With the Community Atlas village competition ongoing, this seems like a good time to just sit down with a simple village map. Quiet little place without any horrible secrets.

As usual, you can see the start time in your timezone in the left sidebar of the forum, or by visiting the video on YouTube.

I would prefer if they were removed, since the atlas has it's own navigation toolbar. There is also the issue of file names in those links. I often need to rename atlas maps (most of the time because the file name doesn't match the actual name on the map), and when I do that I end up with a bunch of wrong links. So I'd prefer the entire navbox and links being removed from maps.

For the same reasons as above with the file names, it is best to leave out links.

If you have multiple maps ready, just submit them all at once, preferably in one thread. If not, just tell me what areas you are working on and I'll set them reserved for you.

Yea, there is actually a white polygon around most maps by default, on the SCREEN sheet, it is used to hide stuff that might be sticking outside the map border, since a drawing is technically borderless. But the printer will still see that as a valid area to include int he printing.

What you can do to avoid it is to print just the 'active window' instead of 'everything'. Before doing that, simply zoom in to your map, and maybe resize the CC3+ window accordingly so that the view only shows your actual map, nothing more. The best way do do this is to first use the Zoom Window command to define a tight rectangle around your map, and then resize the window afterwards, because CC3+ will remember the zoom you defined and always fit that part inside the window. Also remember, CC3+ do have the map in a separate inner document window, you can resize that instead of the main CC3+ window.

Made another tiny change to make the the forum fill the full browser width when the image viewer is loaded. This doesn't make sense for regular forum posts, because it is really hard reading texts that have lines as wide as a wide monitor, but for the image viewer, it made for a much nicer initial landing page, making it much nicer to use without having to go full screen (of course, full screen is still the nicest view of them all, and highly recommended on mobile devices)

The community atlas is closing in on 1000 maps, and it is time to celebrate this occasion with a fun competition. So come on in, join the competition, have fun, and maybe even win a prize for your effort. Everyone is welcome.

All skill levels

As always, this competition is open to all skill levels. Please don't think you have to be a master mapper to compete. A competition is a great way of testing yourself and have some fun. Everyone is welcome here, and while some of the prizes are dedicated to the best maps, there is an option for anyone who competes to win.

Set in the Atlas - No contribution required

As always, the competition is set in the community atlas, but the competition is open for anyone, even if they do not want to contribute to the atlas. Of course, I hope as many as possible will contribute, and if you wish to contribute, you have to provide me with the .fcw file. I assume everyone who posts their .fcw file here will contribute, if you don't want to contribute, simply don't provide the .fcw file. Note that to be part of the 1000th atlas map draw, you have contribute your map since this prize is for an actual atlas map, but you are still eligible for the other prices even if you don't.

Do the map you have time for

I know people are busy, but keep in mind that competitions, especially with prizes, doesn't come around all the time. If you do have time to do your very best for the competition, that's great, but if you are short on time, consider doing either a smaller or simpler map.

Remember, competitions are held because people participate, without participants, there won't be competitions either. Not trying to guilt trip anyone into participating, if you truly don't have the time, that's completely fine, but I am hoping people can try to find the time to at least do something small and simple rather than pass over the competition completely.

The Competition - Villages of the World

Allowed Resources

To keep this fair to everyone, the allowed resources are the same as for any atlas map. In simple words, that means any official CC3+ add-on from ProFantasy (including the mini add-ons downloadable from the registration page such as Shessar's Fireplaces and Scott's Celtic Buildings as well as the free monthly symbols), as well as the community add-ons listed under in the "Free Addons" section on this page (but not the Free Artwork further down).

No resources outside these, no custom symbols (includes modifications to official symbols), fills or images (included images exported from another CC3+ map).

The maps have to be made in CC3+ only, no pre/post production in an image editor or similar.

Prizes

The prizes will be vouchers for ProFantasy products. Remember, if you already have all the products, these make excellent gifts to friends who could use CC3+ or just save them for the next product.

Best map: $75 voucher

2nd place: $50 voucher

3rd place: $25 voucher

1000th atlas map: $50 voucher

Best map and runners up will be determined by community vote.

1000th atlas map will be randomly drawn between the submitted maps, so the order they are submitted to me does not matter. You have to submit your .fcw file for inclusion in the atlas to be eligible for this one.

While you can submit multiple maps to the competition, each individual participant will only be eligible for one prize.

Thanks to ProFantasy for sponsoring the prizes.

Entering the Competition

Please indicate that you want to enter the competition by posting your claim to any unmapped village in the atlas below.

To complete your entry you then post the image of your final map in this thread when it is done. Feel free to also post a high resolution version in your personal gallery on the forum.

To contribute your final map to the atlas, you must also attach your .fcw file for the map along with the map image. This is required to participate in the 1000th map draw. but you'll still be eligible for the best map prizes if you don't want to submit to the atlas. I am going to assume that if you post your fcw,  you want it included in the atlas.

Time

The competition ends October 1st 2024, 12:00 UTC

WIP Thread

Please consider starting a Work In Progress thread in the forum showing your progress. You can post a link to your WIP thread in this thread. Please do not use this thread as a WIP thread though, it is reserved for competition discussion and posting of the submissions.

Questions?

Please ask below.

Participants