Cool trick -- using parallaxes to trace maps.

[mangabottle]

I know parallaxes are used to add a little more life to scenes, but I've found you can use them in the maker as a quick-cheat way for making maps. Simply set set up the map you want as a parallax in the resource manager, and when you make a map, set it to visible. Then you can just trace over it, and disable the parallax when you're done. It's much easier than trying to draw a map freehand, especially a big field map.

 

[Archeia]

I did this before and it works really well. I agree

 

[mangabottle]

I do have a problem, though -- I want to trace a 140 x 140 map, but I can't seem to get my parallax big enough. What pixel size should my parallax image be so it will fill the background?

 

[Archeia]

multiply a map size by 32. e.g. (17x32, 15x 32) to get the dimensions

 

[mangabottle]

Thank you so much! 

 

[AwesomeCool]

I do that all the time.

It is great to make things match up easier.