Cosmographer 3 Satellite Overland Map Question

Zetsumei

Hello everyone here at profantasy, I've got a question to ask. I recently purchased Cosmographer 3 (which is absolutely beautiful if I may say so myself) but there is one style that I cannot find. One of the examples on the website is an overland map that has the most awesome satellite crosshairs on it. I was wondering how I could use that same crosshair symbol. I cant find it anywhere. The example says computer overlay style, but i dont see anything like that.

Thanks for your help in advance.

jaerdaph

I don't see a template for it directly either, but you can easily make your own map in this style and with the dimensions you want with the Wizard.
1. Select File -> New
2. In the New Drawing Wizard, select Cosmographer from the Map Type: pull-down menu, check the Decide Settings Myself radio button, then click Next
3. In the Map Style: pull-down menu, select Overland Satellite Map, then click Next.
4. Enter your desired width and height for the map and anything else you might want and click Next.
5. If you want the map background to be the default, leave the box checked and Ocean Dark Sat selected, then click Next.
6. Uncheck Enable Multiple Levels (since you aren't doing a deckplan), then click Finish. CC3 will ask you to select a file name for your map and to save it.
7. Start working on your map!

Zetsumei

Thanks for the response, but my question was actually about the satellite crosshair symbol. I know how to make maps, but I dont know how to get the awesome computer overlay thing in that example. I cant find it.

jaerdaph

I have no idea how I totally misread your question. Sorry about that.

Yeah, I don't see that map included as an example either, or the symbol. Hopefully Ralf or Simon can post it for us.

Zetsumei

Haha no worries, and yeah I'm dying to find it. I'd be really dissapointed if they showed us something we cant use.

Mogul76

One of the sample maps which I can't find either:

http://www.profantasy.com/images/cos3/gallery/gallery17.jpg

Zetsumei

Yeah that would be a nice one to have access to as well.

blytha

A simple set of non-traveller bitmap symbols to indicate cities etc. might have been useful too. If anyone has anything they can point me in the direction of it would be useful. (Take a look at some of the new Battletech scenario pack world maps - this the kind of thing I mean).

Zetsumei

I believe there are some symbols for traveler things. They should load automatically if you do a traveler preset map or choose something traveler related from when you decide the settings yourself. But maybe i'm misunderstanding what you want.

However, I do know that I really want that satellite crosshairs thing XD

Zetsumei

Hope to get some answers on this soon. it's not a tough question.

Ralf

The style is "Cosmographer Satellite Overland".

The crosshair you see in the example is not a symbol itself, because you couldn't adjust a symbol to the map border like that automatically. Instead it is drawn with simple circles and lines. I've attached two drawing tools to draw entites like that on an overland satellite map,as well as the example map. It wasn't included directly, because it is really not a finished map.

Zetsumei

You are the best Ralf! Thanks!