地图绘制环节要求地图制作者为地图添加美观的外观，设计过程一般要美观悦目，每一张地图所表达的信息都要足够清晰，不能含糊，而整体设计风格也要总体上符合游戏的艺术风格。

地图测试环节要求地图制作者测试他或她制作的地图，以找出任何尚未在当前地图中检测到的游戏问题或纹理设计问题。

玩家可以通过点击主菜单中的编辑器进入地图编辑器界面。

在游戏中的任何屏幕上，按下键盘上的Ctrl+Shift+E也会将您直接带到地图编辑器屏幕。

DDNet地图创建指南

如果玩家最终希望在DDNet服务器上发布他们的地图，则玩家必须遵循以下规则来创建地图。在将地图上传到DDNet的Discord服务器之前，请确保玩家已对地图进行了完整的测试，确保地图的级别分级和操作顺利且流畅，并设计方面已完全完成。

在游戏体验方面，我们声明要求:

每一关都应该有足够的空间让玩家舒适地操作。

The overall difficulty of the map should be balanced, without large fluctuations (e.g. no insertion of high star high level maps or even crazy map operations in the middle of a medium level map).

there should be a way for other players to rescue in levels that are prone to failure

level operations must not be too precise or difficult just for the sake of being difficult

shall not make excessive use of special game entities, and at the same time shall not use special entities for fixing map level bugs

shall not intentionally mislead or confuse the way the level operates

Levels must not exploit bugs in the game's physics mechanics to achieve this.

In terms of visual effects, we require that:

all entities required by the player to pass the level must be clearly represented in the mapping.

the decals or markers for different entities must be easily distinguishable.

there must be a clear distinction between foreground and background.

not to turn up the contrast and saturation too high, otherwise it will look uncomfortable.

If there are signs, hints or warnings in the mapping layer, the "Turn Off Entities" marker must be added to the entity layer.

If you use material from other maps, you need to get permission from the original author of the material before you can use it.

On other levels, we require:

That all players must pass the starting point.

There should be time checkpoints on each map.

Additional notes:

On top of the above rules, it is important that the levels are unique and innovative, and that the maps have excellent mapping design. A simple map with good level design and good visuals will have a higher chance of being selected and uploaded to the DDNet server than a map with a wide variety of complex problems.

Overview of the editor interface

Next, we will explain the purpose of each button in the editor interface one by one according to the content number on the picture.

[1] File

Clicking button opens a drop-down menu to create, load and save map files.

New ctrl+N: New map file.
Read ctrl+I: reads the map file.
Load Current Map ctrl+alt+I: If you enter the editor screen during the game or during playback, clicking this button will load the map used in the current game.
Append ctrl+A: adds all the materials in a map file to the current map.
Save ctrl+S: saves the current map.
Save As ctrl+⇧ Shift+S: saves the current map under another file name, while continuing to edit the map under that file name.
Save Copy ctrl+⇧ Shift+alt+S: saves the current map under another file name, but continues to edit the map under the original file name. When the map name used when saving a copy duplicates an existing file, the map will continue to be edited with that file name after completing the save.
Exit ctrl+⇧ Shift+E: Exit the editor interface.

[2] File name

This area displays the name of the map file currently being read and its file save path.

[3] Editor state info

This area displays the attributes of the current map editor.

X, Y: indicates the current position of the map editor where the mouse cursor is located, in grid.
Z: indicates the scale value of the current map, which defaults to 200 when the map is loaded in the editor.
A: indicates the playback speed of the current map animation, default is 1.
G: indicates the size of the current map grid lines, default is 1.
10:18: local time.

[4] Exit

Exit the editor interface. ctrl+⇧ Shift+E

[5] Display functions

Display functions changing how the map is displayed.

HD (Show High Details) ctrl+H: preview the appearance of the current map in high quality mode.
Anim (Show animation) ctrl+M: previews the animation effect set by the current map.
Proof (Show field of view boundary) ctrl+P: previews the maximum field of view of the player in the default zoom level.
- blue circle: indicates the player's actual position
- the red box line and green box line indicate the maximum range that can be observed at different resolutions
- the white box line indicates the maximum range that can be observed with dynamic view turned on.
Zoom: preview what the player sees in the actual game.
Grid ctrl+G: turns on grid lines.
Info ctrl+I: previews the details of the entity or texture, including but not limited to the ID of the entity or texture, the texture animation track, and the texture deformation.
(Unused) ctrl+U: allows placement of unused mappings in the map, a feature not commonly used in modern maps anymore.
Color: previews the color set by the current brush, after closing the brush will show the original color match, but does not affect the color set by the placed mapping.
Entities: select the category of entity layer that needs to be used for the current map. Depending on the game mode applied to the map, the entity layer selected in the editor should also be different.

[6] Zoom

Field of view adjustment functionality, descriptions in order from left to right.

Expanding or scaling the field of view by clicking buttons or pressing shortcut keys has no maximum and minimum scale value, and the scale value can even reach negative values. When the scale value is negative, the map as a whole is upside down.

ZO (Zoom out) numpad-: expands the field of view of the operation area by 50 points of scale value each time.
- Scrolling the mouse wheel down also expands the field of view by 20 scale points per scroll, expanding the field of view in this way up to a maximum of 2000 scale points.
1:1 numpad*: restores the field of view to the default scale value.
ZI (zoom in) numpad+: reduces the field of view of the operation area by 50 points of scale value at a time.
- Roll the mouse wheel upward to also reduce the field of view by 20 scale points per scroll frame, and reduce the field of view in this way up to 10 scale points.

[7] Brush functionality

Descriptions from left to right:

X/X (Horizontal flip) N: flips the contents of the brush horizontally.
Y/Y (Vertical flip) M: flips the contents of the brush vertically.
90° (Rotation angle): the angle at which the content in the brush is turned each time it is rotated, which can be modified by holding down this button and sliding the mouse left and right, holding down ⇧ Shift during the modification process for more precise modification.
- You can only choose from 90°, 180° and 270° angles.
CCW (Counterclockwise rotation) R: rotates the contents of the brush counterclockwise at an angle.
CW (Clockwise rotation) T: rotates the content in the brush clockwise at a certain angle.

[8] Layers/Images/Sounds management

In this area you can manage different groups of layers including the physics layer. By clicking on the top button "Layers", you can add images and sound resources to the map. Layer management area, here is responsible for managing the map's layer groups and layers, as well as the invocation of the mapping material, picture material, and sound material. Pressing → will also switch to the image management interface, or pressing ← will switch to the sound management interface

Layers

Layers (left click) →: Switch to Image management
Layers (right click) ←: Switch to Sound management
Click "Add group" at the bottom to add a new group.
Right-click a group to set the parameters of that group
Right-click a layer to set the parameters of that layer

待办： Explain right click menu in group and layer with images

Images

Images (left click) →: Switch to Sound management
Images (right click) ←: Switch to Layer management
Click the Add button to add image clips from the default clip folder to the map file.
Embedded area means the clips of this series have been embedded in the map file, when downloading the map, this kind of file will be included in the map file volume.
External area means that the material of this series is located outside the map, it is the default material in the game, when downloading the map, this kind of file will not be counted in the map file volume. When the map needs to call the image material of this area, it will directly call the file with the same name from the player's local default material library.
- Regardless of the location of the clip, when the clip file is white or red (selected), it means the clip is being used by the map; when the clip file is blue or purple (selected), it means the clip is not yet used by the map.
Left-click on a file that has been added to preview the image in the right workspace, and right-click on the file to perform the following actions.
- Readd: Overwrite the clip by calling a file with the same name directly from the default clip library.
- Replace: select a clip file to overwrite the clip.
- Remove: removes the clip file.
- When right-clicking on a file in the External area, an additional Embed option will appear to move the file into the Embedded area.

Sounds

Sounds (left click) →: Switch to Layer management
Sounds (right click) ←: Switch to Image management
Click the Add button to add sound clips from the default clip folder to the map file. Currently DDNet game editor only accepts opus format audio files.
Right-click on a file to perform the following actions.
- Readd: Overwrite a clip by calling a file with the same name directly from the default clip library.
- Replace: select a clip file to overwrite the clip.
- Remove: Remove the clip file.

[9] Context dependent actions

Additional buttons that will change depending on the selected layer.

On all layers

When any layer is selected, the following buttons appear:

Refocus home: immediately focuses the view to the upper left corner of the map.
Goto XY: immediately focuses the view to a specific coordinate of the map. Clicking this button sets the coordinate in its drop-down menu, and then clicking the Go button focuses the view to that coordinate.
Destructive mode ctrl+D: When Destructive mode is enabled, the area the brush passes over will be completely covered and the texture of this area will be replaced; when Destructive mode is disabled, the area the brush passes over will only be filled with the location that is not filled with the texture.
When Game or Tile layer is selected: Add Border: Adds a two-tile wide border to the current layer, using the texture of the selected layer's No. 2 map.
When Switch layer is selected: Switch ctrl+A: Set the number of the next placed switch layer entity. In the drop-down menu: Number is used to set the number, Delay is used to set the number of additional information, and F (shortcut: ctrl+F) is used to automatically set the unused number.
When Speedup layer is selected: Speedup ctrl+A: Set the parameters for the next placement of the speedup entity. In the drop-down menu, Force is used to set how much speed the belt can provide, Max Speed is used to set the maximum speed you can have at the belt, and Angle is used to set the direction of the belt.
When the Tele layer is selected: Tele ctrl+A: Sets the number of the next entity to be placed in the transmission area. The drop-down menu: Number is used to set the number, and F (shortcut: ctrl+F) is used to automatically set the unused number.
When Tune layer is selected: Tune ctrl+A: Set the number of the next placed adjustment zone entity. In its drop-down menu, Zone is used to set the number.
When the Quads layer is selected: Add Quad ctrl+Q: Adds a picture set by the current layer to the workspace. If no picture is set for that layer, a plain white square of 2*2 grid size is added by default.
When the Sounds layer is selected. Add Sound ctrl+Q: Adds a sound set by the current layer to the workspace.

[10] Mapping area

Workspace, where all the components needed for the map are placed.

待办： Explain in more detail

[11] Hint area

When the mouse hovers over a button, the hint area will appear with the function of the button and a keyboard shortcut for the button function.

[12] Server setting

You can change Map settings to change server behavior. For example setting a map to be a solo map.

待办： Explain in more detail

[13] Envelopes

Envelope animation: this is responsible for setting the animation effect in the map.

待办： Explain in more detail

待办：

Explain in detail what is marked "to be explained in detail" above. Full explanation of the features in the editor. Discuss the similarities and differences between modern maps and traditional and classical maps, or discuss their backstories.

Write a short tutorial on mapping.

External Resources

Mapping ABC by Index
Link list including lots of mapping resources by Index
DDRaceNetwork - How to Use the Map Editor by Nick Joy
Teeworlds - How to map a DDRACE map. - Part 1 by Aoe
Teeworlds - How to map a DDRACE map. - Part 2 by Aoe
Maps Envelope Tutorial by 2gethR
Automapper Tutorial by timakro
Mapper rules for DDNet map testing process by jao