The style pack Ancient Realms Part I by TJ Vandel

CharlesWayneRobinson · September 2015

Does anyone know if the style pack Ancient Realms Part I by TJ Vandel will be compatible for CC3+?

I am really interested in using this style for my overall world map.

Thanks,

Charles W. Robinson

[Deleted User] · September 2015

What style pack? Where do you get this? I am sticking to CC3 till the bugs in CC3+ are all worked out, and more annual updates appear. BTW, love your work.

Jay_NOLA · September 2015

Yes, it will be made compatible with CC3+ at some point. ProFantasy ha said that all the Annuals and CC3 expansions will have a CC3+ comparability version.

No release date has been set on when the exact compatibility version will be released for everything.

CharlesWayneRobinson · September 2015

Thanks qwalker!

Jay_NOLA,

This is the one that is coming out in October.

:-)

Dogtag · September 2015

I'm not a PF employee, so I can't speak with authority, but I expect it'll be released as, both, a CC3 version and a CC3+ version. Every 2015 Cartographer's Annual issue except for June, from March on, has had a CC3+ compatible version.

That said, remember the style pack is part of the 2015 Cartographer's Annual, so you've got to subscribe to the annual to get the style pack.

Cheers,
~Dogtag

CharlesWayneRobinson · September 2015

Thanks Dogtag!

Blackadder23 · September 2015

I like the looks of this one too... can't wait.

Ralf · September 2015

Here's a little sample from the map I'm working on.

CharlesWayneRobinson · September 2015

I like it! :-)

Blackadder23 · September 2015

Looks like I may have a new favorite among the "realistic" styles...

Blackadder23 · October 2015

I'm really enjoying playing with this style, although I'm not going to try to make a "serious" map until I see all the vignettes available in the next installment.

One thing I like is how small the hills are. In some of the styles, the hills are HUGE relative to the mountains, and it really looks weird to me (I know I can always rescale the hills, but it still seems weird when some of the hills default to being larger than some of the mountains). This looks a lot more reasonable to me. Great style!

CharlesWayneRobinson · October 2015

Looking forward to seeing what you do with it Blackadder23 - any chance of a sneak peak of a WIP?

Blackadder23 · October 2015

I'll see if I can come up with something worth sharing...

Joachim de Ravenbel · October 2015

Hi,

I needed a quick treasure map for my students so I gave a try to this new style. It's really cool and I like the fact that Mike Schley's Symbols mix well with it.

And I really love the forest tool

!

For the sea I used the default land fill style with an RGB effect though...

Done with CC3+.

The first version is in full colors but the second has a Sepia RGB matrix effect on the whole drawing for the treasure map feel.

Jay_NOLA · October 2015

I love the maps Joachim.

What font did you use for the ancient alien looking language text and what does it say exactly?

Very interested in getting a copy of the font.

Joachim de Ravenbel · October 2015

Thanks Jay_NOLA!

Posted By: Jay_NOLAWhat font did you use for the ancient alien looking language text and what does it say exactly?

First part of the exercice is to get the text through frequency analysis. It says:

"I burried the treasure at the same distance from the Vergessene Temple (Forgotten Temple), from the Spitze des Gewitters (Thunderpeak) and from the Stein der Vergangenheit (Stone of the Past)."

I used Mara's eyes font. Please note that Dafont says the font is 100% free but the zip has a readme file that states it's shareware...

Second part of the exercice is of course to locate the treasure...

Barliman · October 2015

The use of sepia turns this into a great treasure map.

Dogtag · October 2015

I love how you're using a treasure map to "gamify" your frequency analysis decryption lesson! That rocks. Is there a "treasure" for decrypting the message?

Out of curiosity, which language did you use for the message? German, like the map labels?

Rock on!
~Dogtag

Vintyri · October 2015

Posted By: Joachim de Ravenbel from the Spitze des Gewitters (Thunderpeak)

Everything looks great, but Donnerspitze or Donnergipfel would turn me on a lot more than Spitze des Gewitters, which in English would be more like Thunderstorm Peak.

Nix für Ungut.

Joachim de Ravenbel · October 2015

Posted By: BarlimanThe use of sepia turns this into a great treasure map.

Yes, the effects does it all, doesn't it? Thanks!

Posted By: DogtagOut of curiosity, which language did you use for the message? German, like the map labels?

Yes, it's -admittedly poor- German with "E" then "N" standing out in the frequency analysis but with such a short text I had to tweak it to fit the frequencies...

There was no treasure as nobody found it but it was a great session and most of the students loved it (and the marks where good too...)

CharlesWayneRobinson · October 2015

Great examples of the new style! :-)

Blackadder23 · November 2015

Just noticed the downloads for part 2 are available (although the one for CC3+ seems to be a broken link). Great stuff! Now I can get cracking on a map...

Blackadder23 · November 2015

Here's a version of the Red-Hand Barony in this style:

Blackadder23 · December 2015

Just a quick look at what I'm working on today in this style:

Barliman · December 2015

(Looks at Blackadder's new version of Greyhawk) Oooooh! I can't wait to see the rest of this.

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