[Freeciv-Dev] Re: New Lexxy Version

[Daniel L Speyer <dspeyer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Vasco Alexandre Da Silva Costa wrote:

> On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Daniel L Speyer wrote:
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> > The next version of lexxy is now available by ftp.
> > 
> > Most of the changes are in the terrain, of which I have increassed the
> > distinctiveness.  I've also changed various city, improvement and unit
> > tiles.  
> > 
> > A screenshot is available at http://wam.umd.edu/~dspeyer/lexxy.jpg
> > I've used (roughly) the same game as I did for isotrident, so you can
> > compare them easily.
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> Doesn't look bad, but its a bit too HiRes like to me :-)

Well, the resolution is staying, I'm afraid.  You might like isotrident,
though. :)

> Especially the cities. I'm yet to see a tileset with good looking cities.

How would you like them?  If you draw a couple at 30x30, I could try
filling them out and sticking the into isotrident.

> The nicest were IMHO in Daniel Bennet's tiles. His horses were nice too.

Where can I find those?  They don't seem to be at freeciv.org or anywhere
else.

> 
> The thing i dislike more about HiRes is how the units are huge. It makes
> everything look way out of proportion.
> 
> BTW: i propose you use some units from the engels tiles. His boats are
> IMHO the nicest i've ever seen on a tileset. There are a couple other
> units you may like too.

I've used some, including the caravel.  The Engels galleon looks much too
frigatish, though.

--Daniel Speyer
"May the /src be with you, always"


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> Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa @ Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa
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