WRAPPED MAPS AVAILABLE

[Gandalf Parker]

Jazzepi said:
Thank you Gandalf.

Jazzepi

Ahhh. A small payment but gratefully accepted.

[Cor2]

Thanks Gandolf! I downloaded 4 and will most likely be back for the rest.

[Gandalf Parker]

Heehee. I suppose I could make a zip with all of them in it.
But to be truthful, I dont think they all turned out to be worthwhile. I was just happy to stop messing with the script when I got about half to be something I considered "not too bad"

[Gandalf Parker]

Here is a batch of max-sized wrapped maps.
http://www.dom3minions.com/RandomMap...ax_Wrapped.htm
For people who dont know, notice that the right side matches up to the left side, and the top matches up to the bottom. The game will allow you to scroll right-left and up-down forever by rolling the map.

Most of these are 1500 provinces. Its hard to get things quite right using the generator Im using (ParadoxHarbinger's MapGen). Especially mountain ranges but I will continue working on it. I also might script in some changes to the files.
If you grab one of these (go here and grab the appropriate zip file)
http://www.dom3minions.com/RandomMaps/Max_Wrapped/
then I would recommend the following changes.
A) rename the tga and map file to something more interesting than Max_###
B) edit the #dom2title in the .map file to match (all of these are presently called PHMAP when you look at them in the game creation menu)
C) edit the #imagefile to use the renamed tga file
D) edit the #description. At least add the land and water counts (is there an awk script or something around here that will spit those numbers out from a .map file?)
E) add a #defaultzoom
F) if one of the maps is good but the mountains arent right then you might take it into a paint program and "drop" brown into more provices, then use the map editor in Dom3 to change them to mountain terrain

If you want changes (colors, amount of xxxx terrain, etc) let me know and I will see about running a new batch with that change.

I think now I will mess with the "sprites" thing and see if I can generate new maps with little pictures of trees, mountains, etc. Eventually (maybe) I will get around to automating it so that it generates new maps each day, makes all of the above changes, zips them up, and refreshes the catalog

[Wikd Thots]

Gandalf Parker said:
Heehee. I suppose I could make a zip with all of them in it.
But to be truthful, I dont think they all turned out to be worthwhile. I was just happy to stop messing with the script when I got about half to be something I considered "not too bad"

Hey G!
Your server is dead man! Nobody plays those stupid little blitzes of yours anymore. We are tired of it.
Why don't you start using these wrapped maps? Maybe then people will start playing on your server again in case you care about that. Or some different sized games? Something interesting! You keep talking about other game types. Cough up something.

[llamabeast]

Wikd, you are astonishingly rude and unpleasant. Talking like that is completely out of order. Gandalf does a lot for the community entirely out of goodwill and generosity, it's not like it's his job or something. If I was in his position and someone talked to me like that I would be extremely offended, and not exactly inclined to make more effort in future. If you want something done, just go and do it yourself rather than demanding someone else does it for you. Why should Gandalf do something you could do yourself?

As for the blitzes - I haven't looked lately so couldn't comment, but those games are amongst the ones I have enjoyed most, and theyare an excellent facility. I suspect the decline in their usage is a consequence of the increasing number of other servers available and the recent organisation of lots of larger games on the MP forum.

Actually, I am speechless at your rudeness. Gandalf, I hope you know this guy is on his own in his opinions.

[Kristoffer O]

> Actually, I am speechless at your rudeness. Gandalf, I hope you know this guy is on his own in his opinions.

Seconded!

Edit: On the other hand, not too surprising with hobbies listed as trolling and debating.

[Wikd Thots]

Damn. I was just prodding him. Nobody has signed up for his games for awhile. The ones running all finished. And the open ones have been empty for awhile. It's a waste of a server. Hell Im nicer on him than some of the IRC channel experts.

But it's his fault. He waves ideas at us and then does nothing. Why ask if I can do it? That is what I'm asking HIM. He says he can then he doesn't do it.
Check back on the Sitting on the Fence posts.
Sitting on the Fence (game ideas)

[Gandalf Parker]

OK ok settle down.
I admit that I held off of answering immeadiately (while I bit my toungue). Thanks Llammabeast and Kristoffer for the support.

But... (big sigh, deep breath) I guess there are points here.

I do tend to need encouragement (not quite the please and thank you approach I usually recommend but Wikd has his own "style").

Use of the blitz server has been slowing lately. Ive even had to restart the "open" games because their log was getting full (yes Wikd I do roll logs but Dom3 logs roll when the host processes so open games just fill and fill and fill)

There are some good ideas in that thread (thanks for reminding me). I was considering a mega game but someone else already is getting it. I should re-read that list.

Ive also noticed a steady log of my "Poke in the Eye" chaos map getting downloaded alot. Since the Mid-sized game on my server also finished I was thinking of re-randomizing that map or another and doing a Mid-sized (8-10 players) game in a chaotic world. After all, with so many servers running now there is no need for ME to fill in the usual game needs.