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Jim Abbott
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  • WIP Commission, Ancient Tombs

    Well, here is Level 2 MKII.

    Note to self: When trying new ways of doing things, do small test pieces first to make sure it's going to work the way you expect.

    I did the rooms with the room tool, where the long corridors are on each side, I used the polygon room tool, so on the left rooms, 19, 22 & 23 were done as one big room with the inner wall being the outer corridor wall. I then used the wall tool (changed to a polygon) to do the internal wall. Which worked ok, apart from one small thing: to get the doors to align, I have to disable smart symbols which means they don't cut, when I use the cutting symbol it deletes the whole wall! These symbols are from the default DD3 catalogue.

    I thought I was making good progress until I tried to put the doors in...?

    Anyhow, that has sufficiently annoyed me enough to leave it for the evening.


    [Deleted User]LoopysueRaiko
  • WIP Commission, Ancient Tombs

    @Quenten Thanks mate, I’d love to say yes but unfortunately these are commission pieces, I don’t own the copyright, that’s owned by the publisher. I do these maps on a work for hire basis, I can use them in my portfolio with an appropriate copyright notice but that’s about it.

    Once I’m done with the commissions, I’ll finish my atlas map and then come up with an atlas map in this style?

    Raiko
  • WIP Commission, Ancient Tombs

    Here is a WIP of Level 2. Due to some of the odd shapes and the fact that I'm finding it difficult to align the walls and such so that they're centred on the grid line. I'm going to scrap this and use the room and corridor tools to speed up the process.


    Raiko
  • WIP Commission, Ancient Tombs

    Well, I'm finally finished Level 1, only levels 2, 3 & 4, the city map and regional map to go.

    I'm glad I do this primarily for fun and enjoyment (not to mention having some really goods map I can use?) and not for the money.

    Thank you all for your encouragement, support and advice. This map is as much yours as it is mine because it would not look anywhere near as good without your input.

    For those that are interested, the hieroglyphs are actually a pro-bono message, not just decoration.


    Loopysue[Deleted User]RaikoMonsenWyvernCalibre
  • WIP Commission, Ancient Tombs

    @Raiko I strongly suspect the clause regarding commercial use is aimed more at business’ with multiple users only purchasing one instance of the software and I get that. If I asked PF for permission as a sole user to have it on two machines and use it for commercial purposes they may allow it but I wouldn’t ask.

    Raiko