Map - Liscannor Bay [1.01]

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Overview



Liscannor Bay is a European bay style map with a focus on trading and resource collecting, along with the inevitable warfare that follows it. The trading is done by giving 4 factions 2 - 3 resources that are cheap and easy to get near their castles, but expensive to buy in the castles far away from them. This allows enterprising merchants to buy low in one village, then go across the map and sell it for profit.



But trading isn't the only way to make money. On a small island outside the bay is a ruined fort protecting a gold and silver mine. An ambitious kingdom will want to load a ship with serfs and soldier to take advantage of this resource before the enemy does. The fort cannot be captured and has few resources besides the mine. It also has many gaps in the wall, but an engineer can construct walls to seal the mine from enemies. Gold is by far the most valuable resource on the map; whichever kingdom controls the mine will no doubt have the upper hand in whatever conflict arises.



Some people are not interested in trading, sailing, or the strife of warfare. For those who want to peacefully craft and gather resources, a village lies on the far end of the map away from all the castles. It has its own faction, but cannot be captured, nor can it capture other castles.



A trading outpost at the middle of the map serves as the commoner spawn point and social hub. An inn with commoner and mercenary training is located here, along with several specialized shops, including: A blacksmith with iron weapons and armor, a leather armor store, a tailor, a ranged weapons shop, an arabic trade ship, and a large stable with every horse in the game. The docks along the coast have 2 sailing ships. It also has a warehouse that can export all materials. This is also where gold and silver bars are sold.



Pordisett Castle
Each kingdom specializes in gathering 2 - 3 resources, and 2 types of weapons. Pordisett Castle has:
-Wine Fields
-Fish nets
-Cheaper blunt weapons and crossbows
-Docks with 1 ship



Laszloburg Castle
-Adjacent Iron mine
-Wheat Fields
-Cheaper horses, lances, and saddles



Osvirklif Castle
-Nearby forest for lumber
-Animal hunting for meat and leather
-Nearby salt mines
-Cheaper axes and bows



Montibeil Castle
-Flax fields
-Fishing nets
-Nearby salt mines
-Dock with 1 ship
-cheaper swords and spears

Map Notes
-Each faction has 1 castle with an adjacent village. The castles have a Keep, Barracks, and Prison. The villages have a Stockpile, Inn, and Smithy.
-All peasant training is done at inns. All soldier training is done in keeps.
-Each castle has a hunting crossbow on the walls with bolts and arrows available for purchase.
-All castles can collect iron, wood, and food in some form without encroaching on anothers' territory. Some can just collect those resources easier than others.
-Other settlements on the map include: 2 outlaw camps, a foot arena, a jousting field, and a church with books inside.

Original Post

Good luck 

Looks nice. Can't wait to see more!

The terrain looks nice

Good luck, and try not to over-do it, or you will get bored and never finish it.

Looks impressive, will certanly keep my eyes wide open

A scene based on real terrain, I'm interested!

Looks like a good start

Hugues said:

A scene based on real terrain, I'm interested!

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It isn't uncommon, it's just uncommon that said scene sees the light of day/isn't for an event or server exclusive for a server that promptly dies.

OT:

Good terrain choice and realization! I haven't seen a topographical map of the actual bay, but what you've got looks like a good baseline for a Warband scene. The only thing that looks like it could get a wee bit hairy is the river crossings-- I'd recommend things like rope bridges, the occasional ford/downed tree, et ketra, with a minimum of perfectly functional bridges to make horse crossing controllable to a degree but travel through on foot far harder to regulate (and thus trolling of random people much harder but robbing of carts/blocking of armies on the move much more streamlined).

Anyway. Feel free to disregard that, as long as you make a scene you feel good about you shouldn't feel beholden to any "iron law" of map design. Get crazy with it and you may wind up inventing a new one.

@Azrayel: I actually have 3 - 4 fords in the river marked by gravel, and since the river has a steep slope it's difficult for horses to cross. I am thinking of adding a rope bridge on the southern river though.

Also, I can't teleport without a dedicated server, so I haven't been able to test this, but if I place an interior anywhere below 0 will it be submerged? Or does the water level have a limit below ground? I want to know before I start making interiors.

Make them inside the hills, but above the water line.

Update

Map's coming along well so far, all 4 castles havebeen laid down, along with the neutral village and gold mine.


Here's some screenshots of some of the areas that are more finished than the others, the VIllage and Gold Mine


The Gold mine island will have some ruins that can offer a little defense against invaders, but it has a bunch of gaps in the wall. If you have an engineer however, you can construct wooden walls to fill in those gaps, and make it harder for enemies to take your gold!

All 4 castles also have interiors as well by now. Next I need to work on the four faction villages, docks, bandit camps, and the trading outpost. I'm thinking of adding an arena somewhere too if I have room. Afterwards I'll add foliage and other aesthetic details.

ohhh, yes, taking control of that island, and keeping all you little ****s off

Update

I've been working on the map a lot and I think the exterior is nearly done.


The trading outpost is completely finished, complete with interiors and docks. It has an inn with commoner and mercenary training and an export warehouse, along with several stores: an iron smithy with iron armor and weapons, a leather armor store, a tailor, a ranged weapon store, an arabian trade ship, and a stable with every horse in the game inside.

I also had room for not just an arena but also a jousting field. The foot arena is on the forest side of the map, which has better foot soldiers. The jousting field is on the plains side of the map, which has better horseman. They're located between their respective kingdoms to make organized battles an alternative to besieging each others' castles. Or for anyone who wants to grab a wooden sword and duel.

I've started to add the 4 faction villages but they're still unfinished. The idea is that each faction will have 2 - 3 resources it can easily acquire. To balance this those resources are cheaper in that village's stockpile. This also means that merchants can actually go to say the Wine making village and fill a cart with wine. They can then take that cart to the other side of the map where wine is hard to find and sell it for a higher price, making profit.

This means that going to war with another castle could deplete you of certain resources. Each castle can still acquire wood, iron, and food fairly easily though, and the neutral village has most everything at a base price. But it might make things more interesting, especially for those who want to play a merchant trader instead of laboring for their money.

wow it look good 

That. Looks. Amazing.

Looks very good! I would like to very well play it!

looking pretty dang awesome if am being honest

The overhead looks good; I hope to find some time to see what it looks like from feet on the ground's perspective if I ever get some free time when this is released 

This mod can always use more well-made maps like this one.

Alright, I'm going to call this map finished now. I'll edit the first post with some of the completed screenshots and list of features.

In the meantime, how do I upload this map so other people can use it? Should I give the file an original name, or a "map_number" name, and if so what number would be good? And also, would any server like to host this map?

Lazuli said:

In the meantime, how do I upload this map so other people can use it? Should I give the file an original name, or a "map_number" name, and if so what number would be good? And also, would any server like to host this map?

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Use one of the many file hosting sites available - filesmelt.com is one that seems to be used by other scene creators, or you could use something like the M&B nexus - then upload the scene file named however you like, since the server hoster will have to change it to a name they aren't using for another scene, setting the terrain code and outer mesh for the appropriate entry in scenes.txt to the values you must supply along with your download. See this thread for an example of a recent fully public scene (not many are, these days).