Anyone know of good map making software available for Mac? I am looking for dungeon, world and city building programs.
Hexographer is pretty decent, and has the options for city and dungeon maps as well. I haven't tried it on a Mac, so make sure to give the free version a spin to try it out.
Quote from: Patrick;736705Hexographer is pretty decent, and has the options for city and dungeon maps as well. I haven't tried it on a Mac, so make sure to give the free version a spin to try it out.
I wasn't able to run it on my mac for some reason.
I've just had a look at it and had it running. Describe the process you went through.
Quote from: BarefootGaijin;736739I've just had a look at it and had it running. Describe the process you went through.
It was some time ago, but I believe i tried to download the free version, and wouldn't even open. Have a macbook air if that matters.
If I can manage to get hexographer up and running, can you use it for commercial purposes (i basically want to start making some of my own maps for publishing).
Quote from: BedrockBrendan;736776It was some time ago, but I believe i tried to download the free version, and wouldn't even open. Have a macbook air if that matters.
Same here! Just downloading the most recent version to see how I got it running. I will go through point by point.
1 - Download hexographer-pb.jar.
2 - Find the file (probably ~/Downloads). Right click file and choose "open".
3 - Yes, open the damn thing please dialogue box....
4 - It asks how much memory I want to use.
5 - I choose 1gb, it now asks for serial. I press cancel.
6 - "Enjoy the free version" message. Press okay.
7 - Hexographer arrives, generate map etc etc.
Yeah, try that. It seems to work.
try here for other question: publishing maps (http://inkwellideas.com/hexographer_forum/index.php?topic=100.0)
Quote from: BedrockBrendan;736776It was some time ago, but I believe i tried to download the free version, and wouldn't even open.
The filename (jar) indicates it's a Java program. Apple stopped including a Java runtime with the MacOS two or three years ago, I believe.
So, to run the jar program, you need to first go to the java.com website and install the latest version of Java.
(This is just a guess, mind, you might need to consult someone more knowledgeable than I.)
I think that hexographer is good enough in such a case and should resolve related issues easily. My own experience proved that.