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  • Wondering about new file extensions

    Yep. I have GIMP. your answer is exactly as I expected, so I decided to put it out there so that if others were interested, they could also bring it up as a feature they find value in.

    Thank you very much. Once again, I have always been impressed with this software, and I recommend it whenever the discussion comes up. In my experience the program quality and support have been the best I've seen in most if not all products like this that I have had experience with.

    I

    Royal ScribeLoopysueroflo1
  • Wondering about new file extensions

    It's possible this might be considered in developments in the future if there is more demand for it, but in the meantime you can very easily convert any of the bitmap exports from CC3 to WEBP format in GIMP, which is free software you can get here.

    Open the bitmap in GIMP and then go to Export as... in the File menu, and pick your export file type from the dropdown Select File Type, name it, and away you go.


    Royal Scriberoflo1
  • An arcology dungeon

    Updated City Cave 01 and 02. I'll be putting larger ones in my Gallery.


    My Gallery -> Jim's Maps 5k x 5k



    The water features aren't in the original. In case you were about to ask.

    Ricko HascheLoopysueRoyal ScribeMonsen
  • Live Mapping: Frontier Town

    Where are the hitching posts and the horse troughs? I think an "Old West Town" style with drawing tools and symbol sets for period furnishings/fixtures and local vegetation (cactus, tumble weed, etc.) might make a good annual. ;)
    JimP
  • Live Mapping: Frontier Town

    I did a bit more looking around on streets and buildings in the old west.

    If they didn't have boards for a sidewalk, the buildings might be slightly elevated, with 2 to 4 steps up into the buildings.

    LoopysueRoyal Scribe
  • Modern Map support

    Really appreciate it. I will get certainly get this, and hopefully be creating maps soon. Have a long list of maps needed for the next session :).

    Royal Scribe
  • Heraldry Resources for Campaign Cartographer

    I am late to the game here but I just stumbled across this and it is fantastic. I have tried various types of heraldry software before and could never quite get it to do what I want: on a red background, a gold dragon facing a silver dragon with a sword between them. This software was able to render it and given me the blazon syntax for it: gules in dexter flank a dragon rampant reversed or in sinister flank a dragon rampant argent in fess point a rapier inverted iron.

    But in addition, one of the things I have wanted to figure out in Photoshop or something (which I don't even have) would be how to then make it look like it was on carpeting. This can render it to look like it was in fabric, and if I choose the flag setting and change it to 5, it's a long carpet, which I've wanted for a throne room.

    Awesome!



    JimP
  • Mars Ultor

    Awesome all of you. I recall seeing that temple of Poseidon at one point when i was browsing around months ago. This gives me something good to work with and also lots of ideas. Much appreciated.

    Royal Scribe
  • WINE installer error -any ideas?

    Well, I'm going to say my issues were likely 70%-30%, maybe 80%-20%, user v machine. My Mac does suffer from performance issues and has done since new (my new HP mini desktop at work is blisteringly fast in comparison); I think it's time to do a complete re-install of the OS and them migrate selected APPs and data from my Time Machine Back-up.

    Part of the problem I think is that I copied my old Mac in it's entirety when I set up the new one so there's probably lots of rubbish in places I'm unaware of causing issues. I timed the startup process after a shutdown last week and it was well over 4 minutes - that's not right.

    Must've had a power outage at work over the weekend, as my work PC was off. So, to ensure I have reliable access, I installed the base CC3+ on my work laptop last night as a test and it's fine, I'll be doing the full install. Just have to get used to the smaller screen - there'll no doubt be lots of zooming in...

    JimP
  • Modern Map support

    You should be well on your way with CC3+ and SS3. Do note that SS3 is a generic modern set, it doesn't have anything in specific for superhero, but on the other hand, most of the specific stuff would be the superheroes themselves anyway, the rest is mostly standard modern. Of course, no symbol pack is ever going to have every single symbol you're ever going to need, but these are a good start.

    We currently don't have any other sets for modern available, but for Sci-Fi, there is Cosmographer 3. Note that the art style in Cosmographer 3 is a bit different from SS3 since they are by different artists. You can mix and match in the same map if you want to, but they were not designed with that purpose in mind.

    There are some free community provided packs, and while mostly focusing on fantasy, some of them (CSUAC and Dundjinni archives mostly) also have some modern and futuristic symbols.

    And, as Sue said above, you can use any .png file as a symbol, so you can find and add symbols from other sources you may have access to.

    Loopysue