Invitation sent.

Thanks to Muppet for testing the map.

He noticed that it takes more time to capture bonuses in the north than it takes in the south. He is right about that. I think there's some fixing to do in North Hamgyong, Ryanggang and especially in South Hamgyong. I'm back to the drawing board so to speak.

I'll update here when there's more to tell.

Me too

Good news everyone.

The map is now finished and will go public. It now says pending public in the design maps page. I don't know how long it usually takes for everyone to see it but it's gonna be available soon.

I had a fun time making it and I hope you enjoy playing it too.

Oh, I forgot to add a link to the preview link to the release version.

http://warlight.net/SinglePlayer.aspx?PreviewMap=10196

Selfish bump.

Wow. What a pleasant surprise. Came here and saw that the map has a rating of 4.76/5 and at the moment is rated highest out of all maps on WarLight. I'd like to thank the people who have played the map and liked it. Now that we have the rating system I'm glad to see that my work hasn't been for nothing.



So that this post wouldn't be just me thanking you guys and boasting how high the rating is (:D) I'd like to give you a little sneak peek of something I've been making for a while now.

I know there is a few maps of Japan already on WarLight, but two of them are historical maps and one is a small one with only about 50 territories. The map I'm making is Japan Big and when/if it's finished it would have over 500 territories. At the moment it has 113 territories and it's about 20% ready.

http://warlight.net/SinglePlayer.aspx?PreviewMap=11042

missing link kirishima and kagoshima

That looks good! But where's Okinawa?

Don't worry Moros. It will be included. Because Okinawa is so far from the main islands I will have to include it in it's own little box somewhere at the bottom of the map. I've already hit the pixel limit vertically so I can't include it in the map any other way. I don't want to make the main islands any smaller because there already were some problems trying to fit double digits inside territories in the Nagasaki Prefecture.

Balancing the map is the hardest thing to figure out with this map. I want to make the map so that each prefecture is a bonus. As you can see from the link below there's a lot of small size prefectures in the south but as you go north the prefectures get bigger and bigger in size.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Regions_and_Prefectures_of_Japan_2.svg/500px-Regions_and_Prefectures_of_Japan_2.svg.png

I try to fit in as many territories in the map as I can but when some prefectures could fit well over 20 territories in the north, I can only fit under 10 in the south. Hokkaido isn't a problem because it has subprefectures so I can easily slice it to smaller pieces. I don't want to make a map where the starting positions would already decide the game.

Nice map, i think you should introduce "north vs south" distribution :)

Not bad debuting as the top rated map. Told you it was a good one. :-) Glad I had the chance to kick your butt on it a few times testing too.

Really do like it, though. Nice work.

I thought about doing that before but for some reason it slipped my mind. The North vs. South distribution mode will be there when the new version gets public.

Thanks Muppet. :)

I think the map is as balanced as it can be thanks to your feedback. I didn't even know about the distribution modes before you told me about them. :D

nice maps, ihmek. any interest in a historical map of china, mongolia and russia during the qing dynasy (ie, much of eastern eurasia but from the perspective of china's conquering armies)? there are a lot of great maps for this era [in this book](http://www.amazon.com/China-Marches-West-Conquest-Central/dp/067401684X).

also, if enemies or teammates play your japan map and get angry, they could settle it in [the dohyo, sumo style](http://WarLight.net/SinglePlayer.aspx?PreviewMap=11682)! lol

aia think you should make a new tread for your Japan map, since this title would be confusing.

I don't think the Japan map is yet at a point where I should make a new thread for it. That was just a sneak peek of what was hopefully coming out later.

in north vs south south is much more advantaged :-s they can make combo picks and take a bonus in 1 turn

I see what you mean. Do you have any opinions on better starting points? My plan was that it wouldn't be possible to take a bonus in 1 turn, but I notice it now that it is possible if you get south and north chungcheong in south korea.

The problem would be fixed if I changed the starting point from daejeon to seosan in south chungcheong. Any other points I should fix?

Could you add a North-South Cities distribution?

And about the Japan map, maybe you could change the color of the Kagawa Prefecture, now it's red, but so is Hiroshima Prefecture, and they nearly border. You could make it green, for example.