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World Note

Background edit mode

The visual parts of the map, as opposed to information such as regions and markers, are all managed in Background edit mode. You can generate the terrain automatically, draw it by hand, or decorate it with textures, stamps, images, and more.

Enter and leave

Section titled “Enter and leave”

Click the Background edit tab at the top left to enter Background edit mode. Both side panels switch to background panels. Click the Files or Search tab to switch back.

The layout

Section titled “The layout”

The Background edit mode layout, with numbers on the visual settings panel, the map canvas, the tool details panel, and the bottom toolbar.

  1. The left panel holds the background’s visual settings: opacity, grid and contours, style presets, texture, terrain surface colors, coastline, and stamp controls.

  2. The map canvas is where you draw and edit the background. Regions and markers are dimmed.

  3. The right panel shows the detailed settings for the selected tool.

  4. The bottom toolbar is where you pick the terrain generator, select, brush, stamp brush, coastline deform, draw road, and image tools.

The rest of this part covers each feature in detail.

The map is always drawn beneath your regions and markers.