Regional Overland Maps

I have recently added the first regional overland map to Shadowdale. When characters leave Shadowdale, they will essentially "zoom out" and they will be taken to the regional map. On this map, you'll notice "hot spots" have been marked on the minimap and entrances to these hotspots will be marked with an obelisk surrounded by an area transition. Clicking on the area transition will "zoom" the character back into the area.

Some notes about the regional overland maps:

• The regional overland maps are not intended to be exact, miniature representations of the area
  
• I have made an effort to balance detail and resources to ensure the maps useful without being overly resource intensive, especially on some lower end machines
  
• Characters will not experience random encounters on the overland maps
  
• Characters may rest on the overland maps
  
• Most entrances to areas will be marked by an obelisk surrounded by an area transition as well as a map note
  
• While these maps have all the same functions as normal maps, they are intended more as a means of portraying the distances and locations of adventuring zones rather than being an adventuring zone itself
  

Since these maps are currently in preliminary stages, I look forward to hearing constructive feedback on them. It is my hope that these regional overland maps will enable me to provide players with a much greater scope and diversity of areas that I would not be able to provide without alternate means of displaying and portraying distance.

Maybe add an reduce person to the player while on it?

Shyntra wrote:Maybe add an reduce person to the player while on it?

It's supposed to have the feel of an oldschool RPG overland map, like final fantasy or dragon warrior. hehe

I like it, it let you encounter other PC and rp while not having you go through 10 area to get where you are lose 10 minute of loading each map.

Yes, it's an excellent move. Even more so with a full server, when transitions become critical.

I haven't tried but can you pvp on that overland map?

Yeah, you can.

This will be interesting to see. I saw it used on a roleplay server on Graal. No one really roleplayed on it though...

I personally find them as only a way to compress travel times. They dont really seem suitable for RP purposes to me. It does cut down on the maps we have to do, which are a lot regardless.