Great Map, I’m looking forward to the update as well. I was wondering if you could save the file as a PSD as photoshop can’t read PSP files. I don’t know what version of PSP you have but the newer versions should be able to save files as PSDs. Thanks.
Message for Meethos:
You can download a free trial of Paintshop online, open it as a PSP and then resave it as a PSD for photoshop, that is what I did to it since I use Photoshop. :)
Message for Positronica:
My gaming group has a game planned for next weekend (Saturday), we will be using your map which I have printed on a full size sheet, I will post photos and let you know how the game went on it. Thanks for your efforts, I am sure a lot of people will have some good fun thanks to you!
Derek…
Any suggestions as to how to print out the map. I am having trouble printing it as a banner using corel.
No suggestions from me, I am using a 48" width printer, the paper is a roll, so it can be 48" wide by however long… I know someone on here was recently talking about using a program to print the larger maps out on single sheets and splice them together though.
Derek…
gee way to make me jealous
Hey cool, looks like my Supreme Command map is getting some good use. :-D
I like the added background images. Looks nice.
I actually have the original map done in vector graphics using paint shop pro. Every territory is actually made up of many individual vector points. Was a pain in the butt to make, but produced a nice smooth result. I’ll have to get back into this stuff eventually. I just don’t have the extended time to try testing a game of this scale right now. With young kids my gaming is reduced to much shorter games. Lots of fast play miniatures type games. I’ve gotten pretty good and painting up 6 and 15mm figs.
I have a link to a bunch of pics that a guy took who printed out the map and ran some games with it. I’ll have to post a link to it. It’s pretty impressive when you see it laid out on a table with all the pieces on it. :-o
Hey Positronica,
You really did a great job on the map details. Paragon was asking about getting ahold of the original vector map and I mentioned that maybe you would like a copy to layer in your additions to make for a better quality print. jpg’s are always kinda messy looking. Especially for something this big. The vectors are very crisp.
In addition I can convert your map into a Mapview PBEM module if you want. I have all of the other games already made along with vector maps too.
If you haven’t used Mapview before I can get you some more details. Plus I’m sure there are a few others around here who use this program.
Here is a link to the website I had a while back. Haven’t updated it for quite a while but I probably need to.
http://axisdomain.0catch.com
Der Panzinator,
Do you have a Mapview module for A&A Classic (2nd Edition)? I haven’t been able to find one anywhere.
Well I just went to the Printers today to get this thing done right. To be honest I didn’t realize how big this map is. 15 square feet!! First stop I made they wanted $10 a square foot. No way. After a couple of stops and questions asked I found a place that would do Map and all the cards for $80. Kinda expensive but still the cheapest. It’s being printed on some kind of Photograph paper. I figure I’ll just roll it up, or put plexi glass over it for game play. Anyway Now All I have to do is figure out which axis and allies rules to use.
Thankfully I have my own HP DesignJet plotter at work to print this out on so it is free. I want to get it plaqued which will cost me $200, which is why I am waiting and hoping for Positronica to correct the spelling mistakes. If I am going to invest that kind of money in it, I would like it to be perfect (at least from an appearance point of view). I hope Positronica is able to do it, I understand how people can get quite busy especially this time of year.
So A few territories are misspelled, **** it I don’t think that that will take away from the game in the name of looks like I said the Map is Huge so mu to look at. especially when set up
This past weekend we had our gaming group session where we used the big map thatI got from Positronica on this forum. It worked out great! The game went pretty well, although it seemed a little too strong on the Allies side. I played Italy because it was new and I wanted to try it out, I did pretty well in Africa and holding the Med. Sea. A lot of fun was had by all. The game started at 10am and the Axis threw in the towel around 8pm that night, so it was a good 10 hour session… it could have gone on a few more hours, and everyone agreed that there was a SLIM chance the Axis might have been able to get a victory, but it wasn’t one that anyone felt like playing to find out! haha.
The only thing I would do on the map for our next session is enlarge it a little more than I had it, as you can see from the photos, I sized it for my dining room table, but I could go another 6" or more and it would still fit, as it was now the only two trouble spots were Berlin and all of England, just too small to fit all the pieces, everywhere else was ok though… The only thing I would change on the deployment/country cards would be to either give the axis slightly more troops/money, or lower down the allies, specifically the USA, they dominated the entire game, which is fine, but it just seemed a little too easy. :)
Some photos can be found here:
http://www.deroan.com/pgg/photoalbum/2006-12/
Excellent Map, a LOT of fun…
Thanks!
Derek…
The map is too small for all the units you got. Piece density is the same or worse than the actual revised game due to many territories. I would consider making a copy thats at least 2 feet longer and one foot taller to accomodate all the plastic. Id like to be able to get close ups of the set up sheets so i can see how its balanced. Also can you tell us the IPC totals starting out?
You are correct, it was pretty much the same “piece density” as a normal axis and allies revised game, which was not bad, and not a problem to play, but could have been larger… The only real set-up problems were England and Berlin.
I used the cards provided with the map that are linked in a message at the start of this thread, all of the info is there and the cards are there and able to be printed out, etc., so that is where you will find the info.
Like I had said, everyone in our group agreed that the Allies were at slightly too great of an advantage with troops and income, but not horribly bad, a few minor adjustments would really help.
Derek…
Death’s Head,
I agree that it wont take away from game play, but there are more than spelling mistakes. Libya should be Italy’s not Germany’s and I think there are a few others that I pointed out in a earlier post. That being said, if he chooses not to fix the issues, there really is nothing I can do about it, but I will not be plaquing it then. I’d rather not print multiple copies because they keep getting ruined.
Cheers,
Pat
You could also make some adjustments yourself? not… It is for personal gameplay… Why not change the color or spelling errors yourself… It is not to hard to figure out…
tried already. Not experienced with the software. even Positronica said I would have a difficult time trying to edit it with little experience.
I would be more than willing to make the modifications/edits to the map, including altering terriroty colors, fixing the names that are wrong, etc. I am a commercial artist, and have been working professionally in the field for about 17 years, so I have the ability and computer software to easily edit this. I actually converted the Paint Shop files from Positronica into Photoshop Files (I work in Photoshop CS2 and Illustrator CS2).
If you all would like to discuss the changes, agree upon what needs to be done, and send me the master change list, I’ll go in and redo the map, but it wont happen until after the first of the year because I have other projects that I am doing now for clients.
Since there should be no discussion over mis-spelled countries, please send me that info first.
Also, DER PANZINATOR mentioned he had the original vector line art file that POSITRONICA used to create this map, I would like to get a copy of that if possible to work from because the map that POSITRONICA did was only 200 dpi, so it is slightly grainy/fuzzy and not crisp and clean like it should be.
I also have a wide format printer, I can print 4’ wide by however long this map needs to be. So for instance, I can do a single 4’x8’ sheet, and would be happy to do prints for everyone here when complete for my COST PLUS SHIPPING!!! I dont want/need/ask for any extra money for profit, I have a gaming group here in Central Florida, so I’d be more than happy to network with other gaming groups and share my capabilities, so long as I am not losing money I am happy…
Thanks,
Derek…
I’d be down with buying a copy from you, in a heartbeat. As for changes to the map, the only one that I saw was dividing the black sea into 2 territories instead of 1.
:mrgreen:
Iken
Ok, what ParagonGames offers sounds really good…
