Maps: Tools

 Map Tools  Pointer - is used to move Actors/Items/Lights/Speakers/Zones around maps easily. The pointer tool can also be used to resize Light/Speaker radius's as well as Zones/blocking.

Draw – is used to place tiles (from tile-sets) onto your Map.

Dim – is used to add or remove columns, rows or layers on your Map.

Actor – is used to create new Actors (which can be characters, vehicles, turrets, dynamic objects and more).

Actor Route – is used to create a patrol route for an Actor to follow.

Timer/Spawn – is used to run a script at specific intervals. By placing an Actor on top you can have it re-spawn.

Door – is used to place Doors on your Map.

Item – is used to place Items/Magic on your Map for Actors to pick up and use in-game.

<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Light<span style="font-family:"CalibriLight",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin"> – is used to add lighting to your Maps. These lights have only aesthetic purposes.

<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Speaker<span style="font-family:"CalibriLight",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin"> – is used to play Sounds at a specific point on your Map (001 utilises 5.1 surround sound technology).

<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Zone<span style="font-family:"CalibriLight",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin"> – is used to add a scripted area to your Map. Zones can also be used as a means of blocking an Actor’s path temporally or permanently.

<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Blocking<span style="font-family:"CalibriLight",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin"> – is used on maps as a means of permanently blocking an Actor’s path (cannot be scripted).

<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Comment<span style="font-family:"CalibriLight",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin"> – is used to place comments on a Map. This is useful to quickly jot things down or explain certain functions for other developers, if you’re working in a team. Comments only appear in the editor and not in-game.

<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Play Map<span style="font-family:"CalibriLight",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin"> – is used to start playing a Map from a specific set of co-ordinates.

<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Test Map<span style="font-family:"CalibriLight",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin"> – is used to start playing a Map from a specific set of co-ordinates with the option to add additional scripting when the Map is loaded.

<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"CalibriLight",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin">  Drawing Tools ' <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Flip Horizontally<span style="font-family:"CalibriLight",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin"> – flips the tile on the horizontal axis (X axis).

<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Flip Vertically<span style="font-family:"CalibriLight",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin"> – flip the tile on the vertical axis (Y axis).

<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Pencil<span style="font-family:"CalibriLight",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin"> – the default tool for placing tiles on your Map.

<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Filled Rectangle<span style="font-family:"CalibriLight",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin"> – allows you to click and drag a rectangle that is then filled with the selected tile.

<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Rectangle<span style="font-family:"CalibriLight",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin"> – similar to the Filled Rectangle tool, except it places tiles around the edge of the rectangle and does not fill it in.

<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Filled Circle<span style="font-family:"CalibriLight",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin"> - allows you to click and drag a circle that is then filled with the selected tile.

<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Circle<span style="font-family:"CalibriLight",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin"> - similar to the Filled Circle tool, except it places the tiles around the edge of the circle and does not fill it in.

<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Line<span style="font-family:"CalibriLight",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin"> – allows you to click and drag out a line of tiles in any direction.

<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Fill<span style="font-family:"CalibriLight",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin"> – fills a rectangle or an entire map with the selected tile.

<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Erase<span style="font-family:"CalibriLight",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin"> – removes placed tiles. This can be used with the Pencil or Rectangle tools to remove large amounts of tiles or only a few at a time.

<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"> <p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Wall Height Slider<span style="font-family:"CalibriLight",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:major-latin"> – allows you to increase/decrease the height of wall Tile-Sets.