largest map size people will play

[Miles]

Originally posted by Kristoffer O:
An editor like that will never be made. Simpler ones might.

Seems like we can get most of the immediate benefit if somebody wrote a howto. The way I would approach this is to use GIMP (free and available on the same platforms at Dom2). Seems like it would look like:
- Importing the initial graphic.
- Removing the white pixels.
- Creating additional layers:
The white dot layer.
The border layer.
The province name layer
The embellishment layer (trees and whatever)
- Merging the layers.
- Saving as a .tga
- Importing into the map editor.
- Creating the neighbors.
- Creating the province values.
- Finishing the .map file by hand.
- Testing.
- Posting info to the forums.
- Getting your map on Illwinter's site.

You should include sample images that could be imported into GIMP as the various layers. And a image file full of embellishments ready for cut-n-paste. And a finished .tga & .map file.

At this point, most anybody could follow the instructions and build a map.

Miles