08-09-2000 02:44									#1
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New screenshots, now looks a lot better, I think: http://members.xoom.com/SHaertel/Shaibani.html

For anyone interested, there is also a new look for my main page: http://members.xoom.com/SHaertel/Index.html

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It was still mighty after the first one, still inhabitable
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	08-09-2000 02:55									#2
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Great work, those city graphics are awesome!

Nice colours... that way your city icons are both realistic and well visible on the map...

But I couldn't load a few of the images. The links seem to be broken?

	08-09-2000 14:27									#3
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Thanks. Which pictures didn't load?

	08-09-2000 15:26									#4
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Hmm, I tried again, and this time the first image was the only one not to load... It is the title image, I guess...

But the rest looked great to me!

	08-09-2000 20:15									#5
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Damn Xoom- that first image is a JPEG which is the only reason why it won't load. It's a map of modern-day Uzbekistan.

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Follow the masses!
30,000 lemmings can't be wrong!
Mighty Carthage fought three wars:
It was still mighty after the first one, still inhabitable
after the second one;
It could not be found after the third one.
-Bert Brecht

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	08-09-2000 20:39									#6
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Bit heavy on the plains, dontcha think?

	09-09-2000 03:59									#7
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Well it is suppose to be steepe... other then that I would surmise that city creation on the steppes are not encouraged.

	09-09-2000 05:58									#8
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When I did the map I also did the terrain graphics, at least most of them.

The plains are represented as steppes in the scenario. The map was done using many different sources and is by far the second best i've ever done. The first being my map of the Aegean.

The area is 90% plains. Grasslands are very scarce, even by the rivers. I have added salt flats and wooded steppes terrain and even the resources reflect the area; wild horses, cattle, etc..

And Stefan, I still have first dibs on playtesting.

	09-09-2000 07:22									#9
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You could use more than one graphic and terrain set for plains/high grasses.

	09-09-2000 08:44									#10
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True, but there wasn't much I could sacrifice for slots.

I used them all up for other terrains. Plus i'm not sure what Stefan has changed from what I originally did.

	09-09-2000 15:42									#11
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I'm quite happy with the map, the production of the plains is high enough that they, if irrigated, let the cities survive.
I have only changed the production of the valleys a bit and renamed "Shangri La" (Sorry, WarVoid ) into something more fitting.

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Follow the masses!
30,000 lemmings can't be wrong!
Mighty Carthage fought three wars:
It was still mighty after the first one, still inhabitable
after the second one;
It could not be found after the third one.
-Bert Brecht

Visit my Homepage at: http://members.xoom.com/SHaertel/Index.html

	14-09-2000 22:18									#12
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Stefan, sorry fot Celtitaly, but my e-mail program seems to go knock-out... Anyway, i find an interesting picture of a XVI century Turkish horseman. If you are interested, send me a PM. Once i'll set up again my e-mail service, i'll send it to you with Celtitaly.zip.