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I'm developing a modern AutoRealm version (from the older software named AutoREALM). Currently, it reads the binary and XML v6 file formats and displays all objects minus the line type and end attributes. Loading and display is much faster (a large file load that took 10min with the old software now loads in seconds).Rendering, in general, is much faster. Surface rendering is optimized for closed shapes.It saves in a newer v7 binary format that corrects several issues.Multiple ...
Updated 10-29-2024 at 12:29 AM by AtesComp (Add category)
This map is for the DnD campaign that I'm running for some of my friends. The premise is that there is this massive floating fortress chained down with four gargantuan chains. At the base of each chain is a medium length dungeon with a boss and an artifact that is tailored to one of the players class (there a 4 players). They believe that a righteous deity is trapped there and after they defeat one of the dungeons the chain breaks. So after 4 dungeons ...
I present to you my most recent creations. The first is the world of Xandoria, a personal creation for my own writings. In four parts. While the last one is a commissioned map I have done for a writer and her novel series, the author did not give me a name for her world.
Updated 02-19-2024 at 05:37 PM by Satalus
Working on a fictional travel guide.
What's the point of having a blog, if I don't blog, right? And so this is how I came about posting, again, after a rather long absence, here. Ah, nothing quite like good intentions, eh? Why, I'll just create a blog on this Cartographers' Guild site, and begin blogging away. Just. like. That. Ahem. Today, I thought that I might dip my toes in the cartographic waters, again. Knowing what to actually blog about can be a bit mystifying. Why write it? Who'll ...
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