Talk:Battlemaster Maps

Hmm. This page might be a little more useful if it were less chatty. Also, there's no point in listing Genoa anymore, since it's not the right font. Maybe summarize some of this info in a bulleted list? What would be really useful would be samples or links to files representing the intermediate steps. --John 28 October 2005 21:02 (CEST)

Map Editor

Actually, if anyone thinks another map editor is good, please show me some screenshots of the maps it makes. I don't specifically like AoW, it's just the only thing that gives somewhat good maps. All others I have checked are either ugly or use the wrong scale. Scale is especially important. --Tom 28 October 2005 23:37 (CEST)

• Civilization III is excellent and looks great, but you cant put in cities, so far as I know. Vellos 2 February 2006 06:53 (CET)

GIMP Griefs

Okay, I am running Mac OS X 10.4, and I downloaded GIMP for Mac OS X. It says it needs the X11 plugin. I got the X11 plugin, and tried to install it. Unfortunately, an error message popped up saying, "Unable to install, newer software present". Thus I am at an impasse. I cannot install X11, thus I cannot use GIMP. I thought for a moment, perhaps a new version of X11 is out, but no. I looked, it is for OS 10.3.0-10.3.9 Can anyone help me? If newer software is present, shouldnt GIMP recognize it? Vellos 2 February 2006 06:53 (CET)

Age of Wonders Editor - Help

I've been toying with the Age of Wonders editor for the fun of it, get my minds off things... But I've noticed a few things. For one, the resolution isn't the same... Things display on the editor rather larger than they do on the BM maps, by the looks of it. Second point is how do you extract them into an image file? I can't imagine using "print screen" for this, though I suppose it could be done. Finally... the cities. They appear blurred with weird question marks on them, how do you change that? Any other info one who has never played the game should know? -Chénier 21:39, 9 May 2008 (CEST)

Right click on the city and modify it's parameters. Once you set it a race it will show up properly. I'm also interested in hearing how a map can be exported as an image as well! -Balewind

Oh, I see now. Thanks! Indeed, the image exporting would be the important part now... -Chénier 01:05, 10 May 2008 (CEST)

Just copy paste :) more easier and fun XD Ceorl 03:21, 10 May 2008 (CEST)

The problem is, it's not that easy. The resolution that game uses is... low. Good ol' games, you know? So not only would using print screen be tediously long and repetitive, it'd also give a result that's on the wrong scale, and then it'd be a pain converting it to the scale used on other maps. Maybe it'd be easier on an older machine, I don't know, but with this one it'd be a pain. On the bright side, the editor allows much more customization than copy-paste, new city types (and sizes for the existing ones), and all kinds of cool stuff. And, you know, stuff in the tundras and all, just snow is kinda dull. -Chénier 03:51, 10 May 2008 (CEST)

Is AoW still in production? I am trying to obtain a copy, but all the sellers seem to have "run out" of the macintosh port of the game. Ceorl 06:08, 10 May 2008 (CEST)

Not that I know of, but there are others means of obtaining old games you can't find in stores. -Chénier 06:09, 10 May 2008 (CEST)

Additional Samples for Copy-Pasting

Courtesy of: -Chénier 05:16, 22 May 2008 (CEST)

Age of Wonders

Age of Wonders is now available through Steam & Good Old Games for a snip at about £4. About three years too late for any budding designers of the West Continent and I suppose we'll have lovely new modern maps for the rest of BM soon but I thought I'd put it out there. First time in a while that the game has become obtainable without spending a fortune on a dog eared, third hand copy on Amazon or what have you. --Revan 08:58, 29 November 2010 (CET)

Also available on Impulse actually. --Andrew 13:11, 29 November 2010 (CET)