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Ageod maps
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 2:14 pm
by Bo Rearguard
Graphically, I was curious as to how the maps in Ageod games like BOA and AACW are created. I'm assuming it starts as a very large flat art file that gets sliced into separate components or tiles so the game engine can display them more quickly.
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 3:07 pm
by lodilefty
Bo Rearguard wrote:Graphically, I was curious as to how the maps in Ageod games like BOA and AACW are created. I'm assuming it starts as a very large flat art file that gets sliced into separate components or tiles so the game engine can display them more quickly.
Correct.
The ExMap utility is available in the Files for Modding thread...
You must supply your own antacids and Aspirin, however...
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 6:09 am
by Bo Rearguard
Thanks Lodi
Actually, I'm not so much interested in modifying the terrain characteristics as in modifying the look. With AACW, I've been experimenting a bit with the area between Washington and Richmond but it's still incomplete. It's a huge job. Given the overall size of the map it'll be a looonng time before I finish...if ever.
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 10:12 am
by Pocus
Oooooh, a boardgame!!
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 3:32 pm
by Adlertag
This reminds me a question about readibility of the map (with so much roads and railroads); why can't we display road and rail net as a filter rather superpose them on the main map display ?
(sorry if it has been already discussed and solved)...
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 8:49 pm
by Jarkko
Bo Rearguard, that is one helluva nice looking map you have there
Clear and precise, I like that!
Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 9:12 pm
by Old Peter
Holy cow, that looks awesome! I look forward to even the possibility of that!
Old Peter
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:32 am
by Bo Rearguard
Thanks Jarkko and Old Peter.
However, as you can see by the zoomed out map, I still have a continent to go. Plus, there needs to be a winter version. Then it needs to be cut up into the individual region files. I may be inhabiting a rubber room before it's done.
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 11:02 am
by Pocus
For the cut, if you keep the same scale, it will be done in a matter of minutes. But for the rest ...
re Adlertag: Railways are included directly into bitmaps to save memory.
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 1:51 pm
by Hobbes
Very nice!!!!
Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 5:40 pm
by geozero
lodilefty wrote:Correct.
The ExMap utility is available in the Files for Modding thread...
You must supply your own antacids and Aspirin, however...
Where is this LARGE map?
BTW - Bo, excellent work.
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 9:15 am
by geozero
The large map comes as a .bmp file. I'm sure the original one was done in something like photoshop with layers. That would be a much better and easier to map file to mod, and would make it faster to do.
Was the original a photoshop file or something other than the bitmap file? Is it possible to get that map file for modding?