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Realm Works and Hero Labs - GM Tour

Asandir said:
MadCartographer and I were talking about CC3+ the other night on the IRC. Going to go checkout your video now.
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I have been using the Campaign Cartographer stuff for more than ten years, although not too often due to the technical limitations of the software. These limitations have almost vanished with the CC3+ version which runs a lot faster and is more stable than the older versions. Big city maps are still an issue as obviously there is a size limit for the FCW files, beyond which you run into the dangerous land of endless loops. But for your everday village or dungeons, for detailed country maps and adventure areas, it is a simple to use (simple after getting used to the way it works, that is) and powerful tool.

There are many mapping styles for different tastes, and the cartographer's annual subscription delivers many more ideas every month. And it is easy to extend it with your own style elements. For the money you get a fully functional CAD tool which is a lot more than any map drawing tool can offer.

No, I don't get money for advertising it. As mentioned there are still some bugs. But from my long lasting experience the software is getting better with the years and that is all I need. It is not one of those packages that vanish from the market after a couple of months.
 
The + made all the difference for me. I used to want to throw the PC through a window after 30 minutes of using it.

Now... it just works, I'm picking up new tips and tricks all the time. Quite enjoy using it.

Especially with the content market coming in Realm Works... because you can legally sell the maps you make which is awesome.

New CC3+ Video - How to create basic dungeon maps
 
You're making CC3+ videos now as well. Cool. I put in a bunch of time to learn the program when I got it but I rarely fire it up. I just find it too much work. But I'm looking forward to seeing your videos. Maybe they'll inspire me to start using CC3+ more.
 
Watched the video. Do you ever create at-table battlemaps with CC3+ I would love to see your process. Do you have to take the exported JPEG and go through the process of resizing in another graphic tool?

One thing I like about Dugeonoographer is that that they make it easy to print at proper battlemap proportions without needing to manipulate the image outside of the tool.

Also, do you ever keep you CC3+ files in RW? Not just the exported JPEG/PNG files for smart maps etc, but the actual FCW files. I'm thinking it would be easier to keep things organized in RW, but worry about bloating my realm with what can be very large files.
 
Haha I made a video almost immediately apparently just for you MNBlockHead.

http://downunderdm.blogspot.com.au/2016/11/maptool-virtual-table-top-software.html?m=1

This one shows me taking the map I just made and putting it straight into MapTool. I don't attempt to use Realm Works as a VTT. Currently I store everything on Google Drive. But if I was going to sell content on the market I could certainly add a foreign object snippet and add the *. fcw file or even save the MapTool campaign file and embed that straight into Realm Works. Will have to test that.

Does anyone know if Fantasy Grounds has a pre made map file?
 
What do you mean a pre made map file?

I'm vaguely familiar w/ FG (having written community extensions and converters for it)

There aren't any maps built in (besides tools for on-the-fly), but usually part of modules, or you can import your own of course.
 
So in MapTool you can save a campaign file that contains all your maps. Technically I could create the campaign file with all the maps and LOS stuff built in and then embed that file into Realm Works. That could then be sold on the market.

So I wonder if the same thing is possible with Fantasy Grounds. Content providers could sell content that is ready and prepped to be used with popular VTT solutions.
 
@daplunk,

Yes, in Fantasy Grounds you can create a .mod file that contains all your maps, text, vision blocking, etc.


Dave
 
I have uploaded my first ever youtube video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHwCum2TsG8

Intro I - What I have done with RW from a canned adventure stand point.

Audio is a bit low, seems that gets a bit reduced in the production to YouTube so will enhance that for my next video.

Let me know what you think, with advice I will create Intro II as a demo of my campaign worlds in RW.
 
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Man it's so much neater having everything in individual realms per module isn't it. Cmon December. First thing I'm going to do is separate all my modules into individual realms.

Video cuts out at the end :( "Nothing entered in Realm Works has..." Curious as hell to know what you were going to say ;)

You are so much neater. Really shows me how much better this tool will be once we have the ability to copy realms and separate everything. I always avoided this to stop having to re-enter the monsters and spells.
 
daplunk said:
Video cuts out at the end :( "Nothing entered in Realm Works has..." Curious as hell to know what you were going to say ;)
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Yeah that's so darn weird, must have been my headset cutting out.

"Nothing entered into Realm Works has no use, or is wrong. Everything can moved, copied, re-categorized, and thus re-used. Can't stress enough, how you can just start working, and learn, then go back and update early work with what you learned along the way. U1 looked substantially different V1, then it does now, probably in a V5 state. Just dive in and go for it!"

daplunk said:
Man it's so much neater having everything in individual realms per module isn't it. Cmon December. First thing I'm going to do is separate all my modules into individual realms.

You are so much neater. Really shows me how much better this tool will be once we have the ability to copy realms and separate everything. I always avoided this to stop having to re-enter the monsters and spells.
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That's high praise! thanks very much!

I so hear you on the monster side, I intend to have a realm for each edition of the monster books, so I can just export and import (I own all the PDFs from DrivethruRPG). I will buy all pathfinder mats for RW if I can use them.

Next up for Intro II I will show off my two campaign realms. There I use your style more, with it spread out over the category headers. One look at how large Telon is, will make you shudder. It has been in the works since day 1 RW when I started serious work, my first few realms were "play", if I had known just how powerful RW is, and how much that play could have been transitioned into finished work, I would have kept them and used them instead of deleting them.

That's why I wanted to bring that up at the end of my vid, RW is very very forgiving, just dive in and go!
 
Haha... While not Realm Works specific I must admit im focussing on tools that can all be used to further improve the Realm Works experience. Really looking forward to seeing peoples home brew maps come to life.
 
When it rains it pours. With all the great videos you guys are putting out, it would be nice to have more than just a sticky forum, but a simple list of links.
 
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