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Bergen, Norway
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Remy Monsen
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  • How Can I Draw Real-World Places in Campaign Cartographer?

    1. Sure. Just put each image on a different sheet and/or layer. Than you can show/hide those sheets/layers as required. If you use sheets, you can also add a transparency effect on one of them so you can see them overlaid on top of each other if that is helpful.

    2. If you make your hex grids manually after creating the map instead of in the new map wizard by using Draw -> Hex or square overlay you can hit the Select points button in the dialog to have more control over the placement of the grid. But due to the fact that hexes by their very nature doesn't really line up very well with nice round numbers, it can be a little trial and error getting them exactly as as you want. Keep in mind that coordinates in CC3+ can be entered on the command line when requested, and not just by clicking the mouse, this makes it easier to do precision placement.

    Also note that when it comes to hexes within hexes, if you are using a hex mapping style, the hex tiles are designed to snap and size to the hex grid, so you should place the actual grid you are mapping by first, and after making the map add any additional overlay grid. Also remember that hexes doesn't actually fit perfectly within each other, the big hexes will always clip through the middle of the smaller hexes along some of the edges.

    3. You can combine styles, but it takes a bit of additional work. Mostly you need to import the fills used by the secondary style. See https://forum.profantasy.com/discussion/comment/99096/#Comment_99096. For the hex symbols themselves however, it is simply a matter of just opening up the appropriate symbol catalog.

    4. CC3+ doesn't do any special touchpad handling, it just treats it like a mouse (like most other software), so if it zooms instead it is a result of the signals your touchpad sends to the program. Touchpads are not generally very good for any drawing applications though. But try the PAN command (just type PAN and hit enter on the command line). Pan lets you scroll by clicking two points in your map, and then scrolls the viewport by the amount indicated by the distance between those two points. It may feel a bit foreign at first, but it is a great way to have perfect precision when scrolling.

    LoopysueRoyal ScribeMarja Erwin
  • Community Atlas 1200 Maps Montage

    We just passed 1200 maps in the Community Atlas Project. Congrats to @Ricko for submitting the 1200th map.


    To show off all the maps in the collection, I've made a new version of the montage. Note that this one is quite large, I made it in 8K resolution (7680x4320). It is in 16:9 aspect ratio, so it should fit the most common ratio used for computer monitors if anyone wants to use it as a background image or similar, but in that case, to avoid wasting memory, I recommend resizing it to your actual monitor resolution.


    Of course, even at 8K, each map get quite small, so the best way to admire the maps is still to head over to the atlas site and either look at the images, or download the actual atlas and open the maps in CC3+.

    The full size image can't be embedded in this post, but you can either find it in my gallery here in the forum, or download it from my website.


    RickoLoopysueScottARoyal ScribeRyan ThomasMapjunkieQuentenGlitchWyvern
  • Dungeon Level Symbols

    Cute girl Kert. And a lovely boy you have there Quenten. Also quite a handsome little fellah there Maidhc.


    Here's Jack in one of his typical postures, usually pushing the keyboard off the desk and into my lap, or using his tail to do some touch-typing or hitting the mouse buttons (cat tails are much more proficient at both typing and clicking that I could ever have imagined before I got a cat)


    (Shessar - Maybe we need a long-haired cat?)


    LoopysueRoyal ScribeRickoQuentenShessarJuanpi
  • Live Mapping - Dungeon Secrets.. Or Secret Dungeons?

    This week, I'll just play a bit around with dungeons and look at ways to handle secrets hidden in them. Maybe we'll uncover something?

    You'll find the time either in the forum sidebar, or by click on on the video above.

    Royal ScribeLoopysueRyan Thomas
  • Jim Pierce 1947 - 2024

    That's just because I seem to have posted http: links instead of https: ones. Considering that this isn't sensitive data, and you don't need to submit any data to my server either, this is more an issue of the browser being paranoid rather than an actual issue.

    But here's the https link if you need it: https://jimp.monsen.cc/DwarfHome/

    rredmond