Updated map with jigsaw pieces

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    Did not notice that ! Awesome. I love stuff like that !!

    This thread is hard to find. In the wisdom of whoever wrote full-text search for this forum software, 3 letter words like "map" just get ignored.

    That's a problem with a couple other full text search engines based on lucene that I've seen. It's usually configurable and it's extremely dumb.

    More people would probably see this thread if they could search for "map". :confused:
     
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    New map posted! With this week's puzzle piece we now have:
    - Verdantis
    - Naryad Channel
    - Fallion
    - Forsaken Vale
    - Mariah Mountains
    - Abundis

    With 6 more chapters to go (19-24), there still seems to be places that have yet be referenced in BotA. Will do a quick analysis and either post here or in the BotA thread (unless someone has already done so). Will make for useful reference in the Wiki and will call out places that may need further backstory written.
     
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    BOOM !

    Only 7 left !!!!
     
    Floors, Apr 19, 2014
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    Ok, completed my first pass at redoing the translations with all the text now along a curved path directly on top of the runic text. The OP has been updated with a new xcf and image. Still got some more polishing to do as some didn't turn out so well (like Upper Shimano and Shimano rivers).
     
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    Yay thanks! Love the map (though I can't wait to see the "real" map).
     
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    Great work, thanks for posting the map! :)
     
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    While I like the curved text, I can help but feel that it makes it a little hard to read and muddy text in spots because you're putting text directly over the runic.

    Also we can't see the runic anymore on that map :/
     
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    Yeah, I'm still playing around with the fonts as I'm a total noob at this stuff and the way I'm doing it is really simplistic. I also started playing around with Photoshop CC trial instead to see if that will make things better. I'll post a link to the PSD I already created as well.

    When the new piece is released today I'll still do both versions (straight text, curved) and post it in the OP.
     
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    There is also a map in the same style for the hidden vale.

    We should probably have that map included too. Maybe there's an updated version now there are more villages in the Vale.
     
    Floors, Apr 25, 2014
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    Coincidentally, I was just updating the Hidden Vale map last night too and redoing that one in Photoshop CC. I noticed the new villages in R5 and some places actually aren't in the same spot anymore. I'll update the Vale map thread later this evening when I get home from work. Thanks for the reminder.
     
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    Maybe try blurring the area slightly where you're overlaying the Text to make the yellow replacement text more readable.
     
    Floors, Apr 26, 2014
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    The root issue is how Gimp handles filled path selections and then applying a stroke to that. I've been playing around with Photoshop CC instead and was able to achieve much better results:

    [​IMG]

    And yeah, I'll try and apply a blur or similar effect underneath that too. Thanks for the feedback. Going to be a busy weekend...but hey, it's fun learning new things :)
     
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    @smack

    Yeah those small locations looked a little nasty in the GIMP file :p
    If you are in Photoshop, try using the 'Outer Glow' and 'Stroke' options and select a darker tone of colour.
    Remember you can use Alt+drag-click on the layer to drag a new duplicate out :)
     
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    The map reminds me so much of U3 Sosaria...
     
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    Yes, the map is inspired in that map. And the other parts of the world are going to remind you other Ultima Sosaria maps... :)
     
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    new map piece ! Smack, where you at :)
     
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    Ok, it's finally done! Had to go on a business trip for a few days but was able to finish it tonight. Might still need some cleaning up as I played around with doing the text in different ways while switching to Photoshop CC. Thanks for the suggestions everyone. Let me know what you think about the new design, the colors, etc.

    So with this recent puzzle piece, we now can see:
    - Aerie
    - Longfall
     
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    Thats cool, I was reading just now about Aerie in the book, and I always use this map as reference.

    EDIT: The new map is awesome! Why did you "deleted" Desolis, because the jigsaw is still not there?
     
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