Basically, this means that CC3+ cannot find the image files used in the catalogs. The catalogs contains references to image files on disk, and a typical problem when you move computers is that you didn't put these image files in the same location on the new computer as the old one.

If you made the symbol catalogs using relative paths, it should be enough that the location inside the CC3+ data directory is the same as on the old computer, even if the directory itself is in a different location, but if you used absolute paths in the catalog, the path to the images must be exactly the same as before.

I wrote a blog article about it here. I talk about maps there, but the exact same applies to symbol catalogs (there's no technical difference between symbol catalogs and maps)

Let us know if this helps you figure it out, or you need more help.

Usually, the annuals come away the other way around. ProFantasy spots an artist already doing an interesting style (maybe as a result of a tip from the community), and then works with that artist to bring their style into CC3+ (as an annual or symbol set, assuming the artist is willing obviously). This basically means that the map types will reflect what the artist is already doing.

The currency of sale will always be either UK Pounds or US dollars, no matter the country picked, we don't have pricing available in other currencies.

This shouldn't normally be a problem though. When you pay with your credit (or debit) card, your bank will automatically convert to the local currency, cards can be used to pay in any currency without actually having that currency in your account. This is exactly as it is for me, being Norwegian, my local currency is NOK, but I still use my regular cards to pay in all kinds of various currencies all over the world. Most stores only offer their local currencies, and maybe a few more, only the largest stores have the infrastructure to handle payments in the user's local currency.

May it be that you are just confused by the Edit Properties box? The properties shown there ARE NOT the current properties of the entity selected, but rather the currently set properties on the status bar. It can be a bit confusing at first that it behaves that way, but it is much more friendly when you start working with multiple entities at once, and you are also much more likely to need to change properties to the current status bar settings rather than inspect existing settings.

To see what sheet an entity is actually on, use the Info -> List command on it.

You don't have to reinstall the software. That preset is embedded in the map template, and can be regenerated from it. The preset is only needed if you need to re-apply it to the map for some reason.

To recreate the preset, start a new map using the right style, the CC3 Mike Schley Overland in this case using default settings in the new map dialog, then enter the :CC2SHEETS: dialog, make sure effects is turned on (otherwise the options are greyed out), simply hit the "New" button to create a new setting based on the current map, and name it CC3 Mike Schley.

Now, there's a familiar name. I've never seen her Middle Earth atlas, but I do have her Forgotten Realms atlas on my bookshelf, full of lovely hand-drawn maps.

Contrary to many of you, I had an upbringing where fantasy was simply not on the menu. I don't think my family had anything against it, it was simply not something they had heard about either. It was never a topic among the kids at school either. Tolkien was something I only learned of as an adult, after I learned about role-playing games which happened in my mid-teens. First as computer games (Eye of the Beholder anyone?), then the real deal.

I guess the closest I got to fantasy was the Narnia books, which I guess by one definition clearly fits the genre, but on the other hand doesn't really match up with the common fantasy archetypes, and I don't think there was any maps in any of the books I had.

The software is 32-bit, so it can't address more than 4GB of memory, which it should do by default.

That said, the rendering is CPU-bound, so unless you are manually forcing it to always use very high quality textures in the display speed dialog (a rather bad idea btw, since it won't affect visual quality, CC3+ automatically uses the right textures based on the current zoom level, manually overriding it just eats performance with no benefit) so the rendering speed is mainly limited by CPU-speed (Actual clock speed is the most important here, not the number of cores) .

Note that since CC3+ is a vector-based program, it will need to re-render your display every time you change view, it is not a finished bitmap just laying ready in memory as with regular image editors. The amount of work needed here depends a lot on your display size, for example a 4K display is 4 times as many pixels as as 1080p one, so it will also be 4 times as slow in that case.

This can only be changed by editing the drawing tool (Or better, make a copy, and edit the copy).

But, the best way to do it is to utilize a proper sheet naming scheme.

Almost all drawing tools look for sheets that STARTS with something in particular, for example, a drawing tool for the outside sheet will be set to draw on OUTSIDE*. That * is a wildcard, and means anything that starts with the text preceding it.

So, if the drawing tool is set to draw on OUTSIDE*, if your current sheet is called OUTSIDE VEGETATION for example, it will happily use that sheet instead of the default outside sheet. On the other hand, if your current sheet do NOT start with OUTSIDE, it will allways go to the default OUTSIDE sheet even if you have others starting with the word.

This same behavior applies to symbols as well.

Something like this?

Here's my competition map from yesterday's live stream. Obviously, as the organizer, I an not eligible for any prizes, but it is still fun to compete. You'll find a higher resolution version in my gallery.