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  • Please help Linux user install a couple of issues of CA2025 please...

    Hi ubai, and welcome to the forum :)

    There may be people who can help you with this here, but please can you also alert Tech Support to these installer issues using the "Support" tab on your registration page? https://secure.profantasy.com/service/entrance.asp

    Thanks.

    ubai
  • Community Atlas - Torstan Holy District - the Frog Tavern - a joint collaberation

    Gross! LOL!

    Ricko
  • Executables

    You only need the one for CC3Plus. Other executables are for older versions of CC that are no longer sold, but which some of us old timers still run every now and then.

    Varl
  • How Do You Find the Right Symbols for Your Maps?

    Two ways (bulleted instead of numbered here because I can't seem to get the numbered list to work right now):

    • In the Sheets and Effects dialog there is a checkbox above the list of sheets called Auto hide all sheets except current and COMMON. Check that box and hit the Apply button bottom right. When when you click the next sheet down the first will hide itself, and so by working your way down the list you can see if a sheet has something on it. Be careful not to delete a sheet called SCREEN if your map has one. That sheet contains a white polygon around the outside of the map that masks anything that continues outside the edge of your map, like a symbol or the tail end of a road or river - or probably in your case, hex halves.
    • With only the BACKGROUND sheet visible (but no check in the Auto hide... box) right click the Display Speed Settings button (the hourglass on the left) and you will find a block of commands at the bottom of the list that will help you do the same thing. It's slightly less efficient since you must right click the button to get the menu each time you want to look at the next or previous sheet. The advantage, though, is that you don't have a huge dialog blocking your view of the map.


    Marja Erwin
  • Where do I find CC3 not CC3 plus.

    Hello Yeager

    For every CC3 add on there should be an equivalent CC3+ installer of a very similar name in the same block of installers when you view the files on your Registration page. CC3 is no longer sold as it was superceeded by CC3+ about 10 years ago. The only reason the CC3 installers are still available is because we have users who still like to use the outdated CC3 app they purchased a decade ago - back when CC3 was the current 'core app'.

    If, however, you have something that doesn't have an equivalent CC3+ installer please contact Tech Support using the Support tab on your Registration page. Here is the login page for that: https://secure.profantasy.com/service/entrance.asp

    ScottA
  • Live Mapping: Random City

    It's a nice easy one for all the new mappers.

    Royal Scribe
  • Changing terrain of sections of coastline landmass

    About the length of time it takes to redraw - it might be the same or even worse after you split the polygon. What's causing the speed to drop is having to redraw millions of nodes every time you pan or zoom just a small amount.

    You could use SIMPLIFY to remove all nodes that are less than the specified distance apart, and enter a value like 1 to start with when prompted. If this simplifies the outline too much undo it and try again with a decimal fraction of 1. Even if you use zero it will remove any nodes that are right on top of one another. You might be surprised by how far you can go with it.

    SIMPLIFY works immediately on whichever polygon you pick. There's no "Do It" required.

    Brian Stormont
  • How Can I Draw Real-World Places in Campaign Cartographer?

    It looks like the screen failed to resize. That's the most likely cause of the white vertical stripe on the right.

    Hide the SCREEN sheet and see if it's still there. If I'm right and it's the screen, then two simple commands should set matters right again. First reshow the SCREEN sheet and type "COLLARDEL", then hit ENTER. The screen should have been deleted. Then type "COLLARAUTO" and hit ENTER. This should draw you a new screen around the outside of your map.

    The new screen might not be the right size if you have a lot of things sticking out around the edges, but there are more collar commands explained in this article by Remy Monsen.

    Marja Erwin
  • Graphic Drawing Tablet & CC3+ question

    Incidentally, There's no iPad version - so not that kind of tablet.

    zov66
  • Symbols Catalogue Wonky

    LOL! I don't hate you.

    If you intend to keep building everything larger and doing more and more maps between the 2 machines it would be best to move the symbol pngs and the catalogue files into the Symbols folder. Otherwise what you do to a map on either machine won't work correctly on the other machine.

    FarsightX3