Welcome to the forum and thanks for sharing a beautiful and well thought out map!

The global sun was the answer. I increased the azimuth quite a bit and added transparency to the sheet. I will have to play with the settings a bit more but you've got me going down the right path Remy. The change in azimuth does affect the houses somewhat but is is a worthwhile compromise I think.

WeathermanSweden, it wasn't the shadows that were my problem but the actual shading of the symbols themselves. Thanks for the input though!

I'm between major projects today so found a bit of time to work on this map again. Still lots to do on it but it's coming along...slowly.

I love Perspective maps and you have done an incredible job on this one. Wow! Thanks so much for sharing. This is truly an inspiration for me.

Because with CC3 and its add-ons you can map worlds, cities, dungeons, house interiors, space ships, solar systems, sci-fi bases, isometric interiors, isometric exteriors, paper dioramas, character portraits, plus just about anything you can think of (I just created a baby shower invitation using CC3) and with all of these you can choose from many different art styles.

Show me another bit of mapping software that can compare to this and I'll buy it to try it out. I've tried a number of them for the sake of supporting small gaming/mapping businesses. CC3 is the only one that I actually use. It's not just mapping software, it is CAD software. It is complex but powerful.

CC3 is well supported. ProFantasy is a great company with wonderful people running it and awesome users supporting all aspects of the software.

I could probably think of many more reasons you should choose CC3, but I'll end with "Great software, great company, great people". What else could you want?