Hi Gulwolf :)

Resize is different to scale because it works by leaving most things as they are but extending the background, map border, screen and any frame the map might have. This is to increase the space available to draw extra bits onto the edges of the map, while scale just makes the whole map bigger, including all the symbols and fills.

If you were trying to get some more space to continue the map beyond the current edges and your 'sea level' was supposed to be stretched like the background was, reverse the resize operation by doing it again but putting the old size back in, then move your sea level to the BACKGROUND layer using Change Properties. (That's the layer, not the sheet. It can stay on whatever sheet it is on.) The Resize operation should then work as before but this time include the sea level information.

Do you have a screen shot of the fonts you mean and the bad kerning?

Some fonts don't behave well when placed as curved text.

I believe font kerning is controlled by Windows (even in CC3) based on information built into the font itself. If you are having issues with straight text problems can arise because the font is badly designed - as many of the free ones tend to be these days. In those cases the only solution is to explode the text and move the letters individually wherever it is particularly bad.

Square or not, that's really beautiful :)

I've never played at all.

My interest in mapping is from the angle of being a writer. No published novels as yet, but the mapping is fun :)

If you have the Tome of Ultimate Mapping, lighting is covered from page 279 under the title "Lighted Dungeons"

Alternatively, there are a couple of Live Mapping sessions you might be interested in here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuzRZFJl53M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQKEswmn10A

At the present time there isn't a way of transferring the settings themselves to VTTs. Any lighting you add to your CC3 map will show in the exported image and be fixed as part of the image.

Thank you, Joe :) That's really helpful.

Unfortunately, if such things are possible in Gaea I haven't found them just yet, but I will have a look. I am just in the middle of adjusting the models to have flatter tops at least, even if I can't seem to control the steepness of the slopes. This is shorter than they appear in Blender because I exaggerate the vertical scale in Blender.

Hi everyone :D

In this week's live mapping session Ralf will be starting a new project: combining dungeon and city assets to build a hilltop fort.

Join us live on YouTube here to be part of the chat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc89lO0ODAc

You can watch it there later if you miss the stream, or maybe right here on the forum if you don't like YouTube:

Hi everyone! :D

In this week's live mapping session Ralf will be continuing his hilltop fort project by adding the details of the courtyard and buildings on top of the hill. Join us in the chat of the live session here on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDIhBc69LCc

Or if you prefer you can watch it right here:

Looking forward to seeing you all live :)

If you missed the first part you can watch it again here on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc89lO0ODAc

Hi Everyone! :D

In this week's live mapping session Ralf will be returning to the Hilltop Fortress map for a third and final time to finish up the surrounding swamp and add finishing touches. He will also be taking a look at preparing the map for use as a battle map in a virtual tabletop setting.

Come along and join in the chat on YouTube here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63sds-xnzow

Or watch it here on the forum if you prefer.

That old hatched stone fill seems to be stuck in the DD3 repertoire, but there are other alternatives around. If you are looking for something reddish you could use one of the Dirt fills instead, or maybe the "Stone Lava Cooled" and a sheet effect to change it's colour to something more reddish.

If you have other add ons there's no reason you can't use a fill from one of them if there's one you would prefer. How you do that is use Insert File in the Draw menu and pick a pre-prepared blank map of that style (or the actual template file .FSC) and press ESC just before clicking to place it in your map. That will import just the fills for that style which you can then use in your map.