Map: Height Maps

[Mr9million]

Thank you for creating this great tool! I am underway creating my first map but am having difficulties placing things in the right hex. I may be a little bit stupid, I know. But could you maybe add an option to display the coordinates in every hex? I don't know how difficult that would be to code etc. so I'm not demanding anything. It would help me greatly though!

[zovs66]

Mr9million, well it's mostly there its just a little bit of counting on your part. It's not too difficult to use once you get the hang of it:

[Mr9million]

Originally Posted by zovs66

Mr9million, well it's mostly there its just a little bit of counting on your part. It's not too difficult to use once you get the hang of it:

Ok, I have started using my school laptop and it increased the speed tenfold. I have the venhola map on my laptop and the editor on my computer. Wish I had thought of that earlier...

[wulfir]

I'm unable to download Venhola maps now. It worked for me about a month ago. Anybody else have this problem?

[Karagin]

Where do we get Venholda Map editing program at? I can find a link and I get a white screen with some buttons and a box in the middle but nothing else.

[zovs66]

https://www.venhola.com/maps/

[zovs66]

So using that link I posted above (yes it's all blank boxes you have to fill it out), here is another link.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mons

Click on the link on the far right that shows the coordinates:



Then on that GeoHack page (says Geohack - Battle of Mons on the left), pick your poison, I'll use Google Maps and click on that Map link, that brings up google maps.



Now just copy the coordinates:

50.450000, 3.950000

I paste that into both boxes and edit them like so:



Then click go!

Your pretty much all set.

Now just click the M on the right to toggle the imagery...



and zoom in...

[Karagin]

Then just download the map?

[wulfir]

Originally Posted by Karagin

Then just download the map?

You get the height contours of your selected area drawn on the game map.

Everything else you will have to manually add yourself - roads, woods, water, urban areas etc. But, the hexgrid in the Venhola program corresponds to the one in the game so it is a great help when map making - even if it is time consuming should you go for crazy detail and the map is complex.

I recommend using a second screen of some kind, one with the venhola map, one screen with the game to speed things up. The last few maps I've built I used the TV (HDMI cable) as my second screen.

Buut - Venhola is not working for me anymore...

[DRG]

Originally Posted by wulfir

You get the height contours of your selected area drawn on the game map.

Everything else you will have to manually add yourself - roads, woods, water, urban areas etc. But, the hexgrid in the Venhola program corresponds to the one in the game so it is a great help when map making - even if it is time consuming should you go for crazy detail and the map is complex.

I recommend using a second screen of some kind, one with the venhola map, one screen with the game to speed things up. The last few maps I've built I used the TV (HDMI cable) as my second screen.

Buut - Venhola is not working for me anymore...

It works...... mostly

If the bottom button shows M and the screen is white........


Press it and it will turn to C and you will start to see the map


Press it again and the map will be clear