Because I’ve been working on this project so infrequently I’ve decided to list the different processes I use to make the maps as a reference to myself and anyone else that is interested in creating them.

4″ Battle Tile

• 1 hex = 3′
• Hex width 0.02, Solid Fill, Colour 18
• Single Vertical Corridors 3.45
• Single Horizontal Corridors: 3.0
• Double Vertical Corridors 6.45
• Double Horizontal Corridors 5.7
• Wall Width is 0.40000
• Saving to PNG (300 DPI): 1385 x 1200 pixels
• Saving to PNG (200 DPI): 924 x 800 pixels
• Saving to PNG (150 DPI): 693 x 600 pixels

7″ Battle Tile

• 1 hex = 3′
• Hex width 0.02, Solid Fill, Colour 18
• Single Width Corridors
  • Horizontal Corridors 3.20
  • Vertical Corridors 3.75
• Double Width Corridors
  • Horizontal Corridors 5′ 6″ wide
  • Vertical Corridors 6′
• Triple Width Corridors
  • Horizontal Corridors7′ 5″ wide
  • Vertical Corridors 9′
• Wall Width is 0.40000
• Floor Width and Height is 5.0000
• Saving to PNG: 1267 x 1024

Large Scale Maps

• Opened up the Old School VC
• Width 100 Heigh 84
• Selected Grid Overlay->Grid Settings
  • Choose Horizontal Hex
  • Grid Spacing 3.00
• Selected Finish
• Selected Draw
  • Hex or Square Overlay
  • Horizontal Hex and Grid Spacing 3.00 was preselected
  • Select Apply
• The Snap has now been reconfigured to the hex
• Using Colour 6 I created the proper size Hexagon with the Polygon Tool
• Create new Layer and Sheet “MASK”
  • Select Colour 29
  • Using the Polygon tool mask around the area
  • Select Erase -> Colour -> Colour 6
  • Make sure the sheet MASK is on the top
  • Freeze Layer
• Save