Question 1

What is the Map Builder for?

Accepted Answer

It's a browser-based tactical battle-map editor for SWURPG (or any d20 RPG). Set a grid size, paint terrain, drop tokens for PCs and enemies, place objects, mark zones. Save to your account, share via a public link, and print at LEGO scale for the tabletop. The first browser-native map authoring tool for any Star Wars RPG.

Question 2

How do I place something on the map?

Accepted Answer

Pick a tool from the left palette, then click on the canvas. Terrain paints a cell. Token / Object / Zone open a quick modal for name + color, then drop into the cell you clicked. Wall is two clicks at the grid intersections (cell corners). Connection (for multi-panel maps) is two clicks across two panels via the panel tabs.

Question 3

How do I move or delete something?

Accepted Answer

Switch to the Select tool, click the element, then drag to reposition (snaps to cells) or hit Delete / Backspace to remove. Arrow keys nudge the selection by one cell. Esc deselects.

Question 4

What keyboard shortcuts are there?

Accepted Answer

Ctrl/Cmd+S saves. Ctrl/Cmd+O opens load. Ctrl/Cmd+N resets to a blank map (with confirm). Ctrl/Cmd+Z undoes; Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+Z redoes. Ctrl/Cmd+D duplicates the selected element. Arrow keys nudge. Delete / Backspace removes. Esc deselects. Number keys 1-7 switch tools: 1 Select, 2 Terrain, 3 Wall, 4 Token, 5 Object, 6 Zone, 7 Connection.

Question 5

How do I add a second floor or another room?

Accepted Answer

Use the + Panel button in the header's tab strip. Each panel is an independent grid with its own background and terrain. The Connection tool links a cell on one panel to a cell on another (door, stairs, ladder, rope, lift) so the rendered output shows how the floors join together.

Question 6

Do I need an account?

Accepted Answer

Not to draft a map — the builder auto-saves to this browser's storage every 600ms while you work. Signing in adds cloud Save / Save As / Load so you can keep multiple maps and pick them up on any device. Sharing publicly + the Tile PDF download both require sign-in too.

Question 7

How do I make a map shareable?

Accepted Answer

Save the map (sign-in required), then hit Share in the header. You'll get a public URL anyone can open without an account. The Map Builder runs an automated profanity scan at publish time — clean content goes live on /community immediately. To pull the share back, hit Unshare and the link 404s.

Question 8

How do I print the map?

Accepted Answer

Click Tile PDF in the header. The builder opens a printable view in a new tab and triggers your browser's print dialog. Pick "Save as PDF" as the destination, Letter portrait, 100% / Actual Size — each grid cell prints as exactly 1 inch (the LEGO minifigure footprint). Each tile page has registration crosses at the corners for taping together.

Question 9

Why are my maps locked to 5 ft per cell?

Accepted Answer

SWURPG combat assumes a 5 ft cell — speeds, ranges, area effects, melee reach all measure in cells. Pinning the print scale to 1 inch per cell makes every printed grid map share the same physical scale, so a LEGO minifig (2×2 stud baseplate = roughly 1 inch) lands cleanly on any cell of any published or homebrew map.

Question 10

Can I fork someone else's public map?

Accepted Answer

Yes. On any public-shared map page, hit Fork. The map clones into your account as a private draft with attribution preserved (the page will show "Forked from @originalUser's original"). Edit and re-share under your own name.

Question 11

I'm on a phone or tablet — does it work?

Accepted Answer

It works, but the builder is designed for a mouse + keyboard workflow. Touch users can drag tokens with one finger and pinch-zoom the canvas with two fingers. For complex authoring (multi-panel maps, many terrain features), a desktop or laptop is faster.