Ruin Explorer
Legend
Kind of feel I'd get a better response in the main forum, but posting this here (also posted on RPG.net):
I'm looking at buying a new mapping software, as I can't find my CC2/DD2 CDs from the late '90s, but I'm not sure what my best option is. I see stuff like Campaign Cartographer 3 (but does that even do normal maps?), Dungeon Designer 3, Dundjinni and others, and from their websites I'm unable to work out which one would be remotely best for my needs (as they all seem keen to assure me that they're "great", "powerful" and "pretty" and in full colour, but none of that is particularly what I need)
My priorities, in order, are:
1) Program must be downloadable. Not waiting weeks for mail, esp. as it's unreliable in my area.
2) Cheaper is better.
3) All I really need is a quick program for putting together indoor and outdoor encounter areas, and I'd prefer them to be as printable as possible (i.e. greyscale/BW/blueprint, not complicated colour nonsense). It needs to print the 5' square grid on the map. Ideally I'd like to be dropping and dragging rooms and corridors and so on, not hand-drawing them.
4) As user-friendly as possible. User-friendly beats super-powerful.
I'm looking at buying a new mapping software, as I can't find my CC2/DD2 CDs from the late '90s, but I'm not sure what my best option is. I see stuff like Campaign Cartographer 3 (but does that even do normal maps?), Dungeon Designer 3, Dundjinni and others, and from their websites I'm unable to work out which one would be remotely best for my needs (as they all seem keen to assure me that they're "great", "powerful" and "pretty" and in full colour, but none of that is particularly what I need)
My priorities, in order, are:
1) Program must be downloadable. Not waiting weeks for mail, esp. as it's unreliable in my area.
2) Cheaper is better.
3) All I really need is a quick program for putting together indoor and outdoor encounter areas, and I'd prefer them to be as printable as possible (i.e. greyscale/BW/blueprint, not complicated colour nonsense). It needs to print the 5' square grid on the map. Ideally I'd like to be dropping and dragging rooms and corridors and so on, not hand-drawing them.
4) As user-friendly as possible. User-friendly beats super-powerful.