Emergent hex crawl in FG

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Originally Posted by Griogre

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.

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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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Originally Posted by claedawg

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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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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Originally Posted by claedawg

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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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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Originally Posted by LordEntrails

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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I may hit you up on that if I need help and get around to mapping again, lol.

Thanks for the clarification Griogre!!!

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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Originally Posted by paladinlee

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.

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.

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...

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.

https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...chmentid=60847

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