Hi Nikode :)

It's very likely to still be there, but it may be on a sheet that is higher up the sheet order than the land itself, or on a sheet with such an enormous Edge Fade Inner sheet effect (EFI) that there's not enough lake area for it to still exist after the EFI, or on a layer that has been hidden.

Open the Layers dialog (click the little window in the top bar that has text in it starting with "L:...") and make sure that the only hidden layer is the TEMPLATE layer. Ok that, and then open the Sheets and Effects dialog |CC2SHEETS| and hide the LAND sheet. Ok that, and then use List on the Info menu to find out which sheet the lava lake you drew is on.

Once you know that you can either move the sheet down the list until it is underneath the LAND sheet (sheets are drawn in the order listed, so underneath in the list is above in the map), or you can use the Change Properties tool |CC2MCHANGE| to move the lake to a different sheet - one that is below the LAND sheet in the list.

If you still can't see the lava lake once you have done all of that, you can always share the FCW with us right here and we can have a look - see if we can find it for you.

When you click the room tool there should be an option to draw a round room.

Stairs that go around the wall of a tower are not generally available. Most towers have a regular spiral staircase going up their own containing 'tube' tower in the middle, with an entrance/exit at each level. However, I was talking about this with a friend just last night, and he pointed out that fantasy buildings don't always follow the rules. A large stair symbol of that nature would be a seriously big drain on CC3's memory cache, so it's not usually done.

I did something about this kind of problem 4 years ago, and wrote this rough and ready tutorial for someone on the FB page together with the example FCW file. I have no idea if it will work if it's transplanted to the forum here without any checking, but since it is really early in the morning right now I'm just going to upload it and hope you can use it.

Later, when I have had a chance to properly wake up I will come back and see if you have had a chance to read it. As I said - its extremely rough and ready. There may be errors in it, but then it was an emergency one-off solution for just one person, and I never thought anyone else would need it.

EDIT: I have no idea what I wrote on the end of that second paragraph, or intended to write - sorry!

You're welcome :)

If you get stuck, just shout. I was in a bit of a rush when I wrote it.

If it is of any interest to you, I will be developing single step symbols in "Creepy Crypts", the style I am currently working on. It should be possible to do the same job by using them with the Symbols Along command in the Draw menu, and make a line of steps go anywhere you like.

Hi Everyone! :D

In tomorrow's Live Mapping session, Ralf will be using the Fantasy Cities style of the Cartographer's Annual Vol 3 to draw a city map.

Come along and join in the discussion, spot Asa the cat, or watch later :)

It's looking great as it is :)

Thank you! :)

Although I always feel rather guilty taking credit for the style, since it is faithfully based on the orginal Ferraris map.

Thank you, both :)

There have been too many requests for more flexible stair options in the past for me to ignore. Plus, I was doing the regular stairs anyway and had a few spare.

HTML help is not the most reliable way of getting help these days.

I recommend the pdf manual ;)

Or if you prefer to learn by watching there are all kinds of tutorials available here: https://forum.profantasy.com/discussion/10519/video-tutorials/p1

I don't know if those keys are supposed to work or not, because I've always used the clone tool (my bad - it's actually called the Copy tool, but I use a lot of different software, and keys that do this job are often called clone tools).

I believe the copy and paste keys should also work, so I will investigate...

Oh dear!

I'm sure you will get the hang of it quicker than you think right now.

Have you thought of doing a bit of video research to help when the Tome and you don't see quite eye to eye? Joe Sweeney did a good short series on dungeon mapping here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ekhz1CICTkM&list=PL1FFD4E50759762F1

PS - I know I shouldn't have because it's not really funny when people can't get things to work, but your blues did make me giggle - reminded me of my own first dungeon mapping experience ;)