28 Jan 2026Developer post

Dragon Map Maker (Early Access) UI Colors + Overlay image v0.245

Steam Early Access Build: V0.245 GUI Colors Updated The GUI has been adjusted so it uses consistent colors throughout. This has changed the overall look of DMM slightly. GUI Color Modes Added The GUI has been changed to allow color swapping. This means that I can now add a “Contr

Steam Early Access Build: V0.245

GUI Colors Updated

The GUI has been adjusted so it uses consistent colors throughout. This has changed the overall look of DMM slightly.

GUI Color Modes Added

The GUI has been changed to allow color swapping. This means that I can now add a “Contrast mode” for folks with impaired vision. Currently there are two options to choose from “DMM Default” and “DMM Contrast”.

GUI Checkmark color picker

You can now choose the “Checkmark” or highlight color DMM uses. Just click the toggle to turn the override on and then click the color swatch to choose a new color! You can go back to the original color by turning the override toggle off.

Map Image Overlay

You can now project an image file onto the grid view of DMM. Use this for reference when creating a map.

You can load .jpg or .png files. (switch between them in the file explorer)

The image will only be projected onto the map grid in Grid Mode.

You can drag and scale the image using the orange handles while in the Overlay Map tool.

The image file path is saved in the .dmm file and loaded when you load a .dmm map file.

All image scaling and positioning data is stored in the .dmm file so if the image has changed its location, just reload the image and it should still be in the correct position and scale.

NOTE: Your reference images are never saved with the .dmm map file, only the image file path on your computer is saved to the .dmm file, so it can be reloaded.

If for some reason you don’t want the image path and file name to be saved with the .dmm map file, either reset the path using the small reset button next to “Image Path” or untick the toggle “Save Path”. The “Save Path” toggle state is saved with the .dmm file for your convenience.

Map Image Overlay > “Align to Grid”

This tool scales and aligns the reference image you loaded to the DMM grid (if you have a 5ft grid already on the reference image).

How to:

Scaling may not be 100% accurate, this tool will normally get you 95% there, you can then tweak the scale by dragging the corners of the image afterwards to get a better match, or try the process again.

These instructions can also be found on the tooltip of the Align to grid text and button.

1. Press the Reset button to the right of the “Align to grid” button.

2. Make sure you are in "Grid Mode", not beauty mode.

3. Use the "Grid Selector Tool" to select a 5ft square on your Overlay image. The “Grid Selector tool” is the bright blue draggable square that is visible in Grid Mode.

4. Click the "Align to Grid" button.

5. The square you have defined will then be aligned and scaled to fit the center square of the DMM grid.

6. Drag and move the image as you desire and tweak the scaling if needed by dragging the corners of the orange square.

Note: Accuracy can be increased by setting the “Squares to select” slider to a higher number of squares. Then select this number of 5ft squares when doing step 3.

Here are some visual instructions:

Map Image Overlay > “Align to Grid” > Squares to select Slider

Increase the accuracy of the “Align to Grid” calculation by selecting more than just one square on your map when using the bright blue "Grid Selector Tool". This slider will show you how many squares you must select, the more you select the better the accuracy of the calculation.

Bug: .uvtt light brightness and saturation input fields were breaking

These input fields were bugging out for some reason, I switched them to the newer textmesh pro versions and they are working again. Fixed.

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03 Oct 2025Developer post

Dragon Map Maker (Early Access) Security Update v0.244

Steam Early Access Build: V0.244 Unity Security update Quoted from the Unity email: “ A security vulnerability was identified that affects games and applications built on Unity versions 2017.1 and later for Android, Windows, Linux, and macOS operating systems. There is no evidenc

10 Sep 2025Developer post

Dragon Map Maker (Early Access) Update v0.243

Steam Early Access Build: V0.243 Update quick look: Fixed a couple bugs. Added separate door objects to the Objects tool (so you can add open doors). Added a few color variations for Biomes Short Grass and Long Grass . Added Assets: Separated All Door objects Added separated door

18 Jun 2025Developer post

Dragon Map Maker (Early Access) Update v0.242

Steam Early Access Build: V0.242 Update quick look: Various sized ships and boats have been added to the Objects Tool. A new floor type has been added to allow edge tools to be used on different levels of ship flooring. Bug Fixes Added Assets: Boats, Ships and nautical stuff Adde

Steam Early Access Build: V0.242

Update quick look:

Various sized ships and boats have been added to the Objects Tool.
A new floor type has been added to allow edge tools to be used on different levels of ship flooring.
Bug Fixes

Added Assets: Boats, Ships and nautical stuff

Added to the Object Tool. Each ship level has been designed to match as closely as possible to the underlying grid. Various versions of each ship have been made to show each floor level. Each level is 10 foot tall, this isn’t historically accurate but makes things a bit more consistent when adding assets to boat interiors. There is also a set of pre placed cannons that can be snapped into place using the snapping tool that will fit with each ship. The order of the ship layers goes from top to bottom. Place ships with the snapping set to corner so walls will line up correctly with the grid.

Hint: use the water wave objects in the Objects tool to add a wake.

Ships: (A to H, Large to Small)

Added to Objects Tool.

Ship Shape A: (Large Warship)

Deck Outside All, Deck Outside All Translucent Sails, Deck Outside All No SailsRigging, Deck 1, Deck 0, Deck -1, Deck -2, Hull, Cannons x3 for each level

Ship Shape B: (Large Trader)

Deck Outside All, Deck Outside All Translucent Sails, Deck Outside All No SailsRigging, Deck 1, Deck 0, Deck -1, Deck -2, Hull, Cannons x3 for each level

Ship Shape C: (Medium Warship)

Deck Outside All, Deck Outside All Translucent Sails, Deck Outside All No SailsRigging, Deck 0, Deck -1, Deck -2, Hull, Cannons x3 for each level

Ship Shape D: (Medium Trader)

Deck Outside All, Deck Outside All Translucent Sails, Deck Outside All No SailsRigging, Deck 0, Deck -1, Hull, Cannons x3 for each level

Ship Shape E: (Fishing boat, Small trading boat)

Deck Outside All, Deck Outside All Translucent Sails, Deck Outside All No SailsRigging, Deck 0, Hull, Cannons x2 for each level

Ship Shape F: (Fishing boat, Small trading boat)

Deck Outside All, Deck Outside All Translucent Sails, Deck Outside All No SailsRigging, Deck -1, Hull, Cannons

Ship Shape G: (Small Fishing boat, Small Coastal trading boat)

Deck Outside All, Deck Outside All Translucent Sails, Deck Outside All No SailsRigging, Hull

Ship Shape H: (Small Fishing boat, Small Coastal trading boat)

Deck Outside All, Deck Outside All Translucent Sails, Deck Outside All No SailsRigging, Hull

Viking Longboat Large:

Deck Outside All, Deck Outside All Translucent Sails, Deck Outside All No SailsRigging

Viking Longboat small

Deck Outside All, Deck Outside All Translucent Sails, Deck Outside All No SailsRigging

Small Boats

Two man canoe, Row Boat A, Row Boat B, Row Boat C, Coracle

Oars

Oar A (Single), Oar B (Single), Oar C (Double)

Nautical items Themes:

Added to Objects Tool.

Anchors

Anchor Style A
- Not Placed, On Ground, On Ground Rope A, On Ground Rope B

Anchor Style B
- Not Placed, On Ground, On Ground Rope A, On Ground Rope B

Cannons

Large Cannon, Small Cannon

Cannon Balls

Cannon Ball Single, Cannon ball Stacked A, Cannon ball Stacked B, Cannon ball Stacked C

Ship Hammocks

Hammock Hanging x3
Hammock Hanging Dirty x3

Ropes on ground

Thin Ropes A to F
Thick Ropes A to F

Chains on Ground

Thin Chains A to F
Thick Chains A to F

Chains Straight

Thick A to D
Thin A to D

Chains Curved (hanging)

Thick A to D

Thin A to D

Ship Doors and Walls

Added to Object Tool, Wall tools and Door Tool.

Walls x4, Corner Object, Wooden Doors x3, Prison Doors x3

Added: New Empty Room type (for larger ships)

Added to the Room Tool.

Some of the new ship objects have multiple deck heights in the same object (Ship Shapes A to D). This means some floors will be above or below the grid floor level. You can now add a new room type called an “Empty Room”. This is seen as a room by all tools but will not spawn a floor object and will not affect the terrain height. This means you can add an “Empty Room” theme under each deck level and then set its height using the Height Fill Tool to match the deck height, making sure the “Ignore Objects” Toggle is ON in the top tool bar so the boat will stay at the correct height and not follow the grid as it changes height. Now you can use the Edge tools and Object Theme Marker tools on the ship decks!

Note: You can adjust the terrain height under these rooms by going to the Height tab and going into “Edit Under Rooms” mode.

Bug: Tooltips being cut off by the edge or top of the screen. Fixed

Bug: Ground foliage wasn’t being removed from the line rendering effect when .uvtt lights were saved. Fixed

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14 Jan 2025Developer post

Steam Early Access Build: V0.241b Hot Fix 🔥

Change log: Bug: When using different keyboard layouts than US Standard, the key binds would display the keys pressed as a US standard keyboard would be set out, making key binds not show the correct keys for the current keyboard in tooltips (eg AZERTY keyboards). Fixed Bug: Arab

12 Dec 2024Developer post

Dragon Map Maker (Early Access) Update v0.241

Steam Early Access Build: V0.241 Update highlights: VTT lighting export 36 Language support for the DMM interface Native OS file browser Stone bridges and Castle wall themes Added Feature: .uvtt Lighting export. The .uvtt file format supports importing of lights into VTTs. I’ve t

Steam Early Access Build: V0.241

Update highlights:

VTT lighting export
36 Language support for the DMM interface
Native OS file browser
Stone bridges and Castle wall themes

Added Feature: .uvtt Lighting export.

The .uvtt file format supports importing of lights into VTTs. I’ve tested this in FoundryVTT and it does work quite well. It however will never look quite as good as a light in 3d and you may need to tweak light settings and light ranges once you’ve imported to the 2d VTT map. I’ve included some controls in DMM that should help you tweak your overall light export values for your VTT. Please keep in mind, light range values may be visually different in 3d vs 2d. A 3d light is a sphere while a 2d light is a circle. So the higher off the floor a 3d light is the smaller its light effect will look vs a 2d VTT where it will light up its whole range value.

Added Feature: Full translation of the DMM app

DMM has been translated into 36 languages (interface, key mapping, theme names, theme override info text and theme search words). I’ve used Amazon Translate to do this as there was a massive amount of text to translate that wouldn’t have been possible to do manually. I hope it’s useful even though it may not be 100% perfect (some languages being worse than others).

Languages: English, Afrikaans, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbo Croatian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Hindi, Hungarian, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional.

Added Feature: Set height and scale of the Objects Tool.

Adding the stone bridge assets into the Objects tool made me realise I needed a way to apply height and scale to Objects at a set value when Spawned or already on the map. You can now do this with the “Use Set values”, “Set height” and “Set Scale” options in the Objects Tool top bar.

Added Feature: Height Tool “Ignore Objects” Toggle.

Added a toggle to make height tools not affect objects placed with the “Objects Tool”. This is useful when editing height, when for example bridge parts or water have been placed above the terrain and need to stay at that height.

Added Feature: Native file browser support.

I’ve switched out the old file browser for a new version that should use your operating system file browser. If you have issues with this for any reason you can swap back to the old one by going to the bottom of the opinions panel and toggling it on.

Added UI: All Theme icons have been updated

Theme icons have been updated to match the icons in the Objects tool “theme icon window”. I also spent some time making the objects renderer in the Unity Editor work better so that when Steam Workshop support is added it’ll be a one click process to render icons to use in your themes.

Changed UI: Tooltips

Cleaned up and corrected some tooltip text. In the process of adding translation I found some incorrect tooltip text. Also changed the key bind text in Tooltips to show as green instead of white making them easier to pick out.

Changed UI: Buttons/Toggles

Updated UI elements such as Buttons and Toggles. Toggle buttons are now slightly rounded and have an indented look when clicked. While buttons remain squarer.

Added Assets: Stone bridges in the Objects Tool.

You can use these parts to create stone bridges of any size. Use the new “Use Set Values” in the spawn tool to place them at the height and scale you need.

Added Assets: Castle Walls, Doors and Windows.

These have a larger thickness to them. With two style variants and include single and double sided versions. (These are still a work in progress)

Added Assets: Tokens and Symbols in the Objects Tool.

Found under “Decals”.

Creatures
Nature
People Emojis
People Pawns
Places
Shops and Businesses
Symbols
Weather

Bug Fix: Some asset override values were not working. Fixed

Bug Fix: Turning on the Snow effect while in Orthographic camera mode or vise versa would break DMMs camera rendering (everything would go white) and need a reload to fix it. I’ve not been able to get the Snow effect to work in orthographic mode so the snow effect will be turned off while in orthographic camera mode automatically and turned on again when Orthographic is turned off. Fixed

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07 Jun 2024Developer post

Steam Early Access Build: V0.240

Just a quick update mainly to fix a couple bugs with the snow rendering. Bug Fix: Crop tool handles showed in the snow effect during the map render. Fixed Bug Fix: Shadow caster objects blocked the snow effect during the map render. Fixed Assets Added: Two new sets of draws in th

30 May 2024Developer post

Steam Early Access Build: V0.239

Map Saturation changes and controls: Last major update I added a more modern Terrain Shader. The new Terrain shader renders more realistically (it’s PBR now) and has more features, but it does render colors differently from the old terrain shader. This meant that on some biomes t

Map Saturation changes and controls:

Last major update I added a more modern Terrain Shader. The new Terrain shader renders more realistically (it’s PBR now) and has more features, but it does render colors differently from the old terrain shader. This meant that on some biomes the colors and contrast were more muted and desaturated. After a bit of investigation I found that to get the same overall look as previous versions I’d need to increase the saturation of the camera post processing in DMM.
So the result is, overall Saturation has been boosted a small amount to allow me to achieve more fully saturated colors in textures. After making this adjustment I went through all the textures and Biomes in DMM that looked a bit too saturated with the new settings and adjusted them so they match previous versions when rendered.
You may need to tweak your adjusted light colors and override colors you’ve added yourself on your maps if they now look a little too saturated. In practice I found the difference was not that noticeable unless dealing with already quite saturated colors. So you probably shouldn’t need to adjust much if anything. If you find any asset that now looks too saturated compared to its previous version give me a shout on Discord and I’ll take a look.

Added UI/Feature: A new Color Saturation slider has been added to the “Render panel > Color Grading”. This value is saved per map like all the Color grading values are, the default is set at 8.

Assets Tweaked: I went through and turned off the linework/outline effect for many assets that are meant to be low to the ground and look messy with an outline. For example, assets like the Decals and Hay as these looked weird when placed above a terrain that wasn’t 100% flat as outlines would appear where parts of the decals were too high off the ground.

Tweaked Line rendering quality/width: I went and fiddled with the depth line width and render settings to try and get a slightly cleaner look. I believe this is better. I’ll add a slider to control this in the next patch.

Assets Adjusted for Wall Tool Fences: Fences in the wall tool are now built with only one pole per span. They now look a lot more naturel.

Added UI/Feature: Added an Exit App option for the file menu with a save map and save iterated map buttons.

Bug Fix: When using the search feature in the Theme Library, if the first button was selected in the Theme Library before search and then the search replaced that button with a new one, the old button values were kept with some buggy theme list behaviour. Fixed

Bug Fix: Overrides would not save on certain maps. Fixed.
On maps with a large amount of themes added to the map theme lists, Overrides were not being saved reliably. If you have a map that has this problem and Overrides still don’t save correctly on it in this version. Select the theme button you want to fix and apply another theme to it then reapply the old one. The Override should now save correctly.

Bug Fix: Duplicating theme buttons in a group when the group button was not visible caused the duplicated button to not be visible in the group until the group was closed and opened again. Fixed
Note: Duplicated buttons will be created at the bottom if the group they are created in. These duplicated buttons are no longer automatically selected.

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07 May 2024Developer post

Steam Early Access Build: V0.238c Hot Fix 🔥

Change log: Changed: You no longer need to press enter after typing a map name. The name should update as you type and you can click off/out at any time and the map name will be recognised. Press ESC to cancel the input. Bug Fix: png and webP map images were rendering with a blan

04 May 2024Developer post

Dragon Map Maker (Early Access) Update v0.238

Steam Early Access Build: V0.238 Update Highlights: New Terrain/Biome Shader (Glowing (Lava) and metallic textures are now possible) Tweaked rendering to allow High dynamic range textures and effects like lava New Biome textures from floors See inside Multi-Object themes with the

Steam Early Access Build: V0.238

Update Highlights:

New Terrain/Biome Shader (Glowing (Lava) and metallic textures are now possible)
Tweaked rendering to allow High dynamic range textures and effects like lava
New Biome textures from floors
See inside Multi-Object themes with the Theme Objects Icon window (Objects Tool).
New written User manual on the web page How To Map

Change log:

Unity Version Update: The version of Unity which DMM uses has been updated from 2019 to 2022. Lots of stuff had to be changed and fixed under the hood, either bugs with Unity or systems that work differently in 2022. You shouldn’t notice any difference in basic functionality. It took longer than I wanted but now everything is working and updated (hopefully!) I can start to implement features that were not possible using 2019.

Added new Terrain/Biome Shader: A new terrain shader has been added now we’re in Unity 2022 that gives some new features.
Metallic surfaces
Glowing/Emissive surfaces (Lava etc)
Height blending between biome textures

Added Asset: Lava biomes

Added Asset: Biome textures from the Floors Tool. All the Floor Tool textures have been converted to be used as Biome textures! (its a lot of textures)

Added UI/Feature: Height Blend slider for map terrain/biome textures.
This value is saved with your map .dmm file and its default is set to 0.7.
Biome textures will "hight-blend" together when they are not at 100% opacity in the painted layer mask and underlying biomes are visible through this. Each Biome texture now contains a height map. When two biome textures are blended together this height texture will effect how they blend. Higher parts of the biome textures get more weight than lower parts when blended. So a taller rock will be more visible than a lower patch of ground in a blended texture.
Set the slider value to 0 to replicate the previous blending mode.
This is a global effect and cant be controlled for individual biome layers.
I like the effect, it makes blended biomes look more natural but will change how they blend compared to the grid view.

Added UI/Feature: Underground Biomes Height Control slider. You can now control the top height of the Underground Biomes. Currently this is a global setting.

Added UI/Feature Objects Tool “Multi Object” peeking window: A window showing what a Multi-Object Theme contains has been added. Open the "Theme Objects" window using the button found on the side of the Map Theme List for the Objects Tool. Clicking on an “Object Icon” will change the selected objects or “Spawn Tool” example object to the relevant object clicked. You can peak into Multi-Object themes in the Theme Library without loading them as well! Just remember what ever you clicked last will be displayed, so its possible to have the window open on a theme that is not on your map.

Map Rendering Speed: If you’re using the cap frame rate feature in the Options panel you should notice a small to large speed increase when rendering a map (depending on your GPU speed) as the frame cap is now disabled when the map renders. The frame capping was having a much greater effect on map rendering speed than it should have...

Lighting Panel:
Added UI: Time of Day buttons. Reset time of day button and buttons to set commonly needed times (These have been set to give the best looking lighting angles for each time of day).

Added UI: Reset Sun-Moon Direction

Minor UI changes:
Changed UI : “Object Themes” tool text to “Object Theme Markers” to make naming of tools more consistent.
Changed UI: Help window. Now points to the Tutorial page of our website How To Map (which was also updated)
Added UI: Eraser Icon. Added to Terrain Icon in Floors tool list to make the function of this theme a little clearer (it’s used to erase rooms!).
Changed UI: Changed the color scheme of the file browser so its easier to read.

.uvtt export:
Added UI/Feature Fix: Version number for FoundryVTT export. The FoundryVTT import module “Universal VTT Importer” by moo_man has changed how it deals with Portals (doors and windows) which can affect DMM cropped maps. Make sure what ever version of FoundryVTT you are using that you’ve updated the module as well. Then choose the version of FoundryVTT you are using in the .uvtt export tab. If your windows and doors are offset or missing you’ve clicked the wrong version. (FoundryVTT v10 = module v2.6 and FoundryVTT v11 = module v3.0)

New Bridge and Fence Assets:
Asset Added: New wooden bridge objects. Added to Floor (Used with the Height > Sticky Room tool) and Object tools.

Asset Added: New wooden fence objects. Added to Wall and Object tools.

Help/Tutorials:
New written “User manual” and “Quick Start manual” as Google Docs (meaning you can translate them as well). Find them here How To Map. People have often requested a written user manual and tutorial as some people don’t like learning using the video tutorials. It was quite a bit of work but these are now in a good state and explain 95% of the features of DMM. In addition they should be quite quick to update in the future!

Index for Web video tutorials: I added an index for the web video tutorials on the Dragon Map Maker How To Map web site. Click on a heading to be taken to that video.

Bug fix: Color picker window when opened for the first time could be outside the screen bounds on certain screen aspect ratios and UI sizes. Fixed
Bug fix: If the scaling of the UI is not close to the standard 1920x1080 (1.0) dragging biome layer buttons line indicator may not line up on the lower half of the button. Fixed
Bug fix: Fancy Wood Wall had the wrong shader applied to certain parts: Fixed
Bug fix: Stairs Objects kept highlight turned on when switching out of the objects tool: Fixed

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13 Nov 2023Developer post

Dragon Map Maker (Early Access) Update v0.237

Steam Early Access Build: V0.237 Update Highlights: Holiday decorations, minor bug fixes and wall align toggle for the object Spawn tool (In the object tool). Change log: Bug Fix: Objects spawned in biomes were not being merged into one object for optimisation purposes. (Not sure

Steam Early Access Build: V0.237

Update Highlights:

Holiday decorations, minor bug fixes and wall align toggle for the object Spawn tool (In the object tool).

Change log:

Bug Fix: Objects spawned in biomes were not being merged into one object for optimisation purposes. (Not sure when this stopped happening). Fixed.

UI Change > Object Theme List: Changed the name of the permanent “Object Theme Tool” button list item “No Overide” to “No Theme Object” to make the usage clearer.

UI Change > Object Theme List: Changed the name of the permanent “Object Theme Tool” button list item “Empty Space” to “Force Empty Space” to make the usage clearer.

UI Fix > Object Tool: Objects that are selected with the “Object Tool” will no longer be highlighted when outside of the “Object Tool”.

UI Change > Object Tool: Added a reset Object Index button to the Object Spawn toolbar. Allows you to quickly move to the start of the Objects in a theme containing multiple objects.

Asset Tweak: Wooden Wall Candelabras wood part has been shortened so it won’t stick through to the other side of the wall.

Added Align To Wall (Object Tool): I’ve added a new Toggle in the Object Tool next to Align Surface. It allows you to align things like torches and candelabras to sit correctly on a vertical surface like a wall.

Added Assets Xmas/Holidays objects: To celebrate the upcoming holiday season I’ve added a selection of Holiday decorations that you can add to your maps.

-- Xmas trees --

Small, medium and Large
Fancy (Tinsel, baubles etc)
Rustic (Pine cones, rope, oranges, bells etc)

-- Selection of decorations --

Bows (Gold, silver, red)
Candy canes (pole, walking stick, arch, circle)
Baubles (Round and pointed with various colors)
Orange slice (dried)
Pine branches
Pine cones (Single plus painted variations)
Metal stars (gold/silver)
Wreaths Simple rustic (Pine cones, orange slices)
Wreaths Fancy (ribbons, gold etc)

-- Wall decorations (5ft, 10ft, 15ft variations) --

Fancy Tinsel
Gold red
Gold Silver
Gold
Green Multi Colored baubles
Green red gold
Silver
Rustic Just branches
Rustic Painted pine cones
Rustic Cone and Orange slices (dried)

-- Parcels --

Single parcels
Fancy (30 variations)
Rustic (15 variations)
Piled Parcels Fancy with bows and colored rapping (Various size piles with wall and corner pile variations)
Piled Parcels Rustic with plain paper and newspaper rapping with string binding (Various size piles with wall and corner pile variations)

Although its a bit early I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday season!

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20 Oct 2023Developer post

Dragon Map Maker (Early Access) Update v0.236

Steam Early Access Build: V0.236 Update Highlights: I’ve added a Crop Map Tool , find it in the render panel. It allows you to render out any sized map you want (yay!). It means you don't really need to think about the exact map size until you’ve got a map ready to render. It's m

Steam Early Access Build: V0.236

Update Highlights:

I’ve added a Crop Map Tool, find it in the render panel. It allows you to render out any sized map you want (yay!). It means you don't really need to think about the exact map size until you’ve got a map ready to render. It's much more flexible this way and doesn’t restrict the user. Crops both Rendered map images and .uvtt files.

Change log:

Bug Fix: Light slider values were not affecting light values when the value was typed into the text box below the sliders. Fixed.

Bug Fix: DMM would complain if the Webp option was selected in the .uvtt save options and a larger than 12k render was attempted even if a .uvtt wasn’t being saved. Fixed.

Bug Fix: Resizing the map canvas (which clears the undo stack) would delete duplicated objects if they were still contained in the Undo command stack, causing DMM to break. Fixed.

Added DPI metadata to Jpg/Png (for printing): When a .JPG or .PNG map is rendered the DPI metadata (Dots Per Inch) of the image is now inserted to reflect the chosen DPI in the render panel. Allowing these images to be printed at the correct scale (1 inch per square) without having to set the DPI at print time or having to use another piece of software to set the DPI for printing.

Added UI Color change for Map/.uvtt file save panels: Panels now change color when map image save or .uvtt save is selected making it more easily readable at a glance.

Tweaked Overide UI: Some of the Overide UI text didn’t clip nicely when the UI window was scaled. It should be more readable now.

Increased the accuracy of the basic Cursor: The basic mouse cursor pixel click point was adjusted to make selections more accurate.

Map Canvas Naming: The map you paint and place objects onto is now referred to as the “Map Canvas”.

Added Map Crop Tool: When the tool is active you can drag the Crop Map Tool gizmo to the desired map size. This allows you to select parts of the map canvas to render out, allowing rectangular maps of any aspect ratio. This turned out to be a much more flexible way of creating maps than specifying a map size at the start of map creation.

Added Orthographic Camera (Experimental): In the top bar Camera controls you can now switch the view camera between Perspective and Orthographic modes. While in Orthographic mode there is no perspective so you can more easily see what the final map image may look like from above when you reset the camera. Also useful to line up the Map Crop Tool more easily on hilly maps (the main reason I added this in this update).
**Warning: Due to Unity Orthographic cameras not supporting some rendering options certain effects and shaders will not render correctly (water and tree leaves for example).

Added .uvtt file Multiple Underground/Cave biome walls: If the map has more than one Underground/Cave layer the .uvtt saver will now make walls for all of them not just the first layer it finds.

Added VTT UI buttons: VTT buttons have been added to the .uvtt render tab for the big three VTTs. These have tooltips with more information on how to export to each VTT. Clicking them will take you to external web pages relevant to the VTTs .uvtt implementation (Fantasy Grounds (v4.4+) now has an integrated .uvtt loader so that button just takes you to their main web page).

Added better quality soft shadows: Substantially improved the look and quality of shadows, the soft shadow option now makes them much softer. Helps with soft light sources like torches and fires.

Added Assets Egyptian/KingKik style objects: A new set of objects has been added in the style of a Royal Egyptian house. These objects will go along with the Kickstarter Hero Tier objects. The shader allows the color of the metal to be changed from gold to any color metal using the Color Override.

Object Tool
--Pots and Urns--

KingKik Pots All
KingKik Pots Smashed Large
KingKik Pots Smashed Medium
KingKik Pots Smashed Small
KingKik Pots Open A
KingKik Pots Sealed A
KingKik Urns Ornate A
KingKik Urns Ornate B

--Sarcophagus/Coffin--

KingKik Sarcophagus A
KingKik Sarcophagus B
KingKik Sarcophagus Gems
KingKik Sarcophagus Simple A
KingKik Sarcophagus Simple B
KingKik Sarcophagus Top Figure
KingKik Coffin Wooden A

--Furniture--

KingKik Chair Fancy Metallic A
KingKik Chair Fancy Wood Metallic A
KingKik Chair Royal Metallic A
KingKik Chair Royal Wood Metallic A
KingKik Tables A
KingKik Thrones A
KingKik Sofa A
KingKik Sofa B
KingKik Embalming Side Table Wood A
KingKik Embalming Tables Metal A
KingKik Embalming Tables Metal Wood A

--General--

KingKik Ark A
KingKik Ark B
KingKik Circle Of Power A
KingKik Circle Of Power B
KingKik Circle Of Power C
KingKik Circle Of Power D
KingKik Sun Dials A
KingKik Columns Hex
KingKik Columns Round
KingKik Jackal Statue A
KingKik Decoration Metallic Bits
KingKik Gems A
KingKik Metallic Orbs A
KingKik Tableware
KingKik Scepter Heads
KingKik Scepters
KingKik Carpet Red A
KingKik Treasure Chest A
KingKik Embalming Tools A
KingKik Symbols Ornate
KingKik Wing Symbols

Added Assets for Kickstarter Hero Tier Backers: Kickstarter hero Tier objects have been added. A Steam key will be added to your Backerkit account that when applied in Steam will allow you to add these objects to your maps.

Object Tool

KingKik Hero Ark A
KingKik Hero Carpet A
KingKik Hero Circle Of Power A
KingKik Hero Effigy A
KingKik Hero Pool Of Power A
KingKik Hero Pool Of Power B
KingKik Hero Sarcophagus A
KingKik Hero Sarcophagus Top Figure
KingKik Hero Sun Dials A
KingKik Hero Throne A
KingKik Hero Treasure Chest A
KingKik Hero Urns Ornate B

Room tool (Floor tiles)

KingKik Floor White Marble With Jade And Gold tiles

Added Assets New Royal/Temple/Ornate patterned tiles: A selection of tiles in the styles of Royal/Temple/Ornate have been added. These will go great in many maps and include Fancy, Grimey and Ruined variations.

Room tool (Floor tiles)

Floor Black White Reath
Floor Egyptian Wings 01 Fancy
Floor Gold Crisscross 01 Fancy
Floor Gold Glyphs Dwarven Royal 01 Fancy
Floor Heiroglyphs Royal Circle 01 Fancy
Floor Royal Gold White Squares 01 Fancy
Floor Royal Tiles White Blue Flowers 01 Fancy
Floor Royal Tiles White Navy Blue Gold Trim 01 Fancy
Floor Royal Tudor 01 Fancy
Floor Royal Gold Jade 01 Fancy

Added Plane color assets: Added objects similar to water planes that have simple color shaders.

Object Tool

Color: a colored plane that receives lighting and shadows.
Color Flat: a colored plane not receiving any lighting or shadows but will be the color set.

Added Hole assets: Added objects that can be used as holes. These will also act the same way room floors act on the terrain, removing grass and other objects under them and creating a hole below them. You can indent them deeper into the terrain as well to get a slightly sloped side as seen in the image below. The Terrain deformation doesn’t happen in real-time, “Update” the map to see the result.

Object Tool

Rock: Rocky rubble piled around the hole.
Mud: Softer muddy clumps around the hole.
Planks: Can be used on wooden floors to show broken planks. Match the floor color with the Color Override.
Broken Planks: A variation of the planks hole but with added splintered wood surrounding the hole.
Holes: Just the holes by themselves with no surrounding assets.

Added Assets New Simple White tiles: A set of White tiles that can be coloured using the Color Overide and their size changed using the Material Overide to be used with the pattern tiles and include Fancy, Grimey and Ruined variations.

Tweaked FireFlame asset: The Fire Flame Light asset in the Object tool has had its point light moved up more above the fire flame to allow the light from the fire to spill out a bit further giving a more ambient look to the light.

Added Mirrored Spiral Stairs asset: Added a mirrored Spiral stair asset.

Happy mapping folks!

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13 Jul 2023Developer post

Dragon Map Maker (Early Access) Update v0.235

For help videos go to Join the Discord server to ask questions and share your maps by clicking the Discord button at the top right of the interface (or in the Steam Store info section). Update Highlights: New grid snapping and rotation stepping options for the Objects Tool . Impr

For help videos go to https://www.dragonmapmaker.com/howtomap/
Join the Discord server to ask questions and share your maps by clicking the Discord button at the top right of the interface (or in the Steam Store info section).

Update Highlights:

New grid snapping and rotation stepping options for the Objects Tool.
Improved transform Gizmos (Move, Rotate and Scale) so they are easier to use.
Select a Theme using an object selection in the Objects Tool.
UI improvements.

plus Minor Asset updates and Bug fixes in this update.

Steam Early Access Build: V0.235

Added Rotation Stepping: The Object Spawn tool and the Rotation tool (both found in the Objects Tool toolbar) now have rotation stepping (45-degree steps). The default key for rotation stepping is “Shift” but this can be changed in the Key mapping menu.
Added Grid Snapping: The Object Spawn tool and the Move tool (both found in the Objects Tool toolbar) now have grid snapping (None, Centre, Edge and Corner). Access Grid snapping using the new Toggles in the Objects Tool Toolbar.
Changed: Move, Rotation and Scale Gizmos (Objects Tool) are now easier to select and drag with larger colliders around them optimised to reduce miss-clicks. They will also now stay visible while in camera mode but not be selectable until camera mode is exited.
Added UI Toolbar Expand/Contract separators: Some toolbars with a large numbers of buttons/toggles etc now have collapsible separators so the user can hide items they are not using.
Added UI Toolbar Scrolling: Some toolbars with large numbers of buttons/toggles etc now are able to be scrolled with the mouse wheel or dragged with a mouse click if they get too long for the current UI size.
Moved Gizmo Toggles: The "Gizmo visibility Toggle" has been moved to the top bar so the user doesn’t have to go into the Objects Tool to turn floating icon gizmos on/off.
Added Square Biome brush cursor: When painting with the square biome brush the brush cursor is now a square.
Added Double click to open/close Theme Lists: Double click a theme button in the map theme list to open and close that tools Theme List.
Added “Select Theme from object selection” Button (Objects Tool): To find what theme an object belongs to in the Objects Tool select an object in "Select All" mode and click the “Theme select button” in the toolbar. The theme button the object belongs to will be selected in the Scene theme list.
Added Scroll to new button: Scene Theme Lists now scroll to new buttons when they are added.
Added Asset Unrolled bedroll: An unrolled bedroll had been added to the Objects Tool (this was in the previous build but wasn’t in the patch notes).
Changed: Object Theme Tool themes that need a wall to spawn have had a wall theme Icon Overlay added to their theme icons.
Changed: Objects Tool theme “bar tables” have had extra metadata added so they will show up in searches e.g. tavern, pub alehouse.
Fixed: Some “Light Objects” in the Objects Tool didn’t have the correct overlay icon showing they had a light embedded inside them. Fixed.
Fixed bug: Reset Rotations button in the Objects Tool didn’t reliably reset rotation on the rotation Gizmo (Visual only). Fixed.
Fixed bug: If the Camera mode button was something other than Spacebar transform Gizmos for the Objects Tool were still visible and still selectable in camera mode. Fixed.
Fixed bug: Undo was not saved for the “Objects Tool” if camera mode was entered while a transform Gizmo was being dragged. This also caused a selection error. Fixed.
Fixed: Kitchen Cleaver in Objects Tool was to tall. Fixed.

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30 Jun 2023Developer post

Dragon Map Maker (Early Access) Update v0.234

Steam early access: Build 0.234 Hello! I hope everyone is doing well. This is mainly an asset update with a couple bug fixes and behind the scenes stuff. For help videos on each tool and how it's used click on the tutorials button in the top right of the interface or go to Join t

Steam early access: Build 0.234

Hello! I hope everyone is doing well. This is mainly an asset update with a couple bug fixes and behind the scenes stuff.

For help videos on each tool and how it's used click on the tutorials button in the top right of the interface or go to https://www.dragonmapmaker.com/howtomap/
Join the Discord server to ask questions and share your maps by clicking the Discord button at the top right of the interface (or in the Steam Store info section).

Steam Early Access Build: V0.234

Fixed bug: The Sand colored window was causing a hang on loading a map saved with this wall type.
Fixed bug: Chest Object Tool Themes Average & Simple contained the other chest type. Fixed. (You might need to swop out your chest Object Tool theme Average with Simple and Simple with Average on your maps if you used these themes).

Asset: Treasure Chests - Open empty, Gems, Gold, Silver, Mixed coins.
Asset: Treasure Piles - Gems, Gems + Treasure, Gold coins, Gold coins + treasure, Silver coins, Copper coins, Mixed coins. Added to Object Tool, Object Theme Tool and Room Edge Themes.
Asset: Metal Bars/Ingots - Gold, Silver (can be recolored using a Color Override). Added to Object Tool, Object Theme Tool and Room Edge Themes.
Asset: Metal Shields/Discs - Gold, Silver (can be recolored using a Color Override). Added to Object Tool.
Asset: Precious Metal Tableware - Gold, Silver (can be recolored using a Color Override). Added to Object Tool.
Asset: Gems - Diamond, Ruby (red), Topaz (yellow), Sapphire (Dark Blue), Emerald (Green), Purple, Light Blue, Opals (Red, Teal, Yellow, White). Added to Object Tool.
Asset: Trap Doors and Grates - Metal and Wood variations (can be recolored using a Color Override). Added to Object Tool.
Asset: Bone Piles - Bones, Skeletons and Skull pile variants. Added to Object Tool, Object Theme Tool and Room Edge Themes.
Asset: Humanoid Bones (Skeletons) - Posed in many variations. Added to Object Tool.
Asset: Animal Skulls. Added to Object Tool.
Asset: Animal (Horse type) Bones (Skeletons) - Posed in many variations. Added to Object Tool.
Asset: Readable Doors - Added variations of Doors with a white square under the door to make doors more readable on darker maps. Added to Door Tool.
Asset: Only Bars Wall theme - The current Metal bars wall theme has a stone base. This new variant has more bars instead, allowing this to be used in water without having a stone base visible (used for grates in sewers etc). Added to Wall Tool.
Asset: All Wall objects have been added to the Objects Tool allowing them to be placed by hand if needed.
Asset: All lighting objects (Torches, candles etc) in the “Objects Tool” now have a variant with preset lights and flames attached to them. These function the same way as the point light Objects and can be controlled in the same way. Added to Objects Tool.

New UI button: To make bug reporting easier I added a save button next to the log button (Bottom left). This saves a log and opens the location where the log is saved. Logs are now saved with extra data in their name (map name, time, date etc) and will not save over previous logs.

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17 Mar 2023Developer post

Dragon Map Maker (Early Access)

Welcome to Steam early access! For help videos on each tool and how it's used click on the tutorials button in the top right of the interface or go to Join the Discord server to ask questions and share your maps by clicking the Discord button at the top right of the interface (or

Welcome to Steam early access!

For help videos on each tool and how it's used click on the tutorials button in the top right of the interface or go to https://www.dragonmapmaker.com/howtomap/
Join the Discord server to ask questions and share your maps by clicking the Discord button at the top right of the interface (or in the Steam Store info section).

Update Highlights:

New Input System - Assign keys to most functions.
Better Tooltips and Help Bar - linked to the input system showing your current key mapping.
Brush Size with Scroll wheel - Hold B to change brush size with the mouse Scroll Wheel.
New Screenshot feature - Go to the “render tab/screenshot mode” and take screenshots of your map.
Theme Lists - can now be dragged out to make them bigger.

Minor Asset updates, Bug fixes and new Quality of Life features in this update.

Steam Early Access Build: V0.233

Fixed bug: Roofs were getting taller or shorter depending on what height they were on. Fixed, they stay the same height now.
Fixed bug: Overides were not being applied when the map was loaded if the theme was in a group in the theme list. Fixed.
Fixed bug: Live update brushes would be recorded when the update map keyboard shortcut was pressed. Fixed.
Fixed bug: Ice rocky structures didn’t have the correct override for it’s color. Fixed.
Fixed bug: Using the Swap camera shortcut key would leave data on the map if a live updating tool is over the map. Fixed.

Asset: Added tables with no chairs in the Objects Tool and Theme Marker tool.
Asset: Sakura/Cherry blossom tree textures. I added a cherry blossom tree texture to the birch trees and Oak trees. Find it in the Overide for its texture.
Asset: Sakura/Cherry blossom trees I added a cherry blossom tree set to the Object Tool.

New feature: Assign your own Keys. Keys can now be assigned to your hearts content. Find it in the options menu or the top bar. Check the assigned keys here as well. (It's a whole new input system so please report any input bugs).
New feature: Change brush Size with Mouse wheel. I added the ability to use a key+mouse wheel to change the size of brushes. I may add the ability to just use the mouse wheel but will have to adjust a few things to make that not clash with other features.
New feature: Screen Shot Mode. I added a simple screenshot mode to the render panel. Screenshots are saved to the map folder and are named using the name of the map plus an iteration number. It will not save over previous screenshots. There’s a folder icon to open the map folder and an arrow button to collapse the effects panel so you can see the full screen view. Currently it saves HD .jpg images (1920x1080). I added a fun TiltShift effect for this mode (makes things look miniature).
UI New feature: Change the Size of Theme lists. You can now drag theme lists out to see the longer theme names!
Added: Snow effect warning message. You’ll now get a warning if you turn on the Snow effect without assigning a snow Biome (hopefully this will stop some confusion for first time users).
Added UI Folder shortcuts for the save and data dir. In the save menu you can now click on the folder icons and open up the save directory in windows. There's also a button to open the data directory that DMM is installed in. Just in case anything goes wrong with the save. These are a first test of a new file system that uses native OS file windows instead of the generic one that DMM uses at the moment.
Added Better Tooltips. All tooltips are now linked to the new input system, allowing them to show the current key assigned.
Updated Help bar. As with the tooltips I had to remake the bottom tool help bar. It now shows the current keys assigned to each tool. If you don’t want to see it just toggle it off with the toggle button on the bars far left.

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Updates & announcements

Steam Early Access Build: V0.245

GUI Colors Updated

GUI Color Modes Added

GUI Checkmark color picker

Map Image Overlay

Map Image Overlay > “Align to Grid”

Steam Early Access Build: V0.244

Unity Security update

Steam Early Access Build: V0.243

Added Assets: Separated All Door objects

Added Assets: Wooden Log Door objects

Added Assets: Biome color variants for Short Grass and Long Grass

Bug: The “Empty Theme” layout object colors did not match the button color in the map list on map reload

Bug: Object Tool Theme Overrides sometimes not loading on map reload

Bug: A few Biome names were not correct

Steam Early Access Build: V0.242

Added Assets: Boats, Ships and nautical stuff

Ships: (A to H, Large to Small)

Nautical items Themes:

Added: New Empty Room type (for larger ships)

Change log:

Steam Early Access Build: V0.241

Update highlights:

Added Feature: .uvtt Lighting export.

Added Feature: Full translation of the DMM app

Added Feature: Set height and scale of the Objects Tool.

Added Feature: Height Tool “Ignore Objects” Toggle.

Added Feature: Native file browser support.

Added UI: All Theme icons have been updated

Changed UI: Tooltips

Changed UI: Buttons/Toggles

Added Assets: Stone bridges in the Objects Tool.

Added Assets: Castle Walls, Doors and Windows.

Added Assets: Tokens and Symbols in the Objects Tool.

Map Saturation changes and controls:

Steam Early Access Build: V0.238

Update Highlights:

Change log:

Steam Early Access Build: V0.237

Update Highlights:

Change log:

Steam Early Access Build: V0.236

Update Highlights:

Change log:

Happy mapping folks!

Steam early access: Build 0.234

Welcome to Steam early access!

Minor Asset updates, Bug fixes and new Quality of Life features in this update.