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  • Community Atlas - Justice Island - Gullscry Peninsula

    Keep in mind when you export these that you let the symbols in the back rising above the map border be part of the export, that helps put emphasis on the 3-dimensionality of the map..... (Just fix the screen if it gets in the way....)

    Loopysue
  • Would a Curved/Globe Map Style be possible?

    Anything is possible from a drawing perspective, but there are several of CC3+'s tools that don't work correclty

    • Measurements, including distances and angles assumes a a flat map. These can't be used to get accurate data on a curve
    • Drawing tools that stop at the map border only work with straight orthogonal lines. This feature doesn't work along a circle or angled line
    • Images are rectangular, anything not-rectangular will add empty areas on exports.
    • The coordinate system assumes a flat surface, coordinates won't be correct for a curved world.
    • Effects also assume a flat surface. This is why many effects cannot be used properly in an isometric map. Not quite as big a problem on a curved map, most things will probably still look fine.

    But that said, there are already styles for a curved approach, like the Mercator style from the very first annual (later updated in a newer annual).


    LoopysueJimProflo1
  • Import from FT3+ to CC3+ for D&D world

    Generally, for a whole-world map, Equirectangular works fine. But it distorts shape and area as you get closer to the poles, so it isn't as good a projection for areas far to the north or south. Here something more true to shape may be desired, like the Equal earth projection. For the polar regions themselves, something like the Lambert Azimuthal Equal-Area may be a good idea.

    Basically, each projection in FT3+ comes with a descriptive text, I advice you to read it.

    LoopysueWinchester
  • Digital overland style

    The Digital overland comes from the Vintyri Cartographic Collection.


    LoopysueJimP
  • Dialog box different from Livemapping session

    It's just a case of DD3 vs. SS4 menus. When SS4 was first released, the DD3 tools wasn't part of the core package, so SS4 shipped with a menu set that brought up the standard drawing tools instead of the specialized dungeon tools. Just hit the :DD2: button on your toolbar, and the room button should bring up the desired dialog.

    LoopysueTalaraskan