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RE: MAPMOD: GeneralsMap v0.2
Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2021 5:50 am
by username01
My only problem with the current WiTE2 map are the swamps which don't stand out as good as the 'lined' map versions, and also the Town names could be a bit more bolder. Other than that I'm okay with it. But I understand that you are working on this, so looking forward to when it's all done - Great work.
RE: MAPMOD: GeneralsMap v0.2
Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2021 1:05 pm
by TallBlondJohn
Beautiful work. Only one suggestion - maybe if the base colour and the trees was a little greener, light mud and light snow would have a bit more contrast?
RE: MAPMOD: GeneralsMap v0.2
Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2021 1:27 pm
by jlbhung
I think it may be better if the contrast for snow and light snow can be bigger. How about different colors similar to the case of mud and light mud?
RE: MAPMOD: GeneralsMap v0.2
Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2021 2:31 pm
by overkill01
ORIGINAL: jlbhung
I think it may be better if the contrast for snow and light snow can be bigger. How about different colors similar to the case of mud and light mud?
I think it would be difficult to find a good color, but i'm open to suggestions.
First thing that comes to mind is to make snow a bit blue-ish, but that would cause problems with swamp and rivers.
RE: MAPMOD: GeneralsMap v0.2
Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2021 2:38 pm
by overkill01
ORIGINAL: TallBlondJohn
Beautiful work. Only one suggestion - maybe if the base colour and the trees was a little greener, light mud and light snow would have a bit more contrast?
I get you're point, but my personal preference is to have them a bit desaturated.
You can always just install my treemod "pretty trees" on top of this one, its a bit more saturated.
BUT, make sure you do not overwrite hexart.dat when installing pretty trees. extract it in another map and delete hexart.dat from the folder Dat/Gendata, then copy paste the rest in the games installfolder.
RE: MAPMOD: GeneralsMap v0.2
Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2021 1:34 am
by jlbhung
ORIGINAL: overkill01
ORIGINAL: jlbhung
I think it may be better if the contrast for snow and light snow can be bigger. How about different colors similar to the case of mud and light mud?
I think it would be difficult to find a good color, but i'm open to suggestions.
First thing that comes to mind is to make snow a bit blue-ish, but that would cause problems with swamp and rivers.
I agree with you on the difficulty of choosing good colors. Please find some initial suggestions, but I must admit that I may not be too good on color selection.
RE: MAPMOD: GeneralsMap v0.2
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2021 10:19 am
by xhoel
This map looks absolutely gorgeous, great work!
RE: MAPMOD: GeneralsMap v0.4
Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2021 5:51 am
by overkill01
Mod version 0.4 example
RE: MAPMOD: GeneralsMap v0.4
Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2021 7:39 am
by xhoel
The city tiles look much better but there seems to be some issues with names for Airbases. If the name is on top of the AB, the first letter which is capitalized is difficult to see. For example see Mimon or Altenburg.
The name of the airbase west of Prague is hard to read. Are all airbases purple now? That would make it difficult to notice which ones are empty and which ones have aircraft.
Keep up the good work!
RE: MAPMOD: GeneralsMap v0.4
Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2021 8:29 am
by overkill01
ORIGINAL: xhoel
The city tiles look much better but there seems to be some issues with names for Airbases. If the name is on top of the AB, the first letter which is capitalized is difficult to see. For example see Mimon or Altenburg.
The name of the airbase west of Prague is hard to read. Are all airbases purple now? That would make it difficult to notice which ones are empty and which ones have aircraft.
Keep up the good work!
Yes, positioning those names is an ongoing process and a lot of work still.
Changing the text requires a new game everytime so for now this will have to do.
The purple is because the screenshots are taken in the editor, no changes there. my bad.
I have taken new screenshots with the normal colors and put those in the posts.
RE: MAPMOD: GeneralsMap v0.4
Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2021 6:56 am
by xhoel
No worries, I know it is a lot of work, just wanted to let you know thats all.
Thanks for the clarification!
RE: MAPMOD: GeneralsMap v0.4
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2021 7:53 pm
by cblattmann
Thank you for your time and effort to produce such a beautiful map.
RE: MAPMOD: GeneralsMap v0.4
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2021 2:13 pm
by rocketman71
I haven't bought the game yet but will do so pretty soon (-ish), and will certainly try this mod as it appeals a lot to me. Love the old map look. I wonder what it would look like with less saturated counter colors? The tend to look a bit too vibrant right now. Are those hard to mod? If not I might give them a go myself.
RE: MAPMOD: GeneralsMap v0.4
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2021 1:49 am
by overkill01
ORIGINAL: cblattmann
Thank you for your time and effort to produce such a beautiful map.
I'm glad you like it
RE: MAPMOD: GeneralsMap v0.4
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2021 1:54 am
by overkill01
ORIGINAL: rocketman71
I haven't bought the game yet but will do so pretty soon (-ish), and will certainly try this mod as it appeals a lot to me. Love the old map look. I wonder what it would look like with less saturated counter colors? The tend to look a bit too vibrant right now. Are those hard to mod? If not I might give them a go myself.
You wont be needing a mod for changing the colors in the counters. There is a function included ingame that allows you to change the colors as you see fit. I believe you can set any color at whatever HQ level you want.
RE: MAPMOD: GeneralsMap v0.4
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2021 3:58 am
by Tanaka
Love the new map. Would it be possible to make the map slightly darker in some way? It does help to see things better but the bright white can be very straining and tiring on the eyes after a bit. Maybe more of a light brown paper map color? I'm assuming the white is not snow as it is June at game start? Just a suggestion...
RE: MAPMOD: GeneralsMap v0.4
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2021 4:14 am
by overkill01
ORIGINAL: Tanaka
Love the new map. Would it be possible to make the map slightly darker? It does help to see things better but the bright white can be very straining and tiring on the eyes after a bit. Maybe more of a light brown paper map color? Just a suggestion...
Thank you for the feedback, i'll keep it in mind but redoing the colors would take a lot of work.
Perhaps you could consider turning down brightness on youre monitor or something like that ?
RE: MAPMOD: GeneralsMap v0.4
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2021 12:49 pm
by rocketman71
ORIGINAL: overkill01
ORIGINAL: rocketman71
I haven't bought the game yet but will do so pretty soon (-ish), and will certainly try this mod as it appeals a lot to me. Love the old map look. I wonder what it would look like with less saturated counter colors? The tend to look a bit too vibrant right now. Are those hard to mod? If not I might give them a go myself.
You wont be needing a mod for changing the colors in the counters. There is a function included ingame that allows you to change the colors as you see fit. I believe you can set any color at whatever HQ level you want.
Can you even set the color of the counter itself? I only thought the feature was for the NATO symbol, which is very useful of course. Changing the color of the counter is more of an aesthetic choice to match the desaturated look of the map design.
RE: MAPMOD: GeneralsMap v0.4
Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2021 1:30 pm
by overkill01
ORIGINAL: rocketman71
ORIGINAL: overkill01
ORIGINAL: rocketman71
I haven't bought the game yet but will do so pretty soon (-ish), and will certainly try this mod as it appeals a lot to me. Love the old map look. I wonder what it would look like with less saturated counter colors? The tend to look a bit too vibrant right now. Are those hard to mod? If not I might give them a go myself.
You wont be needing a mod for changing the colors in the counters. There is a function included ingame that allows you to change the colors as you see fit. I believe you can set any color at whatever HQ level you want.
Can you even set the color of the counter itself? I only thought the feature was for the NATO symbol, which is very useful of course. Changing the color of the counter is more of an aesthetic choice to match the desaturated look of the map design.
Aha, sorry i misinterpreted that indeed.
You cannot change the countercolor but you can change the color within the counter to identify the div, corp, ... .
I'm pretty sure it should be easy enough to change it by modding
RE: MAPMOD: GeneralsMap v0.4
Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2021 7:54 am
by xhoel
I feel like the city/town names are placed a bit too much to the south-east of where the location is. Might be worth considering changing it so the name is more centered to the location.