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WarKitty
2010-12-12, 04:28 PM
Does anyone know of a good free tool for creating maps?

Pink
2010-12-12, 04:33 PM
What sorta maps are we talking here, and to what purpose?

WarKitty
2010-12-12, 04:35 PM
Campaign maps for a DM's reference. Preferably at multiple scales - I need both world and somewhat smaller-scale, although I usually make up the exact stuff on the spot.

Emmerask
2010-12-12, 04:39 PM
The best maps are made with your favorite painting program + a graphic tablet none of the auto generator etc programs will come anywhere close to that (not even the expensive ones like cc)

But Autorealm is pretty nice from what Iīve seen: http://autorealm.sourceforge.net/

pffh
2010-12-12, 04:40 PM
I use autorealm for world and country maps. It's free and quite easy to use.

Vistella
2010-12-12, 04:43 PM
Sometimes the best maps are already made

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/3299/motivator9102833zo3.jpg (http://img440.imageshack.us/i/motivator9102833zo3.jpg/)

WarKitty
2010-12-12, 04:46 PM
The best maps are made with your favorite painting program + a graphic tablet none of the auto generator etc programs will come anywhere close to that (not even the expensive ones like cc)

But Autorealm is pretty nice from what Iīve seen: http://autorealm.sourceforge.net/

I figured I'd use photoshop for the "in-game" maps. But for my own reference I don't need it to look nice at all, but I do need it to be precise.

I'll take a look at autorealm, thanks.

Emmerask
2010-12-12, 04:50 PM
Hm as a reference map maybe Hexmapper wouldnīt be all that wrong, it doesnīt look beautiful (especially if you donīt download nicer tile sets) but it is extremely easy to use and fast (ie you just put premade tiles on hexes ^^)

http://www.mentalwasteland.net/HexMapper/