Re: [Rails-devel] 18EU: Background Map submission (revised version)

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

Thanks Bill, this looks pretty good. 

There is no hurry with working this out; from my side it has always been a
long shot.
Feel free to experiment, otherwise I will do so over time. 

I suppose we'll need an extra <Image> tag in Map.xml, with attributes
filename, x, y, scale.
In presence of a map image, displaying all tiles with non-positive numbers
(i.e., preprinted tiles) should be suppressed (except when testing
alignment).

Erik.

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Bill Rosgen [mailto:ro...@gm...]
> Verzonden: maandag 23 mei 2011 4:23
> Aan: Development list for Rails: an 18xx game
> Onderwerp: Re: [Rails-devel] 18EU: Background Map submission (revised
> version)
> 
> Here's another attempt, as I have a copy of Adobe Illustrator, so can
convert
> the PDF to SVG -- in theory without losing anything.  Let me know if this
file is
> readable on other systems (I've tested it in Safari and it seems to work
fine).
> 
> I've also removed some of the 'unnecessary' elements, such as the income
> track, the hex numbers (since Rails will also display them?).  It's easy
for me
> to leave things like hex-numbers on the map, if desired -- creating this
file
> took literally about 5 minutes, so I don't mind making other versions.
> 
> Note that this file is *not* my artwork: I've just taken John Tamplin's
PDF and
> converted it to SVG.  He probably doesn't mind, since he's distributing
the
> PDF anyway, but this might be something to think about regarding other
> games.  I can also re-draw some of the other maps that we don't have PDFs
> for, but they won't look exactly like the printed versions do, and this
will take
> more time.
> 
> I can take a look at displaying this in Rails, but I'm likely to be busy
for about
> the next week, so I can't make any promises regarding timeliness.
> 
> Bill