Othr wrote, that he wants to add some new textures, to improve the look of map. I have some idea...
Beside AD 1257, I’m playing Civilization V at the moment. Its overworld map has great landscapes, because there are forest, nice modeled cities and one thing, which is missed in grey-blurry overworld map in Warband: textured farmlands, with crops, colorful grain etc.
Just look at that view in Civ 5:
Or in Age of Empires 3:
This is texture, which can be used:
And the view in perspective look, as it would look on the map:
Doesn’t this look better then normal view? Wouldn’t this look nice?
But biggest question is: doesn’t this affect speed of map?
What do you think?