Map Design Poll

[Eggbell]

Originally Posted by loramin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Whatever you decide, keep in mind that if you make the background transparent in the image, the wiki can have whatever color people want (purple even) behind it.

So like (purely hypothetically) let's say everyone agrees that the maps look better in black, but then someone is like "I still play like it's 1999: I print maps ... and a black background wastes ink."

We could use a transparent image for the map, put it on top of a black background in the wiki, and then add a print stylesheet that says "change that black to white when someone prints".

But no need to go through all that trouble unless there's a need; I'm just mentioning what's possible.

Originally Posted by gredoo [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

def keep it transparent and do the grid lines as a separate layer.

In terms of what you mention on the wiki functionality:
If I let the background be transparent and a user opts for the black background,
then we need to have contrasting grid lines. They would likely be white colored.

If the user opts for a white background, then the grid would be black colored.

So how would the wiki dynamically change the grid layer so that it contrasts the background?

[loramin]

Originally Posted by Eggbell [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

In terms of what you mention on the wiki functionality:
If I let the background be transparent and a user opts for the black background,
then we need to have contrasting grid lines. They would likely be white colored.

If the user opts for a white background, then the grid would be black colored.

So how would the wiki dynamically change the grid layer so that it contrasts the background?

I'm not sure the transparent grid lines would work, but they might. Basically you can think of "transparent" as being like a color (if things are setup properly in your image program; you may need to add an alpha channel or something first, depending on the program)

If you "paint transparent" (ie. erase) the grid lines, or anything else, it'll either show in the wiki as white or black based on whatever color is behind the image, and we can set that color. But we'd still need a way to switch to a different color, which is why I suggested print vs. normal.

Even more importantly, the map needs to look good. It has to be readable, and clear, and doing fancy stuff to let people switch the background color will likely make that a lot harder. I think picking one background color makes sense, and picking two (and using transparency to make it happen) could make sense ... if it's not too much trouble and is actually useful (eg. maybe the print idea or something like it).