GameMapPlotter Files

Feb.15, 2025
contact:donchurch@tutanota.com 
https://sourceforge.net/projects/gamemapplotter/

This readme.txt file is also contained in the program package.

Note: This project is only hosted on SourceForge.net which means that the
latest files can always be found at the address above.

   I'm using wxGlade and Wing IDE as dev.tools to create GameMapPlotter
(GMP).

The source code has remnamts of my LandSurveyTools application having
stripped it down massively to isolate only needed functionality for
the game plotting functions.

The basic process is to install Python, ver.3.11 is the latest that has
py2exe support, then using pip, add Wxpython, Matplotlib, and Pyperclip.

Then just run the GameMapPlotter.py file using Python and the Wilds End
map is ready to use with 5 points in it already.

To start from scratch, the only required files are:

GameMapPlotter.py
program_files(folder) with Common_Vars.py and dat.py inside.

Being run with just these, the additional files and folders used will be
created.

Tooltips are used to give needed info and direction within the program
and I'll repeat here that for map plotting functionality a .PNG file of
the image and a coordinate file labelled <<map name>>.XY containing the
X and Y values for the lower left and upper right corners is needed.

The two screenshots of application were made on my Linux box so they don't
look the same as on Windows and I have another app on sourceforge called
MassWidgetResizer that can be used to scale the size of wxGlade projects
like this one.  Scaling from a prevously scaled app might not look so good.
 I scaled this one down twice so tweaking with wxGlade may be desirable to
 some. If using the resizer to scale the GMP.wxg file, the next step would
 be to open GMP.wxg in wxGlade and apply the changes to the
 GameMapPlotter.py file.
 
 I couldn't get py2exe to compile so if there are any efficionados willing
 to create one I'll include it here until I succeed myself.
 
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 March 20, 2025
 
 Having discovered that the interactive map at Shalazam provides coordinates
 it has made it possible to generate new maps for all of the areas.  To date
 these are the included maps:
 
 Thronefast-N.Avendyr
 S.Avendyr (Avendyr's Pass being so long is divided into two overlapping maps)
 Eastern Plains
 N.Silent Plains  (Divided as well)
 S.Silent Plains
 Wild's End
 Halnir Cave
 Goblin Cave
 
 and two larger area coverage maps:
 south three
 north zones
 
 I've only tested the lower level areas and so only a few have been
 tested as of the current date.  To delete point just remove the lines
 in the listed points and then export the shown list, move the file from
 export folder to import folder then select "replace" and import.
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