--- title: Configuring Your Map description: General commands and an explanation on properties in Mapedit. url: "https://www.penguingames.fun/support/mapedit-config/config/" updated: "2023-03-03" category: Mapedit / Mapedit Configuration --- # Configuring Your Map ## Commands */new * - creates a new map for the specified gamemode */edit * - takes you to an existing map */search [-name ] [-gamemode ] [-page ] [-author ] [-published/-unpublished] [-needsreview] [-prev]* - list all maps you have access to based on the specified search criteria */resize [amount]* - resizes the map you’re on by the specified number of blocks, positive or negative. - Specify a positive amount to expand the map or a negative amount to shrink the map. - If you don’t specify the amount, you’ll be prompted to set it by modifying a tile. - Be careful—you can irreversibly destroy a map with this command. */savemap* - saves the map you’re currently on. Maps autosave, so this typically shouldn’t be necessary to use. */clearmap * - clears all items, npcs, or projectiles from the map you’re in. */crop [-air]* - crops out unnecessary borders from your map to make it more compact. Use the -air flag to crop air as well. */update-access * - lets you invite or kick others to collaborate with you on your map. - The following access levels are available: - *None* - the player cannot join the map. - *ViewOnly* - the player can join the map, but they can't build or edit properties. - *CanBuild* - the player can join and build on the map, but they can't invite others. - *CanInviteOthers* - the player can invite other players, but they can't give other players this rank and can't change the access level of others with this access level or higher. - *Owner* - the player can update the access levels of all players to anything and can use */snapshot*. */leavemap* - relinquishes ownership of the map you’re in */allowedhere* - lists all players allowed in the map you’re in */author * - toggles whether you’re credited as an author in the map you’re in */submit [-f] [changes]* - submits the map for review by staff when you are done with it */snapshot* - If you mess something up, you can use this command to revert your map back to a previous point in time. - Snapshots are saved every 30 minutes, and the five most recent snapshots are kept. - You can use */snapshot list* to view all available snapshots for a map, and then you can use */snapshot revert * to revert the map to the specified snapshot. - The snapshot id is the number on the left in brackets when you use */snapshot list*. - To protect against using this command for griefing, this command is only usable by staff and those with the Owner permission on the map. */mc * - send a message to all players who are in the same map that you’re in. - Short for “map chat.” */propertyhelp [property]* - lists all properties in the map with info on them. - You can specify an argument to get info on a specific property or subproperty, or you could provide no argument and see all the properties in a map. ## Properties Maps have various metadata properties used to set things such as the spawn point for a map, starting inventories, checkpoints, and so on. The specific properties are different depending on what the gamemode is for the map you are editing, but they can be accessed like this: | name | Basic property. | | --- | --- | | list[12] | List, accessing item 12. | | property.subproperty | Nested property. | | list[5].subproperty | Bringing everything together. | To view and modify these properties, you have the following commands: */set [value]* - sets a property in the map you’re in */add [value]* - adds an item to a list property */remove [collection item]* - removes an item from a list property in the map you’re in */properties [specifier]* - gets all properties you can edit for the map you’re in. - You can provide an argument for the subproperty you’re looking at. */show * - shows you certain non-text properties like, for instance, teleporting you to the spawn point or giving you an inventory ### *Related*