Trying to locate overhead tree symbols
ddunn
Newcomer
Hi All,
I've installed and re-installed CC, CD and DD as administrator. Each time I get a few more symbols. However, I can't seem to get tree symbols to appear. I think I should have a zillion trees to choose from - how do I find them?
Comments
CSUAC and Dundjinni Archives have oodles of overhead trees, as well as overhead everything else. I am not sure why you aren't getting overhead trees in CD and DD though.
CD doesn't use symbols for trees, but rather a drawing tool, which is available from All Map Drawing Tools
for both the bitmap A and B styles.
DD3 should have a vegetation catalog which you find under the Skirmish Symbols
when you make maps of the DD3 Dungeon style. The main focus of DD3 is indoor though, so there are only a couple of each of trees, bushes and shrubs.
Thank you both! I should have specified that I'm creating a city. I found the DD vegetation catalog under the Skirmish Symbols (thank you, Monsen). That's the style of drawing object I'm looking for.
Looking at Ralf's YouTube video (Live Mapping: Ryecroft Town Style) he has tree symbols prefixed with CA161. (I think that may be from an Annual). So when I click on the CD3 button and then right-click on the Symbol Catalog Settings button I see an option near the bottom for vegetation. But, when selected, my pallet is blank. It seems like there should be something within that option but I'd also entirely believe that I'm doing this wrong. ?
Those button right-click menus aren't style-sensitive, so if it comes up blank, it means that there aren't any catalogs of that type in the current style, not that you are doing something wrong.
And yes, the Ryecroft Town Style is an annual which you need to have installed to get those trees. I don't have a list memorized, but many annuals will provide tree symbols as part of the annual.
Do note that all buttons normally just show the symbols available in the current style, so you can also manually go hunting by opening symbol catalogs manually with Open Symbol Catalog
.
Okay - thank you! I'll have to get up to speed on symbol/catalog management at some point but I have the things that I need to move forward.