Programmers: please stand up!

[Alan Shutko]

A tool a lot of people don't exploit to the fullest is Microsoft Excel; change the cells width and height to be roughly a square and use the borders and lines function to draw in what you need.

Great point and it reminded me of something else. There are a few people out there using Powerpoint for mapping as well! The more recent versions, especially, are not half bad, and everything is an object so you can keep moving it around.

• AeroDM's Mapping in Powerpoint
• A Town Map in Powerpoint from the Cartographer's Guild
• Another town map in Apple's Keynote (similar to Powerpoint), also from the Guild.

 

[cyderak]

You're right, but you only said it once here.

Additionally, if he owns the program, that he uses somebody else's install media is not necessarily copyright infringement.

It may be illegal to use a lock pick to break into somebody else's house, but it cannot be illegal to use a lock pick to break into your own house because you lost your key.

That is why I posted the advice I did, and all I got to say about it.

Nice analogy.

I switched to new computer and contacted Kepli to get a new license key because i never saved mine. This was just recently.

Its kind of like a "tough-turkey"-type situation.

He can't really do anything about it because the owner of the DUNDJINNI software is awol in every sense of the word.

I guess her name is Mindy and has disappeared off the grid.

 

[Kzach]

As I expressed in my OP, programs like CC3 and AutoREALM are beyond my ability to learn, making Photoshop, Illustrator and their free equivalents even further out of my reach. I've actually taken classes to learn Photoshop and Illustrator and yet I STILL don't get them.

Call me stupid, I don't care, but programs like that just aren't a viable option for me.

Nedjer nailed the issue on the head, for me. What I want is a drag'n'drop application like Dundjinni where all the hard work was done for me. I created fantastic maps in Dundjinni that I could never, ever do with Photoshop or Illustrator. And I did them quickly. The resources for it and the relatively low learning curve of it was what made it work for me. If I could learn Photoshop or Illustrator, then I wouldn't have posted this thread as I have legal copies of both.

 

[OnlineDM]

[MENTION=56189]Kzach[/MENTION] - I'll once again recommend MapTool, then.

 

[Dexamalion]

People are trying, ......which is cool.


But I'd like to see software that could produce better looking maps than Dungeon Mapp and could be used on a more widely used OS like Windows.

Would Dungeon Mapp be more useful if you could output and view the Mapp on a web browser? We programmed it in Unity and Unity supports Flash (and HTML5 I believe), so the leap would not be massive.

Have you had a look at the Mapps in 1.2? With the tile blending Dungeon Mapp looks much more natural.

 

[Kzach]

[MENTION=56189]Kzach[/MENTION] - I'll once again recommend MapTool, then.

So Maptool can do maps at the level of Dundjinni with all the same power and features?

 

[InkwellIdeas]

I'm the creator of Dungeonographer (and its sister-product, the Ennie HM-ed Hexographer for wilderness/country/continent level mapping). Please do check them out. Both have free versions that only hold back a few "power-user" features.

Linked earlier (thanks for the mention) but here it is again: http://www.dungeonographer.com

 

[Kzach]

I'm the creator of Dungeonographer (and its sister-product, the Ennie HM-ed Hexographer for wilderness/country/continent level mapping). Please do check them out. Both have free versions that only hold back a few "power-user" features.

Linked earlier (thanks for the mention) but here it is again: http://www.dungeonographer.com

It's definitely the closest thing I've found. I'm wondering if my Dundjinni libraries could be used with it? Also, a feature for half-squares would be awesome, both snapping to and being able to draw textures in with snapping enabled.

Still needs a bit more along the lines of Dundjinni features (like the half-snapping, more images) before I'd buy it though.

 

[OnlineDM]

So Maptool can do maps at the level of Dundjinni with all the same power and features?

I don't know; I've never used Dundjinni. But I do know that MapTool is very simple to learn, allows drag and drop, and lets you create nice-looking maps. Based on what you said you were looking for, it sounded like MapTool fits the bill. I don't know the power and features of Dundjinni for the basis of comparison, though.

To [MENTION=26988]indyjoe[/MENTION]'s point, I was lucky enough to walk through a demo of Dungeonographer at GenCon, and I agree that it's fantastic. I've been happy enough with MapTool being free that I haven't ponied up for Dungeonographer, but if I were to buy a mapping package, that would be the one.

 

[cyderak]

So Maptool can do maps at the level of Dundjinni with all the same power and features?

No, Maptool cannot create maps like Dundjinni.

Its' really rudamentary functions really can't compete with dundjinni.