Cannot locate fill style OR resize map
HelenAA
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having created a CD3 map and then over-written it I've hunted through the ProFantasy folders on the C: drive for a specific fill style (desert Bitmap A) to recreate it, but I cannot find it and nor can the Search command!!
Anyway I can't find it again, even making a new map in every single city style I have doesn't throw the map background up.
I also couldn't resize the map beyond 800x800.
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I'm sorry to hear that, Helen. I've just tried searching for that myself, but I don't think there is one as far as I can see. We do have an awful lot of desert bitmaps, but not one by that name.
Is it possible that you have bitmaps you purchased extra to the PF ones at some point?
Not being able to resize a map like that sounds rather odd.
I know, Sue, it's crazy. I've dug through my backups to find the first file, and resized the map. It didn't look as though it had done anything, but I zoomed out to see that the blinking frame, map border (and presumably the screen) hadn't changed at all but the background itself had moved to the desired width. I haven't the dexterity or confidence to try to change the map border's dimensions, let alone the ugly frame itself do it feels as though I'm stuck with a frame from, I think, Fantasy Town, or hide the thing.
Please can you upload the FCW file so we can see if there is anything that can be done? It's just possible that the things that didn't resize are on the wrong layer.
as I waited for my browser to open, I suddenly thought it might be a Bogie's background, as I don't collect things from other sites unless I can access via PF but it still seems bizarre because searching from the CC3 root folder any Bogie thing would show up!
here's the fcw for you.
Thanks.
I'm cleaning it all up a bit for you because most of the main entities (background, screen, map border etc) had several copies of themselves that were all slightly different. Not sure how that happened, but that's how it is.
I gather you wish the extent within the frame to be 1000 x 800. with the frame extra around that but included in the export?
yes please Sue, and thanks for your help. could you tell me how to resize the map border line manually so that if I get into the same type of mess I at least know what to try to do myself?
I first had to delete all the copies of everything to make it easier. There were 5 backgrounds and 5 frames, multiple pieces of screen that didn't match up with each other, and so on. In the end I used the properties picker tool to grab the properties of a thing and redraw it.
I also had to delete multiple copies of all the map notes. Maybe that is why Resize didn't really work?
Anyway - I hope it's the right size for you now.
I've frozen the MAP BORDER, BACKGROUND and SCREEN layers for now, so if you want to change anything by hand you must first unfreeze them.
Thank you very much Sue.
You're welcome :)