Extended map project for VI II

[Knutr inn Riki]

Hei hei guys,
most obviously, I have to admit that it has become a bit quiet around here, but maybe there are still some scattered interested people out there...

What has been going on since....
I have done my A-levels/High-school-diploma (the German version, so call it as you like...) in winter/spring, I have worked afterwards (some funds for studying subsequently...) and recently I am having working holidays in Australia, which will take some time, too (quite a lot to be precise), presumably until June 2014... I will not be able to make any achievements concerning game-play and all the more complex sorts of work on my own until then, since my measures are pretty limited (I am travelling with my girlfriend and we share a laptop, that at least enables me to do some graphic-work (faction symbols and stuff like that), but anyway I cannot set the modifications on trial properly, because running the game on this device is just a waste of time most of the time and its always way more a struggle, so I just avoid trying it too often...
Yea, so far, so bad... however slow, the project has progressed at least a little bit over time:
I have got a playable, completely finished map* (about 190 regions), historically and visually accurately designed with brand new ground textures on the strat map, accurate faction pedigrees (almost finished) and a lot of conceptual work yet to be implemented... (authentic new faction-symbols and pre-works for the planned additional factions (Munster/Muma and Strathclyde/Istrad Clud))

So, in the next time, I will have to concider how to proceed best and I will try to keep this thread up-to-date.

Cheers guys and thank you for your (unintentional) patience!

*Unfortunately I have still not managed to master the water/landmass-bug properly, which manifested itself to be as nasty as possible...

[Aradan]

If you're having the landmass problem thingy, just stick a big island somewhere, just to allow you to continue your work. And when you're done with the map, you can shape that island into a 'decorative' symbol. In NI we added two lions (for Normans) and a wyvern (for English) for that purpose. You turn the sea around the island into ocean (very dark red) so that ships can't sail there, and you're done.

[MasterOfNone]

Thank you for your continued interest in this, knutr. It sounds like it will be a great enhancement to VI2!

[Knutr inn Riki]

@MasterOfNone
Thank you, I hope it will be, too
It is really -as I guess I have stated previously- something like a personal matter to me. Even if no one else would care for the project I would definitely hang in to the mod just in order to play it myself one time.


@Aradan
I have been stuck with this issue for over a year now - believe me, I tried.
I get the map running with about half of the water still land-covered towards the edges of the map – it would not allow anything more than that, but I still find it annoying.
I know the NI map and it is running properly...I just have no idea what is going on with mine. :/ Just generally, the game seems somehow 'exhausted' from a graphical point of view (I have got flickering coastlines on the Scottish coast).
My PC is quite ‘old’ for common standards around, I suppose, and I suspected that to be a possible reason (anyway NI works fine there still...), so I actually tried to test it on two different PCs, but I think there were always some other struggles with not-properly-replaced-data and exe.s and everything, so I do not know anymore, if I those have been appropriate, significant, representable trials – so yeah, it might even be working on different devices and I think I will be issuing some sort of open alpha here, so maybe some great voluntary enthusiast can find out

Cheers!