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Loopysue

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Loopysue
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June 29, 1966
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Dorset, England, UK
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Sue Daniel (aka 'Mouse')
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  • Grimdark Fantasy (renamed "Darklands") - development thread

    LOL! I do know what you mean, Wyvern. It's not the most beautiful thing I've ever drawn, but it seems to be closer to what people want - at least, over on the FB Group page it's getting a few more appreciative comments than the last one.

    JimP
  • Grimdark Fantasy (renamed "Darklands") - development thread

    Ok. How am I doing?


    WyvernMonsen[Deleted User]JimPDaltonSpence
  • Where does CC3 store assets?

    If you are talking about bitmap textures to be used as polygon fills you need to use "Import bitmap fill styles" in the Tools menu. Click the Browse... button and locate the right folder, then double click one of the png files. In this example I have set a scale for the imported fills. The settings are otherwise default.

    The path for bitmap fills is:

    C:\ProgramData\Profantasy\CC3Plus\Bitmaps\Tiles

    Muttley
  • Grimdark Fantasy (renamed "Darklands") - development thread

    Funnily enough I was discussing Steampunk with someone else on this thread just a few days ago - not here, but in private.

    And what is Cyberpunk Red? From a mapping point of view, I mean. I did a brief image search on those words and all I came up with was a whole load of video game graphics, not maps.

    EDIT: I added the word "map" to the search phrase and came up with a whole load of dungeon and city maps that look remarkably just like Symbol Set 3 with solid black walls and a bit more tech added in.

    JimPWyvern
  • Grimdark Fantasy (renamed "Darklands") - development thread

    @Monsen Thanks Remy :) Your most recent comment is clearer than all of mine put together. It's not an exact science and pretty difficult to describe with great clarity. The arrangement varies depending on the artist. Because I am also employed part time by Profantasy as a Cartographer and Community Assistant (The latter part of that chiefly on FB where experts are a little thinner on the ground than here on the forum) it is sometimes the case that mappers think I have some kind of control over events. That is just plain wrong, though. I am an artist, and that is all I am. I can make suggestions, point to other promising artists, and offer the things I'm working on right now - just like anyone else can, but while PF are extremely good at listening and fortunately for me seem to like quite a lot of the things I do myself, I never make any of the actual decisions about what comes next or what the annual content should be.

    @Wyvern Yes, having gathered the information I've been given both here and over on the FB Group I can see that I have been a bit confused about what Grimdark really is. There are some incredibly fuzzy edges to the whole description, and parts where it almost seems to cross over with what, at other times, has been described to me as Steampunk, or which seems to make Grimdark seem to be a horror version of Steampunk. That's ok. I can do that. I just hope everyone is ready for the darker shades of Mouse!

    [Deleted User]JimPWyvern