I recently wrote about my experiments with various terrain-drawing programs. One of my regular blog readers (Mike C) suggested that I look at the Memoir '44 scenario map editor ... and I tried to, but discovered that it seems to have been withdrawn by the publishers, Days of Wonder.
In the conclusion of my earlier blog post, I outlined the three options I had:
- Carry on using Hexographer ... and working as best I can with the screen size problem.
- Wait until HexDraw2 become available.
- Draw my own hex grids and individual tiles using MS Paint and accept the inevitable delay that this will cause.
Well, I have tried using Hexographer but I am finding the screen size problem just too much of a strain on my eyes. At present, there seems to be no published release date for HexDraw2, and I could easily have to wait for months (if not years) before it becomes available. I am therefore left with the third option ... to draw my own hex grids and individual tiles using MS Paint.
I've done this in the past, and I used my home-drawn hexes in my book, A WINTER-ISH WAR.
I thought that I had lost my original drawings when I had a computer memory failure a couple of years ago, but I found that I had saved a copy of them on a memory stick and I now have a starting point from which I can work.
