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General Forums => Terrain Editor => Topic started by: SlipKnt on March 01, 2017, 01:48:22 PM

Title: Interest in making maps.
Post by: SlipKnt on March 01, 2017, 01:48:22 PM

I am ready to try my skill at making maps.  Hopefully for the MA.  Where can I begin to learn and explore?

Thanks!

 :rock

Title: Re: Interest in making maps.
Post by: Easyscor on March 01, 2017, 04:23:17 PM

The last Word.doc manual is in the closed Beta forum. Updates can not be made now so even reorganization is...

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,376440.msg5034382.html#msg5034382

There's an internal Quick Start link to a sub index iirc.
The ahedit.exe is already on your hard drive.

Title: Re: Interest in making maps.
Post by: captain1ma on March 01, 2017, 08:16:49 PM

make sure you download artiks software, its awesome!

Title: Re: Interest in making maps.
Post by: NatCigg on March 02, 2017, 07:23:34 AM

this document should be more visible.  :old:


http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,376440.msg5034382.html#msg5034382

even the wiki links are hare to find, i got them from midis stikied link.

http://www.hitechcreations.com/wiki/index.php/Terrain_Editor

old stuff, new stuff...the word document to get started with a test terrain to learn your way around.  then go to artiks program for a little fun with actual geography and a base "splat map"  :neener:

Title: Re: Interest in making maps.
Post by: SlipKnt on March 02, 2017, 10:21:51 AM

Awesome!

Thanks all for the information.  Looking to play around with it this weekend.

I have some ideas...    :devil

 :salute

Title: Re: Interest in making maps.
Post by: SlipKnt on March 02, 2017, 07:22:00 PM

Okay...

I am unable to open the instructions as I don't have MS Office software.  I'll try on my wife's laptop and see if I can print it out.

So here is my stupid question...

Where is the "Terrain Editor"?  I am looking for whatever it is I need to download so I can try to do a few things.  I didn't see anything in my hitech files. 

What am I missing?

Thanks!

Title: Re: Interest in making maps.
Post by: Easyscor on March 02, 2017, 07:26:28 PM

C:\Hitech Creations\Aces High III\ahedit.exe

It's also in your All Programs tab under the Start menu.

Title: Re: Interest in making maps.
Post by: artik on March 03, 2017, 11:06:07 AM

Quote from: SlipKnt on March 02, 2017, 07:22:00 PM

Okay...

I am unable to open the instructions as I don't have MS Office software.  I'll try on my wife's laptop and see if I can print it out.

Same here,
Open source LibraOffice opens it more than fine

Title: Re: Interest in making maps.
Post by: SlipKnt on March 03, 2017, 11:07:05 AM

Aaaaaa - HHHAAAA!!!

Thank you!

Spent a few hours scribbling a MA map together last night.  I do believe I am on to something.  I am going to give it a go.  I appreciate any pointers as I struggle through my first one. 

 :rock

Title: Re: Interest in making maps.
Post by: ghostdancer on March 03, 2017, 11:19:27 AM

Make a Clip Board Map (BMP) for what you plan to make and put into the directory for your terrain. It is much easier doing work / creating land when you have the CBM in the map window that you can reference while doing things. Otherwise a little hard to get an idea of what you are trying to make when the CBM window is blank since the editor windows only zooms out so far.

Title: Re: Interest in making maps.
Post by: hitech on March 03, 2017, 11:43:16 AM

Quote from: SlipKnt on March 03, 2017, 11:07:05 AM

Aaaaaa - HHHAAAA!!!

Thank you!

Spent a few hours scribbling a MA map together last night.  I do believe I am on to something.  I am going to give it a go.  I appreciate any pointers as I struggle through my first one. 

 :rock

If you trying to make a main arena map, it is a good idea to post (or send us) an image of your sketch to make sure you are not heading down a dead end.

HiTech

Title: Re: Interest in making maps.
Post by: SlipKnt on March 03, 2017, 01:39:43 PM

Will do.

I was going to put the sketch to a MS paint file.  I'll send it to you before I move forward.

Thanks! 

Title: Re: Interest in making maps.
Post by: bustr on March 03, 2017, 08:35:05 PM

Expect to make clip board maps religiously, you have no other way to see what you are doing. In October 2016 I made 100 so I could see where I was cutting the land mass by hand. I averaged 50 a month tweaking things. I used a map copy with the sector grid to create x,y points that I then followed in the terrain editor to cut 1mile dia. x -200ft deep dots. Then I connected the dots. Avoid having to do that, use a third party gray scale app.

"If" I ever do this again, I'm getting some gray scale app to do the proto topo work in first, then import that to the terrain editor. I felt like a blind man trying to paint a house by braille.