Interactive Map Guide version 1

[Basil 11]

Just to let you guys know. I am back to mapping again and you can look forward for some nice new screenshots from western Europe, which is largely done, including PSFs, cities on rivers and more! 8th June as stated :-)

Nice to hear from you again, Resurrection!

[Add1ct]

Just to let you guys know. I am back to mapping again and you can look forward for some nice new screenshots from western Europe, which is largely done, including PSFs, cities on rivers and more! 8th June as stated :-)

that's awesome. Looking forward to the next preview.

[Monthy]

Just to let you guys know. I am back to mapping again and you can look forward for some nice new screenshots from western Europe, which is largely done, including PSFs, cities on rivers and more! 8th June as stated :-)

Great news.

And what about the central Europe? You will show us some regions? I'm very intresting and waiting for helping You with this part of map

[Walkman810i]

Oh God... 5 day seem like a really long time...

[Husayn Bayqara]

Hello.Does the map extend East enough to incude Herat (please)? Herat was an Eastern outpost of Iranian (later Timurid ) civilisation and would be a nice "bookend"(focus)for the Eastern border.It appears that your map might just get there.........

[Subuatai de Bodemloze]

Hello.Does the map extend East enough to incude Herat (please)? Herat was an Eastern outpost of Iranian (later Timurid ) civilisation and would be a nice "bookend"(focus)for the Eastern border.It appears that your map might just get there.........

our map is just short of Heret.. but we do pick up Nishapur as our eastern most settlement

[Kyrre]

Hi Resurrection!


First I have to tell that I think it is possible to display the PSF's names on the map. Possibly you could use the system beaming the red circle markers over several places of the map during the norman conquest tutorial. If you could find out how they are brought there from tga file - I assume via script - then you could include such as permanent markers. Creating each lettering uniquely into the source files would be a lot of work but everyone equipped with photoshop would be able to do them and no special skills were needed for that part of the job. I hope you understand what I mean.


Secondly I have got a map that shows the correct shoreline of the Netherlands and the south of the German bight during the beginning of your game. I marked the part of which I know that it has been corrected. Unfortunately the Jutland Peninsula shores aren't at an historically correct constitution on that map.



Third to the general layout of the map of Iceland.
I think you should give your hight map a rework. Especially the shores of iceland and scotland look very toyish to me. Your current prifile on these places is merely like this:




While I think it should be like this:



You should flatten them a little to make it not look like painted rubber sleeves throuwn into the sea.
And maybe add a little more pointy mountains there.


If I was not precise enough on certain issues please PM me!


Greetings and keep the great work going!



Edit:
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Considering Ensiferum below: Trondheim's name in the middle ages was Nidarós. And considering norway I think you should besides Nidarós add Karmøy/Karmsund as an important place (with Avaldsnes as PSF or Settlement) since it was the most important trading point and thus the most important strategic point of all norway and even gave the name to the nation (Karmsund = Nordvegen = Norway).

[Ensiferum]

Is trondheim added on the map,
its a central place in norwegian viking history and was the capital for norway in the viking age.

And this i cant say for sure, but i think that the northern part of the swedish-norwegian border makes norway to thin. (I may be wrong here)

And please keep up the good work, looks like it will be my favorite mod

[Copperknickers II]

Hi Resurrection!

Third to the general layout of the map of Iceland.
I think you should give your hight map a rework. Especially the shores of iceland and scotland look very toyish to me. Your current prifile on these places is merely like this:




While I think it should be like this:



You should flatten them a little to make it not look like painted rubber sleeves throuwn into the sea.
And maybe add a little more pointy mountains there.

The pics in the map thread are old, wait til you see the new ones.

[Haertelius Magnus]

Hi Resurrection!

Secondly I have got a map that shows the correct shoreline of the Netherlands and the south of the German bight during the beginning of your game. I marked the part of which I know that it has been corrected. Unfortunately the Jutland Peninsula shores aren't at an historically correct constitution on that map.

some more links to Northsea coastline

900
http://images.google.de/imgres?imgur...%3D18%26um%3D1

1000 (I dont think that the Jutland coast is correct)
http://images.google.de/imgres?imgur...%3Dde%26um%3D1

1240
http://images.google.de/imgres?imgur...%3D18%26um%3D1


1360/1362
http://images.google.de/imgres?imgur...%3D18%26um%3D1

[Resurrection]

From the looks of it the coast did not change as dramatically as I thought. From the scale of the map it is almost hardly noticeable...

[EarendilElenthol]

The north sea coast did change much. The floods washed away more than half of the coastline of Holland and Frisia at least. Before the floods of 1200 the was no Waddenzee, only some rivers. The same goes for the Jutlandic islands. But you may have to choose if you want the pre-1300 or after version. If you need some references, perhaps I can help.

[Hengest]

that would be really useful actually thanks.
feel free to post here
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...85#post5601085

[Hengest]

Dominion of the Sword mod for MIITW announces the release of its groundbreaking Interactive Map Guide (IMG).

ACCESS THE I.M.G. HERE:
http://dots.axesgame.com/map/

The guide is an online tool made specially by the DOTS team, mainly Göteborgare, using the Google Earth map to represent the culmination of over 2 years research, bringing to life an historically accurate portrait of the Middle Ages covered by our campaign.

Being fully interactive, you can zoom in or out of the Map Guide, and drag movement to see the full range of the thriving medieval world, from Iceland to Aden, from the Steppe to the Sahara.

Stage One is now active, allowing potential players of DOTS a preview of the coming campaign map. The IMG shows the Dominion's 199 settlements as well as our map range. It also shows the faction that controls each settlement at the start date which can be easily and instantly seen via the faction icon. In the case of the 'rebel' or Minor States faction ownership we can distinguish between Muslim, Catholic, Orthodox or Pagan settlement.

The research gives us some freedom to be able to adapt to the demands of gameplay practicalities, for instance we have over 400 control points which we will represent as PSFs (permanent stone forts) with different models such as monasteries, villages, cities or castles representing historical places we didn't have room for in the hardcoded settlement limit of 199. If we need to change a settlement from the current map, (which is likely since we do not want two settlements next to each other) we can then refer to our PSFs and swap these. So expect to see continual updates on the IMG over the next weeks as the actual campaign map nears completion and its own release.

Stage two is underway and will involve pop-up boxes for each settlement giving details for 1080 on tech tree levels, populations, garrison information and any faction members present. All information is historically supported.

In addition to this information we will be highlighting the significant importance of each settlement's role within its controlling faction. Dominion of the Sword uses a three level governmental system to represent grades of dominion for each faction over the territories they have conquered.

Homelands represent the settlements in direct control of the player and the faction as a whole, these are normal powerful settlements. The 2nd type are Autonomies, these are settlements ruled by vassals or powerful nobles who enjoy partial independence from your faction leader. These settlements although carrying your flag will not be in your control to recruit or contruct until your faction leader has asserted greater authority and developed his character. You can of course have some control over where the general/noble who governs the settlement is placed and where he goes. The third type is a Colony, this is to represent settlements that have been newly acquired from another religion or culture and has yet to be fully intergrated into your faction. Recruitment and construction options are extremely limited here.

These three types really modify what kind of control you have as a faction. For instance, a faction with 10 settlements of which most are autonomieswill not be as powerful as a faction with three homelands, or at least not powerful in the same way. These variables are exactly what the IMG is all about, introducing you to the unique depth and dynamics that set Dominion of the Sword apart from anything else you have ever played.

The IMG tool is not only intended for use as part of Dominion of the Sword but an active reference and library of unrivalled quality research for the entire community, not only for M2TW but for future games that will focus on the Medieval period.

[\Vazul's Ghost/]

Hi Hross! Good to see DOTS still going strong!

Interesting list, however you left out how many settlements Hungary will have.

[Basil 11]

Thanks for this -
I think there will be a good and realistic spread of settlements across the map from the look of things..

[Hengest]

you left out how many settlements Hungary will have.

What? Hungary's is in the game?!
Thanks for pinting that out... 6 is the magic answer.

[Giorgios]

A fifth Muslim faction? When was this decided on?

[Copperknickers II]

A fifth Muslim faction? When was this decided on?

Syria was one of the most important Muslim factions. In fact even if you prefer playing as Christians you will now have to fight the Syrians, as well as the Turks and Egyptians, when you go on crusade.

Most of the conflicts in the first and second crusades were against the Syrians and Saladin (a Syrian general who went on to found the Ayyubid dynasty in Egypt). It adds a whole new dimension from most mods.

[\Vazul's Ghost/]

Hi Hross! Good to see DOTS still going strong!

Interesting list, however you left out how many settlements Hungary will have.

Thanks Hross! The interactive map is awesome by the way! Can't wait to see some more of DOTS awesomeness!