[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Isotrident 7

[Daniel Sjölie <deepone@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2002-01-25 15:51:09, Daniel L Speyer wrote:
> I've just released Isotrident 7 on ftp.  This features improved mountains,
> redone rivers, and I forget what all else.  Screenshot at
> wam.umd.edu/~dspeyer/isotrident.jpg
> 
> I'm not sure what to do about hills.  The current Isotrident ones are
> simply resizzed Hires.  This means they are different in both shape and
> color from the Trident ones.  It occurs to me that the brownish hills
> make a nicer color contrast than the greyish/greenish ones from
> trident. I've posted a screenshot at
> wam.umd.edu/~dspeyer/isotrident-hilly.jpg
> 
> I see four possibilities:
> 
> Leave them alone -- This is a serious possibility, they do look pretty
> good.
> 
> Turn the base plainsish -- This would mean no strange color-shift in the
> lowlands beside the hills.
> 
> Recolor the hills -- This would match the trident idea, though not the
> specific shape
> 
> Redraw the hills like the forests -- Probably the closest match to
> Trident, but I'm not sure how well it will work.
> 
> What does everybodyelse think?

I agree that they look pretty good... To really be able to say what
looks best though I think some more screenshots of the same map with
different variants are needed...

/Daniel

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