NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/rec/games/mecha/821

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From: RiTz@eckert (Richard Taillon)
Newsgroups: rec.games.mecha
Subject: Re: BTECH: Help with making maps=
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Date: 3 Jan 93 02:52:02 GMT
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[e-mail] says >
> Well what you need is a color scanner and then a color laser
> printer or a color printer of good enough quality.. You scan the
> maps available, then using a editor which can be found afew places,
> commercial or otherwise and edit the maps the way you want.. It
> owuld be nice if someone would write a graphic sprogram that would
> allow for moving of terrain features on that map.. Might try to get
> some map programs from a SIMTEL20 site.. I kow the programs have a
> code name, but I know some of the names of the programs after you
> unzip them. like 520-??? is a core test program..

If a scanner is available, that is an interesting idea. Another one,
which takes even more time, is to prepare some random hex pattern,
draw terrain on it (like heavy wood combined with light wood), and then
position that on the big maps to change their configuration. But this
method sucks. Computers should facilitate (automate) this process.
I've already asked Klaus Breuer to upgrade his Map Maker program to be able
to print out maps. I dunno if it's on his agenda though.

I looked at Garbo's index and I did'nt see any mapmaker program. I'll try
to get SIMTEL20's index (how the hell can I go to the file directories
on SIMTEL20 ?! I only get a few help files about this and that, but _no_
subdirectory ! <help!>

RiTz