Campaign map pixel distance?

[Rube]

Hi All,

I apologize if this has been answered before but my search turned up nothing, probably bacause I don't know how to ask it.

I want to create a new campaign map from scratch, but am curious how big a single pixel is. 1 pixel = 50 x 50 km? I know the distance I want to have between regions & cities, but I don't know how many pixels it translates to.

Any help would be appreciated.

[Myrddraal]

hm, I'm really not sure, you might want to try asking in the single player forums...

Welcome to the forum

[Bwian]

You can get a rough estimate by looking at the stock map. The geographical area is fairly well documented, and if you open up the base map in a paint program, it will tell you how many pixels across it is.

The important thing is the relative distances compared to the movement rates of your armies. If you make a bigger map ( as was done with Magnus Mundus ) then you may need to tweak the movement rates on the strategy map to make it playable. Otherwise, it takes forever to move anywhere!!!

[Rube]

Thanks for the ideas. Looks like I may have guessed right regarding 50km. Another post somewhere states that the pixel distance between Rome & Tarantum is 10 squares, and the real world distance is approximately 500 km. (Rome to modern-day Taranto) Good enough for me. . . I'd rather not have to futz with movement rates just yet.