First time map maker, long time DM, Need some Non-video help!
I'm pretty severely ADHD, looking to get an autism diagnosis soon, so learning is always a bit difficult. Normally, I'm a poke around and find out person, but with something as... expansive as this software I got through the Humble Bundle, I don't even know where to start.
If I were just making an outdoor scene, that stuff is fairly easy to spot when you first download, but I'm not; I'm working on a half-indoor/half-outdoor winter battlemap for a New Year's themed oneshot I'm doing for my online friends.
I've used other map-making software before. My friend and fellow DM let me use their Inkarnate subscription before, and I've used the software that Roll20 provides, but I've never used THIS software before, and I don't even know which add-ons I need to make sure I have downloaded to do a Tavern/outdoor winter scene right now.
What I do know is that I have a very hard time processing information that is audio/visual. I can read things and process it, I can KINDA listen to things and process it, but I absolutely cannot watch a video, listen to the instructions, and process it. If anyone can help, at least help me figure out what downloads I need to get started, because it looks fairly intuitive otherwise, I would be extremely grateful.
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Did you get ProFantasy’s Tome of Ultimate Mapping with your purchase? I believe it has written tutorials in it that walk you through how to map, if written guides are easier than video for you.
The best annuals for winter stuff are Annual 16 (2022), which has both Winter Village for city/town/village scenes and Ice Caverns for underground icy scenes, and Annual 17 (2023), which has Winter Trail (great for outdoor scenes). Each annual also has a PDF mapping guide, though they may gloss over some of the details for how to do certain things (because the PDFs would get awfully repetitive if they had to explain the same techniques each time).
I've been spending a lot of time this winter with those annuals and would be happy to help as best I can.