Curse

CorstedPirate · Aug 16, 2006, 07:47 AM // 07:47

Well, I have gotten to 98.1% without really bothering to compare maps. I will have to get into Jade Quarry this weekend to get the Kurzick part I am missing. Taking a bit of a break from it though. I am tired of fog hunting! Hadn't really even started trying to clear Tyria, but that is what I will be doing during my break from Cantha, lol.

Tamer Of Souls · Aug 16, 2006, 08:11 AM // 08:11

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Originally Posted by Shyft the Pyro

Then you should take screenshots of your "U" window and ALT+TAB between those and Leighwyn's map instead of doing it into an active Guild Wars. Though the screenshots aren't as dynamic as your GW map, you'll be able to locate the spots using the ALT+TAB method even if your computer/graphics card isn't top shelf.

My pc is, well top notch but my SLI rig causes problems in some games, anyways big thanks to you Shyfty and Leighwyn, who put up a pretty decent map together, shame that it's in such a quality, heh there's always polish image hosts, which can host incredibly big files as I found out recently

(Look the host I used here)

http://www.fotosik.pl/showFullSize.p...3c1258d84a4a36

Success!

freekedoutfish · Aug 16, 2006, 10:32 AM // 10:32

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Originally Posted by ElRey

Does anyone have a build for running thru Cantha? Im a Warrior atm with 53% completion.

Well im only an ele and ive got grandmaster on both. You dont to be a warrior to "run" the map to get 100%. Just take your time and hug the walls.

freekedoutfish · Aug 16, 2006, 10:38 AM // 10:38

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Originally Posted by Gangstarpt

how can u have 100 cantha if u cant enter the arena?

Sorry havent been on in a while, so very late reply.

Both tyria and cantha have leeway for those who cant get into either the old areans in tyria or the single areana in cantha.

If you included the areans in both maps, the actual % that you would have explored in both continents, would probably exceed 100%.

So someone who is canthan born, probably wont need all the map to get 100% in cantha because they can access the areana. Where as a a tyrian who cant get into the areana will have to explore every little corner.

And an old player in Tyria who was around when you had access to all the areanas, wouldnt need to explore the entire tyrian map to get 100%. Where as a newer player would to make up for those bits.

I hope that makes sense. It was probably answered already anyway.

Livingston · Aug 16, 2006, 02:58 PM // 14:58

I spent about 60 mins+ trying to get to the area I mentioned before that I noticed before I went to bed. I thought I would have to go through the Sunjiang District to get to it, which I wasn't surprised of as I realized that I actually hadn't explored it after I beat the mission, as you can explore part of the area before you get to the "enter mission" portion. Unfortunately, I was wrong. I couldn't reach it from there and I didn't gain anything from re-exploring Sunjiang. Apparently there isn't anywhere to explore that you can't reach before the enter mission or while inside the enter mission. And here I was hoping I could get a couple .1s as I hadn't done it...

It ended up being an area that took me about 20 seconds to reach from the Tahnnakai Temple explorable area... And I didn't even get .1% from it, though I did see it visibly clear.

However, I then realized that there was a spot in the Raisu Palace explorable area that I had known I missed, but forgot that I knew it. It was the top most NE corner by the water, and it gave me .1%

Then even though I couldn't really make out fog, I noticed a slight difference between my map and the full map in the Vizunah Square. I had to do the mission three times with PUGs in order to be able to fully cover everything without screwing the group over... But it was worth it as I got a whole .2% out of it.

The area in question was the most NE corner once again, as well as a bit of the eastern wall. There seems to be one little section that juts out farther than the rest, which is very easy to miss if you are trying to keep up with Togo and Men.

So I am now at 99.6%

So close yet so very far away...

*sigh*

Livingston

Shyft the Pyro · Aug 16, 2006, 04:11 PM // 16:11

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Originally Posted by Tamer Of Souls

anyways big thanks to you Shyfty and Leighwyn, who put up a pretty decent map together

I just want to be clear that credit for putting the map together goes exclusively to Leighwyn. He originally uploaded his map way back on page 2 and his first post was on page 1 of this thread, while I came in to it much later. I'm just trying to give back to the community for the excellent help I've received

On a side note, all aspiring Canthan Cartographers should pay special attention to this weekend's event. With faction point rewards doubled in both Fort Aspenwood and Jade Quarry, and with PvP characters able to enter both areas, there is sure to be an influx of people at Jade Quarry. Don't miss this opportunity to map it out.

disket · Aug 16, 2006, 04:46 PM // 16:46

Finally I got it!

Managed to scrape my last 0.1% at Vizunah Square and Nahpui Quarters mission with henchies. I didn't even get the western coastal part at Jade Quarry

Thanks a bunch to everyone who have been posting here and to Leighwyn's map.

BlueNovember · Aug 16, 2006, 07:49 PM // 19:49

Aaaargs.
30 pages of random non-standard resolution imags, incomplete images, and "I've got the title!" images. My poor net connection.

Anyway. Does anyone have a _zoomed out_ 100% map? 1024*768 or 1280*1024? The file should be 3.7mb if 1280*1024 or slightly less at 1024*768.
I find the photoshop "difference" method to be far superior to stitching together U-maps and alt-tabbing (as was actually suggested earlier in the thread). The method is discussed in the 100% Tyria map thread if anyone is interested.

jtchans · Aug 16, 2006, 09:40 PM // 21:40

Hi, first of all thanks to dougal for helping me analyze my map, I got a good 4% off of it. I am now at 96.8% and my eyes are starting to bleed. I cannot seem to locate the last 3.2%. If anybody had the time to help me, that would be much apprecitaed.

Below are my maps in the mini map form.

Shing 1:
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/3991/shing1if0.jpg

Shing 2:
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/3917/shing2dy9.jpg

City 1:
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/8493/city1rd8.jpg

City 2:
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/7127/city2lq0.jpg

City 3:
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/794...borborekl3.jpg

City 4:
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/883...borborerb4.jpg

Kurzick 1:
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/2071/kurzick1xc7.jpg

Kurzick 2:
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/7851/kurzick2ua5.jpg

Luxon 1:
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/2530/luxon1cf6.jpg

Luxon 2:
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/7711/luxon2cv2.jpg

Thanks.
I will continue to try and explore while my maps are up maybe I can try to get 1-2% while my eyes last.

Livingston · Aug 17, 2006, 04:15 AM // 04:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlueNovember

Aaaargs.
30 pages of random non-standard resolution imags, incomplete images, and "I've got the title!" images. My poor net connection.

Anyway. Does anyone have a _zoomed out_ 100% map? 1024*768 or 1280*1024? The file should be 3.7mb if 1280*1024 or slightly less at 1024*768.
I find the photoshop "difference" method to be far superior to stitching together U-maps and alt-tabbing (as was actually suggested earlier in the thread). The method is discussed in the 100% Tyria map thread if anyone is interested.

Apparently that method doesn't work as well with Cantha as it does with Tyria. It is used in this thread though and they have a link to it somewhere in this thread. There is either one in the last three pages or the first seven, I can't remember which.

Livingston

Edit: The one I remembered is on page 6 though I'm not sure if it's actually full or just mostly full.

I'm rather curious about this method though. How does it work when the clouds in the picture would be different as well as the Luxon Kurzick line?

Dougal Kronik · Aug 17, 2006, 05:42 AM // 05:42

Bobsob, here is your analyzed map:

The green circles are definites, the yellow are possibly just cloud corruption.

Good luck.

Livingston · Aug 17, 2006, 05:48 AM // 05:48

Would it really be too difficult to link those rather than showing the image in thread? Besides the thread warping, as someone else pointed out, it causes the page to take forever to load for those with low speed connections, and all it would take is including one more set of tags.

Livingston

Livingston · Aug 17, 2006, 05:51 AM // 05:51

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Originally Posted by sour fruit

that's the thing, all the gates are closed...possible for a friendly person to show me in game?

ign - sour fruit

Sorry I missed this post in between posting my two.

Do you still need help with this? If so send me a PM and I will meet with you in game.

Livingston

Poison Ivy · Aug 17, 2006, 07:15 AM // 07:15

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Originally Posted by Poison Ivy

Alright, I retook some U shotties, here they are.

City
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...ot911/city.jpg

Jea
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...oot911/jea.jpg

Maatu Crossroads
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...tuforstsea.jpg

Sea
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...911/sea1-1.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...911/sea2-1.jpg

Forest
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1.../forest1-1.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1.../forest2-1.jpg

And there ya go.

Still would like some help..

Livingston · Aug 17, 2006, 08:36 AM // 08:36

Ah that's soo much better. Thank you very much Dougal.

Well I am currently sitting on 99.7%

I believe I have found a spot, but I can't seem to get to it.

I can definitely see a difference between my map and Leighwyn's but I have no idea how you would get that part uncovered.

Here is the spot in question in a few different ways of taking the screen shot:

Map1
Map2
Map3
Map4

I'm not any good at this kind of stuff atm, so if it needs to be taken different just let me know.

Thank you,
Livingston

Edit: Arg I did them as bmp to save quality, but it looks like it takes forever to DL, so I'll switch them to jpg.

Livingston · Aug 17, 2006, 09:37 AM // 09:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by Poison Ivy

Still would like some help..

For me your Shing jea island and city pics are too small for me to really compare. Though I noticed that there is a small bit in SJI in the snowy mountain to the SW. I believe the little black area on the east of it can be uncovered.

I'll have a look at the others after I get some OOG things done and can come back.

Livingston

Livingston · Aug 17, 2006, 12:08 PM // 12:08

Here's what I could find on a quick comparison. Maybe others can find more.

Forest2
Maatu
Sea1
Sea2

Good luck,
Livingston

Added: what % are you currently on?

eightyfour-onesevenfive · Aug 17, 2006, 12:57 PM // 12:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leighwyn

This post has a link to my own Canthan map, continuously updated as I find spots that I'm missing. This is a 100% map already, but it's always good to be perfect.

How to best use this map:

Download it. It's just over 3mb, best not to open in a browser.
Open the image in the program of your choosing (I use IrfanView).
Open up Guild Wars in windowed mode (keeping the image still open...hope your PC isn't crap and can handle the resource management )
Open your minimap [default key is 'U'], and make it as large as you are comfortable with.
By using alt-tab or the like, swap between Guild Wars and your image viewer, adjusting the position of your minimap (click-drag) or the image, depending on your preference
Once you have them with areas that are perfectly lined up, rapidly switch back and forth (again using alt-tab or its equivalent) and note where the differences are (they should be easily discerned using this technique).
After noting where discrepancies are, move onto the next area. Drag your minimap to this new one, begin the lining up process again, and then repeat the rapid-switching back and forth.
Repeat until you've covered all of the explorable map.
Map all the spots you've found, and report back to me if you've found something I'm missing!

Link to map

I took the liberty to include a mini-how-to based on your post into the Grandmaster cartography guide on Guildwiki. It is obvious that not enough people use this easy, but very effective technique, because if they would, threads like this one would be dead.

eightyfour-onesevenfive · Aug 17, 2006, 01:03 PM // 13:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by Livingston

I believe I have found a spot, but I can't seem to get to it.

Map1

The spot in question can be reached from within Boreas Seabed mission outpost. Go to the hill with the Xunlai Agent. From there a bridge leads to the north-east, which will bring you to a flat area at the side of the mountain.

Livingston · Aug 17, 2006, 01:23 PM // 13:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by eightyfour-onesevenfive

The spot in question can be reached from within Boreas Seabed mission outpost. Go to the hill with the Xunlai Agent. From there a bridge leads to the north-east, which will bring you to a flat area at the side of the mountain.

Oh thank you so much. That was driving me crazy. I'm usually very pedantic about wall walking outposts, so I didn't even consider the possibility that it could be there.

That got me 99.8%, which makes me happy after uncovering two little areas of fog before it, that didn't give me anything.

Livingston