Faerun.

I could make a fantastic Forgotten Realms map if only the old FR Atlas program (based on CC2) would actually do what it says it should do and copy sections of map at any resolution I want. But no other paint program seems to recognize or accept the data being put on the clipboard.

If anyone has a clue here, please help!

Monkeyvich

[Endoperez]

Can you save parts of the map into image files? That might work better than copying.

The map editor has a better chance of guessing the right neighbours when the borders are red, but you'll probably have to check every province manually for mistakes any way, so that's not necessary.
When you get the image out and start adding province centers, put them into a different layer and keep the working files separate from the final .tga or .rgb images (which will lose the layers). This makes the editing much easier.
Try to get all province centers in before you start editing neighbours. The commands for adding or removing provinces don't work, and changing the image file and then going back to map editor may cause you lose all the previous work on the map.

You should probably decide what is the first nation you are going to create, and play Dom3 nations that you think would be similar. You might even want to play a short MP game, but perhaps joining a blitz game on the IRC channel might be better in your case. Blitz games are over in hours, but forum games tend to take much longer, especially with all the diplomacy.

Modding and mapmaking pdfs are in a subfolder called doc, as was said.

[lch]

Originally Posted by Monkeyvich

I could make a fantastic Forgotten Realms map if only the old FR Atlas program (based on CC2) would actually do what it says it should do and copy sections of map at any resolution I want. But no other paint program seems to recognize or accept the data being put on the clipboard.

If anyone has a clue here, please help!

I don't think that this FR Atlas program is being distributed for free now, so I can't really check, nor would others be able to... but their FAQ states:

Can I export maps?
Yes. You can export maps as a high resolution bitmap. Bitmaps are easily converted into other raster-based images such as GIFs and JPEGs.

So if you export maps, then the GIMP should be able to open the resulting file if you i.e. drag and drop it into it.

Originally Posted by lch

I don't think that this FR Atlas program is being distributed for free now, so I can't really check, nor would others be able to... but their FAQ states:

Can I export maps?
Yes. You can export maps as a high resolution bitmap. Bitmaps are easily converted into other raster-based images such as GIFs and JPEGs.

So if you export maps, then the GIMP should be able to open the resulting file if you i.e. drag and drop it into it.

I wish it were that easy. The help files say that I can set a custom map resolution at which to export to the clipboard, which never seems to "catch" any actual data. Tried about ten ways, only way I can still see as feasible is getting some sort of "fake printer driver that is really a .tga generator" type of widget going. Anyone know of one of those? Might come out pretty well antialiased to boot.

Monkeyvich