Ysi Earth world map II

[Naeddyr]

It seems like Windows version... could you have Linux version or system-neutral Java archive?

Cheers

I'm sorry to say I don't.

BUT

I've been investigating this.

Turns out, the Windows version has a JAR file in its /jars/ subfolder that is exactly the same size, bytewise, as the JAR in the Generic version (I checked the new 1.2 version, but it should hold true for old ones too).

SO, the windows version seems to contain the generic version!

What a laugh, eh! Ha ha ha ha.




what is this foolishness


EDIT:

Taking a chance to post some stuff from the world creation phase of the map (still in progress for the climate). This is independent from Karro's stuff, and some of it is very old (the tectonics are from the first map, etc), I'm just retrying my hand at the climate. If you offer advice on the science, please note that currently I am only giving two and a half rat's asses of effort for this thing, because I've cried myself to sleep with this stuff enough.

Old tectonics:



Pressure balts for January and July:




Winds:




Ocean currents:



Rain:




Climate based on the Climate Cookbook.

[Karro]

I give this +2 1/2 additional rats' arses of approval, and I'll throw in an elephant's arse in the bargain. The maps look good, and the work you've done in figuring out the functioning parts look nice. Time well-spent, IMO.

[Korba]

Great work so far Naeddyr and thanks for the great link to the Climate Cookbook, wish i had known about that one before i started

Rep'd

Korba

[hunab.cu]

Naeddyr, I came to naive belief that you know all the necessary software and websites for sensible worldbuilding and cartography
First Flex Projector and G.Projector, now Climate Cookbook... what else aces do you keep in your sleeve?

[Naeddyr]

Naeddyr, I came to naive belief that you know all the necessary software and websites for sensible worldbuilding and cartography
First Flex Projector and G.Projector, now Climate Cookbook... what else aces do you keep in your sleeve?

Tools
Writing:
yWriter, novel-writing tool
Darkroom style text-editor
Textroom, open-source alternative to above

Maybe you'll like Freemind, a mind-mapping tool. Personally, I like more flowcharty styles, with freer association, while Freemind is a strictly hierarchical thing.


I'll go through my favourites. Man, some of these I haven't even read. It's been years since I went through my favourites properly. Many years.
Zompist's Language Construction Kit
Nyrath's Atomic Rocket pages and stuff
Flags of the World
Creating An Earthlike Planet, parent-page to the Cookbook
The WHKMLA historical atlas
Medieval Technology Timeline
A picture of a huge isopod
Le Sage's Theory of Gravitation
Development of the Chemical Symbols
A list of Human Universals, including MAGIC and SEXUAL REGULATION INCLUDES INCEST PREVENTATION
Chinese Etymological online dictionary
Everything about herbs and spices
Omniglot, writing systems and script online
ZEALANDIA THE CONTINENT
ANIMATED PICTURES OF ENGLINES HUZZAH
CATEGORY: Obsolete scientific theories
Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy

Books to read:

What Does A Martian Look Like despite its US-side title (the original was Evolving the Alien) is a good book on speculation on how far are the borders of life, what kind of things are possible to evolve, etc.
Meme Machine, a basic work on memetics.
Any book on evolution.
Discarded Science, Ideas That Seemed Good At The Time

etc. etc.

NOW STOP PRAISING ME FOR HAVING COOL STUFF THIS THREAD IS ABOUT ME MAP ME MAP ME MAAAAAP

[Karro]

[snip]goodies[/snip]
NOW STOP PRAISING ME FOR HAVING COOL STUFF THIS THREAD IS ABOUT ME MAP ME MAP ME MAAAAAP

I'd rep you for those goodies, but I'm afraid I can't, just yet. In particular, I'm going to have to check out the usability of yWriter and Freemind as compliments to a tool I use: ConnectedText, which isn't free but is pretty dang cheap (like $30), and has proved pretty useful to me so far in organizing and categorizing my thoughts (using a personal, localized wiki-style that seems to fit pretty well to the way my brain categorizes information). These tools appear to scratch similar itches in different ways, so I'll have to give them a shot.