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Map Settings Palette†

Specify basic settings such as map size and background music to be used, as well as rendering settings and enemy distribution settings.

Basic†

Specify basic information about the map you are editing.

• Map Name
  Specify settings for the name of each map.

• Name
  Specify the name of the map being edited.

• Map ID
  An ID that can be assigned to each map in the project. This ID can be referenced from events.
  The ID is automatically assigned when the map is generated, but can be changed in this field.
  However, duplicate IDs cannot be assigned.

• Visible
  When the switch is turned on, it will automatically display the " Map Name" during gameplay.
  The map is displayed according to the layout specified in the Layout Tool > "Display Map Name" screen.

• Texture Settings
  Specify settings related to textures to be used on the terrains.
  A value smaller than the texture of the terrain stamp results in a rough resolution rendering.

• Resolution
  Specify the basic size of the texture to be used on the terrain.
  A value smaller than the texture of the terrain stamp results in a rough resolution rendering.

• Use Texture Filter
  When turned on, the terrain texture is filtered to make the pixels less noticeable.

• Animation Interval
  Specify the animation speed of animated terrain used for fluids, etc.

• Cluster Size
  This function divides the terrain into several blocks (clusters) to avoid rendering unseen terrain and improve rendering performance. The appropriate size depends on the field of view of the camera in the game.
  In addition, the differences by value are as follows:

• High in Value
  Large block size. Local light effect allocation may be limited.

• Low in Value
  Small blocks. Local lights may be fully effective, but rendering load may be high.

• Map Size
  Specify the size of the map.

• X
  Specify the size in the X-axis direction.

• Z
  Specify the size in the Z-axis direction.

• Terrain at Extension
  Specify the terrain to fill the extended area.

• Apply Texture Settings and Map Resize
  Click to apply the information you have changed in the texture specs and map size to the current map.

• Anchor
  Specify in which direction it will be extended. The white portion of the icon will be extended.
  

• Sound
  Specify the background music and environmental sound for this map.

• BGM
  Specify the background music to be played on map.
  In the "Resources" menu Sounds (Resources), you can select from those whose property "Type" is specified as "BGM".

• Environmental Sound
  Specify the Environmental Sound to be played on map.
  In the "Resources" menu Sounds (Resources), you can select from those whose property "Type" is specified as "Environmental Sounds".

• Rendering Related
  Specify settings related to rendering on this map.

• Environmental Effects
  Specify the particle effects to be displayed on this map.
  Environmental effects are always rendered closest to the foreground.
  In the Resources menu, select Particles, and select from those for which the property "Environmental Effects" is specified to be ON.

• Pre-load
  When the switch is turned on, this map will be preloaded in the background when events on other maps include a transfer of location to this map.

• Camera
  Specify settings for the camera on this map.
  Specify the default camera for this map.
  Select the camera work created in the Camera Tool.

• Camera to be Used
  Select the camera work created in the "Camera Tool".

• Disable
  Prohibit the player from manipulating the camera.

• Event to be Called Before Displaying Map
  Specify the common event to be used before this map is displayed.
  You may select from among the common events specified in the Common Event Palette.

• Event 1
  Select the first common event.

• Event 2
  Select the second common event.

• Others
  • Enable Walking off the Map
    If turned on, the player will be able to go outside of the map range.

Map†

Specify the map screen to be displayed in the "Map" menu during the game.
The "Map" section displays an image of the "map" the player is currently on, viewed from above.
This tab allows you to specify the display range of that "map".
("map" is displayed when the special format \mappreview is specified in the Layout Tool with the panel for rendering strings).

In some cases, there are areas of the map that you do not want the player to see in order to create a visual effect that expresses the depth of the map, or for the purpose of producing effects or events.
By specifying values on this tab, you can limit the area of the "map" that is displayed during the game.

• Display Range
  A dialog box opens to specify a display range, which can be specified by dragging a range.

• Preview
  A preview of the specified display range will be shown.

Rendering†

Various post-effects can be specified to enhance the look of the map.

• Preset
  A list of rendering settings will be displayed.

• Functions
  • Add Button
    Add a new rendering setting.
    The added rendering setting can be renamed by clicking twice on its name.

• Folder Button
  Create a new folder.
  Folders can also be created under folders.

• Copy Button
  Copy the selected rendering settings.

• Paste Button
  Paste the copied rendering settings.

• Delete Button
  Delete the selected rendering settings and folders.

• Presets Folder
  The folder contains a variety of pre-prepared rendering settings. The preset data are given names such as "evening," "sepia tone," "dungeon," and so on.
  You can also create a new rendering setting based on the preset data.

• Basic Settings and Post-Effects
  Specify basic background and post-effect settings.

• Background
  Specify settings for background color, skybox model, environment map, etc.

• Type
  Choose whether to specify a skybox model or render in a single color.

• Background Color
  Specify a background color. Click to display the color picker.

• Skybox Model
  Select the skybox model to be used from the asset picker.

• Skybox Scale
  Specify the scale of the skybox.

• Environment Map
  If there are reflective effects in models used in the map, specify the environment map that will be used for the reflective color calculation delegate.

• Intensity
  The degree to which the environment map is applied. The higher the value, the more reflection component is added to the rendering.

• Background Material
  Specify a material to fill in the unrendered areas after rendering opaque.

• Light
  Specify the light settings to be applied to the entire map.

• Color
  Specify the color of the parallel light source. Click to display the color picker.

• Intensity
  Intensity of the parallel light source. It is multiplied by the color.

• Shadow Angle X
  Specify the orientation of the parallel light source (X).

• Shadow Angle Z
  Specify the orientation of the parallel light source (Z).

• Shadow Z Range
  Specify how far away from the camera position the shadow of the parallel light source should be displayed.
  Shadows farther away than this value will not be displayed. The larger the value, the blurrier the shadow.

• Shadow Bias
  This value is used to determine if the pixel will be shadowed.
  If the value is large, the area that should have a shadow will not have a shadow. If the value is small, a moiré pattern will appear.

• Shadow Caster Margin
  Specify to what extent the models are enabled to cast shadows that are out of view of the camera.
  A large value will affect the correctness of the shadow determination. If it's small, the shadow of the off-screen models will not be displayed.

• Shadow Cascade Count
  The quality of the shadows can be increased by writing shadows in different shadow maps depending on the distance from the camera.
  Specify the number of shadow maps to be used between 1 and 4.

• Shadow Cascade Border
  For each cascading shadow, enter the descriptive distance to be assigned.

• Lights on Buildings
  Select this option to turn on the lights of the windows and streetlights of buildings where light animations are specified.

• Billboard Brightness
  Adjust the degree of influence of the lights on 2D stamps (billboards) placed on the map.

• Ambient
  Specify the ambient color settings.

• Color
  Specify the color of the light. Click to display the color picker.

• Intensity
  Specify the intensity of the color that will be multiplied by the color of the light.

• IBL Intensity
  Specify the amount of ambient light to be applied when calculating the ambient light by considering the environment map as an IBL (Image Based Lighting) image.

• Fog
  Specify the fog (fog effect) setting.

• Use
  Turn on/off the fog used on the map.

• Color
  Specify the fog color. Click to display the color picker.

• Intensity
  Specify the brightness of the fog. The "color" of the fog is multiplied by this value.

• Density
  Specify the fog density. The higher the value, the thicker the fog.

• Applicability
  Specify the degree to which the fog is applied; setting it to 0 is equivalent to turning it off.
  More than 1 can also be specified.

• Damping Degree by Y Coordinate
  Using height 0 as a reference, the higher the height, the thinner the fog.
  If this value is 0, the density is determined by the distance from the camera, regardless of height; a value greater than 0 will narrow the density in the height direction.

• Start Distance
  Specify the distance from the camera at which the fog will begin to be applied.

• Auto Exposure Settings
  Specify the settings for the auto exposure function.

• Use
  Turn the auto exposure function on or off.

• Standard Brightness
  The brightness of the entire screen approaches this value.

• Minimum Scale
  If the screen is brighter than the standard brightness, the entire screen is darkened, but the lower limit is specified.

• Maximum Scale
  If the screen is darker than the standard brightness, the entire screen is brightened, but the upper limit is specified.

• SSAO
  This is the Screen-Space Ambient Occlusion setting.
  It expresses pseudo shadows by guessing the pixels that are considered to be in the back areas of the screen and darkening them.

• Use
  Turn the SSAO function on and off.

• Color
  Specify the color of the shadow to be written. Click to display the color picker.

• Radius
  Specify the size of the area where surrounding pixels are inspected to determine if the area is likely to be in shadow.
  Specify as a percentage of the resolution to be rendered.

• Number of Samples
  Specify the number of times to inspect whether surrounding pixels cast shadows on the pixel being judged.
  The higher the number, the higher the processing load.

• Minimum Difference
  Specify the lower limit of the distance between surrounding pixels and each other that determines whether the pixel being judged is in a shadow casting relationship with the surrounding pixels.

• Maximum Difference
  Specify the upper limit of the distance between surrounding pixels and each other that determines whether the pixel being judged is in a shadow casting relationship with the surrounding pixels.

• Darkness
  Specify the degree to which the SSAO function is applied.

• Contrast
  Specify the final shadow writing spread.

• BLOOM
  Apply a filter to the bright pixels to produce the effect of light scattering.

• Use
  Turn the BLOOM function on and off.

• Intensity
  Specify a value for how much of the filtered bright pixels will be superimposed on the original image.

• Threshold
  Specify the threshold that determines how bright pixels should be filtered.

• DOF
  Specify the depth of field.
  Focus only on the area you want to draw attention to, giving the effect of blurring out the surrounding area.

• Use
  Turn the DOF function on and off.

• Focal Point
  Specify the distance from the camera to the focus position.

• Focal Range
  Specify the range of focus around "Focal Point" as a percentage of the resolution.
  A standard value is about 0.5 to 1. Larger values will result in block artifacts.

• Blurring Radius
  Specify the degree of blurring of out-of-focus pixels.

• VIGNETTE
  Specify the setting for the vignette effect, in which the area around the screen is darkened.

• Use
  Turns the VIGNETTE function on and off.

• Intensity
  Specify how much to darken the surroundings and narrow the field of view.

• LUT
  Replace the colors in the final resulting image with the color placement of the specified 3D texture.

• Definition File
  Specify a 3D texture file from the asset picker.

• Chromatic Aberration
  Represent the chromatic aberration of a lens caused by the difference in refractive index at different wavelengths.
  It is a color-shifted representation of each RGB and differs from real-world chromatic aberration.

• Use
  Turn the chromatic aberration function on and off.

• Size
  Specify the degree of displacement at both ends of the screen. It is calculated as a percentage of the screen size. If the value is 0.1, there will be a 0.1% deviation.

• SSSSS
  Specify the Subsurface Scattering settings. A shader that computationally represents the internal reflection of light on translucent materials.

• Use
  Turn the SSS function on and off.

• Radius
  Specify the sampling radius in the view coordinate system.

• Applicability
  Specify how much of the SSS results will be multiplied in the post-process.

• Number of Samples
  Specify the number of diffuse random samplings for the SSS.

Enemy Distribution†

Specify the areas, enemy groups, and appearance rates for encounter battles within the map you are editing.

• Enemy Distribution List
  Create areas on the map where enemies will be encountered.

• Add Area Button
  Add the area of appearance.

• Copy Button
  Copy the selected area.

• Paste Button
  Paste the copied area.

• Delete Button
  Delete the selected area.

• Battle Test
  You can perform a battle test applying the specifications here.
  
• Add
• Delete
  Add/delete party cast members to be included in the battle.

• Save
• Delete
  You can save/delete your battle test settings.
  Please use this function when repeating the test under the same conditions.

• Battle Test Settings
  • Casts
    Select the party casts to be included in the test.

• Level
  Specify the level of casts.

• Equipment
  Specify the equipment of casts.

• Number of Monsters
  You can specify the number of monsters that will appear in the test within the maximum number of appearances specified for the area where the battle test is to be conducted.

• Test Play (Battle)
  Start a battle test.

• Area Name
  The name of the area where the enemies appear.

• Encounter
  Specify the probability that enemies will appear while the main casts are on the move while the conditions are met.

• Number
  Specify the maximum number of enemies that can appear in one battle within this area.
  The maximum number of enemies that can appear at the same time is eight.

• Min
  Specify the minimum number of steps that enemies will appear in this area when the player moves a certain number of steps.
  The number of steps is the same as the grid number on the map editor.

• Max
  Specify the maximum number of steps that enemies will appear in this area when the player moves a certain number of steps.
  The number of steps is the same as the grid number on the map editor.

• Range
  Coordinates representing the range of the area.
  Click to display the "Area Selection Dialog".
  

• Select Area
  A view of the entire map from directly above is displayed. The overall view can be scrolled by dragging the right mouse button and enlarged or reduced by rotating the mouse wheel.
  Left-drag to specify the area you wish to designate as an area.
  Terrain that is impenetrable to the player is not selected.

• X Coordinate
  X coordinate of the area range. The coordinates specified in the preview screen will be displayed. You can also enter a numerical value directly.

• Z Coordinate
  Z coordinate of the area range. The coordinates specified in the preview screen will be displayed. You can also enter a numerical value directly.

• Width
  The width of the area range. A numerical value of the width specified in the preview screen will be displayed. You can also enter a numerical value directly.

• Depth
  The depth of the area range. A numerical value of the depth specified in the preview screen will be displayed. You can also enter a numerical value directly.

• Selected Enemy Distribution Properties
  Specify the detailed settings for the selected area.

• Encounter Rate
  Specify the probability that enemies will appear.

• Max Appearing Number
  Specify the maximum number of enemies that can appear at the same time in one battle.
  The maximum number of enemies that can appear at the same time is eight.

• Min Number of Steps
  Specify the minimum number of steps to walk before enemies appear.

• Max Number of Steps
  Specify the maximum number of steps to walk before enemies appear.

• Area Start Point X
  Specify the starting point of the X coordinate for this area.
  The settings specified in the "Area Selection Dialog" will be applied.

• Area Start Point Z
  Specify the starting point of the Z coordinate for this area.
  The settings specified in the "Area Selection Dialog" will be applied.

• Area End Point X
  Specify the end point of the X coordinate for this area.
  The settings specified in the "Area Selection Dialog" will be applied.

• Area End Point Z
  Specify the end point of the Z coordinate for this area.
  The settings specified in the "Area Selection Dialog" will be applied.

• BGM
  Use System Settings" uses the background music specified in "System Resources" -> "System BGM Settings" in the Resources menu.
  To use other background music, select it from the asset picker.

• Environmental Sound
  To play environmental sound, select it from the asset picker.

• Battle Background
  Specify the battle background to be used in this area.
  The default setting is to use the current map as is.

• Use Custom Battle Layout
  Turning this setting off will use the game's default battle layout (ally/enemy placement) as specified in "Use Default Battle Layout" and "Battle Layout Settings" under Game Definition > Rules and Operations.
  If turned on, specify the battle layout for the battles that occur in this area in the "Battle Layout Settings" section.

• Battle Layout Settings
  Specify the placement of enemies and the party members in battles.
  

• Map List
  From the list, select the map that will be the background during battles in this area.

• Placement Preview
  You can place the casts and see a preview of the battle scene.
  The placement area (white translucent rectangle), which is displayed as a guide for placement, can be dragged and moved.

• Number of Enemies
  You can change the number of enemies to be displayed in the editor within the "Max Appearing Number" of enemies specified in the area for placement.

• Center Position
  Indicate the center coordinates of the placement area (the center of the yellow line).

• Camera
  If you choose "Above," you can specify the placement of enemies and the party members on the preview screen.
  Red numbers are enemies and blue numbers are main casts. Drag to specify placement.
  Casts can also be placed outside the placement area.
  For cameras other than "Above," the angle for each situation specified in the "Battle" section of the "Camera Tool" section will be applied.

• Play
  You can preview the image when anything other than "Above" is selected in the camera.
  

• ''Enemy Casts Generated in Distribution'
  Specify the enemies that will be generated within this area.
  

• Add Button
  Add a new enemy.

• Delete Button
  Delete the selected enemy.
  You can select multiple monsters by holding down the Shift or Ctrl key while clicking on the icon portion of the list, and then delete them all at once with the Delete button.

• Monster Name
  Name of the enemy.

• Frequency
  Specify the percentage at which this enemy will appear.
  If there are two types of enemies, A and B, and if A is specified as 10 and B as 30, the percentage of A appearing is 10/(10+30)=25%.

• Min
  Specify the minimum level of enemies that will appear.

• Max Level
  Specify the maximum level of enemies that will appear.

Editor Settings†

Adjustments to the camera for map editing operations.

• Adjustments Related to the Camera in Map Editing

• Viewpoint
  Specify the viewpoint position in each of the X, Y, and Z axes.
  Left-click on the icon to increase the value, right-click to decrease it.
  You can also enter a value directly.

• Rotation
  Specify the camera rotation in the X, Y, and Z axes respectively.
  Left-click on the icon to increase the value, right-click to decrease it.
  You can also enter a value directly.

• Angle of View
  Specify the camera zoom in and out.
  Left-click on the icon to increase the value, right-click to decrease it.
  You can also enter a value directly.

• Manipulator Operation Space Target Switching

• World Coordinates
  Specify world coordinates. When in world coordinates, +Y is always on up no matter how the model is rotated.

• Local Coordinates
  Specify local coordinates.

• Manipulator Center Handling Switching

• Object Center
  The manipulator is displayed at the center of objects.

• Multiple Selection Center
  When multiple objects are selected, manipulators are displayed at their centers.

• Manipulator Size

• Smaller
  Each click reduces the size of the manipulator.

• Larger
  Each click increases the size of the manipulator.