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Salamandre
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posted October 20, 2009 01:12 AM |
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Well, while I always support useful modifications, I am a bit confused about this. Mostly because it can be done with a very simple code in ERM, and all mapmakers already used it. It is better to keep track of your unpassable squares in ERM so you can modify them at your wish than have them sparred on the map and hard to find. But keep the good work 
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Siegfried
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posted October 20, 2009 06:38 AM |
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It was me who suggested these and i still think they may com in useful. For example in the week of the XX monster they are spawned all over the map. But never on those impassable squares. So assume a "lake" simulated with the water patches and impassable plants around it (like the original lake objects). Now with these invisible impassable objects you can inhibit placement of monsters in the midst of that lake.
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gnollking
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posted October 20, 2009 02:31 PM |
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I didn't want to make a new thread just for this one question, so I will ask it here in my other thread  .
Please, can someone give me an idea for a new map?
I am out of ideas please help me I just really want to make a map .
Thank you.
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Mitabrin
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kłoribaz to kutaspociąg
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posted October 20, 2009 03:34 PM |
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This thread has tramsformed into a little offtopic imo, but it is very very weird that I like this offtopic...
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Salamandre
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posted October 20, 2009 03:35 PM |
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I have 25678 ideas for making a map. Supposing that a map takes me about 6 months, I could share some I guess
Some:
1) Oblivion
2) Starwars (objects ready but low quality, need 3DS max skills)
3) The empire of the World 4
4) The raise and fall of the Heroes community  (lot of resources)
5) Might and magic 6 or 7 (minimaps already done and posted on russian forum)
6) Gengis Khan, the raise of mongol Empire
7) The romance of the three kingdoms (objects ready and uploaded)
8) Fallout
9) Stargate Atlantis (working on atm, any has the knowledge about adding white glow around artefats and teach me?)
10)The fall of the roman Empire (objects ready and uploaded)
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Mitabrin
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posted October 20, 2009 04:01 PM |
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Wow, have though about making map in arcanum world?
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gnollking
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posted October 20, 2009 04:08 PM |
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10)The fall of the roman Empire (objects ready and uploaded)
That would be interesting to make. I suppose you mean the Roman objects from you patch  .
But there's one problem, I know NOTHING about Rome..
I think I should start studying the history of rome right now, if I'll start this map/campaign..
Well, what are the other 25668 ideas ?
Oh well, I'll start the fall of the Roman Empire map now (not really, I'll start to gather information about Roman history, then I'll start the map) !
Wish me luck!
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Salamandre
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posted October 20, 2009 04:32 PM |
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Yes, gathering the real facts and story is long but also determinate the layout and events/scripts. For example, I started collecting sources for Atlantis one month ago before starting the map. The map will be draw only when I have all sources ready, the story done, and the characters imported (3 out of 5 yet). I would say (works for me at least):
Make minimaps, it is decisive for further then (I used 200+ compiled bmps to make the minimaps)
2 months to collect story/sources and import the objects/characters.
1 month to draw the map.
3 months to script/debug.
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gnollking
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posted October 20, 2009 04:34 PM |
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Well, to be honest, I have NEVER used that much time for a single map..
But now I will try.
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NMN
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posted October 20, 2009 04:35 PM |
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4) The raise and fall of the Heroes community (lot of resources)
o_O
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5) Might and magic 6 or 7 (minimaps already done and posted on russian forum)
Good idea.
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6) Gengis Khan, the raise of mongol Empire
Only about Genghis, or to Tamerlane's times?
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10)The fall of the roman Empire (objects ready and uploaded)
1453/1461? ;] Medieval Romania is more interesting.
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Salamandre
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posted October 20, 2009 04:37 PM |
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Well, to be honest, I have NEVER used that much time for a single map..
Depends what you want to break or not. Cloning maps is easy.
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Salamandre
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posted October 28, 2009 01:21 AM |
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gnollking
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posted November 01, 2009 09:05 AM |
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Much better .
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Salamandre
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posted November 09, 2009 08:36 AM |
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I had to make 2 special terrains to get your mountains working as I could not place them anywhere with that light green:
Before:
After:
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gnollking
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posted November 09, 2009 09:01 AM |
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Very nice .
But I still think the mmountains look good even without those cool
new special grounds.. I think the mountains are just fine the way
they are . But I do like the grounds very much and they look
great with my mountains
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Salamandre
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posted November 09, 2009 09:08 AM |
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gentledon
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posted November 09, 2009 09:19 AM |
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Wow this Rocks! You get the joke,, no serious, its a solid plan the sky is the limit
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Siegfried
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posted November 09, 2009 10:51 AM |
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Instead of creating new special terrains it would be better to adjust the color. It is not that difficult. Even i succeeded with 1 even without any knowledge in image processing.
It is not difficult. You need 1. a picture of the standard grass background, and 2. the mountain pic. Then select by color, select the green parts of the mountain. Then use clone and clone some of the grass into the green mountain parts. After that they fit well onto grass.
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Salamandre
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posted November 09, 2009 01:41 PM |
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Can you show the one you did? I tried it but the base mountains green is composed from 20-25 green colors, it will take forever to change them all, size is small and hard to see the pixels etc. Gave up, made terrain instead.
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Siegfried
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posted November 09, 2009 04:20 PM |
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I did one. It should be somewhere here in this thread. I'll search for it. Else you may send me 1 and i change it again.
Edit: Found it. This thread, page 3.
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