[added] The Hollow Hedge
 

some points for Gninja^Wgnome quest:

dagger 875 8 -505
doll 865 8 -585
journal 915 8 -640
skull 917 8 -525

gnome 1018 8 -581

[Map] Hollow Hedge
 

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POIs:

997.42, 10.11, -547.19 Old Man Dave (right click door and choose treat to spawn)

874.30, 8.26, -504.15 dagger for Train to Zone! quest

883.61, 10.06, -565.58 A Headless Knight (click bag to spawn)

931.54, 7.87, -598.27 animated hedge

914.11, 10.08, -622.32 grime-covered chest

916.96, 8.19, -638.84 journal for Train to Zone! quest

1012.85, 8.19, -628.90 Raven

864.81, 8.19, -584.97 doll for Train to Zone! quest

891.58, 8.19, -636.25 risen corpse - kill for key to grime-covered chest

1018.01, 8.19, -579.96 a terrified gnome - starts Train to Zone! quest

949.2, 8.19, -579.91 Statue - click to enter center of maze

946.75, 7.83, -551.70 Altius Volfban

943.38, 7.83, -580.38 Statue - click to exit center of maze

999.28, 8.75, -583.41 terrified Norrathians

994.79, 7.99, -528.38 gleaming chest (only spawns on returning to zone after completing first quest

918.15, 8.19, -537.94 hedge section - disappears after killing Old Man Dave

965.61, 7.90, -561.17 hedge section - disappears after opening grime-covered chest

Threads merged. :eek:

Which map looks more like the actual zone?

Brammator's map looks pretty nice, but Lyssia's map looks nice as well.

My initial vote would be for Brammator's, it has a better contrast between the hedge, the buildings, and the ground. Lyssia's is nice, but there's so much gray/dark green it all seems to bleed together.

I'd have said Lyssia for better use of zone textures and more of a "haunted" look. All that without ever having seen the zone though. ;)

well, she missed one part with penetrable wall 1-) upper left portion of map.

How do I get this map into EQ2Maps? Not sure what that DDS file is for. I need this thing so bad because walking through that maze in first person gets me sick! lol

Funny I looked all over for that hole in the wall several times and never found it. Will look again and adjust as necessary.

I chose the gray/green colors as they match the zone itself.

*edit* You missed one as well. ;) You are missing the section just below the one I missed.

/random 1000 in game and tell us what u got :P

How...
 

Me too! I dropped the file into the maps folder but apparently theres someting else that needs to be done.. anyone?

Here are the updated/corrected files. Illusion hedge section added and lines made a bit more defined to help with contrast between path/hedges.

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There are three things you need to make a map usable in game; the .dds image, the .xml code, and the poi file. (Well you don't have to have the poi file, but it helps ;))

You can find tutorials in the EQ2Map forums, which is how I learned to do it, or you can wait a little bit and I'm sure one of the maps posted here will be added to the autoupdater soon.

Integration details can be found in section 6 of the mapping tutorial, found here:
http://maps.eq2interface.com/index.p...aptutorial&p=7

You do not need to create a POI file, since the website does that automatically.

If it's much more like it looks in the zone, then I revise my 'vote' to Lyssia's, I always like it when the maps look like the zone.

I prefer Brammator's. Much easier to actually see.

Lyssia's might be more accurate to what's actually in-game, but usability over aesthetics in my book. The contrasting colors makes Brammator's MUCH easier to use.

Lyssia's map also has the hedge size too thick, Brammator's is more precise to the actual thickness of the hedge.

There's a mistake with the "965.61, 7.90, -561.17" waypoint. The wall can be crossed only if you have killed Raven.

I didn't see anything behind except a shiny.

fixed doors and minor minimap bordering issue, added 'spooky' variant (but first looks better at minimap imo)

After reading over the comments in this thread and the poll thread, I've modified my map slightly. The background is now a bit lighter which gives a bit more contrast, and I added steps to the buildings. I made two versions of the modified map, with and without shadows.

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1st: great maps! Esp. the one without shadows should now also be easy enough to read for most people. :nana:

At least I will use your map. Please keep up the good work. It would be a shame to loose a talent like you. :)

Thanks for the kind words, and don't worry, I'll be trying my hand at more maps, I'm sure.