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There's a website I found long before like months ago that is kinda like OGF

The entire site lets you pick a territory and write about it. It's basically PlanetWorkShop, a site owned by ConWorkShop. You can add your languages there and stuff. They let you make like unlimited...

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Two Years (already!)

Hi!I can't believe I have been on OGF for two years already! I remember my first city and it was kinda trash... I was wondering it I can get any feed back on my city and its surroundings. I was also...

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Civil Engineering How-To?

Good Morning/Afternoon!In my day job, I work in the civil engineering field (specifically residential and commercial site development).I have been floating an idea in my head to create a basic how-to...

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Computer is "dead"

Today, my computer just prompt me with a message like this one:File not found --set-root --ignore-flop...Error 15Press any key to go tot he menu...Then a GRUB4DOS shit prompted and showed a bunch of...

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Coming back to OGF (again (again))

Here's the thing.OpenGeoFiction has always been a really interesting idea to me. Collaborating with other people to essentially create a fictional Earth is such a cool thing to do, in my opinion. But,...

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Mind the tips everybody

It really is better to do ALL the geography layouts before doing the actual cities/roads etc. Currently trying to figure out why X is in A instead of B even if actually B would be more logical in...

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Redeveloping Ellmouth

Through the last six months I've redeveloped Ellmouth, a British based city and the first city I mapped in Glaster around 3 years ago. A bit of zooming out is required, as the city is at the awkward...

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Can somebody please help me?

I don't know who any of the admins are. Can somebody tell me who I can ask for a territory?

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Town Blocks

Hi there,Just wondering what are the typical dimensions of a 'block'? I am planning on starting inland first, so a typical Midwest state town block.... My town is bordering another town, so I think...

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The City & The City

I'm in the process of reading China Miéville's fascinating novel "The City & The City", which is also adapted to a TV series. The plot takes place in a fictional twin city somewhere in...

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Greetings from a returning mapper

Hello! I'm balthier4321, I've recently rejoined OpenGeofiction after a roughly 1 year hiatus. Unfortunately I had to leave OGF shortly after joining due to vision related medical issues, but now things...

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Mappers, please check my scale

HI there,Just want some feedback scale-wise, for my new town Tollseydale. I would like to know if this is the right scale to draw.Thanks

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Further Work on Lafort

I've continued to work on Lafort. I took some advice I got a few months ago, and I'm looking for some more. There's a lot that's incomplete, but one of my big problems is making my roads interesting....

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Search Bar

Yo guys,Is it me or does the search bar not work on newly added territories. And yes it contains territories new from months ago. For example try to search up Federal States on there. And poof! "NO...

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Radio/music playlists in OGF

I've been thinking today about music in OGF. For example, if I would like to create a 1-hour long playlist for Lakeshore 103.9 FM (Lumina and environs), would I have to use OGF music (if any) or if...

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Ncakjana

Hello, may you all for feedback regarding what I have done in Ncakjana. That is, since I moved the capital farther east. I think I have a problem making my roads interesting. Any feedback would be very...

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Mapper's Challenge #24, October 2018 – Local Railways and Interurbans

Since no one has posted a monthly challenge until now, I'll just post one. This month's theme is local railways and Interurbans. This month's task is to build railways connecting suburban or rural...

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How inactive is the general admin?

It's been 6 days since I messaged the general admin, and still haven't gotten even a message back. I'm still waiting to get a notice saying I either can't claim a territory (for some reason) or if i...

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Inkscape and JOSM

Hi All, I want to work on a nice looking contour map like https://wiki.opengeofiction.net/wiki/index.php/File:Topographical_map_of_Drabantia.png But I'm not sure if there's a way to import the outline...

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Liria or Lirian Republic?

Which one do you think it fits the best?

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