Creating Maps with the Brush Tool
You can use the Line tool in the Paint section to quickly paint a cavern or wall. Once created, you can use the Line of Sight button to Duplicate Paint Layer As Walls into a new Line of Sight definition.
Make sure your image is unlocked.
Switch to Paint mode on the toolbar.
Adjust your brush size and color to your preferences.
Draw one or more set of paint strokes. You can use the line, rectangle or ellipse or use the line and freehand draw by click-dragging your brush stroke.
Switch to Line of Sight mode on the toolbar.
Click the button to Duplicate Paint Layer As Walls.
Switch back to Play mode on the toolbar and Enable Line of Sight.
Creating Maps with an Image Brush
Your maps can become much more advanced if you use an image as the brush.
Make sure your image is unlocked.
Switch to Paint mode on the toolbar.
Toggle the Image Paint mode on this toolbar’s settings area.
Drag an image from the Assets window to the Graphic Asset area.
Adjust the size, rotation, orientation and color tint if desired.
Draw one or more set of paint strokes. You can use the line, rectangle or ellipse or use the line and freehand draw by click-dragging your brush stroke.
Switch to Line of Sight mode on the toolbar.
Click the button to Duplicate Paint Layer As Walls.
Switch back to Play mode on the toolbar and Enable Line of Sight.
Tip: Good Graphics to use as Brushes
Search for the keyword brush in the Assets window for Images. If you are creating your own brush, we recommend a vertical layout that has no transparent pixels above or below the top and bottom edge. It can have transparent pixels on the left and right.
Renaming a Painting Layer
Any new painting layer will show up with a title of Painting layer. To rename a layer, simply double-click on it to make the text editable. Change the text to whatever you want and then hit Enter. Press ESC to exit and leave the original name.
Renaming Layers
Any layer type can be renamed after creation. If the long descriptive names of tiles or background images make it hard to keep track of your layers, you can adjust them to something shorter that works for your needs.
Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts
Painting Tab
These shortcut keys are to change the loaded image represented as a preview at the mouse pointer location before applying it:
Shift + Mouse wheel: Rotate the Image
Ctrl + Mouse wheel: Change Image Size
A + Mouse wheel: Change the alpha
R + Mouse wheel: Change the Red Channel
B + Mouse wheel: Change the Blue Channel
G + Mouse wheel: Change the Green Channel
Holding Ctrl: Snap to grid
Middle Mouse Button: Pan the image workspace
Shift + Double Click: If during painting with the line tool will cause the line being painted to connect its 'end' to the 'start' of the line.
Line Of Sight Tab
Holding Shift: All occluder lines will snap to 90 or 45 degree angles
Layers Tab
Holding Ctrl: Smooth placement and rotation (no snapping)