Finally in the atlas. Sorry for the delay.

As have been pointed out above, this starts to happen because your entities have too many nodes. But I want to point out the reason why this happens in the first place, namely too much fractalization. When you draw fractalized entities, CC3+ places intermediate nodes to be able to make this fractal shape, and each level of fractalization doubles the amount of nodes. This quickly gets out of hand if your setting is too high. When you draw large landmasses, it is adviced to use a lower level of fracatlization. This can be reduced using SIMPLYFY as mentioned above, but it is probably best to draw with less fractalization in the first place.

You can however make a drawing tool that emulates one of the basic tools. Just set it with the desired shape, and then set all properties of the tool to use "current properties". This will make it act just like a basic tool, but it will have the options like trace (provided the shape picked for the drawing tool supports it).

Yea, there is actually a white polygon around most maps by default, on the SCREEN sheet, it is used to hide stuff that might be sticking outside the map border, since a drawing is technically borderless. But the printer will still see that as a valid area to include int he printing.

What you can do to avoid it is to print just the 'active window' instead of 'everything'. Before doing that, simply zoom in to your map, and maybe resize the CC3+ window accordingly so that the view only shows your actual map, nothing more. The best way do do this is to first use the Zoom Window command to define a tight rectangle around your map, and then resize the window afterwards, because CC3+ will remember the zoom you defined and always fit that part inside the window. Also remember, CC3+ do have the map in a separate inner document window, you can resize that instead of the main CC3+ window.

For the second point, CC3+ scales to paper on print. The map itself should be scaled according to the actual real world size, not the print size, so if you wish to cover an are 500 by 500 miles, set the map dimensions to 500 by 500.

In the print dialog, you can then specify desired print scale when you print, or if you export to an image, set the desired pixel size as needed by your print.

Which ProFantasy folder are you saving to?

It sounds like you're saving to C:\Program Files (x86)\ProFantasy\CC3Plus, which is the programs installation directory which is not supposed to contain user files. In fact, Windows have protections in place to prevent users to save to that folder, one of these is folder virtualization which is the reason you may see files inside the program, but not when trying to view the same folder using file explorer. The other protection is UAC.

Personally, I don't recommend saving your maps (or exports) inside either ProFantasy folder, but rather use your documents folder, this is where user files are supposed to be kept. But if you wish to save inside the ProFantasy folder, make sure to use the data directory, not the installtion directory (c:\ProgramData\ProFantasy\CC3Plus by default)

The annual isn't intended to just be 12 issues of new artwork. As stated on the product page:

While maps are not the most common of issues, if you look back at previous years, you'll find that there is indeed a collection of various map issues sprinkled among the years.

Different kind of issues bring different values to different people. A nice map with a detailed description is great for improving one's map-making skills and learn new ways of doing things, and may even be used as a ready to go map for an adventure.

You're not holding down the ctrl key are you?

If you hold down the ctrl key when moving the mouse (including using the mouse accessibility keys), it will do scaling exactly as you describe.

If you are using sticky keys, depending on the config and how many times you hit the key, the ctrl key may stay enabled after using that ctrl+q for quick move causing this behaviour.

I did some testing with these settings on, and found that it is not hard accidentally enabling control.

Like this?

Maybe you could hide one of these up in the attic Shessar?

Hi everyone, this is just a friendly reminder that there are now 2 weeks left of the community atlas 1000th map mapping competition.

If you haven't joined yet, there is still be time. Check the competition thread for detail, and feel free to ask if you have any questions, we're her to assist.

And if you have joined in but haven't submitted your entry yet, just remember the October 1st deadline. Still plenty of time to finish your map, but you don't want to miss the deadline.

Remember, there are both prizes and glory at stake :)