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#1 iamlucek Jan 03, 2012 1:16:12	When I was using windows as my OS I use masterplan to design my dungeons. At current I running Ubuntu Linux. So does anyone have a favored dungeon mapping program that either works well under wine or has native Linux support.
#2 Ra-Tiel Jan 03, 2012 7:17:05	You could take a look at Pyromancer's Online Dungeon Painter. It's a Flex/Flash application that runs in your browser and looks quite nifty. There's a demo video on Youtube showing what you can do with it.
#3 bone_naga Jan 03, 2012 12:46:36	Maptool is a VTT but you can also use it as a basic dungeon mapper and it's java-based so you should be able to run it. And it's free.
#4 Tempest_Stormwind Jan 03, 2012 13:06:06	When I was using windows as my OS I use masterplan to design my dungeons. At current I running Ubuntu Linux. So does anyone have a favored dungeon mapping program that either works well under wine or has native Linux support. Tiamat. It's free to create maps, and it allows easy access to public maps (those you or others create and choose to share) if you're on a time constraint. There's a slight cost attached to high-res maps, but it's cheap (and you get lifetime use of the Skeleton Key Games tiles you use, paying only for the ones you actually need, so it works out as an amazing deal if you like what SKG does). It's also browser-based. (If you don't need a high-res map for some reason,  I second Bone Naga's suggestion of MapTool; I've been suggesting it to others for years. (Personally, I use OpenRPG - a Python-based VTT - instead of MapTool, but as a mapper I'll be the first to say it's inferior to MapTool.)
#5 bone_naga Jan 03, 2012 14:13:32	I forgot all about Tiamat. SKG does some pretty good stuff. Do you know if you can purchase the tiles from the mapper? I know you can buy the pdfs, but then to use them in a different mapping program you have to turn the pdf into a hundred separate image files, then crop each one and turn the dead space transparent, it's a lot of extra work, but I want to use them in conjunction with other mapping objects and tiles that I have downloaded.
#6 Tempest_Stormwind Jan 03, 2012 15:19:22	I forgot all about Tiamat. SKG does some pretty good stuff. Do you know if you can purchase the tiles from the mapper? I know you can buy the pdfs, but then to use them in a different mapping program you have to turn the pdf into a hundred separate image files, then crop each one and turn the dead space transparent, it's a lot of extra work, but I want to use them in conjunction with other mapping objects and tiles that I have downloaded. You can buy individual tiles or tilesets from Tiamat, and you can also link up those you've already bought with Tiamat for no charge (although the method for this is a bit primitive, it involves personally mailing him a receipt) and set it up to sync with future purchases at the site. You can also export individual tiles as mini-scale images individually from Tiamat. The user guide tells all. It really was the lynchpin that got me using SKG all the time. The tag filters alone are amazing. The fact that it runs in a browser instead of a standalone program is all the better.
#7 bone_naga Jan 03, 2012 15:21:05	Good stuff, I'll have to check that out.
#8 Kortor Jul 31, 2013 8:49:35	maptools with java or roll20.net