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Message: <blockquote data-quote="D+1" data-source="post: 1744328" data-attributes="member: 13654">When you say you have "tried these mapping programs" which are you talking about and how long have you tried?  No matter what software you're using these things will not make the map FOR you.  You still have to make the software do what you need and each has different ways that they go about that.  Each has certain strengths and weaknesses, even different uses, but you STILL have to learn how to make them do what they do.CC2 is what I use and it cannot be overstressed that you need to A) be sure it's updated to the most recent version (meaning you need to have actually purchased it and registered it) and that you need to do the tutorials that will teach you the basics of how to make it do what it does.  You're not going to spend an hour with the manual, THEN sit down at the keyboard and an hour later have your game world completely mapped out.Once you understand it because you've gotten hands-on experience you will find it far easier to do more.As an example, while you may not be familiar with what layers are you REALLY need to understand what they're doing for you or you're just making it HARDER to get results.</blockquote>