[EM] Maps for your devices!

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 6:01 am

Hi there,

I'm a relatively new player, just got into EM about a week or so ago and I'm absolutely loving it, it's the space game I've always wanted. My friends and I have been playing on the Horizons server with the clan tag [BFFS]. Say Hi if you see me!

Anyway, I wanted to share something I made for myself. I work on mobile games so I use my iPad quite a bit. Being a relative newbie to EM, I wanted to have a nice map that I could display and zoom into on my iPad for reference. I spent a bit of time designing some large maps (2048x2048px) in the new iPad's resolution. I made versions with and without a grid.

Hopefully someone here can get a use out of having these on their tablet, phone, second monitor, whatever! Enjoy!

Download GRID version

Download NO GRID version

countjimula · Post by **countjimula** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 7:29 am

Thank you this is very cool, and I don't even have an iPad.

[Edited on 4-14-2012 by countjimula]

Austin · Post by **Austin** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 8:32 am

Very nice map Rex

49rTbird · Post by **49rTbird** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 1:30 pm

Hello Rex, Welcome to the forum and the Sim. Have fun and hope to see you in Multi-Player sometime.

Busch · Post by **Busch** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 2:21 pm

These are very well done, Rex. Thanks for sharing. We have, and will, see yaz out there!

Post by **DaveK** » Sat Apr 14, 2012 4:21 pm

I really like the clarity of this set so I reduced the size to 1024x1024 and reduced the no of colours down to 24K to reduce the file size (now around 200K) and saved then them into the HUD folder in the main game folder of my PC (map, mape & mapt). They appear in the navmap screen a treat - still very clear and sharp!

Thanks for sharing!

ps - just on the quadrant map I coloured the hostiles in red and the safes in green - not quite as cool

, but I like a reminder of where I need to keep an eye out!

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Sun Apr 15, 2012 12:37 am

Hi Rex, welcome to the game and forum!.....Hope to see you out there some time!.....

BTW, Very cool maps, thanks for sharing!...

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 1:00 am

Thanks for the kind words guys! I had a lot of fun making them.

DaveK, mind sharing your in-game versions? I'd love to see how they look!

If any of you have any suggestions for them, let me know.

SeeJay · Post by **SeeJay** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 6:05 am

Hi Rex.

Nice pics. Is this an app for the Ipad/Iphone? (I don't have any of those myself).

If it is and you know programming, you might want to connect it to my online DB of the universe? (If that is possible).
Just a thought to get all systems found into that map.

Post by **DaveK** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 8:29 am

From post: 135292, Topic: tid=9195, author=Rex wrote: DaveK, mind sharing your in-game versions? I'd love to see how they look!

My pleasure

Download from here

You need to rename the maps before or after you save them. The correct names are shown on the site page. Sorry for the inconvenience but my website creation programme gives all uploaded files strange names!

It is part of my personal webspace so please respect it

EDIT - tidied up instructions

[Edited on 18-4-2012 by DaveK]