Tjoek's A&A 1914 OOB Map file (Updated February 9th 2020)

@Imperious-Leader said in Tjoek's A&A 1914 OOB Map file:

I like what i see, but i still like my file better because all the artwork is VECTOR BASED and not an image or scan of an image. Don’t like the OOB sea color or lines either but that’s subjective

Thanks IL, everyone their own preferences. Vector images do have the advantage of scaling indefinitely and still be crisp and clear but they often lack the depth of texture and dynamic colors that I personally find far more pleasing to the eye. And in my experience you don’t need that scalability when you print your maps for decent gaming tables. Unless off-course you want a wall-size carpet hanging in your gaming room ;-)

Just another question to you guys:
The Germans have the ability to declare “Unrestricted Submarine Warfare” which means that their subs in sea zones 2, 7, 8 have the ability to raid US and UK convoys. I could mark those sea zones on the map with a semi transparent icon of a sub as a reminder that these 3 sea zones are affected.

What are your thoughts on this?

Update on the map
Besides I have spotted a few minor mistakes and small things I want to revisit on the map. Nothing big, but some text not being as white as it could be, some better centering of territory names and fix some text deformation that happened during stitching of individual scans: For examples the M in Mesopotamia had a small kind of wiggle in it.

Expect an updated map somewhere this week.

Just for your info, the sub icon as just tried is a silhouette of the actual sub miniature from the game itself. First I thought about a semi transparent icon in white, but a dark icon looks nice as well :

Not too busy or bold, just a slight reminder of the rule and the sea zones affected. The more I look at them, the more I prefer the dark icon as if there is a sub submerged :-)

Any comments are appreciated!

The map file is released!

One version without and one version with the harbours. I opted to not include the submarine icons on the map by default, but I’ve added the dark transparent silhouette as well as the Mobilization Zone as separate files you can simply overlay yourself.

Enjoy and please share pictures of your map if you happen to print one of this files.

If you have any questions or need support feel free to send me a PM or post it here.

@Chacmool @The-Plastic-Commando
I just noticed the download links where wrong. So please re download the files if you already did so.
Not a big issue, but both links had harbour icons and I cleaned up a very small border defect in Russia. You most likely won’t have noticed it anyways ;-)

@The-Plastic-Commando said in Tjoek's A&A 1914 OOB Map file (Updated February 7th):

Thanks for the great work Tjoek. I plan to download and get a map printed. I’ll post it and discuss on my YouTube channel soon.

Just found your channel and subscribed!

@Chacmool @The-Plastic-Commando
One more update to the files:

• Colors are slightly warmer
• Reduced dark contrast between some territories and new artwork for the Sahara in Libya, Egypt and Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

My file went to a local printshop and they expect the map to be ready in slightly more then a week. I will post pictures in comparison with the real board when I’ve received it.