ultrium Posted February 10, 2003 Report Share Posted February 10, 2003 I have been playing with illustrator lately. here is a 1' hex grid pdf file. you can print it out and make your own battle mat. http://www.herogames.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=11667 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterVimes Posted February 10, 2003 Report Share Posted February 10, 2003 Excellent... I will have my daughter name my grandchildren after you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monolith Posted February 10, 2003 Report Share Posted February 10, 2003 Excellent! I'll have MisterVimes' daughter name his grandchildren after you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterVimes Posted February 10, 2003 Report Share Posted February 10, 2003 Originally posted by Monolith Excellent! I'll have MisterVimes' daughter name his grandchildren after you! What a cunning plan! I wish I'd thought of... HEY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delthrien Posted February 10, 2003 Report Share Posted February 10, 2003 Good stuff... I've also used Illustrator to generate hex grids for pbem games. Saved as a GIF, they're easy enought to edit and update... And they're low in calories, too! attached is a sample... Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edsel Posted February 10, 2003 Report Share Posted February 10, 2003 The sheet looks really good. One question though, which side is up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingly Posted February 10, 2003 Report Share Posted February 10, 2003 Hey, how come the tables in your nightclub are so much smaller than the tables in the HERO System Resource Kit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbsousa Posted February 10, 2003 Report Share Posted February 10, 2003 Campaign Cartographer (http://www.profantasy.com) lets you fill any closed shape with a hex grid. It requires a little math to make them 2meter hexes, but do it once and every map you draw will be to HERO scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultrium Posted February 11, 2003 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2003 Here is a different mat. The hexes are digitalize abit. This allows them to fit in a 3m x 3m or 10ft x 10ft square. The advantage of this allows the GM to draw the adventures on normal graph paper. http://64.123.171.226/1inchhexwithsquares.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monolith Posted February 11, 2003 Report Share Posted February 11, 2003 Well that was unusual. I never had a pdf open up in the middle of a message board before. I don't know if I liked that too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultrium Posted February 11, 2003 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2003 if people do not like I will not do it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edsel Posted February 11, 2003 Report Share Posted February 11, 2003 Yeah, the pdf had kind of a weird effect. It opened alright but it took a while. Really ate the bandwidth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkGreen Posted February 11, 2003 Report Share Posted February 11, 2003 Thank goodness the tables are a reasonable size. My group was quite disappointed with the Resource Kit. One guy bought it and we spent some time laughing at the alternately ludicrously over and undersized objects (together on the same maps!), then swore no one else would waste the money. Wasn't worthy of the Hero Games name, sorry -DG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delthrien Posted February 11, 2003 Report Share Posted February 11, 2003 And another thing... Includes a question for Ben Originally posted by mattingly Hey, how come the tables in your nightclub are so much smaller than the tables in the HERO System Resource Kit? Oh... y'know... spite. It just seemed that, in any restaurant/club I've ever been in, they've always gone for the "greatest number of chairs around the smallest available table" kind of thing. That, and I just couldn't picture myself sitting with friends around a cozy 2m diameter eating surface... If anyone is interested, I still have the original Illustrator files I used to create that -- one is 16x22 hexes, the other is 33x47 hexes. I was primarily going for something that would fit on a screen all at once so people could see everything at a glance. Just drop me a line. Actually, Ben (if that is your real name... ), would something like this (the blank versions) be a suitable candidate for the Freebie section? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcholmes Posted February 11, 2003 Report Share Posted February 11, 2003 Originally posted by dbsousa Campaign Cartographer (http://www.profantasy.com) lets you fill any closed shape with a hex grid. It requires a little math to make them 2meter hexes, but do it once and every map you draw will be to HERO scale. I've been playing with SVG maps (scalable vector graphics) a lot lately. Not the fastest to create, but I like the stuff I'm able to do with it. Here's part of our heroes' base. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcholmes Posted February 11, 2003 Report Share Posted February 11, 2003 Originally posted by DarkGreen Thank goodness the tables are a reasonable size. My group was quite disappointed with the Resource Kit. I didn't like the way the GM's screen was folded. Gimme the old-fashioned "surround-screen" any day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syberdwarf2 Posted February 11, 2003 Report Share Posted February 11, 2003 I like the 1" hex maps that I've seen so far. However, my problem is that I need to have the hexes go completely to the edge. I for one don't have money to shell out for a large map sheet. I'd rather save my money for the books/supplements. My goal is to have standard sheets ( 8.5" by 11") with hexes all the way to edge, that I can either run lots of copies of, or maybe just a few laminated copies that can be added together end to end. anybody have anything that could help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultrium Posted February 11, 2003 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2003 Syberdwarf2 says I like the 1" hex maps that I've seen so far. However, my problem is that I need to have the hexes go completely to the edge. I for one don't have money to shell out for a large map sheet. I'd rather save my money for the books/supplements. My goal is to have standard sheets ( 8.5" by 11") with hexes all the way to edge, that I can either run lots of copies of, or maybe just a few laminated copies that can be added together end to end. anybody have anything that could help? I am confused. Is this not what you wanted? Special note: be sure and turn off the expand or shrink options when you print out the pdf. If you do that, you will get perfect hexes. <p> ></p> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Seeman Posted February 11, 2003 Report Share Posted February 11, 2003 Originally posted by DarkGreen Thank goodness the tables are a reasonable size. My group was quite disappointed with the Resource Kit. One guy bought it and we spent some time laughing at the alternately ludicrously over and undersized objects (together on the same maps!), then swore no one else would waste the money. Wasn't worthy of the Hero Games name, sorry -DG Heh, well, thanks for letting me know all of my hard work was appreciated... although I had nothing to do with the maps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syberdwarf2 Posted February 12, 2003 Report Share Posted February 12, 2003 Originally posted by ultrium Syberdwarf2 says I am confused. Is this not what you wanted? Special note: be sure and turn off the expand or shrink options when you print out the pdf. If you do that, you will get perfect hexes. I'd like to turn of the shrink/expand options, but have no idea how to do so. :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultrium Posted February 12, 2003 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2003 I am assuming that you are using windows. When you press the print button, a dialog window like the one shown below should appear. Be sure that the check boxes in the red box are uncheck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent X Posted February 13, 2003 Report Share Posted February 13, 2003 Re: 1" hex battle grid pdf file Originally posted by ultrium I have been playing with illustrator lately. here is a 1' hex grid pdf file. you can print it out and make your own battle mat. http://64.123.171.226/1inchhexes.pdf Don't take this the wrong way... but I love you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent X Posted February 13, 2003 Report Share Posted February 13, 2003 Re: Good stuff... Originally posted by Delthrien I've also used Illustrator to generate hex grids for pbem games. Saved as a GIF, they're easy enought to edit and update... And they're low in calories, too! attached is a sample... Charlie I love you too. Now what am I supposed to do. I'm so torn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delthrien Posted February 13, 2003 Report Share Posted February 13, 2003 Re: Good stuff... Originally posted by Agent X I love you too. Now what am I supposed to do. I'm so torn. Well, as the song says, "If you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with..." Here's a blank version of the "night club" map... Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delthrien Posted February 13, 2003 Report Share Posted February 13, 2003 And another thing... ... Here's another version that uses larger hexes. Both of the files are sized so that they should easily fit into most browser windows. I've been experimenting with setting them up as flash files (another export filter from Illustrator). It actually allows you to zoom in on the map as long as you have the Flash plug-in... something I discovered entirely by accident. For those interested in the original Illustrator files, e-mail me and I'll send 'em on... Charlie (Again) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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