# The Catacylsm DDA Map Editor

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-catacylsm-dda-map-editor/3297>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [September 30, 2013, 9:32am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-catacylsm-dda-map-editor/3297 "2013-09-30T09:32:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Architect](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/architect/32/196_2.png) [@Architect](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Architect)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 9:32am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-catacylsm-dda-map-editor/3297/1 "2013-09-30T09:32:45Z")

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[size=14pt]Did you know that Cata has a map editor in the in-game debug menu?[/size]

It does! And it presents a great opportunity for users to show off their design prowess and suggest new buildings!

This is a thread for users to post concept images for buildings and structures they would like to see incorporated into the game.

Who knows? Perhaps some of the designs here could inspire our resident programmers.

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**Author:** ![Architect](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/architect/32/196_2.png) [@Architect](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Architect)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 9:42am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-catacylsm-dda-map-editor/3297/2 "2013-09-30T09:42:12Z")

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Here is a simple example of what can be done in a few minutes with the editor.

On the left are concepts for various train cars.

On the right is that staple of rural America: the trailer. (Lawn couch not included.)

![](http://s7.postimg.org/pa7tu2jnf/example_structures.png)

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**Author:** ![Architect](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/architect/32/196_2.png) [@Architect](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Architect)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 10:44am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-catacylsm-dda-map-editor/3297/3 "2013-09-30T10:44:19Z")

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Of course, those are simple boxes. Here’s something slightly more elaborate:

![](http://s22.postimg.org/ecrz7d2sh/castle.png)

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**Author:** ![Zireael](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/zireael/32/956_2.png) [@Zireael](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zireael)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 12:27pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-catacylsm-dda-map-editor/3297/4 "2013-09-30T12:27:11Z")

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These are amazing!

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**Author:** ![FunsizeNinja123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/funsizeninja123/32/118_2.png) [@FunsizeNinja123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FunsizeNinja123)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 12:55pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-catacylsm-dda-map-editor/3297/5 "2013-09-30T12:55:50Z")

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You just noticed.

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**Author:** ![phaethon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/phaethon/32/981_2.png) [@phaethon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/phaethon)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-catacylsm-dda-map-editor/3297/6 "2013-09-30T15:20:34Z")

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Nice. That castle reminds me of NetHack’s Castle level. It would be cool to have a building like Fort Ludios that was a tip of the hat to a RL predecessor.

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**Author:** ![kevin.granade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kevin.granade/32/1316_2.png) [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 6:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-catacylsm-dda-map-editor/3297/7 "2013-09-30T18:00:15Z")

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Nice, I’ll be keeping my peepers on this thread 😃

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**Author:** ![Shoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Shoes](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Shoes)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-catacylsm-dda-map-editor/3297/8 "2013-09-30T18:57:03Z")

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If anyone wants to draw up some ice laboratory rooms, feel free :3 Things that were mentioned were hallways with pipes/broken pipes, some testing rooms, things of that nature.

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**Author:** ![Pageman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Pageman](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Pageman)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 1:30am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-catacylsm-dda-map-editor/3297/9 "2013-10-02T01:30:42Z")

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Nice! since RE:0 zombie infested trains are a dream to me. Well done

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**Author:** ![John\_Candlebury](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/john_candlebury/32/6437_2.png) [@John\_Candlebury](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/John_Candlebury)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 12:25pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-catacylsm-dda-map-editor/3297/10 "2013-10-02T12:25:24Z")

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Not really an actual valid location for the game but this is the lab I have been using for my research on monsters:

![](http://i.imgur.com/kZHC4EP.png)

I use the top left for testing melee and ranged abilities of monsters (those two lockers there are filled to the brim with meat and bones, the top right building divided in two is used for combat and grupal pathfinding the lower right is also for water related pathfinding the lower left is used for several monster speed experiments and further in the lower right is a house for my character

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**Author:** ![kevin.granade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kevin.granade/32/1316_2.png) [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-catacylsm-dda-map-editor/3297/11 "2013-10-02T16:37:45Z")

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You… built a research lab in-game to do monster !SCIENCE!  
That is so badass.

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**Author:** ![StopSignal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/stopsignal/32/1923_2.png) [@StopSignal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/StopSignal)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 12:13am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-catacylsm-dda-map-editor/3297/12 "2013-10-03T00:13:16Z")

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Full of blood… but so badass…

BTW, off topic: Can you use the mop to clean blood splatters?

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**Author:** ![Zireael](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/zireael/32/956_2.png) [@Zireael](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zireael)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 10:38am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-catacylsm-dda-map-editor/3297/13 "2013-10-03T10:38:46Z")

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This lab is amazing!

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**Author:** ![vultures](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/vultures/32/69_2.png) [@vultures](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/vultures)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2013, 8:37am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-catacylsm-dda-map-editor/3297/14 "2013-10-05T08:37:17Z")

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And what do you dev guys do in your “coders” build of the game, that is to be unveiled! 🙂

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**Author:** ![moist\_zombie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/moist_zombie/32/131_2.png) [@moist\_zombie](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/moist_zombie)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 4:58am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-catacylsm-dda-map-editor/3297/15 "2013-10-06T04:58:35Z")

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![](http://i.imgur.com/aC4Jwer.png)

Hopefully I posted that image right…😃 Right and bottom are two nicer mid-sized houses while the upper left one is obviously wrecked, complete with sewage leak… The selection of available building materials makes it a challenge…

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**Author:** ![FunsizeNinja123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/funsizeninja123/32/118_2.png) [@FunsizeNinja123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FunsizeNinja123)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 2:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-catacylsm-dda-map-editor/3297/16 "2013-10-06T14:11:18Z")

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I like the houses, MZ.

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**Author:** ![moist\_zombie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/moist_zombie/32/131_2.png) [@moist\_zombie](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/moist_zombie)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2013, 9:41pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-catacylsm-dda-map-editor/3297/17 "2013-10-06T21:41:46Z")

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![](http://i.imgur.com/0Dn71uq.png)  
Skeletor’s summer cottage…

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**Author:** ![Zireael](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/zireael/32/956_2.png) [@Zireael](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zireael)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 1:02pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-catacylsm-dda-map-editor/3297/18 "2013-10-07T13:02:36Z")

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The houses are awesome!

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**Author:** ![Redstonize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@Redstonize](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Redstonize)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 9:42pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-catacylsm-dda-map-editor/3297/19 "2013-10-07T21:42:09Z")

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Real nice. Though, I agree ; it would be great if the “terrain” palette has a little bigger selection of stuff.

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**Author:** ![moist\_zombie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/moist_zombie/32/131_2.png) [@moist\_zombie](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/moist_zombie)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 1:42am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/the-catacylsm-dda-map-editor/3297/20 "2013-10-08T01:42:33Z")

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Just wish I was fancy enough to post them up as code so they could be copy/pasted in 😑 As they are its just glorified concept work, and even then some of the symbols are hard to identify… I could sit around making house/business variants all day, though 🙂

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