World Background Maps

[markypark14]

Thank you gentleman for your response. Yes it's working now with the Deleted Europe.

However I'll be keeping Europe as I like to use the Virtual Speditor to set up routes and having Europe gives me access to modded cargos. So I'll be back to using Arayas SuperZoom.

Thanks for the help though anyway! :D

[Rafaelkai]

Have you thought of making a EAA standalone background in SCS style?

[BenganJ]

@Rafaelkai

Nope, any reason to do that?

[Rafaelkai]

Some people may prefer it, In my opinion its cleaner and more visible than the other versions

[Jerry Master Fixer]

I just tried using the mod with promods 2.45 and one of the islands next to the middle-east addon seems to be slightly misplaced and according to one of their people on discord its not their problem and its a thing that is for you to fix? I was wondering if you could fix it

[BenganJ]

@sg2601

Welcome! Yes, I will register my UNIVERSAL background maps now that Promods have
relocated the northern Scandinavia and at the same time there will be some re-location
of Cyprus island data and Middle East addon data too!

[Jerry Master Fixer]

@benganj thank you very much. For some reason I though that it would be the people that make the map mods that should ensure that their located correctly on the map but thanks for letting me know. Also btw this background map mod is amazing you're doing a great job with it I'll be waiting for the update :D. Also is there any way I can support the project?

[BenganJ]

@sg2601

Thank you for your kind words, but no, as I don't make any paid mods and want to have full
control myself, I prefer to work alone on these background map mods! You are correct though
about that it is the mapmakers responsibility to place their maps correctly, but historically
SCS has NOT supported the mapmakers with proper Editor backgrounds, at least not those
that is placed in the periphery. I can only do the best I can to register the background to all
the different map mods! I am already at it now, but I can already see that Cyprus and Middle
East addon to Promods will not be much better than before, not if Sicily part of the map shall
be correctly placed. But we'll see how it ends, it's a damn tedious work this I can tell you! :D

[Jerry Master Fixer]

@benganj I understand that you want to have full control and don't want to make the mod paid but you could give an option for people to donate that really like your mods and want to support your work :) Hope it goes well for you and again thanks for spending your time on making this mod and adapting it to most of the map mods. Also I was wondering if there was any way you could adapt the mod for EAA 5.4?

Edit: just read the note on the bottom of your post is there like no way at all you could adapt the global map to EAA?

[BenganJ]

@sg2601


This is how I think! I give you some background maps for the UI, satellite and
SCS style ones, UNIVERSAL and STANDALONEs. I register them to mainly SCS's
Vanilla map, including DLCs, but what you then place on those backgrounds is
your business. From me they have a purpose of giving the world as it is, in the
map projection specified by SCS. So, I've made a SAT BG for EAA, but as a map
meant to be run as a STANDALONE one. According to me the location of EAA in
a combo map together with e.g. Promods as a base is ridiculous and not at all
located where South America is located. That's how I think, take it or leave it!

I can also tell you that if I start to think of money when doing these things, I would
lose the fun in doing them and I think that is VERY important to me, having fun
doing these things!