Revision as of 19:15, 11 December 2017

The World Editor is a powerful tool for creating your own custom map or editing existing ones! It is found in the main menu. To enter it, select "New Map" or a map you want to edit, then hit the "Edit" button (where normally would be a "Play" button).

Controls

Most controls are the same as in normal gameplay.

Main Tabs

Terrain

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Markers

Markers tell the game where to put more special things. As of 1.0.5, there are "Player", "Crystal" and "Enemy" markers. Player markers are where the Home Crystal can appear. Crystal markers are where Shards or Gems will appear. Enemy markers are where Corruptron spawn in Invasion mode.

Markers can be placed by selecting the marker type and the clicking on the desired location. Markers have unique names and are shown in a list, from which they can be deleted again.

Utility Tabs

Time

The "Time" tab allows the day-night-cycle to be paused/resumed. It also has a "now" slider to set the current phase.

Map

The "Map" tab shows a live-map of the island, ignoring height but showing grass types. It automatically scales to fit the entire terrain.

Grid

The "Grid" tab allows toggling a voxel grid on or off (always shown when creating terrain). The opacity can be changed (50% means half-transparent, 100% means very visible). Additionally, the grid height can be locked to the camera or a fixed height.

The grid can be hidden while creating terrain by setting the opacity to 0% and toggling it on.

File Tabs

Modes

The "Modes" tab shows a checklist of what gamemodes can be played on this map and which criteria are met. As of v1.0.5, all criteria are "at least X markers of Y type". The amount of markers currently in use and the amount needed are shown.

"Credit Island" is shown as a gamemode, but its only criteria is "No" and never met.

The checklist is sorted alphabetically descending (Z-A).

Save

The ability to save changes is unarguably the most important function of the entire World Editor. The map can be saved at any time.

The world can be given a name, a description and an icon (based on current camera view).

If a game- or workshop world has been edited, the new world will be saved as a new file. If a user-generated world has been edited, the old file will be overwritten.

Caution: If you are editing the save files externally (e.g. using textpad), close the file explorer before saving! Else, the save will fail and the game will delete the entire folder, forcing you to lose the world permamently.

Workshop

Worlds can be published directly to Steam Workshop (if the game is running via Steam). Before doing so, it is advisable, but not necessary, to give the map an unique name and icon. When publishing, the map will first be saved, then uploaded. After uploading, the publisher can open the world's Workshop page and add more screenshots, etc.