My AD&D 1e website - Articles - map tutorials maps, scenarios, and cities, etc. tag:crestofastar.jimsmaps.net,2005:41b9e06e4775041fe9f5e0b879357f08/articles/map-tutorials5 Textpattern 2024-03-28T17:27:24+00:00 Bill George https://crestofastar.jimsmaps.net/ Bill George 2015-05-03T18:12:55+00:00 2024-03-23T18:42:36+00:00 my map tutorials and suggestions entrance page tag:crestofastar.jimsmaps.net,2015-03-22:41b9e06e4775041fe9f5e0b879357f08/5d26fb3a1084a592c43bb8a7e206603e Large map to small map, a different method than the one in the books, no trimming in 6 parts.

Joining maps, so the edges, roads, rivers, etc. match. in 4 parts.

Fractal Terrains to CC3 map very basic instructions in 4 parts. Part 4 can be ignored unless you are using my 184×234 mile map parts template.

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Bill George 2015-04-08T01:50:52+00:00 2024-03-23T20:15:52+00:00 CC2/CC3/CC3+ mapping suggestions tag:crestofastar.jimsmaps.net,2015-03-22:41b9e06e4775041fe9f5e0b879357f08/d5c7f84bd429e20908b7ba53c6ca9c61 I have read on the Profantasy forums, a must read I must say, about lost work due to noticing an error that is too far back for undo to reach.

Here is how I get around that.

After settling on what template I am going to use, I do a ‘save as’ filename_00001 make a few changes to the map, and then save as to filename_00002 and so forth.

That way if I suddenly realize, and I did this to myself more than once prompting this idea, that I went wrong on my map, and I need to go back 40 or 50 versions. With all of them saved as multiple maps, I can go back. It also allows me the chance to branch off in another direction if I am not satisfied with the mapping direction I am going in.

Of course, when I upload the maps, pngs and web pages to this site, the number on the end is gone. That way even if I wind up drawing over 200 map versions, the viewers never see that number on my site.


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Bill George 2015-04-08T01:45:45+00:00 2024-03-23T20:16:59+00:00 CC2/CC3/CC3+; large map to small map section, entrance page tag:crestofastar.jimsmaps.net,2015-03-22:41b9e06e4775041fe9f5e0b879357f08/bc07a684629d885ca171eb2bb0b00333 This set of pages shows how I went from a large to a small map using Campaign Cartographer 2. A similar method should work for CC3/CC3+.

(There is another method in the CC2Pro manual. Allyn got me to try it, and it is easy. But I still use this one.)

I started with this large map, I wanted the lower right corner of the island.

Tantalow's Island


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Bill George 2015-04-08T01:45:24+00:00 2024-03-23T20:17:22+00:00 large map to small map section, part 1 tag:crestofastar.jimsmaps.net,2015-03-22:41b9e06e4775041fe9f5e0b879357f08/dfcc7462b2e28cc3d9e43182c60fc344 Zoom into the area you want on the new map.

Next outline with a hollow rectangle or square, the area you want in the new map.

Use Info->Distance to find the size of the area, place that on the map as a text label, as a reminder.

Do a ‘Save as’ to a different filename as a rectangular bmp.

The rectangular bmp should be the same size as the rectangle described above.

Tantalow's Island


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Bill George 2015-04-08T01:45:04+00:00 2024-03-23T20:18:00+00:00 large map to small map section, part 2 tag:crestofastar.jimsmaps.net,2015-03-22:41b9e06e4775041fe9f5e0b879357f08/082ba7c7f5b31f0120d4089d7322a0c3 larger view of the map


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