Colour Maps

[Brad Brunet]

A 70k ish file is now 194k. The colour is really a costly frill in my books.

Brad

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[Øystein Tvedten]

--- In mepbmlist (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com, peterkessler@t... wrote:
> I totally agree with you. I must use a normal telephone line and
> this triples my costs without any useful addition.
> Peter

Dunno what phone calls cost in Germany, but here in Norway (Europe's
most expensive country), the 20 seconds extra to download the new
size of the PDF files on a 56kbit phone line would amount to 0.0075
Euro more per turn in phonecalls.

Øystein

[Mark Jeffries]

I dont think its really the cost, its the time on a 56k modem, can you not
use a lower bit depth Oystein?

regards

Mark

----- Original Message -----
From: "Øystein Tvedten" <oysteint@...>
To: <mepbmlist (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com>
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 1:51 PM
Subject: [mepbmlist] Re: Colour Maps

--- In mepbmlist (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com, peterkessler@t... wrote:
> I totally agree with you. I must use a normal telephone line and
> this triples my costs without any useful addition.
> Peter

Dunno what phone calls cost in Germany, but here in Norway (Europe's
most expensive country), the 20 seconds extra to download the new
size of the PDF files on a 56kbit phone line would amount to 0.0075
Euro more per turn in phonecalls.

Øystein



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[Øystein Tvedten]

I should also mention that the filesize is being worked on, and
should become smaller.

Øystein

[Øystein Tvedten]

--- In mepbmlist (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com, peterkessler@t... wrote:
> Hi, you can expect to get 10-15 PDF-Files and it this not only
> takes a couple of additional minutes, you can expect that our much
> loved major carrier (and the only one you can use if you are not
> leaving in a city) will be unable to send everything in one
> connection.

10-15 files? Must be in alot of games. Even so, you'd usually not
get all of those at once in one day. (UNless you're playing a full
side solo, which I know some people have done).

Anyways, the file-size has been reduced. I just sent a new version
to MeGames which changes the color PDFs from 145-178kb per turn, to
90-126kb per turn for an mid-early 2950 game.

Øystein

[Brad Brunet]

--- In mepbmlist (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com, peterkessler@t... wrote:
> Hi, you can expect to get 10-15 PDF-Files and it this not only
> takes a couple of additional minutes, you can expect that our much
> loved major carrier (and the only one you can use if you are not
> leaving in a city) will be unable to send everything in one
> connection.

From: "Øystein Tvedten" <oysteint@...
> 10-15 files? Must be in alot of games.

Um...don't you and your teammates share pdfs...?

Brad

[Jeff Wygal]

I love the new maps (though mine seem to be in "color",
not "colour"). I was never able to clearly see pop centers in the
B&W map unless it was zoomed to > 150%. Now, thanks to the color
difference, I can see them even at 50%. Great improvement. Thanks.

Jeff

--- In mepbmlist (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com, "Brad Brunet" <bbrunec296@r...>
wrote:
> A 70k ish file is now 194k. The colour is really a costly frill in
my books.
>
> Brad
>
>
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