World Creator?

[whitbyrudie]

Hey folks, new member to the site here, pretty impressed.

so listen here's my dilema, i've been looking everywhere and i can't seem to find a decent world creator. I'm looking for something that will create an entire globe that i can customize (ie place continents, design the continents, mountains, forests, flatlands, etc etc etc) basically something that i can edit a lot of detail into.

failing that, anyone know of a map creator that's not neccessarily a globe creator which i can do the same.

appreciate the help

cheers

 

[DarkMasterBR]

Well, the one I know of is Campaign Cartographer 3 (ProFantasy Software - Campaign Cartographer 3 - map making for game, historical and hobby mappers), but I should warn you it's a bit expensive.

 

[The Little Raven]

Campaign Cartographer has quite the learning curve to it, but those I know who have gotten into it love it.

 

[whitbyrudie]

yeah..... how bout something free or cheap? heh

 

[GreatLemur]

I think what you're looking for is Fractal Terrains, more than Campaign Cartographer. It costs forty bucks, but there is a demo available. Check it out; it's pretty great.

 

[whitbyrudie]

Thanks, that's exactly what i'm looking for, would love campaign cartographer as well but don't have teh coin definately gonna give this a try

 

[jdrakeh]

You may want to try Fractal Planet (free), too.

 

[Roger]

The world/globe generation system in Dwarf Fortress is pretty slick. And it's free.

Screenshot:
http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/screens/world_map1.PNG



Cheers,
Roger

 

[whitbyrudie]

Jdrake

fractal planet looks pretty sick to, but what program do i need to run it? Neither me or my comp recognize the deb extension

 

[jdrakeh]

Jdrake

fractal planet looks pretty sick to, but what program do i need to run it? Neither me or my comp recognize the deb extension

You need linux (the OS). The .deb extension denotes a Debian-associated file