Talk:Towns and Cities/Archive 1

Russian names
Idea: maybe it's very usefull to add the russian names behind the english ones and create redirects based on the russian names. This way new users can find the correct city name when they're ingame looking at a sign more easily.

For example:
 * Chernogorsk (rus. "Черногорск"]])

--Grezvany13 04:58, 14 May 2012 (MDT)


 * yes, but i do not think we should create pages with the Russian names though. Since nobody except russians can write the Cyrillic letters ,) -- SEI 09:37, 14 May 2012 (MDT)
 * A redirect should do the trick, but is not required. Double pages are indeed a no-go. --Grezvany13 09:43, 14 May 2012 (MDT)
 * SOLVED - sEi (Talk) 14:22, 10 June 2012 (MDT)

The Table
I have made the table format easy readable. If someone would be kind to insert the city coordinates and Russian names (info from the city's page). - try to keep the 'layout' when editing the table - I did not have time to fill all data - sEi (Talk) 15:45, 18 May 2012 (MDT)
 * SOLVED - sEi (Talk) 14:22, 10 June 2012 (MDT)

Pictures of towns
SEI 21:32, 14 May 2012 (MDT) - Should we insert pictures of the different cities? I wouldn't mind to start and hereby finding a picture size/format so we get the same size for them. The pictures (screen grabs from editor) should be from characteristic angles so the player would have some help to find his location (without going too close to read signs).
 * SOLVED - sEi (Talk) 14:22, 10 June 2012 (MDT)

SEI 22:16, 14 May 2012 (MDT) - I have made a test. See:Nizhnoye (note you can click the pic for full size)

How i made the pic (in details!):
 * 1) Made sure my arma grfx settings is high for good photo quality
 * 2) Jumped in the editor and found a good spot for the photo
 * 3) Dumped all weapons to get rid of crosshair
 * 4) Noted from what direction i was looking at the city (Opposite the direction i was looking ,) )
 * 5) Zoomed (rightclick) and made a screenshot (My screen resolution is 1920x1200)
 * 6) Used Photoshop for editing:
 * 7) Image/Mode/RGB 16bit (was RGB 8bit)
 * 8) Image/Auto tone
 * 9) Image/Auto Contrast
 * 10) Image/Auto Color
 * 11) Image/Image Size/width 800px (resulting in height: 500px)
 * 12) File/Save for web (SHIFT-CTRL-ALT-S) <3 that keycombination ,)
 * 13) JPEG - Quality: 100% - Check: Optimized (if not already - leave the other check-boxes there unchecked)
 * 14) Saved the image with this name-format: Prefix: [City_] (don't use town!) + [Name of city_] + [Viewed from Direction] + [.jpg]
 * 15) The picture of Nizhnoye got this name: City_Nizhnoye_w.jpg
 * 16) Placed the picture on the Nizhnoye page using this tag:  City_Nizhnoye_w.jpg 

''Note: the reason i give this detailed info is to ensure we get a standardized result on the pics. Of course any image editor can be used (nearly) but anyways!''

Please comment!
 * Grezvany13 01:46, 15 May 2012 (MDT) - Great idea and thanks for the "tutorial" :D Although I do suggest that we only try to make screens when the video settings are atleast at HIGH, so we get nice pictures instead of the terrible stuff I see onscreen (LOW/MEDIUM).
 * SEI 01:59, 15 May 2012 (MDT) - Do you suggest that i should make a 'better setting in arma' picture than my example pic? Or do i misunderstand your post? (i wouldnt mind cranking it up!)
 * Grezvany13 02:19, 15 May 2012 (MDT) - No, I mean that I can't make those pictures since my graphics are terrible ingame. Even offline I can't go higher than MEDIUM since my FPS will drop below 10 ;)
 * SEI 02:35, 15 May 2012 (MDT) - :) then i misunderstood you correct! I anyways went and made a test with an all HIGHEST setting and you can compare the two pics [] - I'll use my first version's settings (NORMAL) since navigating with highest settings at 6 FPS is no fun. I updated the tut above! - Cheers
 * SOLVED - sEi (Talk) 14:22, 10 June 2012 (MDT)

about the size
http://dabrothas.net/sei/daisy/index.asp?mode=cities&z=2&x=&y=&t=&m=&c= since we are using this map linked above as a reference, i was thinking in set the towns into two sizes. city (the ones uppercased in the map) and town (all those others) --Oliva 10:55, 8 June 2012 (MDT)
 * DONE - sEi (Talk) 11:16, 10 June 2012 (MDT)