I used them both in my "Visiting Mars" and my "Starbase Odin" videos.

If you just want to fill the page, simply use the "fit to page" option in the print dialog, no need messing with precise scaling. CC3+ should fill whatever paper size your printer driver reports it is using.

For proper scaled maps, yes, just use 1" paper scale = 5' drawing distance. All you need to do to make that work properly is when making the map, treat the numbers you specify the map size in in the wizard as feet, and just work with the map in real scale, i.e. when a distance should be 5', Info -> distance should show that thing to be 5'.

Have you tried running the latest update (Update 28) available from your registration page? Even if your CC3+ install is already at 3.98, the update fixes up other files in addition to the core program files, and can often fix weird issues like this. It is usually a good idea to install it as a last step after installing all add-ons (except the free monthly symbol sets, they should be the very last)

If that doesn't work, I recommend getting in contact with tech support, also available from your registration page.

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.

Well, you (and anyone else still thinking about joining) have plenty of time still. I deliberately let this competition run long to ensure everyone who wanted could find the time to participate.

Good luck.

Doing sheets to symdefs is only intended to be used with symbol catalogs, and not maps, as it basically take each sheet and turn it into a symbol definition. This isn't easy reversible, because running the reversing command, symdefs to sheets, will not just turn those symbol definitions you made back into sheets, but it will also turn the symbol definitions of the actual symbols in the map into sheets, meaning they will disappear from the map. Considering you also said you deleted some symbols might also mean that you may have removed the actual content of the map, since it was reduced to symbols for the time.

I am afraid that the only resolution here is to restore an earlier copy of the map from backup if you have any. You can try to post your .fcw here for someone to have a look at, but I am suspecting that when you saved the map earlier, it became unrecoverable.

This does not sound like intended behavior, CC3+ should not switch to Common for anything. It would be good if you could just check a few things for me.

First of all, are you sure your entities actually end up on Common? I am asking because there is a visual glitch that sometimes incorrectly show "Common" in the status bar, even if another sheet is selected, but the entities normally end up on the right sheet.

You can easily check this by using the List command from the info menu on the entities. If the output is prefixed by a sheet name like in this screenshot (Showing the BACKGROUND sheet in this case), the entities are on the listed sheet, but if there are no sheet name at the top, they are on Common. (Note that you can still select entities even if you can't see them, or you can do this right after placing an entity before doing the refresh that updates the display and makes it hide. You can also just hide the sheet your image is on.)

Secondly, what sheet is your image on, and where is that sheet in the sheet order (If unsure, you can use the list command from above on the image). Try moving the sheet with the image to the very top of the list of sheets (right below Common) and try doing a bit of mapping now.

Now in the atlas.

And I also processed this for the atlas. Sorry for spamming everyone with thread updates :)

CC3+ files generated from FT tends to get a bit big, because of all the nodes.

The forum should support attachments up to 5MB, and it does allow compressed files, but only .zip. (This is done intentionally to encourage people to use that format. Not because it is the best compression-wise, but because every modern OS has built-in support for it, so a .zip file is usable by everyone without looking for additional software.)

You can just email me the file though, you'll find my email in my profile. I am pretty sure the attachment limit for email on google is 20MB.