JG <
gmk...@gmail.com> wrote in news:rsv3cj$vka$
1...@dont-email.me:
> You know, I remember the times when CC was this kind of software
> that was just too expensive to really consider buying. In my
> mind this stuff is still in the hundreds of Euros.
It can be, if you pay full price and buy the entire package.
>And then
> ProFantasy sold it for like 15 bucks during the pandemic, and I
> got it there, and later Humble Bundle offered it for even
> cheaper with addons
> (
https://www.humblebundle.com/software/maps-extravaganza-encore-s
> oftware?hmb_source=navbar&hmb_medium=product_tile&hmb_campaign=ti
> le_index_7 which is still going).
>
> And I... am a bit disappointed. I expected a bit more than what
> I am getting there. It's basically a CAD program for making
> fantasy maps,
It's very specialized for making maps. CAD programs do not normally
have sophisticated graphic effects (done with sheets in CC3+).
>but it also is difficult to use
No disagreement on that. The user interface shows it's CAD
ancestry, which is very different than how most graphics programs
work. Once you get used to it, it's fast and efficient, but it's
not intuitive. The Profantasy forums and Facebook group are both
full of helpful people to master the intricicies, though.
> and needs a
> plethora of additional assets to make it usable. In fact if I
> didn't buy that bundle I would have felt like it was barely
> usable (they don't advertise the fact they have some additional
> free downloads on their website all that well, they are hidden
> as a free sampler of their subscription service).
You're not limited to using *only* their art assets. You can use
any standard graphics formats (though PNG works best, since JPEG
doesn't do transparent backgrounds). There's *tons* of art
collections floating around, some free, like Vintryi, which has an
installer specific to CC3+ available.
https://www.vintyri.org/vintyri/cc3p_addons.htm
>
> Anybody using it for anything in their games?
>
Many people are, including me.
--
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