[Gekkonidae]

During Alpha, one thing that really helped me and others to navigate (in any sense of the word, as it still wasn't the easiest thing to do) was to have an overview render of the current world. These were just awesome and just plain f#$^%ng beautiful! Investigating the matter, I understand that it's quite costly on the servers load. So I would expect these renders to be done in the off hours of the server, naturally. Given the nature of survival and pvp, i think these would benefit strategic means as well as calculating immediate safe havens to build from for those that aren't as prevy at the hilt, per se. Anyone else on board for this? If not simply for the sake of pvp, but simply for exploration?

[Intelli]

I've tried to create a map of the survival server.

However, it looks like spawn was moved from it's original point, and I can't seem to locate the point where the current spawn was moved to.

Here's a map I just created though, from the center of the map (original starting point)
http://game.minerealm.com/map_large.png

Note: large file - probably better to download it, then view it.

[Gekkonidae]

hahah! wow! 35 megs is a huge map! Thank you intelli bummer we have no idea where spawn is now lol xD maybe i can try and locate it on here. ill do some ultra zoom and see what looks familiar. thats what i had to do with the first map. i made a specific pattern of torch turrets (placed as many as i could) with flowers bunched up. by the next nights render i was able to see where i was. Thanks again!

Edit: aha! i see

[kerovon]

I think I have located where spawn would be on the map. The problem is, that location is not in the part of the map we can see. Spawn is further south than we can see. I took a copy of the map, shrunk it down, and marked my estimate of where spawn should be on it in red. I think this will be relatively close to accurate because I spent a while measuring distances. Some of the red marks I made for myself, so ignore them. Spawn is shown by the big red circles.

[Intelli]

I think I have located where spawn would be on the map. The problem is, that location is not in the part of the map we can see. Spawn is further south than we can see. I took a copy of the map, shrunk it down, and marked my estimate of where spawn should be on it in red. I think this will be relatively close to accurate because I spent a while measuring distances. Some of the red marks I made for myself, so ignore them. Spawn is shown by the big red circles.

Thanks!

Here's a map with spawn:
http://survival.minerealm.com/map_large2.png

I'll add a more "official version" of the map in a few days.

[terrancejones]

Wow... guess my home's not on the map...

[Vinzent Zeppelin]

Heh, looks like that got rendered just hours before I started on my project. The big artificially-flattened desert on the eastern edge is where I'm building currently.

[panthers17nfl]

Gekkon's picture is Rammus XD. Sorry, I play that game.

Also yes, a map would be very helpful