Monsen
Monsen
About
- Username
- Monsen
- Joined
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- Roles
- Administrator
- Points
- 8,947
- Birthday
- May 14, 1976
- Location
- Bergen, Norway
- Website
- https://atlas.monsen.cc
- Real Name
- Remy Monsen
- Rank
- Cartographer
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- 27
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Why are some of my terrain drawing tools blank gray?
You are using the wrong drawing tools for the style. The map you are making is in the Overland Mike Schley style, but your drawing tools have been set to overland CC3. Change the drawtools style, and it will work as expected.
The reason this happens is that fill styles are defined in the template, and those drawing tools are trying to use fill styles not defined in your current map, because they weren't made for that one.
(If you really want to use those drawing tools, check this FAQ entry.)
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Galery of NPC
Yes. Just pick the CA Pro template instead of the CA3 template. Or for a full selection of the old templates, use the "Pick a pre-defined template" option in the first step of the new map wizard, then in the template select box, hit Select Path and navigate into the CAPro folder and into the desired subfolder, pick any of the templates and hit ok to preview them all in the template picker dialog.
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Community Atlas: Aenos Isle North, Demosthenes Swamp, Artemisia
Finally got around to getting this set into the atlas. Thanks @Wyvern.
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Hex Grids and Labels
If you want the text in the the top of the hex, try setting the alignment to "above center", and make sure cursor snap is on when placing the text. There should be a snap point along the top edge of the hex, so with above center, the text should should appear centered near the top line of the the hex. (If you place it on that snap point obviously)
Note that you won't be able to adjust the actual distance, that is based on the text size, but it should center neatly in the top at least.
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Community Atlas - Ezrute - Fertile Valley
Notice that navigation link that leads to a dungeon in the top of that section?
The current linking location doesn't work too well, since there aren't really a feature marked on the map for it.
So it would be great if you put in a symbol in your map for it so I could link to it from there instead of from the continent map like it currently does. This could be a symbol on either the main map of the area, or even better, on a lower level map if you make a more detailed map of the areas as you often do.
As you can see from that map itself (https://atlas.monsen.cc/Maps/Dungeon%20Of%20Ice%20And%20Fire), the entrance is a cave opening, so some kind of cave symbol would be great.
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Folder removal
I'll need to refer you to their support then though. If this software provides additional services on top of windows for handling the files in their fences, only those who know that program would know if it stores a full copy or a link of things you put there.
Given the message you got, I would assume a full copy, but that's just blind guessing.
It should be easy enough to test though. Just create your own sacrificial folder with some junk files or copies of existing files in it, then add that to your fence, and then try to delete it again and see if anything happens to the original. Since this isn't related to CC3+ in any way, the behavior seen with that folder should be the same as with the CC3+ folder you added.
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Community Atlas: Selenos, Statrippe, Artemisia
Now added to the atlas. Thanks for the maps @Wyvern
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Community Atlas Project - Download information - Contributions Welcome
Time to clean up a bit in the old reservations in the atlas.
I'll soon be removing any reservations older than 12 months. If you do have an older reservation but still wish to complete the map for it, please give me a word, and I'll happily extend it. I have no problems at all with people taking a long time with their maps, I know that life tends to get in the way of the best laid plans, but every once in a while I do need to clean up to get rid of those old stale ones that won't be completed at all.
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[Atlas Submission] - Doriant - Gold Coast - Eknapata Desert - Kukaar
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[Atlas Submission] - Doriant - Gold Coast - Eknapata Desert - Per-Nezahd
Thanks @Royal Scribe , it is in the atlas now.
It doesn't have a map description, either. I can write one if you'd prefer that I include one.
No, please don't. Descriptions are intended as an optional extra for those that have additional information they wish to provide about the map, not a requirement.
Initially, descriptions was meant as a way for mappers to talk about technical details about their map (how they made it, and so on) to help people learn from the maps in the atlas. But people have twisted it over to be used for world lore instead. Which is fine, I guess.








