gp thanks i actualy never knew that rivers couldnt fork downstream! now looking at it it make sense... so i can go back to making rivers that don't suk! yay! Im just gonna scrap the rivers and start over with em... i cant figure out how to rease individual ones...
Ok. Here are my updated versions of both wips that show my new river schematics. I kinda had to deviate from the world map (i did not want to remake the vangaul terrain), but watever i will make it work.
gp if u see any other things about my geography i would love to know because they make my world more believable. Thanks.
Im on a roll (hehe get the pun? i play dnd...) today! Heres an updated with vangaul populated with settlements. again, sorry about the small size... Mebbe when i start labeling i will post a link for the origional file so that you guys who have cc3 can view it up close.
Originally Posted by eoinmorgan
Why don't you just export it in jpg format? I don't have CC3, so can't tell you the exact steps, but others here can (Gandwarf just found out how)
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An update with roads, country boarders, and nationality icons.
even exported in jpg, the image is a certain size, so you cant zoom in anyways, or at least thats what iv found. But yes that would be good so that you guys could se the labels once i put them on.
not a CC3 expert
I'm not a CC3 expert by any stretch of the imagination, however I think what Eoinmorgan means is when you first setup your map file, using the setup wizard, you predetermine the size of the map.
On-the-other hand, CC3 is CAD so it should be able to export to any size. I also believe there's a way to select all your layers, increase the maps size and rescale it all - but I'm not too sure about that, ask NK or somebody else who actually knows!
I've created a half dozen maps with CC3, before I decided I already had software that could do what I wanted faster and easier. I have nothing against ProFantasy products (I actually have CC3, CD3, and DD3 or whatever their correct nomenclature?), I just Xara Xtreme instead, because I use it everyday, I know "secrets" using it and I didn't want to dedicate the time necessary to do the same for CC3 products.
Have NeonKnight or Gandwarf give you a better answer!
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Gamerprinter is right. CC3 is a CAD program so regardless of the size you create your map in, you can afterwards render it in very large dimensions. I only just found out myself how to do this in my bigger maps without crashing
I am on my laptop again, so no CC3 here. But in the Save window, where your can name your map, you can also select the file type. If you select something like "rectangular selection JPG" you can click the options button next to it. There your can give the dimensions for your map. So what started as a 500x500 map for example you can turn into a 2000x2000 map.
After adjusting the dimensions you can save. You need to select the portion of the map you want saved by drawing a box around it (you saved as a rectangular selection). This is a good way to cut out stuff you don't need anyway. After this CC3 will render your map at the dimensions you wanted. This can take a while if it is large map with many objects. And the higher the dimensions, the longer it takes. Ten minutes for my larger maps.
Oh, don't forget to turn on sheet effects before doing this.
If CC3 crashes while rendering, your computer is probably out of memory (I think City Designer 3 mostly has this problem). There's a way around that problem and it also makes for much for faster rendering. The trick is to turn your map into a PDF. You need some free software to do this. The proces is detailed on the Profantasy forum:
http://forum.profantasy.com/comments...page=1#Item_14
Last edited by Gandwarf; 12-30-2008 at 06:42 AM.
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