WildCatNL -> RE: Map Art and Hexdraws Templates now LIVE!!! (11/22/2015 11:21:34 AM)
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ORIGINAL: O.Schmidt No update for Map Art and Hexdraws Templates? (New Style? Last was 2/19/2014 ) No, we haven't put out an update of the Map Art / HexDraw templates. That's for two reasons: First, the HexDraw templates represent the colors expected by the Map Values editor to understand terrain. That color mapping hasn't changed Second, from 2.06 (Player's Edition) onwards, when I started creating the map graphics, the map art is no longer template based. Instead maps are rendered by software, with trees, houses, bridges placed individually on the map, depending on where water, roads and hill sides are. The benefit of that approach is quicker map creation, and the ability to offer multiple different looks for the same map - see this thread for an example. For the next game, Southern Storm, we are considering what level of support to include in order to enable you and others to create maps easily, with a similar look to the game's default graphics. We will continue the current set-up where any bitmap can be turned into a game map through manual setting of values in the Map Value editor. Please note that several talented folks in our community have created great maps without HexDraw, including Harryvdk's Dutch 'From Rotterdam to Arnhem' maps, Plodder's West Berlin map, and Stimpak recent Faßberg map. William
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