Hello and welcome to the Development Chronicle III for Legacy of the Zodiac II. This Development Chronicle and the ones in the weeks following will not be very large; since I am mapping right now all I can show you is a few screenshots and maybe describe something about the area. On a side note; you will see no NPC's in any of the screenshots; that is because I am going to be mapping a whole area such as the Haven Area then going back and adding in the NPC's and Items and such; much easier to do.
First off, I decided on a name for the continent Haven is on; I decided on
Inngard. So all of the maps I was naming Haven Shore got renamed to Coast of Inngard; since it is the coast for the continent; and the continent is Inngard. Than I proceeded to complete as much of the Coast of Inngard that is currently necessary. What I mean by that is, I made the Coastline maps that would match up with all the maps in the Haven Area; and as I move out with more places on the continent I will map more of the Coastline to match the additional areas.
As I was working on the Coast of Inngard I made a small bay that came off of the main Coast; I named it the Bay of Taniel. I know what the cave there is for; but I won't be telling what it is for ;D.
Once I had as much of the Coastline as I needed; I went back and finished up the Outskirts of Haven; which are the only maps in the game that use the "Arena" morale besides actual Arenas. In other words, all other maps besides towns will be EXP Areas, Red Zones etc; so the Outskirts of Haven are a safe area for beginners; but it's not very large so it won't last for long.
After the Outskirts of Haven were all complete; I moved onto the Forest of Haven, which I am still not done with and that is currently what I am working on, it is a very large area. It will be an EXP Area; which is currently a Yellow-named map but it will be Orange once Bradyok finishes and adds the Zone Editor.
Once the Forest of Haven is all said and done it will be 102 maps. The Haven Forest from LoZ EX was about 10-15 maps I believe. Also, the total Haven Area all together (outsides only such as the town, outskirts, coastline, forest etc) will total up to be about 250 maps or so; which the total for the Haven Area on LoZ EX was about 40-50 or so.
One more thing; while I was mapping the Forest of Haven I walked under one of the trees and noticed this...
I thought it just looked pretty cool; how my character is hiding and peeking out from between the branches and leaves of the tree o.o!
Well, that's pretty much all I can show you. I've just been mapping this week so I don't have much to explain; now I must go back to work on the Forest of Haven.
Thanks for listening,
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Scythe