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Title: Inner Sphere Dynamic Map
Post by: Taharqa on 07 October 2019, 17:59:34
Just sit back and enjoy.

(https://aarongullickson.github.io/assets/images/faction_animated.gif)
Title: Re: Inner Sphere Dynamic Map
Post by: Daryk on 07 October 2019, 18:05:23
Nicely done!  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Ogra_Chief on 07 October 2019, 18:32:04
Be honest, you did this with a Lite-Brite didn't you?  :thumbsup:
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Post by: rebs on 07 October 2019, 19:04:45
The map's so nice I watched it thrice!
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Post by: daviong on 07 October 2019, 19:20:48
Thats excellent, good job.
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Post by: Valkerie on 07 October 2019, 22:59:05
That was amazing.  Thank you! 8) 8)
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Post by: rebs on 07 October 2019, 23:24:55
I can't stop watching it for different details.
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Post by: RifleMech on 07 October 2019, 23:34:54
 :thumbsup:
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Post by: Kojak on 07 October 2019, 23:35:15
Incredible.  :clap:
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Post by: Greatclub on 08 October 2019, 00:14:20
18 mb image file. Makes me feel old.
Title: Re: Inner Sphere Dynamic Map
Post by: Hominid Mk II on 08 October 2019, 06:34:44
Some things in life are sub-cool.

Some things in life are cool.

Some things in life are super-cool.

This... is just plain cryogenic.
Title: Re: Inner Sphere Dynamic Map
Post by: Dmon on 08 October 2019, 07:16:38
It has always been part of the lore that planets where wiped off the map during the Succession Wars but this is possibly the first time I have ever seen a visual representation of just how much was destroyed.

Amazing yet harrowing.
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Post by: I am Belch II on 08 October 2019, 13:59:48
That was really awesome nice job.
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Post by: jimdigris on 08 October 2019, 14:47:42
 :o :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Inner Sphere Dynamic Map
Post by: pheonixstorm on 08 October 2019, 15:17:44
I just wish we had more accurate data on when planets were colonized and died off. It would have made this map timeline even more enjoyable.
Title: Re: Inner Sphere Dynamic Map
Post by: ArchonDan on 08 October 2019, 15:27:52
Pretty dang cool to see the Inner Sphere take shape.
Title: Re: Inner Sphere Dynamic Map
Post by: Hammer on 08 October 2019, 16:13:58
I just wish we had more accurate data on when planets were colonized and died off. It would have made this map timeline even more enjoyable.

This data is based on the SUCs data which is mined directly from the various maps produced for sourcebooks. So while not year by year I think it's as accurate as we can get.
Title: Re: Inner Sphere Dynamic Map
Post by: dgorsman on 08 October 2019, 16:17:18
Now all we need (well, I want  8) ) is a Dirichlet tesselated map for strategic games.
Title: Re: Inner Sphere Dynamic Map
Post by: ThePW on 08 October 2019, 20:31:45
Some things in life are sub-cool.

Some things in life are cool.

Some things in life are super-cool.

This... is just plain cryogenic.
LOL excellent analogy.
Title: Re: Inner Sphere Dynamic Map
Post by: Adrian Gideon on 08 October 2019, 22:21:00
Very cool!
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Post by: Karasu on 09 October 2019, 08:30:34
Well done and thank you.
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Post by: nckestrel on 09 October 2019, 08:55:25
Makes what happened to the Rim Worlds Republic after Amaris quite shocking to see. 
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Post by: Wrangler on 09 October 2019, 13:28:36
Amazing! :o What did you guys use to make this?! 
Title: Re: Inner Sphere Dynamic Map
Post by: pheonixstorm on 09 October 2019, 15:18:23
This data is based on the SUCs data which is mined directly from the various maps produced for sourcebooks. So while not year by year I think it's as accurate as we can get.

Hence my comment. The maps are nice, but watching hundred of worlds go poof all at once when we know they should have gone poof over X number of years makes me sad.

While impossible, it would still be nice to have the information in canon form.
Title: Re: Inner Sphere Dynamic Map
Post by: BATTLEMASTER on 10 October 2019, 13:41:27
This map shows why friends don't let friends use WMDs.  Great job!
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Post by: SeeM on 10 October 2019, 15:37:16
So many stories in one gif. Nice work.
Title: Re: Inner Sphere Dynamic Map
Post by: Ursus Maior on 11 October 2019, 04:18:29
That's a pretty awesome map, thanks for sharing!

I agree with the intensity of seeing the demise of the RWR collapse, but what I found equally remarkable was the big interior colonisation of the Lyran Commonwealth during the age of the Star League. I think I never though about it. Although by comparing maps dating from the foundation of the Star League and its end or the early Succession Wars Era, it becomes clear that the information was out there.

But I never read about it. To me, it looks like the LC gained at least two thirds of its systems during that period, perfectly peaceful and without conquest.
Title: Re: Inner Sphere Dynamic Map
Post by: Jayof9s on 11 October 2019, 12:24:40
That's a pretty awesome map, thanks for sharing!

I agree with the intensity of seeing the demise of the RWR collapse, but what I found equally remarkable was the big interior colonisation of the Lyran Commonwealth during the age of the Star League. I think I never though about it. Although by comparing maps dating from the foundation of the Star League and its end or the early Succession Wars Era, it becomes clear that the information was out there.

But I never read about it. To me, it looks like the LC gained at least two thirds of its systems during that period, perfectly peaceful and without conquest.

They almost all do that. If you look closely, the great houses more or less take shape by the time the SL forms but then the amount of colonized systems increases dramatically inside those borders. You also see them thin out quite a bit as the succession wars rage on.
Title: Re: Inner Sphere Dynamic Map
Post by: avon1985 on 12 October 2019, 19:22:21
WOW! very cool! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Inner Sphere Dynamic Map
Post by: Hellraiser on 12 October 2019, 21:28:18
OUT-FRICKIN-STANDING  :thumbsup:  :thumbsup:  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Inner Sphere Dynamic Map
Post by: Hammer on 19 October 2019, 17:38:41
For anyone interested this post (https://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=67285.0) explains how the data is being used in MekHQ.
Title: Re: Inner Sphere Dynamic Map
Post by: Charlie Tango on 21 October 2019, 02:19:03

That's really cool and really impressive.  Nice work to all involved!