Editing Map guidelines

This section lists general guidelines that make exceptional maps.  For a list of the requirements that a map must pass to be approved, refer to [[Making maps public]].

==Border overlap==

It is recommended that the borders of territories in the same bonus overlap, whereas the borders of territories in different bonuses should be adjacent. 

For example, take a look at part of South Africa in Grundie's Earth map: 

http://warlight.net/Images/MapDesignBorders.png

==Connection Lines==

If you wish for two territories to connect, but they aren't physically touching each other on the map, it's necessary to include a line on the map so that players can easily see that they're connected.

==No Tiny Territories==

All territories must be big enough to completely fit a single-digit army number, at a minimum.  Preferably, territories should be big enough to fit a three-digit army number with a little space around each digit.

==See also==

* [[Map Making]]
* [[Creating the SVG]]

[[Category:Map Making|Guidelines]]
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-This section lists general guidelines that make exceptional maps.  For a list of the requirements that a map '''must''' pass to be approved, see the [[map requirements]].
+This section lists general guidelines that make exceptional maps.  For a list of the requirements that a map must pass to be approved, refer to [[Making maps public]].
-== Border overlap ==
+==Border overlap==
 It is recommended that the borders of territories in the same bonus overlap, whereas the borders of territories in different bonuses should be adjacent.
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 For example, take a look at part of South Africa in Grundie's Earth map:
-https://d2wcw7vp66n8b3.cloudfront.net/Images/MapDesignBorders.png
+http://warlight.net/Images/MapDesignBorders.png
-== Minimize long connections or drastically uneven territory size ==
+==Connection Lines==
-One property of a great map is that players can tell at a glance, without doing an analysis, approximately how many turns it takes to get from one territory to another.
+If you wish for two territories to connect, but they aren't physically touching each other on the map, it's necessary to include a line on the map so that players can easily see that they're connected.
-For example, on the [https://www.warlight.net/SinglePlayer?PreviewMap=12 Earth map], all territories are approximately the same size, and all connections between territories over water happen between territories that are relatively close to begin with.
+==No Tiny Territories==
-Contrast that with this example, where territory labeled B is actually significantly closer to A than C is, even though it appears to be further away:
+All territories must be big enough to completely fit a single-digit army number, at a minimum.  Preferably, territories should be big enough to fit a three-digit army number with a little space around each digit.
-https://d32kaghj56y4ei.cloudfront.net/static/img/LongConnections.png
+==See also==
-Long connections like this make it harder to spatially visualize the map layout.  A similar effect can happen when territories are drastically uneven in size.  Just like before, B is much closer to A than C is, even though it appears further away:
-https://d32kaghj56y4ei.cloudfront.net/static/img/UnevenTerritorySizes.png
-This happens due to an extremely large territory being nearby to very small territories.
-== See also ==
 * [[Map Making]]
 * [[Creating the SVG]]
-* [[Map requirements]]
 [[Category:Map Making|Guidelines]]