A symbol challenge could be a fun activity. I'll have to bow out myself though, while I can draw a decent CC3+ map from existing resources, creating my own symbols is far beyond me. I need those stronger in the art to do that for me.

I did make a script for tile exports that is part of annual issue 129. It is probably overkill for 9 tiles, but it can do the job, you only need to slightly modify it so it doesn't piece the tiles back together when done (the main idea with this script was to be able to export larger images than CC3+ can handle in one go).

But for just 9 tiles, the manual option is just as simple. Set yourself up a new snap grid that is 100 by 80, turn on snap and cursor snap, and then just run a rectangular section export manually 9 times. You just need to remember which sections you have done when clicking the corners for the next, the snap grid should ensure the sizes gets perfect with no hassle. (Obviously, the pixel dimensions needs to be set up correctly in the export dialog as well, but CC3+ remembers these, so just set them up correctly [using the correct 5:4 ratio matching your map pieces] for the first segment)

Yea, those symbols don't seem to be included. I am guessing that the image was an early working draft from the artist, and that those particular items never made it into actual symbols. The actual annual isn't usually done by the time they advertise it.

Just to point out one thing regarding that dialog, CC3+ always show the current text properties in the dialog (as in those that will be used if you create a new text entity, not the ones of the selected entity). So when you try a second time on the same text, it is normal that it still shows the same values.

This can be confusing at first, but it is very helpful when you need to change multiple entities in a row. The actual properties of an entity can always be found using either list on the entity, or by using :CC2KEEP: on the entities, making the properties of the entity the current ones, thereby making them the default values in dialogs.

Welcome to the forums Skillet, great to have you.

Your map is great, although I wiould have preferred seeing it stretch a bit more in the northern direction :)

Yes.

Just put the image on it's own Sheet and Layer so you have easy control over the order and can change the order by moving the sheet.

Draw menu -> Insert file. Create your temporary sheet and layer first, and make those active so the image goes straight to them.

How are the effects defined? If the effects are defined in percentage of view width instead of map units or percentage of map extents they tend to disappear when you export the whole map, because the actual "view" during a high-res export is pretty large.

Percent of View is a very useful effect setting if working with the map in CC3+ is the primary goal rather than exporting it. You can for example use it to ensure that things like text glow are the same absolute size as you zoom in and out, instead of having it almost disappear as you zoom out or overly large as you zoom in. But it is less useful when you are producing exports, although there are some instances it works there too, but it is important to realize that this setting means that what you get out isn't the same as on screen (not necessarily a bad thing).

But yea, it shouldn't be the default setting, that's not the optimal choice.

To elaborate a bit on JimP's answer here. Symbols are by default scaled to 1/1000th of the map width in overland maps. There are several good reasons for this, but if you want your symbols smaller, you can permanently change the default symbol scale for a map by going to :CC2PRESETS:. The value found here is the value that will be used when you click the set normal button Jim refers to. The "default" scale for symbols in general is 1, but be aware that trying to map a map of that size using symbol scale 1 will be quite a lot of work. The small symbols may not look as good either when the map is zoomed out.