Maybe we should inscribe everything on clay tablets. They seem to last the longest.

I think (but am not sure) that should be 'loosely'.

It's a good map :)

There's a slight horizontal bar running across it about 2/3rds down. That's almost certainly caused by the lighting and having 2 passes on the render. If you type EXPORTSETMPPP and get a result of just 4 million (4000000), type 40 million (40000000) and hit return. That should get rid of the mark by reducing the number of passes to 1.

And thanks - you're welcome. I fiddled around with the lighting tech, that's all.

This week, Ralf will be using the live mapping session to demonstrate Pär Lindström's Black and White Fantasy style by creating a flavourful regional map.

Watch live on Youtube to discover the process and ask any questions you may have.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuiQWByhFLA

Or if you prefer you can watch it here on the forum.*

*This forum thread isn't monitored during the show, but is a place where you can ask questions or make comments if you miss it and end up watching it later.

Ok. If you want help another time with this map just ask.

I don't mind in the least. It clarifies what you want me to explain. I've quoted you so you can see what bits of my explanation related to which query you have. However, I haven't also quoted myself again as that would create a phenomenally long post, but I hope you can tie up the explanations.

You can do that by adding more light sources on candles and lamps, or just by giving the one light source in the fire a much wider range (say double it). Use Numeric Edit to adjust it's range.

If you adjust the shadow colour in the Finalize to a colour that is too pale you effectively have no shadows at all, and therefore no lighting effect. For there to be light, there must also be shadows to show that it is indeed light.

I think there may have been a misunderstanding. The Setup effect is used to cast shadows, so it's counterproductive to add it to the same sheet the light source is on. That's why I moved the light to it's own sheet without any sheet effects. Using a LIGHTS sheet will also help you keep things clearly organised if you add more lights and keep all your lights on a single sheet of their own.

The other counterproductive thing that was going on at the time was that the light source was placed within a symbol (the fireplace) that had a Setup sheet effect on it. This restricts the light from affecting the scene as much.

You had already found the solution to fitting the light to the opening of the hearth by setting the angle of the light to fit it. That was enough. No shadow on the fireplace was required so I deactivated it.

The magenta shapes are the air in the cave where the walls are cut away and no longer exist. The walls are what remains after the Color key. That's why I had to add a Color Key to the SHADOW STOPPER sheet before the Setup effect - to make the cave extent on that sheet identical to the actual cave.

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If you are wondering how I quoted this way, when you paste the paragraph you want to quote into your new comment, highlight the paragraph and click the bakcwards 'P' syntax mark in the buff border on the left