Idiot's Guide to Making Custom Maps?

[Ballbarian]

Zylithan,
I just got your pm. Looks like Gandalf has answered your questions. The 255,255,255 that he is talking about is what is known as an RGB value (255 red, 255 green, 255, blue) with valid values being any number between 0 and 255. Your graphics program should allow you to see & change these values when selecting a paint color. As he has already pointed out, each province location is defined by the location of a single white pixel. If the white dot is made up of multiple white pixels, you will get multiple provinces clumped together which will cause the behavior that you are describing.

Assigning neighbors in the map editor can be a tedious process, but like anything worth doing, it can be done one step at a time. I always start in a corner and work progressively through sections and rows in as organized a manner as possible. Try to avoid skipping around randomly or else it will quickly get frustrating as you lose track of which neighbors have been set, and which have not.

Also, as Gandalf has pointed out, save often.

In case you haven't found it, there is a file called "mapedit.pdf" in your dominions3\doc folder. If you can't find it on your hard drive, then try searching your dominions3 cd. (I don't remember if it is automatically installed, or if you have to copy it from the disk like it was in dom2.)