Fussy Map Grids

So I was trying to import a map, and couldn't get the grid to match up. I've seen quite a few people complain about this.

Well, I think I've found a solution.

-Instead of creating a new map and importing the image, first you need to edit the image. Crop the image so that the very edges of the image match as exactly as you can with the furthest edge grid line, on all four sides.
-Next you count the width and height of the map in squares.
-Create a new RAW map with the same dimensions as your map.
-Using the Image Scaler under the draw tools, import the map as an image, and choose to "fill" the map.

Ta-da! A map with a very close approximation of the grid.

Keep in mind that i haven't tried this on huge maps yet, which have the biggest issue with grid snap, but the idea is sound, and it should work.

 

There have been a lot of people, myself included, that have put in a request for a drag-able grid overlay. I haven't seen a response to it from the development team. We can just hope that they'll maybe fix it soon.

 

I hear ya buddy. But obviously before we came along, enough people came around and complained about dynamic FoW that they made that a bit of a priority. Here's to hoping they make drag-able map grids the next priority.

 

What we're referring to is the capability to drag and set individual grid lines, allowing us to have an irregular grid, that way we can set the grid lines to fit with maps that don't have a consistent grid, like the maps for Paizo's AP's. I used to think that it was a problem with the grid vector (maybe their grid lines are two pixels wide while the d20Pro grid line is only one pixel) that made it impossible to line them up correctly, but then I started to notice that about 1/2 the AP maps lined up pretty well on one axis, while not being able to line up at all on the other.

Basically, not all maps have grids that are truly square, and it would be a major help if we were able to make our grids irregular as well.

 

I'm not exactly skilled with image manipulation, so I would really know how to go about that without it being just a series of random stretching, importing, finding it still doesn't fit, repeat, over and over and over again until I get it right. I can see how that would be easier for you guys, instead of trying to code the ability for custom grid vectors, but it certainly isn't easier for me.

But there are also images in which the grid is irregular in an irregular manner, and no amount of image stretching will fix that. I know this is an extreme example, but this is a map I've been trying to get to fit the d20Pro grid for freaking EVER!



As you can see, there a quite a few spots where even along the same axis, it's not the same number of pixels from one grid line to the next. Is it poor cartography, yes, but I'd still like to be able to use this map in my games.

I doubt this helps, but I'll explain how my brain sees the UI for such a thing: Make the map as you normally would for d20Pro, setting the grid size as best you can and everything, but BEFORE clicking save on the grid placement screen, I was thinking you could click and drag individual grid lines, and maybe even buttons to add an extra grid line at the very bottom or far right that could then be manipulated in the same way, just in case manipulating the existing grid lines leaves you with a gap at the end, and the reverse, being able to delete an excess grid line at the edge of the map.

While I don't expect this kind of feature, I gotta say, it would be immensely useful. I really want either this, or the capability to move characters independent of the grid, so that you can just make the grid invisible, and wing it based on the visual grid that the map already has.