NS4 Unofficial Map

Ting · Post by **Ting** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 4:15 pm

I have heard of several people trying to map areas on their own, but I don't know of anyone who has had much luck. I had an idea of a system of graphical maps, but it would take the participation of more than just a few members of the community to make it useful. Would anyone feel like contributing to a community map? Do you think a little friendly contest between guilds would help?

kiros · Post by **kiros** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 4:36 pm

I think it is a great idea. Especially that the official map shows focus points only. And it could be interesting to have a map of the underground.

Though, I think it would require time and a good system to map the areas in order to be interesting and effective.

I'm curious to see your idea to build a graphical map.

Ting · Post by **Ting** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 5:19 pm

http://people.clemson.edu/~carrol4/

This is a link that explaines the idea. Directions could be given from a known point to the destination simply as a series of zone numbers. I was planning on starting at Avendell and perhaps each of the faction's cities and working out from there.

JesterOI · Post by **JesterOI** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 5:26 pm

http://jollyblue.drivein-jim.net/map01b.php
http://www.nsrealm.com/bigmap.asp
http://www.nsrealm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=698&highlight=map

Ting · Post by **Ting** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 5:39 pm

Those are good links JesterOI, and certainly good for general directions, but I was thinking about having a map that would put you on the doorstep of where you were looking for. Unfortunately I don't think that the zones fit together nicely enough to be made into one 2D map; and there is the trouble of underground areas. What would make this much easier would be if there was a tool to dump the current automap directly from the NWN application...

Sakad the II · Post by **Sakad the II** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 6:23 pm

Ill help.. Ill do rk strong hold to NC captial tonight

Ting · Post by **Ting** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 6:47 pm

Excellent!

JesterOI · Post by **JesterOI** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 7:16 pm

Personally I think it's more fun to go out and explore and find your own way.

Ting · Post by **Ting** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 7:51 pm

Then don't use the map.

Sakad the II · Post by **Sakad the II** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 8:25 pm

Do you want the auto map to be fully expanded for the screens? Becuase some area's are messy to try and use the large automap..

Post by **Lokey** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 8:28 pm

Expect a rework of the underground areas in the near future (less bottleneck, more directions to go and so on) especially those around the starting cities for RK and SL.

Hate making promises, but don't want you to spend too much time mapping out something we're planning on changing to.

By the way, liked Joe Faust's map a lot.

Ting · Post by **Ting** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 8:33 pm

True, I did notice that the maximized version would require a lot more reworking... I think the medium size would be best, as the larger does not really add more detail.

Sakad the II · Post by **Sakad the II** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 9:04 pm

To Ting: Will do

To lokey: Thank you for giving me hope that the tunnels for Rk will be desigend

They are far TOO LONG TO TRAVEL. And since the tunnels are changing start off in the black hills.... Time to get to work

kiros · Post by **kiros** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 10:28 pm

What I had in mind is more the kind of graphs that JoeFaust did... (see Jester's links in this post).

That kind of map can help to locate yourself after a long journey, it can help you get home more quickly (but still slower than by being killed).

Maping out the entire areas might spoil the fun... Players could stop exploring areas because they know the main path... and miss great places (caves, houses, etc.)

Post by **Lokey** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 11:25 pm