Subterrainian Map Prettier Script

[Mrugnak]

I'm playing with updating my GM's campaign map sketch and the new features . . .

[RobA]

OK - a better update.

Instead of a check box to fade the wall it is a combo box called "Wall Fade" that defaults to "None"

options are black (vtt use) white (print, thanks Mrugnak) and transparent (jfrazierjr). The first two add a new layer on top, the transparent option iterates through the other layers and deletes stuff to make it transparent.

Attached (and removed from the post a few threads ago...)

Question-

Should the latest version always be edited into the first post and the old ones removed?

-Rob A>

[bambua]

OK - a better update.

Instead of a check box to fade the wall it is a combo box called "Wall Fade" that defaults to "None"

options are black (vtt use) white (print, thanks Mrugnak) and transparent (jfrazierjr). The first two add a new layer on top, the transparent option iterates through the other layers and deletes stuff to make it transparent.

Attached (and removed from the post a few threads ago...)

Question-

Should the latest version always be edited into the first post and the old ones removed?

-Rob A>

I don't know if removing the old ones is necessary, in case you ever need to go back to another version maybe, but a link to the newest in the first post would be helpful I think. Great tool, I used this in my group last Saturday made a quick random dungeon, used your script and imported it into map tools within about 2 minutes. Was fun and the players all thought I had something prepared for the wacky twist they took.

[jfrazierjr]

Not to be picky, but what I was actually hoping to accomplish was making the walls AND the floors transparent. This would allow for the ability to build up a tile set with nothing but the walls to give the feeling of depth and drop their own favorite pattern underneath. Granted, I will likely only use ones with the walls already filled in, but it would be a nice option to be able to drop transparent tiles with just the walls/shadows on top of an existing texture somewhere.

[RobA]

Not to be picky, but what I was actually hoping to accomplish was making the walls AND the floors transparent. This would allow for the ability to build up a tile set with nothing but the walls to give the feeling of depth and drop their own favorite pattern underneath. Granted, I will likely only use ones with the walls already filled in, but it would be a nice option to be able to drop transparent tiles with just the walls/shadows on top of an existing texture somewhere.

I don't know what you mean. Sorry

No wall fill at all? I guess you could either turn off that layer or use a transparent pattern as a fill...

-Rob A>

[jfrazierjr]

Hmmm.. for some reason, I don't see the image attachment icon any more when I go to advanced on a reply....

I don't know what you mean. Sorry

Example link to png and link to xcf:



xcf File

No wall fill at all? I guess you could either turn off that layer or use a transparent pattern as a fill...

-Rob A>

yes, no wall fill at all. The hope was to be able to turn off wall fill while using the batch processor to be able to quickly get numbers of images as above quickly without having to do each manually.

[RobA]

Hmmm.. for some reason, I don't see the image attachment icon any more when I go to advanced on a reply....

Example link to png and link to xcf:
yes, no wall fill at all. The hope was to be able to turn off wall fill while using the batch processor to be able to quickly get numbers of images as above quickly without having to do each manually.

OK.

The simplest thing is to create a pattern that is fully transparent, and select that as the wall pattern fill. Then it will do what you want.

Just create a new image, erase everything in it, make a selection and copy then paste as pattern and it will be accessible in your pattern list.

(Technically, the same could have been done for the no floor option as well, but I wasn't thinking that way...)

-Rob A>

-Rob A>

[jfrazierjr]

Oh.. duh.. thanks RobA... sometimes the simplest solution is the most overlooked..

[eh_well]

Hey! I'm new to these forums, but I LOVE this script. However I'm having one problem. I can't seem to change the look of the walls or floor no matter what I do! I'm fairly new to Gimp, but I'm not incompetent. I must be missing something but I simply can't get my textures off of those default gray ones, please help me out!

[RobA]

Hey! I'm new to these forums, but I LOVE this script. However I'm having one problem. I can't seem to change the look of the walls or floor no matter what I do! I'm fairly new to Gimp, but I'm not incompetent. I must be missing something but I simply can't get my textures off of those default gray ones, please help me out!

There are two drop downs:

"Fill Floor With" (choose "Pattern - Select Below") and pick the pattern in the pattern selector below
"Fill Walls With" (choose "Pattern - Select Below") and ditto.

-Rob A>