MAPS: Post information about new maps here please

Tips and tricks for the designers, playtests.

Moderator: Wonderdoctor

User avatar
randowe
Lieutenant Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel
Posts: 2953
Joined: 2019-09-20 19:02, Friday
Location: Germany

Re: MAPS: Post information about new maps here please

Post by randowe »

Another map is finished :howdy

Number: 1589
Name: Rostov West (3K)
Location: Russia
Period: WWII
Map size: 3150;3000

Comment: mod of map 1533


----------
If anyone is interested to merge the new map 1589 with map 1533, you can easily do it. The XXL map would be 4770 pixel wide:

Image
Image
User avatar
randowe
Lieutenant Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel
Posts: 2953
Joined: 2019-09-20 19:02, Friday
Location: Germany

Re: MAPS: Post information about new maps here please

Post by randowe »

I swear, this was not planned :lol :lol So still two more maps by me this year. Then i am finished with my map plans.
This new map is for Dimitri's upcomming naval campaign:

Number: 1591
Name: Calais (3K)
Location: France
Period: WWII
Map size: 3150;3000

Comment: mod of map 50027


If mapfinder is broken, it is as it is. People still can download the map from the repository when playing. Once i am finished i try to upload to discord a map pack with all the 3K maps which i am using myself for map makers.
Image
User avatar
Llewen
Private
Private
Posts: 45
Joined: 2019-10-25 01:24, Friday

Re: MAPS: Post information about new maps here please

Post by Llewen »

randowe wrote: 2024-01-19 13:56, Friday I swear, this was not planned :lol :lol So still two more maps by me this year. Then i am finished with my map plans.
We all know you can't stop. Now is the time for acceptance... :)
User avatar
randowe
Lieutenant Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel
Posts: 2953
Joined: 2019-09-20 19:02, Friday
Location: Germany

Re: MAPS: Post information about new maps here please

Post by randowe »

Llewen wrote: 2024-01-19 14:15, Friday
randowe wrote: 2024-01-19 13:56, Friday I swear, this was not planned :lol :lol So still two more maps by me this year. Then i am finished with my map plans.
We all know you can't stop. Now is the time for acceptance... :)
Haha no, this time i am serious :lol

Two more maps this year: Hel Peninsula and Dnipro. That's it. I swear :ihope
Next year two more maps: Finish the 40% done map of the German Ruhrgebiet and the other one will be Vyazma for a nice muddy autumn scenario.

I want to concentrate on campaigns and playing the game.
Image
User avatar
Llewen
Private
Private
Posts: 45
Joined: 2019-10-25 01:24, Friday

Re: MAPS: Post information about new maps here please

Post by Llewen »

You do a beautiful job on those maps.
User avatar
randowe
Lieutenant Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel
Posts: 2953
Joined: 2019-09-20 19:02, Friday
Location: Germany

Re: MAPS: Post information about new maps here please

Post by randowe »

Llewen wrote: 2024-01-19 14:30, Friday You do a beautiful job on those maps.
Thank you very much! :howdy
Image
sympatyk
Major
Major
Posts: 641
Joined: 2019-10-03 17:05, Thursday

Re: MAPS: Post information about new maps here please

Post by sympatyk »

Llewen wrote: 2024-01-19 14:30, Friday You do a beautiful job on those maps.

:yes
sympatyk
Major
Major
Posts: 641
Joined: 2019-10-03 17:05, Thursday

Re: MAPS: Post information about new maps here please

Post by sympatyk »

randowe wrote: 2024-01-19 13:56, Friday
If mapfinder is broken, it is as it is. People still can download the map from the repository when playing. Once i am finished i try to upload to discord a map pack with all the 3K maps which i am using myself for map makers.
You can also send it to me (if you want) --> I will place these maps (1589 and 1591) on the Kowdara server, I also place mapX files there

I'm wondering about MF --> it's really needed for creators, not players
Maps are downloaded automatically from other places

Map Viewer (MF) is needed for people who will do something --> new scenarios, campaigns, maps...
If there is a problem with load/transfer, maybe access should be restricted - only for logged in users
And one more question - what parameters must the server meet to transfer such a browser (MF) with all its components to it?
User avatar
randowe
Lieutenant Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel
Posts: 2953
Joined: 2019-09-20 19:02, Friday
Location: Germany

Re: MAPS: Post information about new maps here please

Post by randowe »

sympatyk wrote: 2024-01-19 14:44, Friday If mapfinder is broken, it is as it is. People still can download the map from the repository when playing. Once i am finished i try to upload to discord a map pack with all the 3K maps which i am using myself for map makers.
I plan to upload all the 3K maps (+ one smaller map of Gdansk that is needed for the Weltkrieg campaign) and their mapx files to discord in one 300mb file. I also created new mapx files of the old ones, where the map number was missing. So overall there will be 86 maps and 86 mapx files.
I will upload it once the last map is finished in 2 months or so. I hope i can upload such large files to dropbox. It is also a safety measure to store the files this way. In case of flooding or something like this.

You can download the file with all maps and mapx then :cool
sympatyk wrote: 2024-01-19 14:42, Friday :yes
Thanks a lot! :howdy
Image
User avatar
LuisGuzman
General, Special Forces
General, Special Forces
Posts: 673
Joined: 2019-03-10 08:35, Sunday
Location: Spain
Contact:

Re: MAPS: Post information about new maps here please

Post by LuisGuzman »

Maps
* Number: 1589
* Name: Rostov West (3K)
and
* Number: 1591
* Name: Calais (3K)

Are already available at OG's repo and very soon at MapFinder too,

I'll post when uploaded to MapFinder
:howdy


Edited: Thanks to Gilestiel :bow , both maps are now available at MapFinder too :banana
  Visit my website to get my latest tools.
none
Second Lieutenant
Second Lieutenant
Posts: 207
Joined: 2021-02-03 16:51, Wednesday

Re: MAPS: Post information about new maps here please

Post by none »

sympatyk wrote: 2024-01-19 14:44, Friday Map Viewer (MF) is needed for people who will do something --> new scenarios, campaigns, maps...
If there is a problem with load/transfer, maybe access should be restricted - only for logged in users
Indeed. Without maps you can't make new scenarios (unless you make your own...). This is the biggest limitation of PG2/OG compared to older "Panzer General" iterations. (Yes, you can make tiled maps in OG too, but you lose the visual aspect. Else you can as well push NATO symbol counters across a line map, hardcore wargamer style...)

sympatyk wrote: 2024-01-19 14:44, Friday And one more question - what parameters must the server meet to transfer such a browser (MF) with all its components to it?
If you mean what does a server need to be able to do the same job as Gilestiel's, the answer is "not much": It mostly needs a big(-ish) disk and bandwidth (transfer) allowance, free or at least very cheap. Else paying for it will get quite expensive on the long run.
Ah yes, and it needs you to be still interested enough in OG in 10 years' time to want to keep paying for it. :lol

Then you need a frontend (program) on that server, which allows people to easily find a map among the over thousand bearing cryptic names... Something which, when you upload a new map, automatically creates the description/download page, and the fitting thumbnails (small picture of the map). And is safe and bug-free enough so it won't be taken over by hackers in a couple months/weeks/days... (Which means somebody needs to make sure the server keeps getting patched and is kept up-to-date all over the years.)
User avatar
randowe
Lieutenant Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel
Posts: 2953
Joined: 2019-09-20 19:02, Friday
Location: Germany

Re: MAPS: Post information about new maps here please

Post by randowe »

Another map is finished :howdy

Number: 1560
Name: Hel (3K)
Location: Poland
Period: WWII
Map size: 3150;3000
Image
User avatar
LuisGuzman
General, Special Forces
General, Special Forces
Posts: 673
Joined: 2019-03-10 08:35, Sunday
Location: Spain
Contact:

Re: MAPS: Post information about new maps here please

Post by LuisGuzman »

randowe wrote: 2024-02-17 19:36, Saturday Another map is finished :howdy

Number: 1560
Name: Hel (3K)
Location: Poland
Period: WWII
Map size: 3150;3000
Done !!!

Available at MapFinder ( :bow Gilestiel) and OG's maps' repo
  Visit my website to get my latest tools.
sympatyk
Major
Major
Posts: 641
Joined: 2019-10-03 17:05, Thursday

Re: MAPS: Post information about new maps here please

Post by sympatyk »

:howdy
Very nice map
And there are Polish place names .. :cool
User avatar
randowe
Lieutenant Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel
Posts: 2953
Joined: 2019-09-20 19:02, Friday
Location: Germany

Re: MAPS: Post information about new maps here please

Post by randowe »

sympatyk wrote: 2024-02-20 17:52, Tuesday :howdy
Very nice map
And there are Polish place names .. :cool
Thank you :howdy :cheers
Image
User avatar
LuisGuzman
General, Special Forces
General, Special Forces
Posts: 673
Joined: 2019-03-10 08:35, Sunday
Location: Spain
Contact:

Re: MAPS: Post information about new maps here please

Post by LuisGuzman »

2 maps from Wonderdoctor

Number: 1539
Name: Buetgenbach
Location: Belgica
Period: WWII
Map size: 1604;758
1523_coutances.mapx

Number: 1523
Name: Coutances
Location: Francia
Period: WWII
Map size: 2715;2600
1539_buetgenbach.mapx

Uploaded to MapFinder and OG's map repo for automatic download
:howdy
  Visit my website to get my latest tools.
MaXX_Oltt
Private
Private
Posts: 25
Joined: 2020-02-06 13:58, Thursday
Location: Russia

Re: MAPS: Post information about new maps here please

Post by MaXX_Oltt »

Two maps are ready

Summer version

Number: 1594
Name: Vladikavkaz_s
Location: Russia
Period: WWII
Map size: 3150;2800
1594_vladikavkaz_s.mapx

and winter one

Number: 1595
Name: Vladikavkaz_w
Location: Russia
Period: WWII
Map size: 3150;2800
1594_vladikavkaz_w.mapx
User avatar
LuisGuzman
General, Special Forces
General, Special Forces
Posts: 673
Joined: 2019-03-10 08:35, Sunday
Location: Spain
Contact:

Re: MAPS: Post information about new maps here please

Post by LuisGuzman »

MaXX_Oltt wrote: 2024-10-04 12:27, Friday Two maps are ready

Summer version

Number: 1594
Name: Vladikavkaz_s
Location: Russia
Period: WWII
Map size: 3150;2800
1594_vladikavkaz_s.mapx

and winter one

Number: 1595
Name: Vladikavkaz_w
Location: Russia
Period: WWII
Map size: 3150;2800
1594_vladikavkaz_w.mapx
Both maps available at MapFinder and OG repos
:howdy
  Visit my website to get my latest tools.
User avatar
LuisGuzman
General, Special Forces
General, Special Forces
Posts: 673
Joined: 2019-03-10 08:35, Sunday
Location: Spain
Contact:

Re: MAPS: Post information about new maps here please

Post by LuisGuzman »

:howdy

I've uploaded to MapFinder the first 22 maps XXL -- from 50001 to 50022 both inclusive --

I've assigned "Name" and "country" according my understanding but I'd like if you (Randowe and Sympatyk) could review your maps an post here any change you want me to do.

The rest from 50023 to 50030 will be uploaded along the next week.
:)
  Visit my website to get my latest tools.
sympatyk
Major
Major
Posts: 641
Joined: 2019-10-03 17:05, Thursday

Re: MAPS: Post information about new maps here please

Post by sympatyk »

:howdy
First of all, thank You and Gilestiel for including large XXL maps in Map Finder

Sorry that I indicated the database as a source for uploading maps to MF
It was actually easier to make an appropriate list ...

I only refer to my maps, those that in my opinion are incompatible
Generally, the map name is --> mapx without a number, starting with a capital letter
So the map name
50006 --> Kiev_1 (Polish letter w = it will be v - this is how it can be read)
50007 --> Kiev_2
50008 --> Kiev_3
Since we have established that we assign the current country --> so for all these maps --> Ukraine (not Russia)

50009 --> Leningrad --> Russia
50010 --> Lwow(Lviv) --> Ukraine

50013 --> Bornholm --> Denmark
50014 --> Bornholm_winter --> Denmark
These maps have been assigned to Aleksander (they are mine)

50020 --> this is not my map --> only Gotha229

My other maps (not yet placed in MF) - mapX compatible names (if possible)

I have another question
It seems that previously all Google Maps links were supposed to generate a 600x600px image - a custom map ( <iframe src="https://www.google.com/maps/...... width="600" height="600" style="border:0;" ...</iframe>
and currently a medium map --> width="600" height="450" ​​

Are there any limitations to the size of this image?

Edit

Here are the corrected mapx files for maps 50023 and 50024
- topic https://forum.open-general.com/viewtopi ... 953#p16953

50023
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15DCh29 ... sp=sharing

50024
https://drive.google.com/file/d/140OI2v ... sp=sharing
User avatar
LuisGuzman
General, Special Forces
General, Special Forces
Posts: 673
Joined: 2019-03-10 08:35, Sunday
Location: Spain
Contact:

Re: MAPS: Post information about new maps here please

Post by LuisGuzman »

Thanks for checking !
sympatyk wrote: 2024-10-06 21:05, Sunday :howdy
First of all, thank You and Gilestiel for including large XXL maps in Map Finder :(

Sorry that I indicated the database as a source for uploading maps to MF
It was actually easier to make an appropriate list ...
Indeed that would have been much better
I only refer to my maps, those that in my opinion are incompatible
Generally, the map name is --> mapx without a number, starting with a capital letter
...
Ok, maps:
50006,50007,50008,50009,50010,50013,50014,50020 are fixed
and maps:
50023.. 50030 are included according that convention
I have another question
It seems that previously all Google Maps links were supposed to generate a 600x600px image - a custom map ( <iframe src="https://www.google.com/maps/...... width="600" height="600" style="border:0;" ...</iframe>
and currently a medium map --> width="600" height="450" ​​

Are there any limitations to the size of this image?
No limitation it is only that I forgot to edit the <iframe... /iframe> created by google maps
I'll do when I get a bit more free time, eventually ;)

Ah, and maps
50023 and 50024 are uploaded according your links, so I think all the 50k (XXL) big maps are ready at MapFinder now
:howdy
  Visit my website to get my latest tools.
User avatar
randowe
Lieutenant Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel
Posts: 2953
Joined: 2019-09-20 19:02, Friday
Location: Germany

Re: MAPS: Post information about new maps here please

Post by randowe »

Great job Luis and Gilestiel :bow :notworthy

Also, most maps uploaded in a month since Febraury 2013 :lol :cool
Image
sympatyk
Major
Major
Posts: 641
Joined: 2019-10-03 17:05, Thursday

Re: MAPS: Post information about new maps here please

Post by sympatyk »

LuisGuzman wrote: 2024-10-08 15:49, Tuesday ......
Ok, maps:
50006,50007,50008,50009,50010,50013,50014,50020 are fixed
and maps:
50023.. 50030 are included according that convention
Thank you very much for correcting

Map 50013, 50014 unfortunately - are still incorrect ..
It should be

50013 --> Bornholm --> Denmark (not Bornholm_winter)
50014 --> Bornholm_winter --> Denmark --> sympatyk (not Ystad - Bornholm, Albania, Alexander)

Sorry for the trouble
User avatar
LuisGuzman
General, Special Forces
General, Special Forces
Posts: 673
Joined: 2019-03-10 08:35, Sunday
Location: Spain
Contact:

Re: MAPS: Post information about new maps here please

Post by LuisGuzman »

sympatyk wrote: 2024-10-08 17:57, Tuesday [Map 50013, 50014 unfortunately - are still incorrect ..
It should be

50013 --> Bornholm --> Denmark (not Bornholm_winter)
50014 --> Bornholm_winter --> Denmark --> sympatyk (not Ystad - Bornholm, Albania, Alexander)

Sorry for the trouble
Fixed!
  Visit my website to get my latest tools.
sympatyk
Major
Major
Posts: 641
Joined: 2019-10-03 17:05, Thursday

Re: MAPS: Post information about new maps here please

Post by sympatyk »

LuisGuzman wrote: 2024-10-08 18:34, Tuesday
Fixed!
Thank you very much :notworthy
User avatar
randowe
Lieutenant Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel
Posts: 2953
Joined: 2019-09-20 19:02, Friday
Location: Germany

Re: MAPS: Post information about new maps here please

Post by randowe »

:howdy A new map is finished!

Number: 1596
Name: Athens South (3K)
Location: Greece
Period: WWII
Map size: 3150;3000

Comment: mod of map 1572
Image
User avatar
LuisGuzman
General, Special Forces
General, Special Forces
Posts: 673
Joined: 2019-03-10 08:35, Sunday
Location: Spain
Contact:

Re: MAPS: Post information about new maps here please

Post by LuisGuzman »

randowe wrote: 2024-11-09 19:30, Saturday :howdy A new map is finished!

Number: 1596
Name: Athens South (3K)
Location: Greece
Period: WWII
Map size: 3150;3000

Comment: mod of map 1572
Already available from MapFinder and OG map repo
:howdy
  Visit my website to get my latest tools.
Post Reply