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#How do you create a custom map how to#

If you previously had a background and use the Background Painter, the background image is removed, and you see only the tile effects and objects that remain. Select Continue to open the Background Painter. When you select Walls & Floors in the Top Nav Menu of the Mapmaker, a warning message displays. To use the Background Painter, select Walls & Floors in the Top Nav Menu. A warning message displays when you select Walls & Floors in the Mapmaker. Warning: If you place walls or floors, you will remove the existing background. The Background Painter is a powerful tool that allows you to draw your own walls and floors in your Map. There are two ways to create a background at this time: use the Background Painter or upload your own image. Create a Backgroundīackgrounds are managed from the Mapmaker. Starting from one of these templates takes you into your Space, where you then need to select Build in the Left Nav Menu to open the Mapmaker.įrom the Template Picker, select the Start from blank button or choose one of the options in the Blank category. If you choose either of the Empty Room templates, we provide walls and a floor in a Map designed to initially accommodate 25-50 (Medium) or 2-25 (Small).Starting from scratch will take you straight into the Mapmaker. If you select the Blank (Start from Scratch) template, you will need to upload your own background image or create one using our Background Painter (in beta).To create a completely custom Space, from our Template Picker ( ), select the Start from blank button at the top of the page, or choose one of the three options in the Blank category in the left panel.

#How do you create a custom map how to#

Note: For details on how to use our templates, check out our article on Creating a Space. When you create a Space, you can choose from any of our templates or start with a blank Space.

Finally, add Objects: This includes chairs, tables, and interactive TVs, games, whiteboards, and more.

Add Tile Effects: Indicate where Gather should allow avatars to walk or not walk (e.g., walls) and any other special effects that should happen when avatars enter certain tile locations.

Create a Background (and foreground, optionally): Create the layout and style for the room you’re working on.

You can also add Rooms to existing spaces. You can start with any of our templates, or start from scratch with a blank Map.

Create a Space: Go to to create a new Space.

They can be uploaded as custom object images, or selected from the large variety of pre-generated objects inside of our Object Picker.Ĭreating a custom map for Gather is a four-step process:

Objects: Objects are the images you can place in your Space, on top of your Space's background image.

There are five types of tile effects: Impassable, Spawn, Portal, Private Area, and Spotlight.

Tile Effects: A setting applied to an individual tile or group of tiles to add interaction or a behavior in your Map.

This is an optional layer that allows characters to walk under/behind objects.

Foreground: The top-most layer of the Map.

A Gather Space is like a sandwich: The background is the bottom bread, the characters and objects are the filling, and the foreground is the top bread. Background: The bottom-most layer of a Map.When we refer to a Room, we are referring to a unique Map that has been connected to a Space. Note: Some Spaces (many of the templates designed for 2-25 users) are designed as an individual Map with multiple "rooms" as indicated by walls and doors. (Room and Map can be used interchangeably.) Each Room/Map belongs to a Space, although some Spaces have only have one Room. Room: An individual Map within a Space.Space: A self-contained virtualized world created on Gather.Tip: We recommend checking out our various Mapmaker tutorials on YouTube in addition to this article.