Searched the forums if "Mapcrafter" was listed here but none.
Mapcrafter is a heightfield game utility that makes maps 'first' in 2D (like old nintendo RPG's) then transforms the 2D atlas map into a 3D heightfield. It not only makes maps, but populates them with prefabs: houses, trees, and other stuff (of your choice) and exports to .B3D and .X map formats. You can check it out here:
www.empowergames.com
I'm no advertiser or endorser of this product, I am a TGC consumer and I think TGC should support this program as DBPro does import .x file formats.
Solstar Games incorporated this mapping utility into their BlitzBasic/Blitz3D game engine: Realmcrafter.. so it'd be very cool if you can have the same mapping functionality implemented to DBPro to quickly make RPG games.
What do you think?
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