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Someone emailed me earlier today asking about printing and the Burnout Paradise Map.  Their main concern was about the panel transparency not working when the map was printed.  However, similarly, the transparent backgrounds of the icons could also be lost, turning their backgrounds to an unsightly black. I didn't even know people printed things out like this anymore (or, more accurately, I personally never do), so I never considered it until now.

If you haven't seen it already (and I'm sure most of you have) BurnoutAholics' own Xandu has made good use of the extensibility of ILM and created a Race Checkpoints Map - and quite effectively at that.  Xandu even has a map demonstrating a custom race.

There are a few items on deck for the map.

[Update: complete] For one, I'd like to separate super jumps and billboards into their respective locations (city districts).  This will make them much easier to find, especially if you're looking for that last smash in Harbor Town, etc.

As of today, the map contains the following locations:

• City districts
• Super jumps
• Billboards
• Smashes
• Events
• Drive thrus
• Parking Garages
• Hidden areas

Clicking on the icons within a locations set will give you a description of that location.  Unfortunately, not too much detail is available for most of the available locations, but over time, that will improve.

I'm going to be using this wonderful service provided BurnoutAholics.com to document progress on my latest project, the Burnout Paradise, Paradise City Interactive Locations Map ( www.senocular.com/burnout/ ).

Most of the primary work is done. The map currently displays event locations, drive thrus, billboards, super jumps, smashes, as well as a number of other things. But there's always room for more, especially in the world of Paradise City.