PDF Creator Issue
Wondering if anyone else has come across this but it is pretty weird.
Since I cannot use the CC3 save feature to save the large map as a PNG due to crashing I use PDFCreator.
I am using version 1.7.3.
Anyhow some of my buildings alot done using the single house too instead of the Random Street tool. Show an aura around the building that I can't explain.
Needless to say it is very annoying.
Anyone else seen this or can tell me how to fix this problem?
Since I cannot use the CC3 save feature to save the large map as a PNG due to crashing I use PDFCreator.
I am using version 1.7.3.
Anyhow some of my buildings alot done using the single house too instead of the Random Street tool. Show an aura around the building that I can't explain.
Needless to say it is very annoying.
Anyone else seen this or can tell me how to fix this problem?
Comments
The above sample is with effects on you can see the buildings in the paved area at the islands centre have shadows etc.
The aura happens once I print the map using PDFCreator as a PNG.
The crash happens with both PDF Creator and Aadobe Acrobat Pro. ( Version 5 )
I thought it may be a version issue with Acrobat so I tried PDF creator.
Try this too - https://secure.profantasy.com/service/technical.asp?Q=&ID=79
Anyhow I discovered the problem and since fixed it.
So it turns out at some point in my map making I changed the Pen size from 0 to 0.5 mm (line Width still 0) to draw a freehand area.
It turns out the Pen size somehow affects the house and random house tools. This is what caused the the aura. I reset the Pen size to 0 redrew the houses and voila problem solved.
I would love input from one of the Profantasy guys on why the housing tools are affected by the Pen size. Maybe it is something that the tool should ignore when making houses especially since it is not one of the option available in the change properties tool. I had to delete and recreate which in this case wasn't too bad as it only affected a small number of the houses but had it been most of my map would have taken quite a while to fix.
More importantly - how did you draw the island coast?
I like alot about the Jon Roberts style but found that personally I didn't like the overall look in the CC3 implementation of it. So I drew the water and land using GIMP.
The coastline is done by taking what I originally drew for the island and using a process described by Oldguy one of the contributors on the Cartographers Guild website. It kind of eats away at the shape you drew creating a relatively realistic looking coast line with inlets etc.
Hope that kinda answers your question.