Some Lines of Grid Show as Double
lionblade
Newcomer
Hi all,
I'm seeing a strange issue that I hope can be resolved. When I save one of my maps as a PNG, some of the horizontal grid lines (just a few of them) come out showing as two grid lines. So when zoomed out they appear bolder and thicker, and it's quite distracting.
I've tried removing and re-adding the grid, and also setting a thickness of 0.05... but it still happens, those lines just show thicker.
Anyone know a workaround?
Comments
Try changing the size of each export pass.
Type EXPORTSETMPPP on the command line and hit enter. When prompted for the new value, enter 40000000 (old value, shown in square bracket is probably 4000000) and hit enter. Then try exporting again.
Yeah, that helped a lot, looks much better. Thank you so much! I didn't realize I could type commands down there, (still learning!)
Do you know what this does, technically?
When CC3+ renders a map to an image, it does so in sections. It does this because there usually isn't enough memory to calculate the entire image in one go. This value controls how many pixels each such pass should contain. The default value is on the lowish side when it comes to modern computers, so increasing it allows us to export the drawings in fewer passes, and the issue you were having usually occurs on the edge of each pass.
That makes a lot of sense, thanks for the explanation!
Can you set this up as the default for all maps (and should you or not)?
Once you've entered this command, it is the new default until you set a new value, it is not a per-map setting. And it is a good setting for everyone to use unless you have an old computer with very little memory (below 8 gigs)