The One Day Worldbuilder was included in the Worldbuilders Compendium. Was that bundled separately to FT3? Yes it was - I see that now. If you don't have the Worldbuilder's Compendium don't worry, because Ralf has already told me in answer to someone else's question that the Worldbuilders Compendium will be made available quite soon as a new product outside the bundle.

You can ask as many questions as you like here - it's the forum, and I don't mind you borrowing my thread for now.

1. The most common projection used to export and import world maps is the Equirectangular. In fact, some apps won't import anything but Equirectangular.
2. You can adjust the position of the poles using the latitude and longitude controls in the 'Secondary' tab of the 'World Settings' dialog. Remember to click Apply after each adjustment.

You're doing well - those aren't as basic as you thought. I had to go and check my answer to number 2 first ;)

I didn't think it was rude :)

Hi Thomas - welcome to the forum :)

If you want to ask any of the people who took part in those other threads you've been looking at, it is ok to ask the question on that thread. You can also tag people who have said things that really interest you by using the 'at' sign, like this @ThomasHendrich

You're welcome :)

@Galaxyfalcon

I am so sorry! I seem to have made a mistake early on in our conversation by assuming you had acquired FT3 as part of the current Humble Bundle. A lot of what I said probably didn't make much sense to you at all.

So you purchased FT3 just recently, and that is what you have. You wanted to know how to get the same kind of results as I have here with Jerion. I am assuming you mean more than just the colouring in this version - that you mean the way it looks more generally.

I worked out a technique to create maps like Jerion in FT3, and the resulting tutorial was published a little while back as an issue in the 2019 Cartographer's Annual. That same issue, called "The One Day Worldbuilder" is bundled with The Worldbuilders Compendium in the Humble Bundle, and having made the mistake of assuming you were a Humble Bundle owner I was puzzled why you didn't have it.

Anyway! How to get it is the next question. You could just buy the Humble Bundle, which is cheaper than the Cartographer's Annual, and give away the bits you don't want, or you could wait for the Worldbuilders Compendium to become available separately to the Bundle in the near future. That second option is a gamble both ways, since I'm not entirely sure the One Day Worldbuilder will be part of that later publication, or if it will be more or less of a bargain than the bundle itself.

I am so sorry to have caused such confusion!

You can install the annual in parts as you go, month by month, and it is possible to install the full annual over the top of those monthly installations.

Thank you all very much! :)

@JulianDracos I think the distinction between Steampunk and not Steampunk at the world and regional scale is probably not so great and more to do with concept and description than actual style. I wouldn't have known those regional maps were Steampunk if you hadn't told me, or I hadn't read the text. Which means it would be a more definite thing to work on a Profantasy city scale style, where the individual buildings can be seen. I've tried isometric styles before with Isometric City, which I think was limited by the number of angles you could have buildings at before it became too confusing to use as a style. So I would probably stick to city scale and top view if I went ahead and did this.

@Wyvern I think you are right about the railway stuff. I will have to consider that carefully, since a locomotive is a pretty difficult thing to draw, even without any fanciful design alterations. I could take the Showman traction engines I saw as a child at the Great Dorset Steamfair as a starting point, but without the canopies.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Stourpain+steam+fair&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjZtuiW9of0AhUUmhoKHY77BvYQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=Stourpain+steam+fair&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzoHCCMQ7wMQJ1D6CFj4DGCUE2gAcAB4AIABxwGIAdAEkgEDMi4zmAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWfAAQE&sclient=img&ei=x6aIYZm3IJS0ao73m7AP&bih=1027&biw=2021

I might have to go with electricity for some of the lighting if I do this style, or the maps will be too dark to print.

@pvernon I think city scale is a good starting point, and you are right - it looks like the basics are already there in most city styles. I might think about doing an adaptation of Darklands City as a Steampunk City.

Thanks Remy :)

Going back to what I said earlier about basing something on Darklands, here are two shots illustrating the situation as I see it, which may or may not be right. The first is a shot 'as it is' from the Darklands City part 2 I'm currently working on. The second is a shot with a filter I've placed over the whole map to give it the sort of dour and desparate feeling that lies in the background of most of the large scale Steampunk maps I've seen so far.

Imagine the second image with additional steampunk buildings and contraptions.

Have I got the right idea, or is it something more like this with added pipes and cogs and strange inexplicable contraptions?

Brian - Would you like to post the FCW so we can have a look at it - see what the problem is?

You're welcome :)

That version of Wilbur is not the more advanced one you need to download, but that's explained in the tutorial.