fractal mapper 8 on sale question on it.

[Lord Ghee]

Howdy,

till monday morn the Drivethru Rpg store is selling FM8 on sale (It is GM day).

http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/produc..._id=28465&it=1

It is a great buy so i prob will get it but can someone answer some Question about it.

This seems to be a lot like Autorealm (but more developed) which is the only progarm i have used, is it?

dose it scale well
can it overlay a hex map
can u stamp the hexs with an object?

can thease hex be print out to a 1" hex map scale on paper (this is the hard part

can you over lay squares
I hope to imort pictures for dat and generate maps for the wargame table such as improt a satilitte pic of Marango and then us that to scale out a map, could this program handle this/

$26 dollars is fair price and seem to have adhearents here.

But thought I will ask the pros first.

Lord Ghee

[jfrazierjr]

not sure if I can answer all your questions since it's been a long time since I used it.

yes, you can set the grid size as well as type (hex horizontal, hex vertical, square) at any size you so wish.
Not quite sure what you mean by "can u stamp the hexs with an object"

BTW, they have a free trial on the NBOS site with everything enabled except save. Why not download the trial and play with it all day today and buy if you like it?

[Lord Ghee]

Tks for the answer,

I have to work but will try to do that today very limited time

Lord Ghee

[Mark Oliva]

Howdy,

till monday morn the Drivethru Rpg store is selling FM8 on sale (It is GM day).

http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/produc..._id=28465&it=1

It is a great buy so i prob will get it but can someone answer some Question about it.

This seems to be a lot like Autorealm (but more developed) which is the only progarm i have used, is it?

That's one question I can't answer, because I don't know AutoRealm.

dose it scale well

Yes.

can it overlay a hex map

Yes.

can u stamp the hexs with an object?

If I understand how you mean that right, yes.

can thease hex be print out to a 1" hex map scale on paper (this is the hard part can you over lay squares

The 1" hex scale is OK, but as to overlaying squares: Maybe not. I never tried it.

I hope to imort pictures for dat and generate maps for the wargame table such as improt a satilitte pic of Marango and then us that to scale out a map, could this program handle this/

Again, if I understand what you want correctly, yes.

In addition to the free trial version that Joe Frazier mentioned, you also can download the 160-page PDF manual/tutorial free at:

http://www.nbos.com/nox/index.php?action=1001&id=125

The manual thoroughly covers everything but raster mapping (only introduced). Later this week we'll be releasing a free, open, 200+ page PDF tutorial on raster mappiing with FM8.

[Lord Ghee]

Thanks for information, I have bought 2 copies (one for a friend to try) and will be trying it out.

Lord Ghee