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Map Design Software For Mac

Started by Bedrockbrendan, March 15, 2014, 10:19:21 AM

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Bedrockbrendan

March 15, 2014, 10:19:21 AM
Anyone know of good map making software available for Mac? I am looking for dungeon, world and city building programs.

Patrick

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March 15, 2014, 07:36:19 PM
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.

Bedrockbrendan

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March 15, 2014, 08:01:42 PM
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.

BarefootGaijin

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March 16, 2014, 12:25:39 AM
I've just had a look at it and had it running. Describe the process you went through.
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Bedrockbrendan

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March 16, 2014, 07:48:01 AM Last Edit: March 16, 2014, 07:58:09 AM by BedrockBrendan
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.

Bedrockbrendan

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March 16, 2014, 07:57:51 AM
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).

BarefootGaijin

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March 16, 2014, 09:54:08 AM Last Edit: March 16, 2014, 10:09:16 AM by BarefootGaijin
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
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Daddy Warpig

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March 16, 2014, 05:13:03 PM
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.)
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bobcharr

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May 22, 2014, 05:53:16 AM Last Edit: June 17, 2014, 05:39:18 AM by bobcharr
I think that hexographer is good enough in such a case and should resolve related issues easily. My own experience proved that.
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