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    Quote Originally Posted by Griogre View Post
    If you find Gimp hard to use (it is very different from most paint programs). The free for noncommercial use IrfanView has a batch processor as well. I've used IrfanView for years for simple image modifications: resizing, de-rezzing, lower the bit rate, file type conversions ie anything but creation. It does *NOT* handle transparency though.
    I don't think you understand my ineptitude with art software. When you say batch, all I can think of is making a batch file on a disk so that windows will automatically boot up, instead of me manually opening windows from the c prompt, on my tandy, lol.

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    Quote Originally Posted by claedawg View Post
    I don't think you understand my ineptitude with art software. When you say batch, all I can think of is making a batch file on a disk so that windows will automatically boot up, instead of me manually opening windows from the c prompt, on my tandy, lol.
    If you get stuck on the outline steps I gave above, I can walk you through the process with Gimp via Discord.

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    Quote Originally Posted by claedawg View Post
    I don't think you understand my ineptitude with art software. When you say batch, all I can think of is making a batch file on a disk so that windows will automatically boot up, instead of me manually opening windows from the c prompt, on my tandy, lol.
    No worries. Batch processing does have its history in batch files like that and also in submitted jobs for mainframes - but for art programs it usually means make a common change to a "batch" of pictures in the same folder - in this case a bunch of hex graphics. Rather than change a few hundred hex graphics one at a time you would automatically do all the changes to them all at once.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LordEntrails View Post
    If you get stuck on the outline steps I gave above, I can walk you through the process with Gimp via Discord.
    I may hit you up on that if I need help and get around to mapping again, lol.

    Thanks for the clarification Griogre!!!

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    Perfect, thanks! I got this working. I found these tiles as well. It says they are "compatible" with Hex Kit, which is another hexmap tool. But, the file contains the graphic elements that I can use in just as easily. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/prod...et-for-hex-kit

    I'm referring to this good ol' article from Gnomestew to generate hexes as the party explores. https://gnomestew.com/a-randomized-hex-crawl-generator/

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    Quote Originally Posted by paladinlee View Post
    Perfect, thanks! I got this working. I found these tiles as well. It says they are "compatible" with Hex Kit, which is another hexmap tool. But, the file contains the graphic elements that I can use in just as easily. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/prod...et-for-hex-kit

    I'm referring to this good ol' article from Gnomestew to generate hexes as the party explores. https://gnomestew.com/a-randomized-hex-crawl-generator/

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    Looks great! Thanks for the link to the hex graphics.
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    Interesting. HAve you put rollable tables into FG so you don't have to refer to the gnomestew site? Seems like it would be straightforward, but haven't tried yet myself.

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    Thinking more on this... with rollable tables and Story Templates you could not only determine the Hex terrain, but you could create a story that you could pin to the map. And that story could also contain randomly created encounters and other details...

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    And here is another example using 2 Minute Table Top's World Hex Tiles.

    PWYW/$1: https://2minutetabletop.com/product/...map-hex-tiles/
    $5: https://2minutetabletop.com/product/...ex-tiles-pack/

    I used the 150DPI tiles with a hex size in FGU of 200. The gotcha here is with the pseudo 3D effect, you'll need to change the order of some of the tiles to display correctly.

    What I like about these tiles is that the rivers, paths, etc. aren't embedded into a tile, they're transparent images that you can lay on top of other tiles.

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    This is all making me seriously consider running a hex crawl next campaign!

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