Campaign map

[Rodion Romanovich]

is it really tampani instruments I'm gonna use for these notes?

Yes, I think it's timpani. If not, I can tell you if it sounded different than for me if/when you have converted the tunes to an mp3.

[Rodion Romanovich]

First in-game shot of campaign map:
The arrow points to the perfect location for my viking invasion fleets to disembark

Known issues:
- provinces, cities, rivers, heights etc. aren't ready yet, so this shot is barely more than a proof that I finally managed to open R:TW with the map without a CTD
- the coastlines look bad in some locations - this is something that I know how to repair - it requires going through the map_heights pixel by pixel and fixing it, but it's easier to do that after I've completed the entire map_heights file.
- purple stains - accidentally chosen illegal RGB values for some pixels in map_ground_types. Solution to this problem is known, and this will be fixed too.
- mini map - not all of the map is displayed on the minimap. Not yet sure how this can be solved, if at all. In any case it doesn't matter much...

[ScionTheWorm]

niiiice!! let's see some scandinavia too please??

[Lief]

I think the problem with the mini-map is that the full map doesn't scale properly into the space allowed. Thus, some has to be cut off. You could always fix it by cutting off some of the Northern reaches of the map.

[Meneldil]

I know why the minimap isn't working. It will be solved soon hopefully

[Rodion Romanovich]

niiiice!! let's see some scandinavia too please??

I can show southern Norway and Sweden in a few days . But the first previews you'll see won't be the final versions, it's really hard to get the mountains and hills to look good etc. I'm quite happy with the current version of the western half of North Africa, and Spain is almost ok (but probably needs some higher terrain in middle Portgual). The rest is still very far from complete. I've however fixed the most important landmarks such as mountain chains in slightly more than half the map_heights file, so a preview that isn't completely wrong will probably be uploaded soon.

[Rodion Romanovich]

OK, some more early previews to keep you all happy :)

The edge of the world or Ultima Thule?


Baltic region - where Rus, Swedish and finnish rebels will compete for land...


View centered around Kaupang, from which many fleets will set sail to Britain...

[ScionTheWorm]

wow looks awesome!! How many provinces will norway/sweden have? Is the faction sweden sveariket (located east I think)?

edit:
I think inner Oslo fjord should be narrower, and maybe the hardanger fjord narrower? And some more woods in east norway.

also, if not too small, some really small islands on the west coast of norway. just for eyecandy.

[Rodion Romanovich]

wow looks awesome!! 1. How many provinces will norway/sweden have? 2. Is the faction sweden sveariket (located east I think)?

edit:
3. I think inner Oslo fjord should be narrower, 4. and maybe the hardanger fjord narrower? 5. And some more woods in east norway.

6. also, if not too small, some really small islands on the west coast of norway. just for eyecandy.

1. probably around 10-15 in total, the province thread has approximately the right amount, but the final province list may differ slightly from the one in that thread.

2. no factions have been placed yet, we're still using SPQR, if that's what you meant... Or if this is what you meant: the Swedish faction will be the Svea rike, representing the Sviar tribes/kingdom/kingdoms mostly, while the gotar territories will probably be mostly rebels.

3 & 4. unfortunately not possible... An alternative way is to make the fiords rivers, but that would remove the unique fiord look from the Norwegian landscape

5. parts of eastern Norway need more forest, yes, will do that. I am a little careful with forests though, compared to the vanilla R:TW map, because the R:TW forests are a little to thick on the campaign map. You still get the forest feeling on the strategy map by this density, and if it works better on the battle map I think it's a better way of doing it. Anyway, this can easily be fixed when everything else has been completed, and I'll probably postpone the forest editing until later. Some battle map tests should probably be run before I can determine whether my forest density is good or if I should be a little braver... Anyway, eastern Norway will get more forest in any case.

6. ok, I'll look at some maps to see where to put them. They were too small to be visible on the satellite image I used, but it might be good eyecandy to add them. I'm also thinking about adding one one-tile island outside where Birka will be, to simulate the Stockholm atoll, but haven't decided about that yet.