Rob
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End of July update
🕑 Added 2019-07-27 15:13:24 +0000 UTCHullo everyone! Here's a quick update to let you know where we're at with things.
* There are now 17 stories in the library. I'm delaying on getting Cry Havoc! posted because I'm needing to do more editing than I thought and I think I'm going to try getting through the novel before I start uploading things again.
* Stories now list their content level from the "Libraries" page, so that you know immediately what you're getting yourself into.
* I've updated the rendering engine I use for the Brave New World map. It now includes the ability to show map overlays and POIs. The overlays are used at the moment to show the various cultural regions in Aernia.
* The POIs, however, belong to an all new map! A street map of Cannon Shoals is now uploaded, and has most of the places that I've mentioned. The streets themselves are being tweaked a little, so it's a work in progress, but please let me know how you like it.
... This last thing has entailed basically ripping out the system I use for labeling. Previously I drew the labels straight onto the canvas. However, to get labels to follow paths, I now have to create them as a vector image, rasterize that, and apply it to the existing canvas. On the upside, this means I can accurately label streets. On the other hand, the algorithm I use to keep labels from overlapping no longer works very well so this is kind of a 4 steps forward, 1 step back moment.
Street labels may not work on all Webkit based browsers, either. But I'm trying to fix that.
