May Entry: Caverns Deep

[RPMiller]

True, but great idea!

[GM's Apprentice]

I have about 15 kb to work with on these, so I'll try and improve the resolution a bit. These are workable, but only if the players are exploring a mud cave.

So, how high can the image size go and still be playable for VTs? I was under the impression that you had about 500kb to work with.

(Note: I also need to drop the dpi on these a bit more--they are currently at 72 dpi, but with a lot of compression on the jpeg)

[RPMiller]

Well if you aren't concerned about the challenge VTs can handle pretty big files. MapTool is limited to about 5000x5000 for the resolution on bounded maps.

For the map resolution think in even increments of what the VT uses as its base. For example, MapTool uses 50 ppi so 100 and 200 are nice increments that allow zooming and maintaining quality. Other VTs have different resolutions so you would have to check their specs. For the challenge though you have to worry about file size regardless of map size, but you do have a minimum size as well.