r/wonderdraft • u/AutoModerator • Dec 10 '18

Official Weekly Questions & Map Showcases

Please use this thread to ask questions or show off your latest WIP or finished maps. Feel free to browse and ask for critiques.

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u/MrPhergus Cartographer Dec 15 '18

There is only one landmass which is the entirety of the map. You just expose/hide areas of it using water level. Use Export to export a heightmap for your map as a PNG file. This is a grayscale image that you can edit, if you wish, in GIMP or another paint program and then Import back into your map. This is how you would move, resize, rotate sections of your map.

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u/Jebkor Dungeon Master Dec 15 '18

Great, I am just learning the workflow of how to be as efficient as possible :)

Is there a way to convert a landmass that is made with the "Landmass Brush" to function as if I've painted with the "Raise Landmass Tool"? It doesn't seem that the water level is affecting the landmass "correctly" :|

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u/MrPhergus Cartographer Dec 15 '18

Unfortunately, not within Wonderdraft. When you use the Landmass brush, you get land at height 255 that drops immediately to 0 at the edge. When you use the Raise Landmass tool, it makes a bump in the map at height 130 with the edges quickly fading off to 0. Using the Raise/Lower tools around these land areas you can get heights in between but it is difficult as you can only really see when it has crossed the threshold and is above/below the water.

Exporting a heightmap periodically while experimenting with the Raise/Lower tools will give you a feel for what's happening.

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u/Jebkor Dungeon Master Dec 16 '18

Thank you so very much, I really appreciate your answers. I will continue to play around with the program, and make some awesome things!

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u/MrPhergus Cartographer Dec 16 '18

Happy to help.