ⓘ How to use the Map Editor

Painting Tiles

Select a terrain brush from the Palette below. Then click any tile on the map to paint it with that terrain. The currently selected brush is shown in the toolbar.

Navigation

Use WASD or ←↑→↓ to move the view. Or type coordinates into the Jump to fields and click Go. You can also click the direction arrows on the map image edges.

Tile Types

Type 1 = Land (plains, resource fields — walkable, farmable)
Type 2 = Water (rivers, lakes — impassable, decorative)
Type 3 = Town slot (where players can found towns)
The subtype distinguishes different visuals within the same type.

Generate Random Destructive

Fills the entire map with randomly generated terrain. Existing tiles are overwritten. Use this to create a starter map quickly, then paint over specific areas.

Custom Brushes

Click "+" in the palette to upload your own terrain image. It will automatically be normalized to an 80×80 isometric tile. Custom brushes can be deleted (except built-in ones).

Biome Rules

The Biome Rules section controls how towns look in-game based on their surrounding terrain. Set which background image and map icon to use per terrain type or faction.

{{ @lang.paintBrush ?? 'Paint Brush' }} Select a terrain type, then click tiles on the map to paint them. Use "+" to upload a custom tile image.

${{ @br.translated_name ?: @br.name }}$ {{ @br.translated_name ?: @br.name }}

+ {{ @lang.addTile ?? 'Add' }}

These rules control how towns appear in-game. The background is the scenery image shown behind a player's town view. The town tile visual is the icon shown on the world map. Both can be set per terrain type (biome) and per faction.

Choose which background image is shown behind the player's town screen. "Default" applies everywhere; per-biome overrides apply when a town is surrounded by that terrain type.

${{ @bg_default_setting }}$

${{ @bo.selected ?: @bg_default_setting }}$

Choose which icon represents towns on the world map. Different icons can be shown based on the surrounding terrain (biome). For example, a town surrounded by forest tiles could show a forest-town icon.

${{ @town_tile_default_setting }}$

${{ @bo.town_selected ?: @town_tile_default_setting }}$

{{ @lang.factionBiomeRules ?? 'Town Visual Rules (Faction + Biome)' }}

Per-faction overrides: each faction (race/civilization) can have its own town icon, overriding the biome default. This lets elven towns look different from human towns even in the same biome. Leave a field empty to fall back to the faction default or biome default.

Faction {{ @fr.id }}: {{ @fr.name }}

${{ @fr.default_selected ?: @town_tile_default_setting }}$

${{ @fb.selected ?: (@fr.default_selected ?: @town_tile_default_setting) }}$

{{ @fb.selected ?: (@fr.default_selected ?: @town_tile_default_setting) }}

- - Navigate: W A S D or arrow keys | Hover a tile to see its info here

{{ @lang.uploadBackground ?? 'Upload Background' }}

{{ @lang.uploadTownVisual ?? 'Upload Biome Town Visual' }}