Quick question about cities and battle maps

jigsawman · September 2013

I am about to embark on a new endeavor and wanted to know if there are any short cuts involved in what I am about to do. I am going to create a city map and then I want to create battle maps based off of the complete city. Once I have a city map, is there a way to select an area of the map that I can use as a base of a battle map? How would you do this?
Thanks
JSM

jigsawman · September 2013

It's lonely asking hard questions

Joachim de Ravenbel · September 2013

Not sure what you mean here.

Do you want to create the whole city than extract a battle map of any part at any moment (as during game for example?). Short of creating each street with thousand of details (most of them for nothing) and having a fast printer, I don't think there is a solution...

Now if you just want to take some part the city to turn in battle map, there are several methods

1. The JimP method , in short: export the target area to a picture file, insert the file in a new map and trace over it.
2. Save your map under a new name, rescale the map border and erase everything outside, trim overlapping entities to the new border
3. Use the copy to clipboard tool to insert only the relevant entities on a new map

Does it answer your question?

jpstodwftexas · September 2013

Been awhile since I used CC3 but I believe what I did was Hyperlink Maps. I would create each map separate and just link them.
I would create a Battlemap of a Location when i needed it

jigsawman · September 2013

Solution 1. was what I was looking for. It's not automatic and I was not sure if there was something for it, but I can do what I need that way.
Thanks for the input.
JSM

jigsawman · September 2013

I guess what I am not understanding about Jim's method is the selecting a piece of the map and saving just that piece. Whenever I save as a BMP, I end up with the whole map. How do I save just an area of the map as a BMP? Anybody?
JSM

Dkarr · September 2013

When you use the "Save As" command select the rectangular section bitmap/jpeg/or png option from the "save as type" selection dropdown. This will allow you to select only the area you are trying to export.

jigsawman · September 2013

Well I guess that's what I am getting wrong. What tool do I use to select a piece of the map?
JSM

JimP · September 2013

There are multiple pages on my site that walk you through the method. The page linked by Joachim is just step one.

KenG · September 2013

When you do a save as rectangular you can click in 2 corners in the preview and it will only save that selection. Be sure to use a new name.
Ken

JimP · September 2013

Also, I suggest a hollow rectangle on the map, to show the size and location of the map sub-area you want to make another map of. I add the dimensikons to the rectangle. Noted in the link above.

jigsawman · September 2013

Yeah Jim, been through your pages back and forth but am still missing the point. Hollow rectangle? How do I select, I do not understand.
JSM

Dogtag · September 2013

I think Jim's idea is:

On the main, city, map draw a rectangle (with a hollow fill style) that indicates the area for your battle map.
This is just a guide. It doesn't actually do any copying.
Select File>Save As from the menu.
The Save As dialog box displays.
Select one of the following options from the Save as type drop-down list.
- Rectangular section BMP
- Rectangular section JPG
- Rectangular section PNG (this is what I usually use)
The Command Line shows Pick first corner:
Use the rectangle you drew as a guide to choose the first corner of the section you want to export.
If desired, you can use the Endpoint modifier button to exactly choose a corner of the rectangle.
The Command Line shows Opposite corner:
Use the rectangle as a guide again to choose the opposite corner of the section you want to export.
Again, you can use the Endpoint modifier button to exactly choose a corner of the rectangle.

CC3 exports the rectangular section you selected to the format you chose in step 3.

Jim, please correct me if I'm horribly wrong. It wouldn't be the first time.

~Dogtag

jigsawman · September 2013

DogTag,
Thanks! That little bit of clarification got me through it. I appreciate all the help you guys - as usual

JSM

Dogtag · September 2013

Sweet. Glad it helped!

JimP · September 2013

Posted By: DogtagIthinkJim's idea is:
On the main, city, map draw a rectangle (with a hollow fill style) that indicates the area for your battle map.
This is just a guide. It doesn't actually do any copying.
SelectFile>Save Asfrom the menu.
TheSave Asdialog box displays.
Select one of the following options from theSave as typedrop-down list.
Rectangular section BMP
Rectangular section JPG
Rectangular section PNG (this is what I usually use)
TheCommand LineshowsPick first corner:
Use the rectangle you drew as a guide to choose the first corner of the section you want to export.
If desired, you can use theEndpointmodifier button to exactly choose a corner of the rectangle.
TheCommand LineshowsOpposite corner:
Use the rectangle as a guide again to choose the opposite corner of the section you want to export.
Again, you can use theEndpointmodifier button to exactly choose a corner of the rectangle.
CC3 exports the rectangular section you selected to the format you chose in step 3.

Jim, please correct me if I'm horribly wrong. It wouldn't be the first time.

~Dogtag

You got it.

My problem is, my mind skips steps as 'obvious' and I don't type them.

jigsawman · September 2013

JimP - It was not much a skipped step, but a simple clarification. I was choosing the "Save As BMP" option but kept missing the point which was "Rectangular Save As BMP" A small thing but I kept screwing it up and it just got frustrating. My fault

JSM

JimP · September 2013

No problem. I've made some really bad errors in here.

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