Remapping module maps

[Red Baron]

I've seen noncommercial referee-made alternate/variant maps for B1 and B2. Is anyone aware of similar remappings for other modules?

I'm having a hard time searching for these online, because I get search results with keyboard "remappings" for computer games, which is not what I am looking for.

[bobjester0e]

I did a similar search these last few days, only for alternate maps of the Lost City of Cynidicea map and any of the connecting passages between the pyramid on the surface to the city below.

No luck, of course, but my internet search skills are only hampered by... being me, and microsoft bing search engine blows - and reminds me to switch out search engines on my W10 lap to something that works better. Unfortunately, I don't know of any good alternative search engines that are not hampered by [redaction].

Anyhoo, the lack of search results has prompted me to use my spare time to create my own alternate maps of B4, of which I am pretty happy with the overhead view of the City of Cynidicea, as I really hate isometric maps of this scale, but I'm not satisfied with my own renditions of the connecting caverns. I know what I want to depict, but my ability to get that onto paper is rusty.

I need to spend more time with my pencils and less time on the internet.

[asaki]

Feb 6, 2021 20:08:15 GMT -6 bobjester0e said:

No luck, of course, but my internet search skills are only hampered by... being me, and microsoft bing search engine blows - and reminds me to switch out search engines on my W10 lap to something that works better. Unfortunately, I don't know of any good alternative search engines that are not hampered by [redaction].

I used to like Bing, but then they started dropping support for things like "" and + and -, so I begrudgingly went back to Google...and then they decided to copy Bing, so now I have to put quotations and + around EVERYTHING, and it still ignores half of your search terms (or thinks you misspelled them). Thanks, Jeeves.

You just can't win.

I still try to use Bing first though, because they give you free Amazon moneys... ¬_¬

I do need to remember to swap out my Google hotkeys for startpage.com/ though. It uses the same engine, but it bypasses all of Google's trackers and filter bubbles.

[Parzival]

I use DuckDuckGo.com
No tracking, and works as well as the others AFAICT.

[asaki]

I tried DuckDuckGo a few times, I like their ethos, but it didn't seem to turn up as many results for me. I need to give it another try sometime.

[bobjester0e]

Startpage (ixquick) is awesome.

As far as re-mapping, I am past this phase of mapping for B4, and now working on additional maps for the connecting passageways between the pyramid and the underground city - as well as picking smaller dungeons from online sources for use in the Lower Catacombs.

[asaki]

Feb 13, 2021 7:13:35 GMT -6 bobjester0e said:

Startpage (ixquick) is awesome.

Yeah, I've been using it again...wish their image search was a little better, though.

[bobjester0e]

Feb 14, 2021 0:10:53 GMT -6 asaki said:

Feb 13, 2021 7:13:35 GMT -6 bobjester0e said:

Startpage (ixquick) is awesome.

Yeah, I've been using it again...wish their image search was a little better, though.

Go into settings and adjust to the level of filtering you want, and then hit the save button.

There is a multiple choice selection level of filtering (light, average or heavily filtering - iirc, heavy filtering is the default), plus a family filter check-box.
Uncheck the latter at your own risk!

[asaki]

It's not the SafeSearch filter that bothers me, just the layout in general.

Hmm...I'm not sure what my issue was with it before...might've been that I was trying to get to the raw image URL so I could hotlink it. They make that a bit difficult.