[Map] Beach graphic for the cloth map

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Could you please add a beach graphic for the cloth map.  

I have been playing a lot in cloth map mode, as it has lessened the frequency of crashes, but to find beaches you are forced to shut the cloth map off in order to find them and then turn it back on.  Dots - Dashes - anything that seems to differentiate from the normal coastal line would be awesome!

Thanks! :beer:

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Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

I made this suggestion during Beta. Still no progress on it though :(.

Anyhow third.

Sins of a Solar Empire II
Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

Speaking of cloth map - I find it terribly hard to explore on it.

On the 3D map I can at least see the faint (!) grid outlines and so tell the passable from the impassable terrain. I use to "walk the edges" to light up as much of the continent and shore around if.
Now the cloth map is more like "somewhere around here is a mountain" so I have to keep clicking until I find a tile that can be moved to. It's pretty silly...

I'd really wish for an uglier but more useful map. Maybe MoM tiles can be converted. Hehehe.

 

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

Well, there is some indication of a beach even on the cloth map. But its very very faint ... and hard to describe as well. More like a faint shine around the normal cliff-line than an actual difference in appearance ... which it should be, no question.

But whether this shine is overwhelmed by the fog of war or the colourization of your map? I would have to check later on as I'm currently not playing.

 

Rabenhoff

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

There is a subtle difference between beach and cliff on the cloth map, but I definitely agree it should be made more prominent.

At the moment, beaches are smooth, straight lines instead of scraggly like cliffs and stick in or out a little bit. They look a bit like brackets. )