{"id":1196,"date":"2023-03-06T01:37:39","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T01:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wizque.com\/?p=1196"},"modified":"2024-01-16T23:03:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T04:03:04","slug":"hex-map-workflow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wizque.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/06\/hex-map-workflow\/","title":{"rendered":"Hex map workflow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Fantasy maps, generally, are an act of creativity, but sometimes that creativity needs help. For me, I need more than just a little help. I need a tool to help outline the general shape of the world. For project PolyCycles, I turned to an online map generator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hex map generator I wrote about in the Hex Map Generator post does have an amazing map generator, but I\u2019m looking for a tool that defines continents and territories. I want a world to be generated. Certainly, the logic of the hex map generator could be expanded upon to produce something closer to what I want, but that\u2019s extra work that might not payoff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Azgaar\u2019s Fantasy Map<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

There are some amazing map-making tools online, but I settled on Azgaar\u2019s Fantasy Map Generator <\/a>to help me come up with an outline of my world. Azgaar\u2019s Fantasy Map Generator<\/a> is open source and is supported by Patreon donations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The generator has a ton of options to customize maps: canvas size, cultures, states, towns religions, world settings to adjust equator, poles, tropical zone\u2026 Ah, there\u2019s a ton, which produces some very interesting maps. For me, the coolest features are related to displaying territories, roads and cities\/towns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With the above settings the following map is produced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Azgaar map is added to a material in Unity and the material is added to a plane. I generate a very large hex map by modifying the hex map code. Both maps are aligned. The hex map is saved and the work of conforming the hex map to the Azgaar map begins.<\/p>\n\n\n

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