Mapping Improvement Thread 4
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silver wind
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@jbrist
Looks better. I do believe you have too many trees.. Add ground variation by 1.using the grass shadow autotile. 2.making more tall grass (but break it into smaller chunks.)
@dac420
They're very good, especially the city. What you need to improve:
-you should use the grass edges tiles in the forest map.
-your maps are huge and lack detail. they look great from the editor, but remember a player in the game will only see 15x20 tiles at a time. It's boring to walk through a map If 80% of the screen is the same tile. Even a road can have detail like traffic lights, cracks, maybe cars if you can find a charset.
Looks better. I do believe you have too many trees.. Add ground variation by 1.using the grass shadow autotile. 2.making more tall grass (but break it into smaller chunks.)
@dac420
They're very good, especially the city. What you need to improve:
-you should use the grass edges tiles in the forest map.
-your maps are huge and lack detail. they look great from the editor, but remember a player in the game will only see 15x20 tiles at a time. It's boring to walk through a map If 80% of the screen is the same tile. Even a road can have detail like traffic lights, cracks, maybe cars if you can find a charset.
Awesome im glad you like my maps and thank you for replying to my post
Im gonna have alot going on in my city i know its huge and you won't be able to see every thing at once. and running around on a huge map does suck, thats why i do have cars, rollerblades,bike,motorcylces to get around, cause i forsure am one of those people who hate to runn around on these maps.
having details like cracks and traffic lights is a must have for me, and i thank you for your suggestion
Thanks again for replying to my post
I wish you future luck in your own game if you are developing one.
Im gonna have alot going on in my city i know its huge and you won't be able to see every thing at once. and running around on a huge map does suck, thats why i do have cars, rollerblades,bike,motorcylces to get around, cause i forsure am one of those people who hate to runn around on these maps.
having details like cracks and traffic lights is a must have for me, and i thank you for your suggestion
Thanks again for replying to my post
I wish you future luck in your own game if you are developing one.
@jbrist
Same adive as what silver wind said. Instead of having one large patch of long grass,
Try having lots of smaller patches.
Also having more variation in the mountain cliff height would help.
Throw in some lower parts and other 'overlapping' edges. (If that makes sence)
Same adive as what silver wind said. Instead of having one large patch of long grass,
Try having lots of smaller patches.
Also having more variation in the mountain cliff height would help.
Throw in some lower parts and other 'overlapping' edges. (If that makes sence)
jbrist: Either thin out the trees or pack them closer together. It just looks kind of weird with the amount you have now. OR, perhaps, add long grass under them, since it'll make it look more lush. I also suggest making sure the path goes all the way too and perhaps slightly under the bridge - people don't just walk across it and then take a running leap off, do they? Also, it's kind of hard to tell, but I think you have a layering issue on some trees in the lower left corner. The composition of the map (like the shape) is overall pretty nice though 
dac420: I like the maps, but as has already been said try to add more details to them - more little plants, grass, cracks, etc etc. Sprite them in if you have to. I'll note the lake map, though - I question those little bits of water unconnected to the lake. What feeds them? They're unconnected to the rest of the lake. My biggest issue here, though, is how you're presenting your maps - for all our sakes, please take your screen shots in the editor without the Event grid and with all the layers at equal opacity.
dac420: I like the maps, but as has already been said try to add more details to them - more little plants, grass, cracks, etc etc. Sprite them in if you have to. I'll note the lake map, though - I question those little bits of water unconnected to the lake. What feeds them? They're unconnected to the rest of the lake. My biggest issue here, though, is how you're presenting your maps - for all our sakes, please take your screen shots in the editor without the Event grid and with all the layers at equal opacity.
twelvestarfish13
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The forest is pretty good except well the rectangle patch and the fact it's just the exact same tree over and over again. Forests have variety. The water is great in my opinion. Oh and i wouldn't say you needed a path but i would say maybe to extend what you do have to be a little bigger maybe by a square or too so it's not to overlooked.
disregard that was for an old picure i did't notice the second page
disregard that was for an old picure i did't notice the second page
Yeah but y'see, the only way I can get the path to go under the bridge, is if I make that part of the bridge as an event. Yeah, I can see the layering issue with the trees in the lower corner, but that's easily fixable, lol. I'll add tall grass underneath, although it'll help once I can find an autotile for it, lol.
But that still doesn't fix the issue that I don't have enough layers without using events to make the edges of the bridge, I'd need layer 1 for grass, layer 2 for the dirt, layer 3 for the bridge floor, and then an extra layer for the edge of the bridge ropes... and I'm not the sort of person that likes using events for mapping, unless I'm adding people and animals to a map, I don't see why people should have to substitute mapping for events o.O