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Have you installed the 8.10f patch?
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dcf6 wrote: I'm currently using windows 7's built in unzip tool. When one is viewing the contents of a zipped folder, there is a button at the top of the folder that says extract. That's the method I'm currently using I've heard that the built-…
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Zeromaniac wrote: Ja, ich spreche "die Sprache"! I could continue our discussion in German, but I think others (well, Richard) might want to follow it, too. Exactly. That's why I wrote egg-laying woolly milk sow in my first posting instead of …
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Zeromaniac wrote: You see, I really don't think I'm looking for the "eierlegende Wollmilchsau", Ah, Du sprichst die Sprache! Ausgezeichnet! Zeromaniac wrote: I just don't understand why FTP and FWE do not allow me to simply draw my own cont…
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Richard wrote: Well, its not a preference of mine or anything, however... Just pointing out you can make vector symbols in FM, besides if you zoom into your map vector wont pixilate. This is a factor to consider in maps with submaps. In gener…
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dcf6 wrote: I tried downloading a second time before I posted. Thanks for sticking with us on this. What program are you using to unzip the files? I downloaded the file again after reading your posting, and when I unzip it, there's no corru…
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Richard wrote: Tho I'm not an expert, and I still come across some situations that stump me for a bit, I manage to eventually figure thing out or create a work-around. FM is actually a very easy program if you compare it to CC. In a lot of res…
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I have a great inclination to try to give you some help here, but it sounds to me like you're trying to find the egg-laying, woolly milk sow, as we say here in Bavaria. I think that this animal is as rare in the cartographic world as it is in the r…
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dcf6 wrote: I applied the symbol set 2 patch and redownloaded all 4 files. Only one error on extraction, again it is with ps1_fm8_V The file that is corrupted is: ResidentialDbl02V_500x120SLA I'm surprised. I downloaded all of the files und …
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This is the third report like this that I have now. Obviously there was some corruption during the upload. I'm going to pull the files, check them and offer them again for upload as soon as I determine what the problem is. That way, no one will h…
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It sounds like your colors are coming up inverse. I'd suggest that you contact Ed Diana at
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ralexpdx wrote: Looks like my issue was nested folders. FM8 (And I suspect 7) is looking for the root MapArt folder then a symbol set folder that contains one or more category folders. Some of my PNG folders that I've collected have had a third, f…
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Ed_NBOS wrote: See if this does the trick for you, Mark & dcf6:
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dcf6 wrote: The new symbols are great. Lots of good information in the pdf as well. Looking forward to symbol set 4! It'll be available soon, but I'm not going to give "soon" more definition than that at present.
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The suggestions in the last two posts from dcf6 all are excellent, and I certainly support them! The problems with not being anle to see the name of a symbol have been mentioned in our PDFs, but not here on this forum yet. Thanks for adding it!
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dcf6 wrote: Couple things: 1) When changing the size of map symbols there should be an option to lock the aspect ratio (perhaps even set on by default). The biggest spot for this is when you first place a map symbol. I'd really like to draw out t…
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If you keep having problems, contact me by E-Mail and we'll work it out.
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1. Open up the NBOS web site (
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dcf6 wrote: I haven't gotten it to work yet. The vector symbol appears as an option in the menu but it's blank. It's probably because my folders aren't organized correctly. My Symbol Set is entitled 'Vintyri Collections' and my Category is titl…
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MarkOliva wrote: The reason that we're looking at possible vector symbols for maps of larger areas is file size. Making a city map with 500 raster symbols of buildings would drain resources to such an extent that some PCs wouldn't be able to hand…
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dcf6 wrote: Cool, I'm looking forward to symbol set 3! I made the following town map using raster symbols (almost entirely vintyri symbols): . Good work. Suggestion: You might want to play around a bit more with the water. The current be…
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We have a firm route plan for Symbol Sets 3 (to be released within a week), 4 and 5 as well as our tutorial. After those are done, we probably will make vector symbol catalogs that are better suited for larger village and city maps, but no firm dec…
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This is a new one to me. I print with a network HP CP3525m color laser printer and I make PDFs with Adobe Acrobat 8, Office 2007, OpenOffice.org 3.1 and PDF Creator. I don't have any of the problems that you mention. I'd suggest that you send a t…
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Jeheregh wrote: I was wondering if some tutorials are available to apply good map making techniques, tricks using fractal mapper? Especially from the perspective of a layman approach rather than some multi media professional. Call up the NBOS…
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To Ed's comments, I'd add the following: Make sure you have the layer selectable upon which you created the object(s) that you want to delete. In teaching a few people how FM8 works, I found that they were easily frustrated by not being able to …
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bblackmoor wrote: To recap, I was looking for a tutorial on drawing city maps. I found one on Cartographer's guild. Meanwhile, you do not have a tutorial to recommend, and you do not have an example of the style of map you prefer that you are w…
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bblackmoor wrote: MarkOliva wrote: Raster maps, if done well, are quite scalable. Raster images do not scale. If the images are of sufficiently high resolution, you might not notice this fact. It is, nonetheless, a fact. On the other hand,…
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bblackmoor wrote: Hey, Mark: now I am curious. Do you have any examples of your style of city maps? Sorry, Brendan. The maps we have haven't been released yet, and won't be for awhile. We're a project group, not an individual effort, so I can…
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bblackmoor wrote: I guess not. I don't see the value of raster mapping, frankly. The whole point of using a computer rather than just drawing with colored pencils, in my opinion, is so that everything is vector, and scalable. If I did not care ab…
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We're doing an FM8 tutorial that should be available before year's end, but I don't think it will help you a lot. Our tutorial will end up where the excellent NBOS tutorial ends, focusing upon raster (as opposed to vector) mapping in the Vintyri™ s…