Maps

Hi guys, I am master in a game with a few friends, I am basing the adventure on Pillars of Eternity. The thing is I am using the maps of the game to play, but its taking me a way to long. Since I have to get in game, screenshot all around, go to directory, edit everything and put it together making it look good. So here is the question, does anybody knows if there is a way to get maps from the Pillars, Baldurs, Icewind dale, etc, etc as a jpg file, while keeping the zoom detail? I have seen files around, but quality disappear as soon as you zoom in. I include a image so you can see the quality and the idea of how I want them. Thx for your time guys :D

Generally speaking such documents are only made the same way you are hunting for them, as the maps are property of the developers are are part of what makes their games desirable to play.The quality is almost always going to be terrible because of this. You got three options as I see it: -Keep hunting and making maps like you have been and dealing with terrible quality. -Make your own isometric maps -buy/use other developers isometric maps on the marketplace or as shared here. A while back I went with option #2 and I share my maps (the more recent of which are isometric) in this forum. Long term I feel that was the best move, but it is very time consuming (I spend about 20-30 hours a week working on map assets for my weekly game). That said, there are a TON of great modules on the marketplace that can give you flexibility in making dungeons for your games and encourage you to take a look if you don't have time to invest in the art side of things. The modular maps are especially cool and can speed up your GM worktimes while also looking especially stunning. 

The other thing to think about is, just because you are following a module, does the map have to look exactly as it is presented in the module? This gets to what Encartrus is talking about.  As long as the maps support all the encounters, does it have to look like the book? How will the players/characters even know?

The quality is gorgeous if you do it the way I do, like if you were playing the game, but I was just looking for a way to save the time of copy+pasting the screenshots 1 by one. The only times the quality is terrible when I try to use a image from internet instead making it myself, I guess because of the resolution. The thing is that I am quite sure that it should be someway to do it faster and better, just wondering if anyone knew how :D Here I attach a image of the same area zoomed out. I checked by the way and image is 8232x4336, that's I guess the reason why it keeps the quality, I am quite sure you can see the combat area of the previous pic. Edit: mmm img not attaching, maybe too big. 6.6mg Link to it:&nbsp;<a href="http://imgur.com/v9QX1rO" rel="nofollow">http://imgur.com/v9QX1rO</a>

Shadow said: Edit: mmm img not attaching, maybe too big. 6.6mg Link to it:&nbsp; <a href="http://imgur.com/v9QX1rO" rel="nofollow">http://imgur.com/v9QX1rO</a> I have to say, that's very cool. After playing a game with that map, how could you ever go back to ;-P

Hahaha, well, its just to give ambience and have detailed areas for combat and stuff, the only sad thing is that its somehow "limited" to the adventure, that's the reason to have access to the maps, imagine the map selection if you add, Baldur's, Icewind dale, Temple of elemental evil, Divinity original sin, planetscape + the new one coming or even shadowrun if you play sci-fi :)_ I just hope someone knows how :)_

Again, you have to be careful about how you host that as it is licensed property of a modern game. If any of the delevopers notice it you will be shut down faster than you can say lawyer.

I can only recommend these to you: <a href="https://marketplace.roll20.net/browse/search/?keyw" rel="nofollow">https://marketplace.roll20.net/browse/search/?keyw</a>...

Those are nice and well done, sadly, not what I am looking for, the fact that the grid is showing is a no-no for me, I like my players to get hit by they own fireballs because&nbsp;a poorly aimed one :D

To get what you want for personal use, you will have to find and ask at a mod forum for that particular game. Anything else such as distributing the images/maps would probably be considered piracy. This thread can only remain on topic if it is about roll20 itself, once it moves off that specific subject it will be considered an offtopic thread.

Honestly the best advice I can give for you is ti look into games that have custom map building software support. Such as starcraft or Divinity Orginal Sin. Build it in there, and you can screen shot the sections you want quite easily. It will make your life easier. tbh in a ideal world we would have a in depth isometric builder with beautiful art and free easy control over the enviroment to mold to our desire... Some day.

There are quite a few Isometric bits on the Dudjinni forums if that's a help

Thx for the answer guys, I'll check those ideas. I was even thinking to go to obsidian forums and ask to one of the official developers if there is a way to do that, maybe they can help me, or maybe not, dunno :D By the way, I also have divinity and the editor, but it does not work or better said I have no idea how to save the map as a image file. And since it is 3D screenshot around doesnt work, because the perspective change when you move around.