Software....

[j_cheney]

I spent a bit going through my CDs today, trying to determine what I never use.

Like my Campaign Cartographer2, CC2Pro, and City Designer2.

I paid a lot for these (before I started writing for publication, actually) but I never use them, which makes me sad. I acutally did learn to use the first one, and used it to do a nice map or two.....but CC2Pro turned out to be more complex, and I never found the time to learn it.

And I don't know if anyone would buy them, either....so there they sit, in all their expensive glory, ignored in my closet.

Buyer's remorse.

Comments

[jjschwabach.livejournal.com]

I find, for the level of maps I need to remind me of what's west of where, and how many rooms are on the first floor of such-and-such a building, MSPaint's as good as anything else. Or scribbling them on paper.

I have a binder with a really elaborate map of a world I created when I was 14. I used two sizes of graph paper -- one with 1/4 inch squares for the main map, then several with 1/8 inch squares for detail maps. I also created a pantheon, trade routes, etc. But at the time, I was just using the world for D&D games. I never tried to write a story set there; I never really had the interest.

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Yeah, this software's simply too complex for what I want...