My Hexographer hex mapping software is only a release or two away from version 1.0. (I hope.) If you haven't seen it before, it allows a user to make quickly and easily make maps in the style of 80's/early 90's D&D maps. (The Known World, Mystara, The Voyage of the Princess Ark, etc.) Free and pro versions are available. The free version is very rich, but the pro version includes a few advanced features. Here's a link to it:
Hexographer Overview
Here's a portion of a map created with Hexographer:
What's new/fixed:
* You can now add dashed and dotted lines. (To change styled lines, go to the "Options" menu and select "Customize Line/Text Settings." Next to each line, there is a new drop down to switch between solid, dashed, and dotted lines. For custom lines, on the "Custom Lines" tab, you'll see a similar solid/dashed/dotted line drop down.) Note: dashed and dotted lines work best if your are clicking from point to point to draw your line. Dragging adds many points with many sub-lines and while the lines are dashed or dotted if you chose that, your line is made up of many sub-lines and it may be hard to make out the dashes and dots.
* You can also now draw shipping routes and elevation lines. (These are new "styled lines".)
* You can now rotate text. (This feature was actually added in the prior release, 1.5 weeks ago.)
* Setting hexes as icy now works properly even when you are "Draw large area terrain" set. (That setting causes multiple hexes to change terrain type when you draw terrain.)
* The right-click hex menu has been fixed.
* The "Advanced Settings" Terrain window (opened when you click "Custom Terrain" on the opening Hexographer screen) is now a little nicer looking.
Hexographer Overview
Here's a portion of a map created with Hexographer:
What's new/fixed:
* You can now add dashed and dotted lines. (To change styled lines, go to the "Options" menu and select "Customize Line/Text Settings." Next to each line, there is a new drop down to switch between solid, dashed, and dotted lines. For custom lines, on the "Custom Lines" tab, you'll see a similar solid/dashed/dotted line drop down.) Note: dashed and dotted lines work best if your are clicking from point to point to draw your line. Dragging adds many points with many sub-lines and while the lines are dashed or dotted if you chose that, your line is made up of many sub-lines and it may be hard to make out the dashes and dots.
* You can also now draw shipping routes and elevation lines. (These are new "styled lines".)
* You can now rotate text. (This feature was actually added in the prior release, 1.5 weeks ago.)
* Setting hexes as icy now works properly even when you are "Draw large area terrain" set. (That setting causes multiple hexes to change terrain type when you draw terrain.)
* The right-click hex menu has been fixed.
* The "Advanced Settings" Terrain window (opened when you click "Custom Terrain" on the opening Hexographer screen) is now a little nicer looking.
