Mapmakers for the poor?

**spiderling** · November 15th, 2005, 02:52

Can anyone recommend mapmaking programs / decent image editing programs that are freeware? I'm a student and really broke but want to support the gaming community by not pirating their stuff... I'm saving up for cc2 pro, but it's all pocket change in a jar at the moment!

**richvalle** · November 15th, 2005, 03:02

For editing you can use Gimp. Its free and I've used it a bit. Does what I need it to do (crop and resize images).

https://www.gimp.org/

**Crusader** · November 15th, 2005, 05:37

When it comes to free mapmaking - dungeoncrafter, autorealm, and dungeonforge are some alternatives.

**Ilwan** · November 15th, 2005, 15:41

and older games with map editors usually come cheap.

Civilization 2 (worldmaps)
Heroes of Might & Magic X (Regional Maps)
Age of Mythology (Regional Maps)
Neverwinter Nights (Floorplans, Dungeons & Villages)

And there are problably alot more out there. There are usually very easy to use, but lack the flexibility of a mapping app. I still havent seen a game map editor with a grpahic format export feature, so screen captures will have to do.

**Snikle** · November 15th, 2005, 16:21

Elder Scrolls 2 has a really nice, fully 3D one as well. Pretty good learning curve if you are new to 3D though.

**spiderling** · November 16th, 2005, 00:37

Originally Posted by Crusader

When it comes to free mapmaking - dungeoncrafter, autorealm, and dungeonforge are some alternatives.

Well, of the three, I think dungeon crafter seems to be the easiest to use and looks pretty nice too... thanks for the advice!

Gimp is also working well for me, I appreciate you all pointing me in the right direction!

Now I just need to do some xml reading and I'll be dangerous

**Morfedel** · February 24th, 2006, 03:14

The dungeoncrafter link appears to be broken.

**mr_h** · February 24th, 2006, 04:00

I've used dungeoncrafter, great simple and free program. Course, don't know why the website is down now...

*uses dundjinni now, more expensive, but dang worth it

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**heruca** · February 24th, 2006, 06:40

I think Dungeon Crafter is dead. But isn't DungeonForge picking up where it left off?

https://www.dungeonforge.com/index.php

**kalmarjan** · February 24th, 2006, 10:52

I'm saving up for cc2 pro, but it's all pocket change in a jar at the moment!

Keep saving, CC3 is due out soon!

Sandeman

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