Mapping out caves...

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DarkhVorTeX
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Re: Mapping out caves...

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sabinati wrote:what am i supposed to do with that shit? put it in an envelope and mail it to people? fuck off tree-killer :roll:
There are plenty of trees lying on the ground. =)
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exewu
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Re: Mapping out caves...

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Just use runestones (you can use the stalactites). It's not that hard!
FierceNomad
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Re: Mapping out caves...

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FierceNomad used Simple Question!

Sabinati's snobbery levels are rising!

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Seriously though, thought of pen and paper while playing yesterday. That's a good idea. (So is image editor... I think photoshop can even automatically orient and bind multiple pictures that are supposed to connect)
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sabinati
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Re: Mapping out caves...

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FierceNomad used Pokemon Reference!

It's Super Effective!

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Peren
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Re: Mapping out caves...

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Never mapped caves before but this is what I use for mapping the surface:

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/ ... s/ivm/ice/ - Free download from Microsoft. Binds images. Really easy to use. Works really well producing accurate composites.

http://www.irfanview.com/ - Image viewer with a load of advanced features.

1. Use IrfanView to continuously take screenshots at an interval of a few seconds.
2. Use IrfanView to batch crop all the screenshots to remove the interface.
3. Select all the images and drag and drop them into MS ICE.
4. Once it's processed them, check that the mode in the bottom left is Planar 1. If it is on one of the others, select Planar 1 and it will process and bind them again - hopefully correctly this time.

If you have problems with ICE not binding images correctly, reduce the number of images that you are trying to bind - Do a few, export (PNG for lossless), then bind the exported composites.

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