I came across this on Hacker News. This looks like a much better map generator that other ones I've seen before.
http://mewo2.com/notes/terrain/
http://mewo2.com/notes/terrain/
Fantasy map generator
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DickNervous
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Very cool.
I use hexographer or CC2 or CC3, depending upon my current needs... (Hexographer is Java; CC2/3 are windows, but I run them in Wine, and CC2 doesn't play nice in Wine.)
Nope. generally, I don't need the effects, and it's said not to play nice with Wine on Mac.
Nyah, false advertising. They say it works on "Windows 2000 or better" but won't run our our Linux or Mac machines, all of which are significantly better. :rofl:
You might check the their forums. Several people run it under Wine on Linux.
I get what you mean, I had an Amiga computer for years. No parts for it now.
Is Crossover and Wine the same thing ? There is discussion about both on the Profantasy forums includng getting CC3+ to work under them on a Mac. Aso they talk about getting it to work under Codeweaver.
They have mentioned that currently CC3/CC3+ are 32-bit programs and don't use additional ram, nor any video cards.
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Very closely related but not the same.
Crossover is built from the WINE sources, but is commercially developed, and deviates from the WINE codebase in significant ways. Most notably prior to the "Macintel", it was Wine plus an Intel to PowerPC JIT instruction translator.
For CC2, prior to CC3 release, Crossover was better than Wine. A significant change fed back into the Wine sources, and Mac's switched to intel processors, the revision of Wine became better for CC2 than Crossover. I let my crossover subscription lapse, because the only features it really added of any value for me was the font integration with MacOS.
I've not looked into Crossover since; I have Wine installed, and it works pretty well for many uses.
Inkscape works. I do all my maps in CorelDRAW but I been keeping up with Inkscape and a couple of years back they gotten to the point where all the features I use to draw maps in CorelDRAW are implemented in Inkscape. It has a less of learning curve than Campaign Cartographer.
http://www.inkscape.org
I've used inkscape for years... for doing hex-maps, I'll take hexographer or Easy Draw. While not free, they are better suited for my needs in those types of map.
I am not familiar with Easy Draw. Hexographer works well for many because of the symbols and fills is comes with. One reason people put up with Campaign Cartographer is because of the extensive libraries of symbols and fills that work with it. The nice thing about the new CC3 and CC3+ version is that while they still support the old vector system, they also use nicely drawn bitmap symbols. So you can use them with other graphics programs in addition to Campaign Cartographer.
The trick with Inkscape is assembling your own set of symbols.
I made one for Inkscape that cover Judges Guild style b/w hex maps.
http://www.ibiblio.org/mscorbit/map/Hex_Crawl_Map_Kit.zip
DickNervous
SOC-12
I got CC3/CC3+ with the Cosmographer add-on to do the deck plans and it is awesome for that. I have played with it for regular maps, but haven't had the time to really learn it. A friend uses it for our D&D sessions and the maps he makes are really nice.
I like it because, for the deck plans, it was pretty simple to figure out. It only took me about 8-10 hours of mostly trial and error to figure out what I needed to make the deck plan I wanted. (I never read manuals, that's boring!)
I like it because, for the deck plans, it was pretty simple to figure out. It only took me about 8-10 hours of mostly trial and error to figure out what I needed to make the deck plan I wanted. (I never read manuals, that's boring!)
