RBPBEM6 Map Design Thread (Spoilers)

[pocketbeetle]

That's a lot of screenshots Sareln!
Don't forget you can alter the settings to be able to zoom out more (http://realmsbeyond.net/forums/showthrea...ge=1&pp=10).

Bob: it looks like the two Northern players don't have even one gold resource between them, whereas the others all have a personal one.
Looks like gems is balanced evenly.

Is there some other balancing mechanism? Are the gold indicators just not showing up?

[Bobchillingworth]

Hmm. Tbh, I'm not actually sure. I need to give to give Jowy another forest anyway and move a clam, so I'll add in the gold if I forgot to.

[scooter]

Sareln, how did you do the stitch? I tried a (much smaller scale) stitch once before and I slaughtered it. How did you do yours? What program and/or tools did you use?

[Sareln]

Sareln, how did you do the stitch? I tried a (much smaller scale) stitch once before and I slaughtered it. How did you do yours? What program and/or tools did you use?

I used GIMP. Set flying camera, zoom out to the max before hitting the sky (might use pocketbeetle's advice next time and move the sky threshold back to get more in each shot). This should deal with perspective issues. Then hit ALT+I to get rid of the interface and start snapping screenies. Also, make sure the grid is on!

Once I'm done taking pictures (I aim for a decent amount of overlap) I go to GIMP and choose "Open as Layers" and select all the screenshots. This loads in all the screens. Then modify the canvas properties to be overly large (For this one, which is about 4400 x 4400 px I used a workspace of 5k x 9k px) and then start moving things around and treating it like a puzzle. When two screenshots are overlaid, sometimes it can be helpful to make parts of each transparent, so that the best view of a particular patch of land is seen. When I'm happy with how two screenshots are interacting with each other, I'll merge them together. Repeat until done .