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Tools
| Tool | Key | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Select | 1 | Click an object to select it. Drag on empty space to box-select. Click a selected object to deselect. Del deletes the selection. |
| Wall | 3 | Open the Wall Tool window to choose freeform walls, rectangles, circles, arcs, ellipses, or text walls. For shape tools, click the requested points, set the wall count if prompted, then press Generate Walls. Text walls use a typed string, a two-corner box, and Submit. Double-click or press Shift+W to finish freeform walls. Press Esc to cancel. |
| Zone | 4 | Choose a zone type in the Zone Tool window, then click to place. +/= increase radius; -/_ decrease radius. Shift+Z cycles zone types. |
| Spawn | 5 | Click to place a spawn point. Move the cursor to set the spawn direction, then click again to confirm. |
| Snap Toggle | 6 | Toggles grid snapping on/off. The lock/unlock icon in the toolbar reflects the current state. |
| Wall Split | 7 | Click on a wall to split it at the nearest point. Hover over the wall to see the split preview. |
| Wall Join | 8 | Click the endpoint of one wall, then the endpoint of another to merge them into a single wall. |
| Vertex Move | 0 | Click to select a wall, then drag its vertex dots to reposition them. Del deletes the selected vertex. |
Keyboard Shortcuts
| Ctrl+Z | Undo |
| Ctrl+Shift+Z | Redo |
| Ctrl+C | Copy selected objects |
| Ctrl+V | Paste copied objects |
| Del | Delete selected objects (or selected vertex in Vertex Move tool) |
| Ctrl+0 | Fit map to screen |
| Ctrl+1 | Zoom to 100% |
| Arrow keys | Pan the view |
| Shift+Space | Re-center view over the map |
| Esc | Cancel current action; switch to Select tool; deselect all |
| Shift+W | Finish current wall (Wall tool) |
| Shift+Z | Cycle zone type (Zone tool) |
| + / = | Increase zone radius (Zone tool) |
| - / _ | Decrease zone radius (Zone tool) |
| 1–8, 0 | Switch tools (customizable in Configure tab) |
Mouse Shortcuts
| Scroll wheel | Zoom in/out |
| Middle-click drag | Pan the view (works with any tool) |
| Right-click | Open context menu (copy, paste, undo, redo, delete, pan/zoom shortcuts, view XML) |
| Double-click (Wall tool) | End the current wall |
Top Bar Fields
| Name | Map name included in the exported file |
| Author | Author name included in the exported file |
| Category | Map category (e.g. racing, sumo) |
| Revision | Map version number. Servers and clients cache maps; increment this each time you update so the new version is downloaded. |
| DTD | The DTD file the map is validated against. Common values: sty.dtd, map-0.2.8.dtd, aacockpit-0.1.dtd. Don't change this unless you know what you're doing. |
| Axes ☐ | Number of axes (turning directions). axes = 360 / angle. Check the box to include this in the exported map file. |
Settings Menu Tabs
| Configure | Theme, info bar, action history, grid shape/colors, and keybinds. |
| Map Settings | Settings tags embedded in the map file (not your server config). |
| Adjust Map | Scale, rotate, translate, or center all objects at once. "Center over 0,0" moves all objects so their group center lands on the world origin. |
| Help dropdown | Opens the Help and About reference pages. |
Toolbar Buttons
| XML Editor | View and edit the map XML directly. Changes are applied immediately. |
| New Map | Clears all objects and resets the map. Unsaved changes are lost. |
| Import | Load an .aamap.xml file from disk. |
| Export | Save the current map as an .aamap.xml file. |
| Action History | Toggle the action history panel (also accessible from Configure). |
| Settings | Open/close this settings window. |
Display
Behavior
Grid Line Appearance
Keybinds
A map editor for Armagetron Advanced. It was originally written in 2008 by Carlo Veneziano, then re-written 2010 as a Flash-based map editor, then re-written in 2014 by Tristan in Javascript. (David Dubois is also credited.)
The project was pretty much inactive until around 2017, when someone requested it be added to my (Armanelgtron) site. However, it still essentially remained with very few changes until 2021 when I finally decided to attempt to fix some annoyances and improve upon it.
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, see here. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.