Map File Organization?

[Skama]

So as you can guess I've only had this for about 2 days and I can't get this one thing right.

According to the files, my town is in my "David's House" folder. I don't want the town there, it should be it's own file but no matter what I've tried I can't change them around. Could someone help me out with this?

[Shadow]

The maps belong to a Hierarchical Tree.

What i do.
I make maps named @_City_1 for instance.
I use @ in the begining so i wont be confused.

A map with @ at the begining of its name, is a Container (my declaration)
and is always blank!

Thus I do things like:

@Island_A
      TOWN
           SHOP
           TOWN HALL
           HOUSE 1
           HOUSE 2    
      CITY
            HOUSE_1
            CITY HALL
            POLICE DEPARTMENT

@LAND OF SAND
        DESERT MAP 1
        DESERT MAP 2
         HOUSE 3

See the HOUSE 3?
Its a mistake!
It belongs elsewhere.
Drag and drop it on parent folder.
What is the parent here?
You guessed it!
@Island_A is!
Then Drag and drop it into TOWN where it belongs.

[Skama]

Wow that's actually a way better answer than what I was expecting! I may actually steal your @ for container idea :D but that's the thing - for some reason, I can't drag and drop the maps in or out of the containers :/

[Shadow]

Can you right click and copy-paste them, then delete the unneeded copy?

[Skama]

...I feel so dumb right now :P yes, copying and pasting is working, I just need to reassign them to their respective containers. Thank you so much for your help!

[Shadow]

Originally posted by SlaydSword:

...I feel so dumb right now :P yes, copying and pasting is working, I just need to reassign them to their respective containers. Thank you so much for your help!

You are welcome.

[Marquise*]

I still have those problems Dread. How, when for instance, choosing to start a game in town and retroactively add the world map without it being in the town?

It is like when I get on top, instead of getting above current map folder the world gets into the town :S

I really shuffled and juggled a lot about that one. Now I have to plan my worlds BEFORE figuring out I need some new parts. Even if I don't need the planned layer map in the end.

Well... Maybe I need also a little planning course. I mean I like to do credits maps :P

[Shadow]

Cut paste on the project cube, the world map.
Cut paste the rest of the maps, under the woorld map.
Then use cut paste to put maps under others.

Here is how:

Click on a map.
Select cut.
click on parent map.
Right click and paste.

[Marquise*]

*facepalm* Uh boy!

Well, with all the tools we have in there we can't ask for all. After all at least it will learn us the fine art top plan STRAIGHT ahead before cut and paste patching maps.

(I sometimes surprize myself to growl in event layer to not be able to repaste a huge room tile selection I just drawn or just sweating using the square tool on the right layer thinking it is the pencil for that paste >.< )

[Hajami]

Thx Dudes now i recogniced the drag and drop organizer within in the Map Tree^^ Never paid atention to it, but its realy motivating to puzzle the right maps into the correct folders.