Any software that lets you enter in world generation values?

[Poppyseed45]

I know there are a number of random subsector generators out there for Classic. What I'm asking for here is something else; specifically, are there any programs out there that let you enter in world generation data (that I've generated by hand, say), and then lets you enter in those date to produce a hex map for you? Codes and all (like, starport number, etc)?

Does that make sense? I want to be able to type in my numbers and then have something create a hex map. At the moment, I'd do it by hand (meaning, drawing in the planets and writing the starport number above it, writing letters for the bases and such), but I don't think it looks too good.

Anything?

 

[robject]

You can post a sector file to Travellermap.com. Better by far than typing in 500 UWP lines. Or are you thinking of something else?

http://travellermap.com/post.htm

 

[Ben W Bell]

Plenty of old software that does that. Universe and Galactic by Jim Vassilakos are the two that immediately spring to mind. They are old and unsupported at this point though.

 

[McPerth]

You should take a look to Heaven and Earth http://www.downport.com/wbd/HEAVEN_&_EARTH.htm. I think it's just what you're looking for. Though it's (I think) for CT/MT, I think it adapts quite well to MgT

 

[BytePro]

www.travellermap.com/post.htm is my favorite - and the maps are awesome.

But, if you want one that is fully vector editable* this one is pretty nice: http://alexschroeder.ch/svg-map

Just plug in your numbers and generate the map. Its a lot plainer and not as feature rich as TravellerMap, but it is perhaps a little more user friendly in its simplicity and geared for subsectors only. The map produced scales well and you can more easily change the contents after generating the map. (Save the SVG and you can edit it in Inkscape, or Adobe Illustrator and the like - or even by hand in a text or XML editor as SVG is 'human readable'.)

The formats are a little different, but you can use both with the same basic data.

* - P.S., TravellerMap also supports PDF output, which scales well, too. But its not as friendly when it comes to post-editing without advanced skill.

 

[Poppyseed45]

Thanks all! That gives me some stuff to start with!

 

[Poppyseed45]

But, if you want one that is fully vector editable* this one is pretty nice: http://alexschroeder.ch/svg-map

Just played with this one - it is full of win! Thank you! It's absolutely lovely and easy.

 

[BytePro]

Happy to help!

You could thank the author yourself, btw - http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/Contact

(P.S. - though he mostly talks about D&D style gaming, his RPG blog is a good read - http://alexschroeder.ch/wiki/RPG)