a bit confusing. Rather than black/dark dotted lines I would have used white/light continued lines, more clear and more visible. For example does Santa Fe connects to Salt Lake City? Yes, no, maybe, I don't know... And what about Bozeman and Fort Bridge? Again it is not clear. The problem repeats several times. Plus in my opinion each town should have a gray circle background (which will be then covered by the in-game troop markers). I don't like maps like Switzerland for example which have blank spaces where the game markers go. They look unfinished to me. Here, the roads sometimes connect inside the towns/circles, even worse. The idea is nice and the background pictures too, I would really like to save Glanru's job, but perhaps is better to restart it from scratch. Dima, feel free to give it a try if you are confident you can do it. Personally I find it too hard to fix without having the image layers.

[spoiler][img]https://i.imgur.com/c9vNgW0.jpeg [/img] [/spoiler] started with guandong area

[spoiler][img]https://i.ibb.co/TqKJ8k4m/Trials-00.jpg[/img][/spoiler] Trails of the west I always thought was close to done but wasn't sure if or should i tackle it. but i like the look of this one, and it makes me wanna play it. it's even a bit more beautiful than before. where did it come from? did you do something to it dima?

It's my manipulation of Glanru's version (2018), but there were problems that I couldn't solve. The city names are 'boxed' because I cut them from another layer. The b/w pictures on the background turned negative because I wanted the trails to be white, not black. Some connections are ambiguous, so the trails needed to be redone, at that point I gave up. How to remake the map saving the background pictures? I don't know, but Dima apparently managed to do that. The only problem for me in Dima's version is that it's all gray! In the first Glanru's version (2013) there was a very large frame of wood-like colors. I think: either a decently colorful map, either a gray map with a colored frame. I couldn't find the time to write this idea in the dedicated thread. Too many works in progress, too many discussions... I'll write this concept there.

[spoiler][img]https://i.imgur.com/0xvS296.jpeg [/img] [/spoiler] added terrotories where i could find sources amd preliminary bonuses

Interesting start, it has some good potential! Just, where is Macao, please? Is it too small? [i]I'm the guy who proposed this subject, but right now I have turned my mind a little bit, more toward the United States, because we've got many users from there, because it's the motherland of Risk and also because the USA this year will celebrate its 250th anniversary! I'll message you @Dima[/i] The Guangdong Greater Bay Area is an actual administrative structure which is still in formation, according to the Chinese projects it will become a mega-city of 100 millions inhabitants. In practice it is already so, but maybe the administrative divisions will change, perhaps even the name will change, perhaps they will add new bridges... Who knows, China grows and Chinese build things very quickly! I think it's strategic to wait a little bit and collect more information.

[spoiler][img]https://i.imgur.com/eLEHJ4W.jpeg [/img] [/spoiler] yes, macao is too small, but i ll see whether i can make it visible somehow. this is the progress for today. i divided the huizhou region in 2 parts. most territory borders follow real municipal district borders, some i made by myself, cuz i couldnt ind any material or due to gameplay reasons. feedback on gameplay is welcome, cuz i want to continue with design amd details.