Mapping out The City. - by Digital Nightfall
Doc_Brown on 26/9/2005 at 04:13
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I would still like to hear the opinions of the old guard on this (I'm thinking of Mugla and Doc_Brown in particular)
Be right with you. Quitting a stressful job, looking for a new apartment. Just a tad preoccupied at the moment.
EmperorSteele on 26/9/2005 at 05:45
That last picture... it...
River in middle, three bridges....
This may be a terrific find indeed! Also, i think this also brings up the possibility of "The city" being surrounded by water.... it would help define the boarers of the districts...
I dunno =/
str8g8 on 26/9/2005 at 08:16
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Be right with you. Quitting a stressful job, looking for a new apartment. Just a tad preoccupied at the moment.
Ouch, yes, Real Life does have a habit of getting in the way sometimes, doesn't it? I hope you get it sorted out soon. :)
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Alright, as I see it, we should wait MorbusG finish his work on the evidence-gathering, and then construct a full map on both versions.
Well, I don't want to do a full map on both versions, if by full you mean finished. It will a big enough task as it is. We can do the basic layout for both versions and then pick one (perhaps this is what you meant?).
This Gorinchem angle is interesting, but I don't think the City is based too closely on any
single place ... for instance, the City is much bigger than this Gorinchem, which seems to be more of a town. Places like Amsterdam, Stockholm, Venice, in fact any medieval European city built on water would probably have been influences in the design of the City.
I wonder if anyone will find the map that was used as the basis of the T3 city map ... ? That would be a find.
I like the idea that the the City might be surrounded by water - the canal system is there, the city walls are there, it would make sense in some way to use the water as part of the City's defences. When the layout is settled, this is just the kind of detail that can be added.
cheers
str8g8
Solabusca on 26/9/2005 at 10:57
Guys.
Seriously.
The Dev's used a piece of art as inspiration.
They're NOT mapping out a Dutch city in extreme size. The architecture, layout and design of Gorinchem are all wrong. Add to that the fact that it's so bloody small in comparison...
I was just pointing out that using this screenshot would lead to faulty conclusions - and thank you for proving my point.
It was, much like the picture of Luther's head, simply inspirational.
Oh, and I doubt the City would be able to support a moat the way medival Goricum does - primarily due to the expanding nature of the city.
.j.
[EDIT: As a quick heads up, Gorinchem today has a population of around 32,000, and covers 21.99 km2. A far cry from the sprawling metropolis that is the City.]
EmperorSteele on 27/9/2005 at 00:44
Hey, somethings been bugging me here:
How come you have the "Lost city entrance" in New market? It's located in the river in "Assassins". Check it out. Open up miss5.mis (assassins) and miss9.mis (The Lost City). In mis 5, head down towards "home turf" and find the river, and there you'll see the keeper door lock . Exploring around, you'll also see it is 99% the SAME MAP as in the begining of "TLC" (Except the water changes color, and there's a missing manhole in "home turf" in Assassins, but other than that, its the same!)
Or has this been discussed?
MorbusG on 27/9/2005 at 08:53
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How come you have the "Lost city entrance" in New market? It's located in the river in "Assassins".
Have you looked at the map in "Assassins"? It's the one where you're in New Market.
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Or has this been discussed?
Yes, very early.
EmperorSteele on 27/9/2005 at 19:35
Oooh... i thought that jumble of lines in the middle of the map was the Assassins map, not the "courier" one from T2. So that's why i was confused as to why "assassins" and "TLC" were put in two different palces.. because that wasn't the assassins map. My bad >_<
So, okay, why hasn't that assassins map been pasted in yet?
[edit] oh wait, i see it... uhm... should the "tlc" not be within the confies of the "assassins" map itself, isntead of floating away from it then?
