RE: [Rails-devel] Map status

[Erik V. <eri...@hc...>]

> >> We could create full water hexes to spice things up a bit.
> >> But to create nice coastlines I think we should follow my earlier 
> >> suggestion to create a single image that represents the whole map 
> >> with all details, including the preprinted tiles. 
> >> We would still have the preprinted tiles as separate objects
> >> (the current situation), but not display them on top of the map.
> >> These objects would then only exist to define the possible 
> upgrades.
> 
> 
> >That might be viable for the long-term.  For now, I think 
> I'll cook up some tiles in the Gimp or TileDesigner.
> 
> >Do we have any preference on what they should be numbered?

Outside of the current number ranges please. 
I would propose -9001 etc.
 
> 
> On second thought, there's a lot of extra stuff here that I 
> wasn't accounting for.
> 
> I know there's some Alpha Compositing that can be done to 
> provide transparency/translucency.  
> 
> I think I'll need to give more thought to the problem before 
> we settle on a solution.  Thankfully, 1830 really doesn't 
> have much of this problem. :-)

for now I would suggest to settle for plain water (blue)
and land (dark green) tiles to fill up a rectangular space.

Which brings up another issue: the map window needs to be resized
so that it snugly fits around the map (perhaps cutting of part
of the outer tiles).


I have just committed the 1856 map with orientations.
This map does not display correctly here, probably due to the
missing -939 tile (Goderich), which I added to the Tile Dictionary
a while ago. I will send you my version of the TD by separate mail.

Erik.
 
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