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2018-12-12, 01:03 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Sep 2016
Map Creation Software for Battle Mats
Does anyone know of some good map creation software that prints directly to scale? I have access to a large format printer and would like to be able to design a 24x36" or 36x48" map on a 1" grid and print it directly without having to muck around with trying to rescale it on the printer end. I found Tiamat Tile Mapper which allows for a "Battle mat" sized export but finding and manipulating the tiles is pretty clunky and you need to pay for each map you export and tile set you want. I don't mind paying upfront for a program but I'd rather not be dinged forever on every map I want to make. Are there better options?
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2018-12-12, 02:26 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- May 2009
- Location
- Perth, West Australia
- Gender
Re: Map Creation Software for Battle Mats
It might need some more investigation, but MapForge seems to be a standalone application and supports printing high-res maps?
I like my abusive relationship with MapTool personally, but then I don't print maps out.
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2018-12-12, 09:47 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Sep 2016
Re: Map Creation Software for Battle Mats
That looks promising, thanks. Also looks like I can play with and test it before actually purchasing a license so that's another plus.
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2018-12-12, 12:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Aug 2011
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- Sharangar's Revenge
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Re: Map Creation Software for Battle Mats
I've heard good things about Campaign Cartographer for making maps (but have never actually used anything other than Inkscape).
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My Spelljammer stuff (including an orbit tracker), 2E AD&D spreadsheet, and Vault of the Drow maps are available in my Dropbox. Feel free to use or not use it as you see fit!
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2018-12-12, 12:58 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Aug 2017
Re: Map Creation Software for Battle Mats
Campaign Cartographer with the Dungeon Designer add-on is exceptional and has no problem printing at whatever scale you want.
But, you can check out this post for more software options; https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...ftware-summary