cool d20 modern maps

[alsih2o]

i suggest we start collecting d20 modern applicable maps and links here.

to start- a clickable zoomable map of the worlds largest mall, shootout paradise- http://www.westedmall.com/mallmap/map.asp

 

[dpmcalister]

Well, there are always the ones from WotC...

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=d20modern/article/20030619a

 

[MinscFan]

I used a cruise web iste to get ship plans...

Princess deck plans

and found a nifty online map maker that offer 3D iso-views of maps you create...

Small Blue Printer

Note: when you print these, you only print the flat flan view. To get the iso-view, do a screen capture and paste it in Word or some other program of your choice.

These isometric views look remarkably like those in the d20 Modern core book.

-- M

 

[jezter6]

I've been planning on doing a d20 modern 'map a week' and map resource site, but alas I don't have a stable enough web host, or the design skills to really do it justice.

Anyone have a good (free to me!) web space area and/or maybe some design skills to help out on this?

Obviously not a paying gig, heh...but it's a start.

 

[Dismas]

I have some webspace available (and message boards) at http://www.wirepaladin.co.uk, also would you be interested in doing some maps for the fanzine?

Email me (rob@otherniceman.net) if you want to discuss it .

 

[jezter6]

(rob) OtherNiceMan,

Catch me on IRC, I pop in and out of the #d20modern chat room (for those of you who DON'T go there...GO THERE NOW!) frequently enough...

I might be interested in doing some stuff for the magazine, I'll talk to you about it on IRC later.

 

[Voneth]

LPJ Design has three sets of d20 Modern day maps at 5 bucks a pop or you can get all three in one set of $8.

http://www.rpgnow.com/default.php?manufacturers_id=308

I like them because they print out on 8X11.5 sheets and then I can mix and match them to my needs. The bulk pdf had about 70 fricken sheets!

Some of the scenes I have seen so far:

Crime Scenes outdoor/indoor, Pier, Stakeout, Gun shop, Street corner, Liquor store, Jail Cell, Junkyard, Newsroom, Fighting Octagon, Prison Shower, Prison Yard, Strip Club,Airplane, Back Alley, Beach, Bowling Alley, Cargo Boat, Church, Garage, Office, Restaurant, Sewers, and several types of Bedrooms.

 

[jezter6]

I've heard mixed reviews about those maps. In fact, I think your review was the only positive one I've seen so far.

What annoys me (and obviously some of the reviewers) was the lack of demo pages available...

Anyone else have info on these? And if so, how would you make them better? (Which might help me and my map page, hehe)

 

[dpmcalister]

Anyone else have info on these? And if so, how would you make them better? (Which might help me and my map page, hehe)

I've only got Modern Maps (the first one of the series). My personal gripes are that the PDF is "locked" so you can't copy the maps into, say, another document so that you can play with them and that there is no grid super-imposed to make game-play easier.

Having said that, they are both minor gripes and, at $5 for 30-odd maps, it's a good resource.

 

[MinscFan]

If you have Photoshop, you can open a PDF file in that. I do that fairly often and then use Photoshop to add items / grids, etc.

--M

 

[jaerdaph]

On a related note, Profantasy, the makers of Campaign Cartographer 2 mapping software, released a new add-on collection of Modern mapping symbols (for overland, interior and street level maps) this week called Symbol Set 3: Modern. I bought a downloadable copy last night and the new symbols are pretty neat.

www.profantasy.com

 

[jaerdaph]

I spent a little time with CC2 and my new modern symbols today and came up with this typical NYC apartment.

Edit: Deleted image and posted new file (see below).

 

[jezter6]

I'm not knocking your skills, so please don't take offense...It's more a gripe with the program I guess...
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But I find it kind of 'cartoony.' Maybe good for a BESM game or something like that..but it just doesn't strike me as something I'd ever want to game with.

Just humble opinion

 

[jaerdaph]

Yeah, the colors can get kind of gaudy, and you can get carried away with symbols.

 

[jaerdaph]

I fixed the floorboards by making them smaller and left the red 5'-square grid on top.

 

[jezter6]

Here's one I whipped up. It's an unfinished replica of one of the local banks out where I live.

What's everyone think?

 

[dpmcalister]

It might just be me, but I can't see anyway of actually getting into the bank. Additionally, what is a MAC Machine. Is it what we Brits call a cash-point machine?

Other than that, I like

 

[jezter6]

The nifty blue things are glass doors.

There's 2 doors into the red area, which is just something fancy to look like a tile 'entrance' area.

And yes, for our Euro and other Non-American Friends...MAC is the place where you put your bank card in to get money.

 

[dpmcalister]

The nifty blue things are glass doors.

You know, for some reason I thought they were windows! Thanks

 

[jezter6]

Normally they are. I just like them better than the way the doors in that program work.