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Re: [ot] Map Making Software
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Thu, 15 Mar 2001 05:47:02 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Frank Filz writes:
Pawel Nazarewicz wrote:

This is a bit off-topic, but on the other hand, it's right on, so here it goes:

I need a map making software for the Mac to mess around with ... what is
people's experience with such things?  Should I use illustrator, or is there
anything prefered?

Any help would be appreciated.

If you had said Windows I would have directed you to Campaign
Cartographer. That might still be a good choice if you have a Windows
emulator.

I have used draw packages before. Illustrator would probably do a fine
job.

What's Campaign Cartographer?  I haven't heard of it before and I'm a little
interested in seeing what it is.

Thanks,
~Nathan =)



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  Re: [ot] Map Making Software
 
(...) Find it here... (URL) a map drawing program written for role playing gamers. It's been around for years. Do a web search for it and you'll see tons of stuff written about it. Amy (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
  Re: [ot] Map Making Software
 
(...) Campaign Cartographer is a map making program that was designed for use with role playing games, such as Dungeons and Dragons and the like. I don't have a link handy though. Mike (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
  Re: [ot] Map Making Software
 
I used CC years ago. I don't know if theyv'e improved the interface but I found it very difficult to use and bet a satisfactory result (this was a dos based version, theyv'e gone windows now for all I know) Iv'e resorted to photoshop now for maps I (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)

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  Re: [ot] Map Making Software
 
(...) If you had said Windows I would have directed you to Campaign Cartographer. That might still be a good choice if you have a Windows emulator. I have used draw packages before. Illustrator would probably do a fine job. (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)

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