A rmed with a second cup of fresh, strong coffee, I messed around a bit this morning with artlist.io using its image to image function in an attempt to convert my hand-drawn map from September 2006 to something that more resembles an old map from the mid-18th century. And just like my experiments with Ninja AI in June, the results are mixed. The above map is pretty good, but Artlist keeps fouling up the place names and has trouble putting a faint overlay of hexes across the entire area. Hexes, admittedly, are not likely to be found on any genuine maps from the era in question, but there we are. Frankly, I prefer the appearance of the Ninja map, but there were problems getting it to correct its errors. Grrrr. As is the case with so much having to do with the various AI's out there now, the output generated is a direct result of the prompts entered. For text alone, and when you develop a lengthy, highly detailed prompt, it is...
At the start of Move Nine, Major von Hirschbiegel orders Colonel von Finknottle's Newts inside the village buildings. You can observe them taking their positions in the photo above. It seems increasingly unlikely that Colonel von Grundig will be able to dislodge the Zichenauer menace from Piceklhaubewicz now.
Nevertheless, Colonel von Grundig orders his men into line before the village on its eastern side and the copse just to its south. Above, we see the remaining Jager zu Fuss in open order, the von Laurenz Musketeers in a close order line with Squadron A of the 4th Dragoons on their right.
And on the heights just to the east of the village is the Stollenian half battery, cooly awaiting the order to open fire from Colonel von Grundig, who sits astride his horse nearby.
Meanwhile, Squadron B of the 4th Dragoons has been ordered to swing around the north side of the village. So far, so good.
Finally, here is a general view of the battlefield at the start of Move Nine after initial moves and realignments have taken place. Zichenau's Grenadiere zu Pferd and the Wolmar-Bock Regiment, on loan from allied Pillau-Zerbst (unseen here), are still awaiting orders from Major von Hirschbiegel.
Comments
The interior of those buildings are wonderful . . . and I also like that final "overhead" photo.
-- Jeff
Steve.
The excitement continues...
I wonder if you intend to write up the game for publication later? Perhaps an article on the methodology employed instead...
Alan