Like many others I got into map making when I started playing D&D. For me it was during the transition from 2E AD&D to 3E D&D in the late 90s/early 00s. I remember getting my hands on the CC2 demo and playing around with it. Back then my maps were hand drawn but as I got older I learned how to use programs such as Photoshop and Gimp. It wasn't until fairly recently, during the pandemic, that I started to play online and needed maps for Roll20 and rediscovered Campaign Cartographer.

I second this. I used Cosmographer deckplans for vault-like maps to recreate Gamma World maps.

You could perhaps also use SS3 Modern Blueprints to make maps like this:

If I could make a suggestion, I'd love to see a sci-fi/deckplan style for Perspectives 3.

Make sure the text layer is unfrozen/unlocked and click the 'Numeric Edit' button on the left tool panel. The mouse cursor should have a small box next to it, then click on the text you want to edit. This should open the 'Edit Text' window. In the 'Properties' settings you can change the font, size, and alignment.

If you want to change the text color you need the 'Edit Properties' button right above the 'Numeric Edit' button.

Haha yeah I can relate to that. Some of the maps I finished after the fact. Now that I've developed a workflow and 99% of the work already done I can convert FRIA maps fairly quickly. Also trying to stay as faithful to the original maps was a good choice in hindsight, I saved a lot of time keeping maps sparsely decorated with symbols.

I put text on a separate layer, either on the 'GAME MASTER ONLY' or 'TEXT' layer. Similar to sheets, click the 'layer' button on the top bar. This opens the list with layers, the first box is to select the current active layer, the second to hide/show the layer, and the third box is to freeze the layer.

I put all secret doors and traps on the 'SECRET' layer so you have to hide that one as well for player maps.

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Thanks. I wasn't aware the Thri-kreen map got corrupted by the update. Good to know next time I have install the program.

You're right about the other maps, afaik they weren't drawn for FRIA but it struck me as odd these maps weren't included whereas other maps from the same adventure modules/source books did make it into FRIA. I assume nobody got around to draw them before support for FRIA was dropped.

I don't know why the buildings look different. Here are the settings I used.

Feel free to check out my .fcw file if you want to see how I did it.

No problem, glad to help out a fellow mapper.

I'd recommend watching tutorials on youtube, that's how I started. Aside from Profantasy's official channel I found Joe Sweeney's channel very helpful. There're a few other channels too.

Sheet effects are turned off by default. Click on the 'sheets' button on the top bar, check 'Activate Sheet Effects', and then click the 'Apply' button.

I've been using CC3+ on various Linux computers using Wine without any problems for a couple of years now. You can use a frontend like PlayOnLinux and simply follow the install wizard.

Edit: You may have to install the Microsoft Core Fonts library if the text is unreadable.