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  • Are there tools to aid with centering?

    I prefer the map center to be the 0,0 coordinate on some maps - primarily my whole world maps. I unhide and unfreeze all sheets and layers except the "Template" layer, then do a n0n-visual move. I select everything, set the center of the map as the origin of the move (I usually have to do this visually using the snap grid), then type 0,0 as the destination, hit "Do It," and Bob's Your Uncle.

    So far it hasn't seemed to present any difficulties or errors down the line, and this makes the 0,0 coordinate the map center so it seems like it would work for JulianDraco's needs as well.

    JulianDracos
  • Why should I buy CC3+?

    I found myself wishing I could both "Awesome" and "Insightful" this! Very interesting (to me) that some folks who find CC too difficult to learn have bought it not once, but twice... and for redonculous amounts of money. There must be something very attractive about the software to entice this irrational expenditure.

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  • [WIP] Community Atlas Competition: Tân-Rhew

    Got the floor and walls for Rhew knocked out today. For me, this is the easy part. Just like with city maps, I struggle with the trappings so the difficult part comes next.

    The general idea is that the portal from the cold/hot island in Alarius will open into the large circular room in the corresponding side of the dungeon. Travelers then move from there through the dungeon to the smaller circular room. Each room in that trip prepares a different part of them (body, mind, spirit?) for the move from one small circular room to the other. They then make the reverse trip from small circle to large, being prepped along the way for the transportation through the portal in the large circle room to the island at the other end of Alarius. So it's a faster way to travel from one end of Alarius to the other, but the trials involved in moving through the process make it difficult, and not a journey to be taken lightly.


    MonsenLoopysueJimP
  • [WIP] Community Atlas Competition: Tân-Rhew

    I made a little progress on this over the last couple of days. I've got the "Tân" floor and walls finished, and the colors seem pretty good to me. It's really interesting how much interaction there is between the bitmap fills and the RGB matrix. My eyes don't distinguish fine differences in shade well, but to me the ornate tile fill I used has the right brick red color. Changing to a more solid stone fill made them so dark red they were almost black, and to a lighter natural stone fill made them very pink. Lots of trial and error was involved here :).

    I'm debating with myself about the level of subtle vs. in-your-face of the yin-yang aspect of the map. Most subtle would be no RGB on the background at all, relying solely on the shape of the rooms to convey that shape. The most heavy handed presentation would be, of course, to leave the extra background and foreground sheets with the shape actually drawn out (as in the pic below). Maybe the proper course will come clearer to me once I get the rooms drawn for "Rhew."


    LoopysueMonsenDaltonSpence
  • [WIP] Community Atlas Competition: Tân-Rhew

    So, my idea for the competition is for a dungeon with both fire and ice. My vision is of an extra-dimensional space with two entrances, one via a portal from an "ice" area and one from an area of "fire." These two spaces are connected, so that a person who knows the way can enter from one place on Nibirum, traverse the extra-dimensional space to the other area, and then exit the space into the other area of Nibirum. I'm likely not explaining it very well...

    Here is the core concept map from which I plan to build. I need to find a hot and a cold place on Nibirum - far apart, but for which some reason could be written for them to be connected.


    (EDIT) Also, sorry for the large-ish pic. Following ones will be smaller...


    MonsenjmabbottLoopysueLillhansWeathermanSweden