Automatic Drawing doesn't appear to do anything.

[Xegethra]

I have the options selected in the auto drawing options, but nothing on the map gets drawn. I have to do everything manually. I don't mind stopping to make tweaks to what was auto drawn but I'd still like the general thing to be mapped out as I go.

https://i.imgur.com/6jiku9e.png

Does it depend on the game? I've been playing Ultima 1 from GOG.

[David Walters]

Hi Xegethra, the automatic drawing feature is a convenient way for secondary actions to be performed with one (manual) click. For example with the first option in your screenshot enabled - if you draw a stair up, a stair down on the floor above will be drawn for you automatically in the corresponding tile, etc.

You do still need to tell Grid Cartographer you want a stair though, it doesn't know. Probably worth a reminder that Grid Cartographer isn't trying to be an auto-mapper (for any game). It can track your position automatically to give a helpful frame of reference, offers a few convenience features like bulldozer mode, foot prints and these automatic secondary drawing actions, but ultimately you draw the map yourself.

[Xegethra]

Ahh O.K. I was only wondering because I saw somebody playing Wizardry on YouTube and it seemed like as he was moving, the walls and floor were being put down, but he still had to put in the detailed stuff. Still though, the ability to have a map with you on screen without messing around with pen and paper with limited desk space is definitely worth it.

[David Walters]

Well, without wishing to be contradictory you can sort of make use of Grid Cartographer to do a fake auto-map.

What you do is draw a map of the whole game, cover it in fog (in invisible mode) and then have the avatar marker erase that fog as it moves around, creating the illusion of the map being drawn in. There was still a human involved at one stage of the process though, and via gridcartographer.com you can download a few maps for games that are configured like this (or you could do it yourself if you don't look too closely so as to avoid spoilers)

Thanks