Azgaar's Fantasy Map Generator Tutorial Part 1: Basics and Creating your own map
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ก.ค. 2024
- In this video I will be covering the basics of viewing and editing your map so that you can get started right away. More features will be covered in later parts
0:00 Introduction
0:50 Saving
1:30 Layers and Map View
2:22 Editing Landmass
4:40 Biomes
5:08 Political Landscape
7:18 Map Exporting
7:32 Creating From Scratch
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Discord Invite where there is a Help channel to ask questions:
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I do not know why the video rendered as blurry as it did, if you have issues seeing all the labels, let me know and I will try and see if I can reupload this video.
This video's fantastic. I've always wanted to use Azgaar's but it just seemed so insanely complicated I never tried to touch it. This is a phenomenal breakdown and I'm gonna play around in the software ASAP!
So glad I could find a tutorial on Azgaar, hopefully gonna try recreating the world from Guardians of Ga'Hoole with this!
I came across this generator a few days ago and was really impressed, but haven't played with it much yet. I was surprised when you mentioned that names are generated according to the culture. When I was looking at a few maps, it seemed to me that they were all completely random, or generated by someone banging their head on the keyboard.
The namebase generator in an incredibly unique tool with occasionally very funny or nonsensical generations. My Part 3 video covers cultures and their effects in a little more detail as well.
Holy shit this is the greatest thing I have ever seen! I am so happy that such a thing exists, this is everything I ever wanted and never thought actually could exist
OMG you've given me so much to work with! I have my own roleplaying map done by hand and i wanted something to make it look better. I was going to go with inkarnate but wanted to give azgaar a try since it looked cleaner and now you've just casually given everything i wanted! So great, thank you for your videos!
These were so helpful and got me hooked on using Azgaar, thanks Bepis!
This is amazing. It's really going to help me with my writing. Thank you so much!
Very thank you. I tought it was just a random world generator. You just changed my whole perspective of this software.
i can't believe how much detail is in this! I've used the map generator before and loved it but THIS.... omfg
Thank you so so much for the tutorial! This is epic
bro this entire series helped me so much
I came across this beast of a website some months ago but felt over whelmed by it so your video definitely will be some help
Thank you!! I couldn't quite get some things by myself, but you've helped me a lot!
Fantastic video, it gives a perfect synopsis of what the generator can do at a glance. A friend of mine showed me this to help me make more fleshed out areas in my dnd settings, since as you put it it can be tiring placing hundreds of small towns. Thanks a lot for this, I'll certainly be showing it to all of my other friends who'd need it.
Thank you, I appreciate it so much! This tool has definitely taken customization and map-making to a whole new level, I'm just contributing however I can.
Looking forward to part 2
Brilliant tutorial for a brilliant tool. Thank you very much!
This was INSANELY helpful!!!
insanely amazing video
Thank you this is the best video on azgaars Ive found so far, what do you use this generator for primarily, like what are you using these maps for?
Thanks for the support! I got the inspiration 3 years ago to make my own world, utilizing my love for history and just making maps and timelapses as a hobby. Since then, it has evolved into the seat of a D&D campaign, and I hear many others use it the same way.
Anything that you can apply maps to, you can use this program for.
very useful tool , my friend sent me this generator and i went to check a tutorial , good one i found here . Gj.
You just made my day!
Thanks for this video. Very helpful !
Great video! Looks so easy to generate a realistic map
As an author, this video helps a lot! Thank you!
Amazing video! Thank you very much for this tutorial! ^-^
Hello. I just found this and its fantastic. Thank you.
Thanks, this is super helpful!
This is so helpful!
Thanks!! this is so helpful :]
What a great video! Thank you for doing this series!!
Can you save a map and come back later to keep working on it or maybe edit for some changes?
Yes, saving as a .map file saves the entire map and is meant to be loaded right back into the program. The same with saving to storage.
Thanks 👍
Большое спасибо за плейлист по этому замечательному инструменту!
Я очень рад, что тебе нравится!
@@IsBepis я планирую делать игру и для этого мне нужно будет сделать множество карт, до этого я думал просто час сидеть и генерировать случайные карты, пока не найду хорошую, но решил поискать на ютубе материал. Завтра я посмотрю все видео и пойду пробовать что-то сделать
thank u
Awesome video! I'm just currently struggling to make all of my map fit into view so I can save it as a jpeg, but I'm having issues with zooming out that far, or even changing the canvas size
Does mouse wheel not work for zooming in and out? You should be able to zoom with ease. There are certain types of generation which leave off some of the map intentionally rather than creating full continents.
Great video my firend. Still Holds up after a year as well.
Gosh I hope someone has this programs source code saved. Gonna be a bad day when I lose this GM tool. Great video gonna go watch the others, thanks for content covering this.
It's open source on GitHub, and you're also free to download it locally!
@@IsBepis Indeed, so excited to see and they have a support page. Thanks again for making these videos.
I've started using this program a couple days ago and I'm really liking it so far. I've got one question though. When you save the map using the "Machine" option, does it save directly to your computer's hard drive?
Yes, Machine downloads a local .map file of your map and is the most recommended way to save a map.
@@IsBepis Thanks for answering. Keep up the good work with these tutorials.
Hey, i was wondering if there is an easy way to add/remove specific relief icons. - I only want mountains, not the tens of thousands of other items it spawns cause it will take an age to manually remove them even with the brush delete because the number of them turns it into a slide show.
The best option is to the use the paintbrush icon on max settings to delete all other icons. I would recommend turning off all layers except for relief to minimize the lag. Unfortunately, I don't think there is a better way.
I am having so much fun with this website that I was excitedly talking about it to my parents it's so fun to use, I feel like some sort of god while using this it's so exciting!!! Ahubwsnedjfk
so the white lines around the landmasses will update automaticity to match the rivers? cause im trying to edit it right now and idk what im doing lol
So sorry for the delay in response! I'm unsure what you mean by white lines around the landmass. Cells should respond to the presence of a river or not, and relief icons and biomes should act accordingly.
Fun fact: If you erase the full map and finish customizing you'll have the perfect map for a cluster of islands
Checking it out right now. Seems like the maps generated for my part differ slightly from what I see in your video. The water seems to be visible through the landmasses so I never get any solid land to show up.
So you're not getting any land to generate? It is random generation so everyone's maps are gonna look different in shape. There's also plenty of styles under the "options" tab which might make your map appear visually different. It's hard to say, let me know if any of that helps or not.
@@IsBepis Nah, man. Every time it generates, it appears like this. You can clearly see the water through the landmasses.
i.imgur.com/kDH4hdf.png
I made a side by side comparison with the video and the same settings. It's decidedly different. XD
i.imgur.com/V6bVAG4.png
Is it possible to give the borders of the landmass and randomize the height map keeping the coast lines?
There is no straightforward way to do this but I have some ideas:
First is to use the templates editor, which takes a bit of technical know-how but may be more accurate to true randomization.
Second is to paint the outline of your heightmap the normal way and then use the disrupt brush along the interior.
Third is to use the Taklamakan heightmap preset and then carve your coastline into it.
do you know if the names that it generates are random names or related to d&d or somthing like tht. i love some of the names and wanna use it for my story but scared that its used in other things.
The names are generated from Namebases (which you can find under Tools section). They work by taking in input and combining inputted words together to form new ones. So you are free to use all the names you see, even the ones from my videos lol.
Most of these namebases are historically based, (some are based on the classic fantasy species like Elves, goblins, etc.) The inputs are real names of cities and locations, but they generate completely new and original names from them. For example, the Greek namebase has Macedon and Antioch, and but you'll see on a generated map a name like "Antidon".
Only thing of note is that I have seen the same names generated before. For example the generator really likes the name "Inzburg" somewhere when using the German namebase. Still, you are perfectly free to use all the names given to you. Apologies for the delay in response!
@@IsBepis so awesome and thank you so much for replying with detailed info brother . This site is just amazing ,it helped motivate me to put waaay more effort into my fantasy world I’m building.
Keep up the content man !
is there a way to add a border around the perimeter of the map? like if you wanted there to be trees or something?
Like on the edges of your screen? At the moment, no, though if you want to add trees yourself, you can do so via adding relief features. Granted, the map doesn't actually have any border, it is really just the same size as your screen.
So is there a way to have the style much more easy to read like this? the current one is all glass and see through detail.
In this video I was just using the default style preset. Maybe try resetting to default as well. If not, try looking at the labels element, it sounds like the font might be messed up.
@@IsBepis i will give it a try. It is less the font and more the contrast levels seem to be almost 0 for the color for territories and such.
@@garnettkaruna8767 I see, weird. That might be opacity which you can adjust in states style
How do you add a label on the map? Like, add a name or something. Is there a textbox option or something??
In the menu, go to Tools. Then, down at the bottom it says "click to add" and "label" beneath that. Then just click anywhere on your map to add it, then click the label itself to customize.
@@IsBepis thank you so much for replying to me, your videos are really helpful 🙏
By the way, you can use this on your phone. It's clunky but you can
Hi nice video I would use azgaars fmg a lot I kinda understand how to use its just its laggy for me. I have a pretty decent laptop that can run some high quality games but for some reason azgaars fmg really lags me out and when ever I zoom in or move the map it has like a 5 second delay which is really annoying. So I would appreciate if you could give me some suggestions on how to clear the lag thanks.
On my main map I have also been facing recent lag. Always check layers - relief is often the laggiest, followed by points number, and then different style types. If turning those off doesn't improve much, "labels" layer has been giving me a lot of issues as well.
hey, man. i hope this message finds you well. look, i have a question. i'm having difficulty to import my own map into azgaar. its format is jpg and, by the way, i've tried to convert to svg format and, in fact, without sucess, it didnt work too. help me, please.
i've been a big fan of Azgaar for a while now, and i'm really hoping to use it to create my own maps. i would be incredibly grateful if you could provide some assistance with this issue. any advice or guidance would be greatly appreciated.
in advance, pretty thanks
For JPG, PNG, and SVG filetypes, you can only import through the heightmap image converter. You can only directly load .map filetypes into the program, which you get when you save your map to machine.
Although I did enjoy this video, and I know that it's a video, but you spoke very fast, and I couldn't quite grasp all of the features. I'm not sure if this was supposed to be a tutorial or just an introduction to the features. However, I would love to see a more in-depth video about each one of its features, much longer than a two or three minute clip in a video.
This is indeed an overview of the program at large. I have made subsequent videos on my channel which go more in depth into the features! Links are in the description or you can find them on my channel.
I know I speak a bit fast and I wanted to get this video under at least 12 minutes, which is why I've added subtitles. My other videos also have subtitles.
is there an eazy way for a state to annex another state without having to redraw the Provinces?
There is no direct feature other than state painting. What I normally do is paint over one state entirely with another (excluding the Capital because it won't let you) and then deleting the annexed state. Provinces should be kept in tact and even transferred to another color. The only change you'll need to make is with the former state's Capital Cell.
Hey bro. For some reason i can't figure out why one of my states has a bunch of provinces and the other has none. Also one state has the full name of the Council of while my kingdom state instead of being called Kingdom of, its just called by its name. Can you help me out
Provinces are mostly determined by how many you set in Options, size of a state, and how many burgs it has. It may also be influenced by the government type, populations, or culture?
Regarding the naming, the generator automatically chooses which form to fit the space for the state. Every state has a long name and short name which you can edit via the States editor. If a state is smaller, it will more likely use the short-form name, but you can edit what it uses and override this.
When I try to make a new state it doesn’t work and I don’t know why. I click the plus button then I click on the map but nothing happens
Have you tried placing it anywhere on your map? There can sometimes be limitations, such as you cannot place a new country in the same cell as another country's capital, and you cannot place a country where there is no culture or population present.
Otherwise, it may be a glitch - try refreshing your browser. Clear cache if that doesn't work. If the problem persists, I would suggest asking and providing further details in the discord.
Not sure if you will see this. But, how do you get the language to show up on the drop down when you add them?
@@tascharahernandez5867 You may need to be more specific, are you talking about when adding cultures? You can click on their associated namebase to bring up the dropdown menu
@@IsBepis I figured it out, thank you for replying though. I was trying to add cultures to the list of preset cultures.
How do you share the map? I'm using this to create a world for my own DnD campaign and need to give it to my players.
You can use the export options to make a nice sharable map image. Bumping up the scale allows better zooming. If you want them to interact with it more, you can share the .map file and they can load it up in the program
@@IsBepis awesome, thank you for that
Is it possible to upload a shapefile of an area as a template?
I'm unfamiliar with shapefile. As far as I know the program only takes image files like png or jpg.
@Bepis can there be a mobile version since I'm only using mobile
I am not the program's creator. Apparently it is minorly compatible with mobile, but not reocmmended.
i have a pretty good pc and cant go over 20k cells. how do u go for 60? is it the browser or the ram? why can u do this?
That one's still a bit of a mystery. Definitely has something to do with your browser version and browser ram. I've started using Opera because I can mitigate ram directly and it seems to have helped a little bit. Lag might also be attributed to which layers you have turned on (at the moment, relief icons and labels tend to generate the most lag). Try using more cells with no layers on and see the threshold you can handle.
Part of it is also just having to put up with some of the lag unfortunately.
is there a way to change a border of two countries, make war of something
I have a Part 3 Tutorial which covers that!
by any chance, is there any mesoamerica cultures? Like mayan or aztec?
Yes, the namebases just label them differently than what you may expect. Look for labels like Quechua, Nahuatl, and Hawaiian.
@@IsBepis thank you!
So I literally tried to reproduce all of the settings he had ( and I do Mean ALL of them ) but every time I try to make my own map, after I draw the new map and finalize it, it disappears and I'm left with nothing but ocean... insidiously blue ocean. I've even tried just editing the random map I'm given and still, poof gone.
If clicking "exit customization" after finishing is not working, it sounds like a bug. I would try refreshing/closing and reopening your browser and possibly cleaning the browser cache.
If that doesn't work, reporting it on the discord would help out.
@@IsBepis thanks for the help, it's working perfectly now though knowing me I probably would have skipped the Discord and went straight to taking a bazooka to my computer lol.
Also, how do you change the color of the country?
From the menu go to Tools and then "States" near the top. From there, click the colored boxes next to each state and you can customize the colors!
@@IsBepis thank you!
Why does it lag if i generate on my phone? Also on my pc it lags
Certain features like points number, relief icons, and certain styles will all generate considerable lag. Also, I do not believe this generator was designed with mobile in mind, would not recommend using your phone
Can you export this to unreal engine or unity?
Yes, it is technically feasible using the GeoJSON data export. I saw a user import their entire map into Unreal a while ago. It will take a good bit of adjustment and work on the Unreal / Unity side of things, however. It's not exactly my area of expertise unfortunately. If you're looking for help I recommend asking around in the Discord
I know I late but how do I load a map I saved to my iPhone, I tried but it doesn’t work 😢😢😢
Unfortunately I don't know much about the mobile version. I know it is not recommended to use. However, you could try checking your phone's interior files to find the .map file that was saved. If you saved to browser, then it relies on your browser memory which may behave differently on iPhone
How did you get the biome editor
Under the Tools menu, there is a button to access the biomes menu
Why is it so laggy?(for me). Btw great video
Certain things like Relief Features, Points Number, and some style configurations will lag the program. If it still lags on 10k points and Relief off, it could be browser-related
The program does run on your browser, and will use a fair bit of memory and CPU resources. If it's laggy, it may be because it is exceeding memory allocation for the browser.
Someone Tell Me Why It Is SO LAGGY And I Only Have 10K Cells And My Laptop Is Only From 2020 Or 2021
It could be the layers, relief and labels (when there are a lot) can generate a lot of lag. Also try different browsers. Chrome can tend to suck at its ram allocation. If it still persists, try asking in the discord
Man I have been using the Azgaar name since 2008 and now I have a map and everyone who see's me in games, they mistake me for this map lol...
Whoa. So you're Azgaar, but not the Azgaar who created this map software?
@@IsBepis I don't know what this map is, People keep sending me messages about this map...
@@RayedShahin Lmao it's interesting to me that you share a rather unique name with the creator. Basically a guy who also goes by Azgaar made a program which randomly generated fantasy world maps which you can edit however you want. I just made a tutorial on this software, I have nothing to do with the creation of the thing.
@@vazus171 There's the real Azgar fantasy map
how to declare war
go to the bar, find the guy who's there alone, and stare at him for just _a bit_ too long. that should do it.
im mobile xd
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