Also note that the trick by clicking the :CC2SYMICOND: button only works if you have started a map in the appropriate style (i.e CC3 Mike Schley Overland or SS4 Dungeons of Schley styles). Otherwise you will need to load them manually as JulianDracos describes.

If you want to keep the temporary files (the tiles) when using the large exports annual scripts, you can just comment out the line that deletes them from the @Annual\Issue 129 - Large Exports\tile.cmd script:

DEL /q tile*.png

(This line appears two places in the script due to branching paths)

Do remember that this also means you need to manually clean them out before doing the next export however, or the stitching process will get confused.

And if you just want the tiles generated, and not stitch them together at all, you can comment out the two lines in the script starting with magick mogrify and magick montage.

And yea, you do absolutely need to use png when working with large images, as stated above, jpg cannot do these image sizes. But if you just export things as tiles from CC3+, you could switch that export to jpg to get jpg files instead of png tiles, since each tile is small enough, it's only when stitched together it becomes too large.

In the final deep zoom images I have made for the atlas (like Sanctuary) I exported as png from CC3+, but the final tiles used by the deep zoom script itself are jpg images as this gives much better performance due to smaller file sizes.

I would say that's completely optional. According to Scott's description, those are "deep underground". They're also continent-scale, so his map isn't at a detail level that would show any potential dungeon levels, so if you want a connection, it could be as simple as putting a trapdoor/hidden stair in any room and saying it leads to a long tunnel going down to the Darklands, or as you mention, just describing one of your chasms as being really deep....

The effect employed here require it to be a polygon, you can't do the same with a line.

One way to handle this is to just let the poly extend beyond the border of the map. The part sticking out will be hidden by the map border and the screen. The end result should be that it looks like a line.

I have a couple of videos on creating symbol catalogs which may help:

vthumb(dRRa6ctWPJY|Creating Symbols - Part 1 - Finding and Preparing Images)

vthumb(cYxAIPa7dak|Creating Symbols - Part 2 - Creating a Symbol Catalog)

You're using the wrong version of the installer. The one you are using is the one for CC3, not for CC3+ which is what you have. You'll find the right one on your registered user download pages.

Not sure why you're referencing DRM here though, a technical issue like this doesn't have anything to do with DRM. This is just a compatibility issue where CC3 add-ons can't be used with CC3+ and vice versa, not a protection scheme.

Wooden walls are unfortunately somewhat lacking in Base DD3. There is the 'Woodgrain Bitmap' fill, but it is not the best.

There are some wood wall fills in the free Jonathan Roberts dungeon annual, showing the tops of standing beams, which may or may not be what you need.. There are also fills appropriate for wooden walls in Symbol Set 2 and Symbol Set 4.

You'll have to :CC2EXPLODE: the symbol, that gives you access to the individual parts of it.

For the door, it sounds like you just were the "victim" of smart symbols and snapping. Smart symbols are intended to align symbols correctly to lines (like walls) and are mostly helpful, but there are situations where you don't want/need it as well. It also sounds like you may have snap on, but not cursor snap which can lead to some confusion because the snap doesn't happen until you click, instead of continuously.

So, right click the snap button in the lower right, and make sure both snap AND cursor snap is disabled (You usually don't want snap for placing doors, but you may want to turn it back on for other things, and then it is best to have both options ON). You should now be seeing the door snapping into place as you move the cursor. Which way it is oriented should be determined by which side of the line your cursor is on when placing it, so try subtly moving the cursor right across the centerline of the wall to turn it around (just a very tiny movement required).

If you cannot get it to behave, you can also turn off smart symbols by right clicking inside the map with the symbol on your cursor and just turn off the option called "smart tracking" which is what causes it to track lines.

For the fill style issue with the drawing tools, it looks like you have picked the wrong drawing tool style for that map type. That should normally be loaded automatically, but based on the fill I see in the screenshots, I think it should be set to "Dungeon DD3 color" and not "Dungeon SS2B". Is it right that you started this map using the DD3 Dungeon template"?

Very nice. The nicer font do make the entire map feel visually more interesting. I agree that decorative fonts are no good for small text, but the names of the islands were large enough that it isn't a problem, especially not with that font.