Maps in Maptool and Memory Sizes

[lonewolf147]

MapTool has no inherent limits on image sizes. If you run a 64-bit Java and allocate 30GB for the JVM, I'm sure you can create some super large maps!

[Geroblue]

I've made maps with colors standing in for forests, sand, grasslands, etc.

Why do they need to be bitmap fills for MapTools ?

I'm confused.

[Azhrei]

Why do they need to be bitmap fills for MapTools ?

Um, because MT only supports bitmap images...?

What were you expecting? Most paint-type programs only support bitmap graphics.

[dorpond]

I've made maps with colors standing in for forests, sand, grasslands, etc.

Why do they need to be bitmap fills for MapTools ?

I'm confused.

Fills can be jpeg and png files also. That is all I use so I know they work fine for fills.
I think I am understanding your question correctly, because of Azhrei's answer, I am a bit confused.

[Geroblue]

Well, I know graphics are typicaly bitmaps of some sort.

But to me, basically due to Campaign Cartographer, bitmap fills would be a rough textered png that looks like gravel or bushes.

While the plain color medium brown, is a color, not a bitmap fill.

[Azhrei]

Well, I know graphics are typicaly bitmaps of some sort.

But to me, basically due to Campaign Cartographer, bitmap fills would be a rough textered png that looks like gravel or bushes.

While the plain color medium brown, is a color, not a bitmap fill.

You realize that CC is a vector graphics program, not a bitmap-oriented paint-type program? CC is more like Adobe Illustrator, while MapTool is more like GIMP or Photoshop (at least, in terms of how images are manipulated).

Check out this page for a description of bitmap graphics (MT), and the associated link in that article to "vector graphics" (CC).

[Geroblue]

I'm not refering to the fcw map files, but I can import pngs and use them to show grasslands, rough terrain, etc.

http://crestar.drivein-jim.net/crestar/ ... w-vale-map is made up of pngs of different textures and colors to represent hills, brush, etc.

[Azhrei]

I'm not refering to the fcw map files, but I can import pngs and use them to show grasslands, rough terrain, etc.

http://crestar.drivein-jim.net/crestar/ ... w-vale-map is made up of pngs of different textures and colors to represent hills, brush, etc.

I guess I don't understand. I may need to let someone else take over on this question. Here's what you said at the beginning:

I've made maps with colors standing in for forests, sand, grasslands, etc.

Why do they need to be bitmap fills for MapTools ?

But that doesn't make any sense to me: go to the paint tool, select a shape (such as Rectangle), select the fill color (which can be a texture or a solid color), and then draw.

It seems pretty obvious to me, so there's likely some other detail I'm missing.

[Geroblue]

When I talk of bitmap fills in CC3, I am not talking about the color pallette. I am talking about using a png that looks like sand, or vegetation.

I realize both the color pallette and the pngs are bitmapped graphics.

I host some maps made with the same pngs of bitmap fills I refer to:
http://crestar.drivein-jim.net/crestar/ ... ture-files

As you can see, they are not from the regular CC3 color pallette, but are made up of pngs that look like rocks, scrub, etc.