From: ChrisTheS [stormsurge@stormsurge.org] Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 4:58 PM To: blue_planet@lists.ient.com Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - Campaign Cartographer II I tend to just generate random maps by using the 'Alien Cave Wall' 3rd-party action for Photoshop, then using those contours to determine the actual terrain. I've never actually had to create a specific map before. Onc I figure out AutoCAD (which I'll have to, since my mom is considering hiring me on to help with her residential design business) I might take to using that. -- ChrisTheS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dom Twist" To: Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 3:08 PM Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - Campaign Cartographer II > There are a lot of CAD/CAM packages out there that do a good job and come as > free/share ware. What works for you may not work for me. > > Personally I use a mixture of AutoCad 2002, Corel Draw and Photo-Paint 9, > Thumbs Plus and Scanner, Graphics Tablet, high end work station and heavy > duty file server. > > However I've had some Technical Drawing training and work with these > products profesionaly. I would not really recomend my aproach to anyone > else. > > My main rail against CCII is its high cost, especially for the add-ons. I > also find it hard to use but then the stuff I DO use took years to master > and costs a fortune. I personaly dislike the look of the CCII maps, I think > they look a little to much like 'Floor Plans' and too little like OS/Sat > maps. I tend to create Fractal Land Maps and then draw buildings etc onto > them with zoom boxes etc...going for that 'Computer Readout' > style.......this is what your map box looks like. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Karl J. Smith" > > > What are some good free product recommendations? > > > > > *************************************************************************** > To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.ient.com > with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.ient.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message. From: Dom Twist [thazar@globalnet.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 5:08 PM To: blue_planet@lists.ient.com Subject: Re: [BLUE PLANET] - Campaign Cartographer II There are a lot of CAD/CAM packages out there that do a good job and come as free/share ware. What works for you may not work for me. Personally I use a mixture of AutoCad 2002, Corel Draw and Photo-Paint 9, Thumbs Plus and Scanner, Graphics Tablet, high end work station and heavy duty file server. However I've had some Technical Drawing training and work with these products profesionaly. I would not really recomend my aproach to anyone else. My main rail against CCII is its high cost, especially for the add-ons. I also find it hard to use but then the stuff I DO use took years to master and costs a fortune. I personaly dislike the look of the CCII maps, I think they look a little to much like 'Floor Plans' and too little like OS/Sat maps. I tend to create Fractal Land Maps and then draw buildings etc onto them with zoom boxes etc...going for that 'Computer Readout' style.......this is what your map box looks like. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl J. Smith" > What are some good free product recommendations? > *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list send mail to majordomo@lists.ient.com with the line 'unsubscribe blue_planet' as the body of the message.