lag

ok I am very new and trying to decide if I want to be a supporter. when I am creating my map (the old style dnd map, you know white squares surrounded by an ocean of blue) I get some lag while building it. is this normal? I am only creating a map the size of the inside cover of the classic dnd modules. I don't seem to get any lag when I reenter as a player. I want to be able to use dynamic lighting and such for my players but I don't want to deal with lag... i read somewhere in the post to use smaller maps and set them side by side, does that mean i can add each room as a different map to save on lag......any tips for a real newb?

Are you piecing it together inside roll20. Most of us that use map generaly build the base layer in a 3rd party software like gimp, paint.net, or something else. We then drop various tokens on the map after it is uploaded into the campaign. Someone will be by to ask more details and/ or offer more advice/help.

If you send me a join link I can come take a look. As of Rugged Reroll the map size is not much of an issue. Large map images are now rendered in smaller segments.