Question about where to find tile for wilderness terrain and how to stamp Terrain Hex tiles

[Keith Schur]

Hi folks,

I am new to MapForge and I am trying to figure out where I can find tiles for making wilderness maps.  I purchased a tree add-on, and I see some add-ons that have roads and the Black Scroll Games village tiles (this one seems to have one or more grass tiles), but I was wondering where I can find add-ons with a variety different grass, hills, or water feature tiles.  I see lots of good content for dungeon or cave settings, but few add-ons for wilderness.  Is there a basic set of tiles I need to download?

My second question is regard to the Terrain Hex tile set by David Baumgart.  When I try to place the tiles in a hex grid they are off-center.  I fiddled with the grid settings options to make it close, but I was wondering if there is something basic I am missing.  I would assume that the hex tiles would just auto-snap into the hex grid without the need for me tuning the configuration settings.

Thanks in advance for any tips!

-Keith

[Heruca]

I'll answer the second question first.

In the Map Settings screen, after selecting a hex grid, there's a checkbox labeled "Snap to hex" that you need to enable. I think that's the step you're missing. It sounds like you've had it set to snap to a square grid, which you sometimes want, if you're making a map with tiles and tile overlays rather than hex-shaped assets.

As for wilderness mapping, here's a list of Add-Ons that can help:

Vegetation 1 and Vegetation 2 (currently only available to Patreon supporters).

Mapping Basics

DWW Outdoor Map Tiles (free)

Most of Gabriel Pickard's Add-Ons have a grass tile or texture that might help as a background to place vegetation on.

King's Road Country Highway from Heroic Games might provide a good basis for wilderness maps, just don't use the road tiles

Dungeon Map Tiles actually has a fair number of outdoor tiles (grass, water, etc.)

SG's Fantasy Pack has some grass textures, trees, etc.

The pack that would have been ideal as a basis for most wilderness maps hasn't actually been released yet. You can see a preview of it here. Alas, the Kickstarter campaign to fund it failed miserably. I'm hoping to self-publish it after MapForge v1.1 is released.

[Heruca]

The latest Add-On from the MapForge Patreon campaign provides a great way to make outdoor maps.