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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High

Australia
31701 Posts

Posted - 04 May 2010 :  01:06:53  Show Profile Send The Sage a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by HandsomeRob

More requests:
Great Glacier: http://img404.yfrog.com/img404/9042/pelvuria.jpg
Hordelands (big): http://img688.yfrog.com/img688/3459/hordelands.jpg
Rashemen: http://img91.yfrog.com/img91/1394/rashemen.jpg
Shou Lung (big): http://img695.yfrog.com/img695/8204/shoulung.jpg
Thay: http://img208.yfrog.com/img208/3584/thay.jpg
Vaasa and Damara: http://img153.yfrog.com/img153/2919/vaasadamara.jpg
Vilhon Reach: http://img87.yfrog.com/img87/3034/vilhonreach.jpg

That new Vaasa map that was posted elsewhere is amazing. I'll have to incorporate it into a later version.

If there are any more request, let me know and I'll try to get them for you. Thanks!

-Rob

The Thay and Vilhon Reach maps will prove very, very useful.

Thanks Rob.

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Elfinblade
Senior Scribe

Norway
377 Posts

Posted - 04 May 2010 :  01:19:05  Show Profile Send Elfinblade a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I am intrigued by the map of the Great Glacier. I must send my players up there some time. Too many goodies left untouched! :)
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Darkmeer
Senior Scribe

USA
505 Posts

Posted - 04 May 2010 :  06:54:27  Show Profile  Visit Darkmeer's Homepage Send Darkmeer a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by HandsomeRob

More requests:
Great Glacier: http://img404.yfrog.com/img404/9042/pelvuria.jpg
Hordelands (big): http://img688.yfrog.com/img688/3459/hordelands.jpg
Rashemen: http://img91.yfrog.com/img91/1394/rashemen.jpg
Shou Lung (big): http://img695.yfrog.com/img695/8204/shoulung.jpg
Thay: http://img208.yfrog.com/img208/3584/thay.jpg
Vaasa and Damara: http://img153.yfrog.com/img153/2919/vaasadamara.jpg
Vilhon Reach: http://img87.yfrog.com/img87/3034/vilhonreach.jpg

That new Vaasa map that was posted elsewhere is amazing. I'll have to incorporate it into a later version.

If there are any more request, let me know and I'll try to get them for you. Thanks!

-Rob



Oh thank you thank you thank you! May I ask to continue the Shou Lung map down the coast to include Laothan? Perhaps a central one to bridge the gap across Tu Lung? (I'd love the coastline)

Thank you again for doing the map. It's wonderful to see.

Steve

"These people are my family, not just friends, and if you want to get to them you gotta go through ME."
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Sill Alias
Senior Scribe

Kazakhstan
588 Posts

Posted - 04 May 2010 :  07:10:10  Show Profile  Visit Sill Alias's Homepage Send Sill Alias a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Oh, my! Deneir bless you, you are mortal god of mapmaking!

You can hear many tales from many mouths. The most difficult is to know which of them are not lies. - Sill Alias

"May your harp be unstrung, your dreams die and all your songs be unsung." - curse of the harper, The Code of the Harpers 2 ed.
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HandsomeRob
Seeker

68 Posts

Posted - 04 May 2010 :  15:32:47  Show Profile  Visit HandsomeRob's Homepage Send HandsomeRob a Private Message  Reply with Quote
More requests:
Maztica (big): http://img293.yfrog.com/img293/5169/maztica.jpg
Moonshaes: http://img245.yfrog.com/img245/919/moonshaes.jpg
T'u Lung (big): http://img718.yfrog.com/img718/9896/tulung2.jpg
West Heartlands: http://img576.yfrog.com/img576/9008/westheartlands.jpg

Would the Candlekeep admins like to host these maps in the Map Room?

-Rob

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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High

Australia
31701 Posts

Posted - 04 May 2010 :  16:16:43  Show Profile Send The Sage a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by HandsomeRob

Would the Candlekeep admins like to host these maps in the Map Room?
We certainly would!

I'll contact Alaundo and see what we can arrange.

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Asharak
Learned Scribe

France
267 Posts

Posted - 04 May 2010 :  18:23:36  Show Profile Send Asharak a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by HandsomeRob

More requests:
Maztica (big): http://img293.yfrog.com/img293/5169/maztica.jpg
Moonshaes: http://img245.yfrog.com/img245/919/moonshaes.jpg
T'u Lung (big): http://img718.yfrog.com/img718/9896/tulung2.jpg
West Heartlands: http://img576.yfrog.com/img576/9008/westheartlands.jpg

Would the Candlekeep admins like to host these maps in the Map Room?

-Rob





Thank you very much!

"Soyez réalistes : demandez l'impossible"

Sorry for my English... it's not my native tongue.
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Jakk
Great Reader

Canada
2165 Posts

Posted - 04 May 2010 :  18:51:52  Show Profile Send Jakk a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Elfinblade

I am intrigued by the map of the Great Glacier. I must send my players up there some time. Too many goodies left untouched! :)



As am I... but I'm more intrigued by all the locations in Raurin that I was heretofore unaware of...

Question for you, Rob... would you be interested in doing a map of Netheril (either pre-Anauroch or post-Anauroch; my preference is the former, as shown in the Arcane Age boxed set and Lost Empires of Faerun)? Ideally, one that could be pasted seamlessly over Anauroch in the main map; the main consequence of the Spellplague in my Realms (apart from the emergence of Laerakond) is the un-desertification of Anauroch (this begins with the war between Shade and the Phaerimm, which takes some different turns in my Realms), and I'd like to have a map... obviously, the pre-Fall of Karsus locations would be ruins, except for the floating enclaves, whose final locations are mostly unknown in the present Realms.

Obviously, the main Toril map is your first priority for this community, so if you don't have time for such a project, I understand. Just in case it wasn't already apparent, we love these maps!

On that note... a couple more requests for you:

- the Lands of Intrigue (Amn/Tethyr/Calimshan)... unless, of course, you're still working on locating those two missing mythals of Keltormir; if so, I can wait... Edit: May 8: That's one missing mythal (Myth Unnohyr is the only one in that neck of the woods that I can't find on your map); amazing job there, Rob!

- erm... well... okay, I'll be honest; I just wanna see the whole thing in all its glory! I'll try to be patient and wait for the whole thing in some form... just in case I get impatient, a clip of Impiltur and the Vast would be great... edit: found my other request; sorry.

Thanks!

Edit: also May 8: Fixed misidentification of mythal... is that a mythidentification? R. I. P. Robert Asprin.

Also: Another typo: In northern Calimshan, the "Iltaker Garrison" should be the "Iltakar Garrison".

Playing in the Realms since the Old Grey Box (1987)... and *still* having fun with material published before 2008, despite the NDA'd lore.

If it's comparable in power with non-magical abilities, it's not magic.

Edited by - Jakk on 08 May 2010 21:29:46
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Pazuzu
Seeker

Germany
61 Posts

Posted - 04 May 2010 :  19:19:52  Show Profile Send Pazuzu a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Thank you again, Rob! Awesome and helpy maps!

May your dice obey your will. - Gary Gygax (*1938 - †2008)
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Jakk
Great Reader

Canada
2165 Posts

Posted - 04 May 2010 :  19:58:17  Show Profile Send Jakk a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Heh... on a second look at your "Lake of Steam" map, I found Myth Dyraalis... was that a late addition, or did I miss it the first time around? I wouldn't be surprised at the latter; you did a great initial job finding stuff.

Again, these maps are great; the "other request" in my edit above was for Cormyr and the Dalelands... but I seem to remember a clip of Murghom and Semphar, and for some reason I can't find it now... either I'm hallucinating or I'm going blind. Hopefully the former; I haven't seen nearly enough of these maps yet.

Edit: May 8: I found Murghom and Semphar... on the Hordelands map... and I seem to recall that Semphar has a circumflex on the "a" (as Murghom does on the "o")... I'm too impatient to fiddle with the Windows Character Map and I have better things to remember than control key sequences; my apologies, and I hope that's clear. I also found Myth Lharast (on the Tethyr map again).

Playing in the Realms since the Old Grey Box (1987)... and *still* having fun with material published before 2008, despite the NDA'd lore.

If it's comparable in power with non-magical abilities, it's not magic.

Edited by - Jakk on 08 May 2010 06:07:40
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Razz
Senior Scribe

USA
749 Posts

Posted - 05 May 2010 :  04:32:21  Show Profile Send Razz a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Vaasa has some new pre-Spellplague geographical areas and sites added in recently. Might want to edit the map to include these locales in it:

honkin' big link

Well, not all of them. A few are post-Spellplague it seems. I'm just unsure which ones. It also shows some of Thar, Pelvuria, and western Damara. Of the sites I know to be Post-Spellplague concerning Vaasa is justFugue. Not all of these places were given description in Dungeon Magazine #177.

One can rule that Kultaakar/Baunilorotha are both Post-Spellplague, but the descriptions states the region was once an ancient kingdom of Ostoria that, for decades, giants have been moving into and reconstructing in Baunilorotha. So I can see the the flowering of this nation and site working in pre-Spellplague times also.

Mod edit: Cast shrinky link.

Edited by - Wooly Rupert on 05 May 2010 05:21:56
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Darkmeer
Senior Scribe

USA
505 Posts

Posted - 05 May 2010 :  06:43:12  Show Profile  Visit Darkmeer's Homepage Send Darkmeer a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by HandsomeRob

More requests:
Maztica (big): http://img293.yfrog.com/img293/5169/maztica.jpg
Moonshaes: http://img245.yfrog.com/img245/919/moonshaes.jpg
T'u Lung (big): http://img718.yfrog.com/img718/9896/tulung2.jpg
West Heartlands: http://img576.yfrog.com/img576/9008/westheartlands.jpg

Would the Candlekeep admins like to host these maps in the Map Room?

-Rob




Wow. Just wow. Excellent work Rob. Thank you again, so very much.
At some point, if you ever split this all into 'bite sized portions,' I'll be happy to be able to put everything together as you did (that 'whole map of Toril' has long been a desired possession. You are making that happen. Thank you).

I'll reiterate, this is wonderful work there. I'm glad MarkusTay's work inspired you. I love the comparison in details for your maps, and I love the fact that you have taken SOOOOO much time to do this.

I'd love to see more of the Kara Tur region, but I've taken so much of your time already. If you're feeling generous, the mountain range that separates the Hordelands & the rest of Faerun proper (into the Yamunkahar (sp?) ) would be awesome.

/d

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Jakk
Great Reader

Canada
2165 Posts

Posted - 07 May 2010 :  01:01:19  Show Profile Send Jakk a Private Message  Reply with Quote
As Darkmeer mentions doing for himself, I've started reassembling some of the fragments you've given us... and I ran into a problem... er, two problems. I'm sure the first is a problem with my software, and the second is with my virtual memory settings, but (a) when I save a composite map (for instance, Vaasa/Damara, Moonsea, and Dalelands), the resulting file is far smaller than any one of the originals; I seem to be losing resolution when I save the assembled image; and (b) I'm running WinXPPro SP3 with 4GB RAM (actually 8GB, but I haven't upgraded my OS yet, so 4GB is all I can use) and I'm running out of memory when I try to save the assembled Thay, Hordelands, T'u Lung, and Shou Lung. Not really surprising, given the sizes of the files, but it motivates me to ask:

What kind of hardware are you building this map on, Rob?

Edit: Third point: I've noticed that a couple of the maps you've given us are saved at different levels of magnification from most of the others... I can be patient and wait for the whole thing, if you're any closer to a portable file size. After my experience with patchworking, I just worry that a reduction in file size will impair the zoomability too much. Keep us posted on what you come up with.

Edit 2: May 8: Regarding the different scales... I thought I'd let other scribes know that they seem to be at 2x/50%, from the fiddling I've done. Hence the strikethru above; consider that resolved.
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Many thanks again for all of this!

Playing in the Realms since the Old Grey Box (1987)... and *still* having fun with material published before 2008, despite the NDA'd lore.

If it's comparable in power with non-magical abilities, it's not magic.

Edited by - Jakk on 08 May 2010 03:25:28
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Jakk
Great Reader

Canada
2165 Posts

Posted - 08 May 2010 :  03:18:32  Show Profile Send Jakk a Private Message  Reply with Quote
On the subject of patience: I do possess it, but I just realized how much fun I'm having assembling this puzzle. Got any more pieces?

Edit: In particular, the Sword Coast between Daggerford and Athkatla east to the Shining Plains, Calimshan, and/or Unther and Mulhorand would be awesome... whatever you think is ready for initial perusal.

Oh... and pumping up my VM settings did fix that issue... to a point. I can assemble the Hordelands and Kara-Tur into one file, but going bigger than that is problematic. Just thought anyone else trying to do the same thing would appreciate the fix.

Playing in the Realms since the Old Grey Box (1987)... and *still* having fun with material published before 2008, despite the NDA'd lore.

If it's comparable in power with non-magical abilities, it's not magic.

Edited by - Jakk on 08 May 2010 19:51:56
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Jakk
Great Reader

Canada
2165 Posts

Posted - 08 May 2010 :  03:24:02  Show Profile Send Jakk a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Heh... on further inspection of Raurin, there's an unnamed oasis in the southwest reaches of the desert near the Giant's Belt. In case we haven't said it enough, these maps are glorious!

Edit: Found another misprint... the mountains east of Tethyr are the Kuldin Peaks, not the Kulden Peaks, IIRC... I'm pretty sure about this one because I DM'ed a group through several adventures involving Kartak Spellseer/Spulzeer (who has a hidden lair in said mountains), but I'll ask other scribes to double-check this, as I'm AFB ATM.

How did I get so fluent in abbreviation-speak?

Edit: Not sure if this one's already been reported; I couldn't find a mention of it, but that means nothing... there's another unnamed oasis, this one near the southwestern edge of Anauroch. I can, however, understand some oases simply not having names, if they're small and infrequently used (and not for any notable reason, like being haunted).

Playing in the Realms since the Old Grey Box (1987)... and *still* having fun with material published before 2008, despite the NDA'd lore.

If it's comparable in power with non-magical abilities, it's not magic.

Edited by - Jakk on 08 May 2010 19:35:57
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Jakk
Great Reader

Canada
2165 Posts

Posted - 08 May 2010 :  07:10:05  Show Profile Send Jakk a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I've assembled all the contiguous sections we've been given so far, with the exception of the Moonshaes... I didn't leave myself enough room to insert them, and MS Paint doesn't let me insert empty space to the left (as far as I'm aware, anyway).

By way of another request (Edit: I do hope I'm not seeming greedy here) : More of the Shaar would be awesome; that would allow us to attach Dambrath and Halruaa to the main continent. I hope other scribes are having as much fun with this puzzle as I am; this is great!

As much fun as reassembling it is, I would still suggest that a single-file torrent is the best means of distribution for the whole map, but I don't know what the logistics of that means of distribution are like, apart from its reliance on essentially P2P downloading.

Anyway, it's time for me to shut up and get some sleep. Thank you again, Rob, for all of your hard work and the amazing results thereof.

Playing in the Realms since the Old Grey Box (1987)... and *still* having fun with material published before 2008, despite the NDA'd lore.

If it's comparable in power with non-magical abilities, it's not magic.

Edited by - Jakk on 08 May 2010 19:56:34
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Jakk
Great Reader

Canada
2165 Posts

Posted - 08 May 2010 :  19:00:20  Show Profile Send Jakk a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Me again, Rob...

I was scanning semi-randomly through your online full-Toril map when I found Katashaka/Nyambe, and two three things struck me after looking over the entire continent:

a) What an awesome job you did of twisting the Nyambe locations into the Katashaka geography (from what I remember; I don't have my copy of Nyambe to hand ATM);

b) How diabolically happy I was to see the text "Yuan-Ti Land" in the map (it has to do with how Katashaka and Chult were both once part of the same landmass in the area of the sarrukh empire of Mhairshaulk - see GHotR page 6 - evil reptilian plans are slithering into my Realms);

c) The strange name of mbUi=Land and, on a related note, the spelling of "Great Mangrove Maarsh"... Hey, I had to find *something* wrong with it.

Seriously, every time I look at these maps, I feel like a kid in a candy store... a feeling I haven't had since MarkusTay was working full-steam on his Toril map. Hopefully my enthusiasm hasn't sounded *too* much like impatience...

Edit: I love the detail in the Pirate Isles. I played in a 2E privateer campaign that began shortly after the release of Pirates of the Fallen Stars, and it was a blast! In the end, around 15th level, we found Immurk's lost hoard and retired to the South to provide shipborne tours of the Shining Sea.

One last request: There are a couple of gaping holes in the East of the assembled map; if we could get a section bordered by the Dragon Reach in the west, the Dragonjaw Mountains / Paolin Reef in the south, Lake Ashane in the east, and the border with Pelvuria in the north, I can stop asking for stuff for a while... I hope. Willpower has never been a strength of mine.

Playing in the Realms since the Old Grey Box (1987)... and *still* having fun with material published before 2008, despite the NDA'd lore.

If it's comparable in power with non-magical abilities, it's not magic.

Edited by - Jakk on 08 May 2010 20:34:02
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Razz
Senior Scribe

USA
749 Posts

Posted - 09 May 2010 :  05:09:30  Show Profile Send Razz a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I was wondering if Kozakura can display the province borders and names? Or just have a link next to it showing Kozakura zoomed in with province borders and names? That'd definitely be very helpful.

Really nice world map, though, I can't wait to see more.

So when do you update these? And is there a site in particular to see all of these together?
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Jakk
Great Reader

Canada
2165 Posts

Posted - 09 May 2010 :  05:47:28  Show Profile Send Jakk a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Razz,

There are plots afoot to host the maps here at CK. I really do want to find a way to get the entire map in a single hi-res file... ideally the vector-mapped original format, but (a) I'm pretty sure it won't fit on a single DVD, even dual-layer, and (b) I don't think we can send hard drives safely through the mail yet, and (c) I don't really have a spare hard drive anyway... although those new solid-state drives might be just what we need for this... hrm... what do you think, Rob?

Playing in the Realms since the Old Grey Box (1987)... and *still* having fun with material published before 2008, despite the NDA'd lore.

If it's comparable in power with non-magical abilities, it's not magic.

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HandsomeRob
Seeker

68 Posts

Posted - 10 May 2010 :  14:37:38  Show Profile  Visit HandsomeRob's Homepage Send HandsomeRob a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Hi all,
I just dropped in and was surprised to see a bunch of requests in this thread! I'll try to get to them this week.

As for getting a huge hi-res file, well, it may not be possible. But what we might be able to do is divide the map into, say, 16 equally sized sections for easy assembly. What do you think?

-Rob

EDIT:
quote:
Originally posted by Jakk
mbUi=Land


Whoops. That crazy capitalization is actually correct, but I don't know how that equal sign got in there. It's supposed to be a dash.



quote:
Originally posted by Jakk

Razz,

There are plots afoot to host the maps here at CK. I really do want to find a way to get the entire map in a single hi-res file... ideally the vector-mapped original format, but (a) I'm pretty sure it won't fit on a single DVD, even dual-layer, and (b) I don't think we can send hard drives safely through the mail yet, and (c) I don't really have a spare hard drive anyway... although those new solid-state drives might be just what we need for this... hrm... what do you think, Rob?


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Edited by - HandsomeRob on 10 May 2010 14:48:39
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Quale
Master of Realmslore

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Posted - 10 May 2010 :  19:08:21  Show Profile Send Quale a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Nyambe has the Isle of the Overpower, that's where Ao hides
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Jakk
Great Reader

Canada
2165 Posts

Posted - 11 May 2010 :  06:00:02  Show Profile Send Jakk a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Quale

Nyambe has the Isle of the Overpower, that's where Ao hides



I like it... but does that mean that his avatars are all Outsider (Native)?

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If it's comparable in power with non-magical abilities, it's not magic.
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Jakk
Great Reader

Canada
2165 Posts

Posted - 11 May 2010 :  06:07:44  Show Profile Send Jakk a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by HandsomeRob

Hi all,
I just dropped in and was surprised to see a bunch of requests in this thread! I'll try to get to them this week.

As for getting a huge hi-res file, well, it may not be possible. But what we might be able to do is divide the map into, say, 16 equally sized sections for easy assembly. What do you think?

-Rob

EDIT:
quote:
Originally posted by Jakk
mbUi=Land


Whoops. That crazy capitalization is actually correct, but I don't know how that equal sign got in there. It's supposed to be a dash.



regarding the capitalization... are you sure that your source isn't a typo (i.e., do you have more than one source)?

And regarding the map: that might work, but I don't think we'd have the computing power to do the reassembly... my assembled chunks are several times smaller than the original files I'm downloading, so I know I'm losing detail when I save my assemblies, and I'm still running into "out of memory" issues when I try to attach Faerun to Kara-Tur and the Hordelands (or attach Kara-Tur to Faerun and the Hordelands), and I'm running 2GB of RAM (4GB if I ever get around to upgrading to Windows 7). This could be entirely due to the limitations of MS Paint, however...

Playing in the Realms since the Old Grey Box (1987)... and *still* having fun with material published before 2008, despite the NDA'd lore.

If it's comparable in power with non-magical abilities, it's not magic.
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Jakk
Great Reader

Canada
2165 Posts

Posted - 11 May 2010 :  06:18:08  Show Profile Send Jakk a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Razz

So when do you update these? And is there a site in particular to see all of these together?



Razz,

I forgot to reply to this part of your post; my bad.

This is the link you want.

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If it's comparable in power with non-magical abilities, it's not magic.
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Darkmeer
Senior Scribe

USA
505 Posts

Posted - 11 May 2010 :  16:39:14  Show Profile  Visit Darkmeer's Homepage Send Darkmeer a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by HandsomeRob

Hi all,
I just dropped in and was surprised to see a bunch of requests in this thread! I'll try to get to them this week.

As for getting a huge hi-res file, well, it may not be possible. But what we might be able to do is divide the map into, say, 16 equally sized sections for easy assembly. What do you think?

-Rob



YES PLEASE!!! (bolding in your post being my doing, of course)

Thank you so much for all your hard work. Question about the "16-section" map, if it comes to fruition, will it include the outlines of the "unknown lands," such as osse? I'm just curious if that could happen as part of this or if it's a project unto itself.

Thanks again
Steve

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Jakk
Great Reader

Canada
2165 Posts

Posted - 11 May 2010 :  18:33:05  Show Profile Send Jakk a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by HandsomeRob

Hi all,
<snip>
quote:
Originally posted by Jakk

Razz,

There are plots afoot to host the maps here at CK. I really do want to find a way to get the entire map in a single hi-res file... ideally the vector-mapped original format, but (a) I'm pretty sure it won't fit on a single DVD, even dual-layer, and (b) I don't think we can send hard drives safely through the mail yet, and (c) I don't really have a spare hard drive anyway... although those new solid-state drives might be just what we need for this... hrm... what do you think, Rob?


<snip>

As for getting a huge hi-res file, well, it may not be possible. But what we might be able to do is divide the map into, say, 16 equally sized sections for easy assembly. What do you think?

-Rob



Copied from Rob's other scroll:
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Originally posted by HandsomeRob

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Hmm... that is quite the file. Did you work on it in pieces and then stitch it together?

Actually I built the entire thing in Illustrator, using simple vector shapes for forests, mountains, etc. When that was done I went through the excruciating process of moving all of those layers into photoshop and prettying it up. The layered photoshop file is ridiculous - something like 3.5 gigs.<chop>

-Rob



3.5 gigs... my bad... that would easily fit on a single-layer DVD-R... but for those of us who don't have Photoshop, it's not going to be as useful. Still, that means that it will fit on conventional media, which means turning it into a torrent is entirely possible; all we need is a free torrent host and scribes willing to seed the file.

As I've said, the only issue I have with cutting the map up is my current software's apparent inability to reasssemble it without massive loss of image quality (and requiring more RAM than I or most others possess). Do any other scribes have ideas as to software better suited for this job than MS Paint? Ideally freeware?

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GIMP is an open source free equivalent of Photo Shop. A bit of googling should find it without too much trouble, just beware of dodgy links.

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Thanks for all the maps. Being a PW (Persistent World) admin/DM I'm always looking for maps and stuff that can help with character backgrounds. Since we have a lot more than just a few characters running around, it really helps to actually know what some people are talking about, or help them with something.

This is the first time I've seen a map of the Kara-Tur area. I haven't looked over all the areas, but is there a possibility of getting a larger map that shows the location of Kara-Tur in relation to Faerun?

Anyway, if you don't mind (and I'm sure you don') I'll be copying these for my players to be able to peruse. All credit will be given, of course.

Thanks once again for all the excellent maps.

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Thanks, Cleric Generic!

Rob: I was perusing the Dalelands area again, and I noticed that Harrowdale (not the town) is labeled twice, and it is the only dale so treated; is there a reason for this? Just curious...

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quote:
Originally posted by The Curt Jester

Thanks for all the maps. Being a PW (Persistent World) admin/DM I'm always looking for maps and stuff that can help with character backgrounds. Since we have a lot more than just a few characters running around, it really helps to actually know what some people are talking about, or help them with something.

This is the first time I've seen a map of the Kara-Tur area. I haven't looked over all the areas, but is there a possibility of getting a larger map that shows the location of Kara-Tur in relation to Faerun?<snip>



This is the link you want. The link in the first post leads to Rob's Handsome cartography in all its glory... if you don't mind waiting for the zoom feature to kick in...

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Edited by - Jakk on 11 May 2010 21:52:00
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