{"id":34,"date":"2025-02-11T22:38:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T06:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.maptoppings.com\/?p=34"},"modified":"2025-02-11T22:38:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T06:38:58","slug":"how-to-create-a-custom-map-in-the-game-nils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.maptoppings.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/11\/how-to-create-a-custom-map-in-the-game-nils\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a Custom Map in the Game Nils"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>1.  <strong>Access the Map Creation UI<br><\/strong>Click the menu button in the top right corner of the screen. From the dropdown menu, select <strong>&#8220;Create&#8221;<\/strong> to open the custom map creation interface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/drawings\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vQ-bTPK262KRWATrjyygB6wfr_YaPi7aAryC4BpXCASOHecTXu2yIXO7RDpkLmzz0Cxoob0hpep8eRl\/pub?w=1435&amp;h=760\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2.<strong>Designing Your Map<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Before drawing, enter a name for your map.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use polygons to define the playable area where players will be randomly placed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can add, move, or delete polygon vertices using your mouse and keyboard.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The total area of all polygons will be displayed in the map info panel at the bottom right.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/drawings\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vTrBxCj2GfbigL4J4qwzzGk4qQ8PxEY1KVTt63dbMk6fUKqxG45RKihDSwKXGtPiCuS0upPjvRT6Sy8\/pub?w=1437&amp;h=785\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3.<strong>Map Considerations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You don&#8217;t need to exclude water or barren land manually. The server automatically selects valid target points only within built-up areas, avoiding oceans, lakes, and rivers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/drawings\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vS0F5dR4FO6RRd9Znu9gWHhm5mXwmuJMMjn8JXvloND-qR7rgEKJj7-39YSIY2zbKXEW29zj3YofEE_\/pub?w=1429&amp;h=757\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>4.<strong>Saving and Using Your Map<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click <strong>&#8220;Create the map&#8221;<\/strong> to upload it to the server and update the game\u2019s map database.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To use your new map, open the <strong>&#8220;Map&#8221;<\/strong> menu from the dropdown and select it from the map table.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>5.<strong>Editing a Map<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong>If you&#8217;re the map&#8217;s author, you can edit it before starting a new game. Simply click on the map in the table and select <strong>&#8220;Edit Map&#8221;<\/strong> from the new game setup dialog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Access the Map Creation UIClick the menu button in the top right corner of the screen. From the dropdown menu, select &#8220;Create&#8221; to open the custom map creation interface. 2.Designing Your Map 3.Map Considerations 4.Saving and Using Your Map 5.Editing a MapIf you&#8217;re the map&#8217;s author, you can edit it before starting a new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.maptoppings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.maptoppings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.maptoppings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.maptoppings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.maptoppings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.maptoppings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36,"href":"https:\/\/blog.maptoppings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions\/36"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.maptoppings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.maptoppings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.maptoppings.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}