Federation Commander

Blammo · Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 12:15 am Post subject: Weapon Arc Diagram

I came up with this little diagram to help when playing Federation Commander and especially teaching new people the game.

I wanted to make is snazzier, but it gets the job done.

I hope you find it helpful.

EDIT: Decided to do a colorized version, reduce the margins and the over all size a little bit.

EDIT 2: Higher quality version with thicker lines and more beautification. Also limited colors to same hue. The image here is a JPG, but I have a TIF for those that want a higher quality version.

EDIT 3: More improvements based on feedback from forum.

EDIT 4: Final edit to make it 'pop' and line all the arc diagrams up with each other. Might undo some of the drop shadows, but want to see what people think first.

Wild Card · Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 12:18 am Post subject:

Be thankful you don't have to fit the Klingon phaser arcs on there too...
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Mike · Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 12:34 am Post subject:

Just curious. How is this diagram better than the published diagrams?
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Sandpaper gets the job done, but makes for a lot of friction.

Blammo · Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 1:08 am Post subject:

wedge_hammersteel · Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 2:15 am Post subject:

I like it

Blammo · Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 2:46 am Post subject:

Update: Decided to do a colorized version, reduce the margins and the over all size a little bit.

Mike · Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 1:11 pm Post subject:

Okay, now I can see why. Nice job. The color is really nice, too. Color just always seems to add a lot more. I was mildly annoyed when they decided to only put those black and white diagrams in the Communiques.

On the diagrams I make for actual play, the ship diagram is on one half of the paper and the various weapons charts, hit and run chart, damage repair, etc. are on the other half. That includes a weapons arc diagram. After printing the sheet, fold it in half and the front becomes the side with the ship and the back becomes all the charts the player needs to use with that ship. I'm thinking seriously of starting to use your diagram instead of the other one.
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Sandpaper gets the job done, but makes for a lot of friction.

wedge_hammersteel · Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 3:15 pm Post subject:

We need a high res image. When I print the one from this topic, it comes out a little fuzzy.

Maybe SVC will let Joel upload it to the website.

Blammo · Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 3:31 pm Post subject:

I can work on producing a higher resolution. The DF and PT charts were created on the size of an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper and 300 dpi, but was reduced to fit on the page size in the image and the dpi reduced to 100.

I will work on producing a higher quality version.

wedge_hammersteel · Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 4:10 pm Post subject:

What program did you use?

Blammo · Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 4:18 pm Post subject:

Visio to create the diagrams and saved out as PDFs, then imported into Photshop to do the layout and beautification.

I am working on a 600 DPI version with fatter lines on the diagrams.

IKerensky · Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 4:54 pm Post subject:

Too many different colors too bright in a too small area, make me quite dizzy, but that is possibly because I am color blind.

Could be better if the inner core(hex) color and the outer color (circle) are variant of the same color and not different one.

Kang · Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 5:18 pm Post subject:

<from behind sunglasses> Nice! I like.
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Blammo · Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 5:51 pm Post subject:

Thank you for the feedback. I have updated the diagram again (slow day at work) Smile

wedge_hammersteel · Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 6:08 pm Post subject:

Nice progression. On the plasma chart for FA, the two hexes on either side need to be half red.