Once you have started a game you can share a map to all other party members by clicking the Select Map button then selecting the desired map to share and clicking the Done button.
When the default maps don't suit your needs you can upload a custom map. To do this open the Map Select Screen and then either click the Add Map button in the top left or simply drag an image from your computer into the list of maps.
Once a custom map has been added you must configure the size of the map.
To do this there is the Column and Row properties. Columns represents how many grid cells your map has in the horizontal direction while Rows represents the amount of cells in the vertical direction.
`Tip: Owlbear Rodeo can automatically fill the Column and Row properties for you if you include them in the file name of the uploaded map. E.g. River [10x15] will create a map named River with 10 columns and 15 rows`
Once a custom map has been uploaded there are a few advanced settings available. To get access to these settings, with the desired map selected, click the Show More button under the Rows and Columns in the Map Select Screen. A brief summary of these settings is listed below.
- Name: The name of the map shown in the Map Select Screen.
- Show Grid: When true Owlbear Rodeo will draw a grid on top of your map, this is useful if a custom map you have uploaded does't include a grid.
- Grid Type: Change the type of grid to use for the map. Currently only the Grid type is supported however Hex Vertical and Hex Horizontal will be added in a future release.
- Allow others to edit: These properties control what other party members can edit when viewing your map.
- Fog: Controls whether others can edit the maps fog (default false).
- Drawings: Controls whether others can add drawings to the map (default true).
- Tokens: Controls whether others can move tokens that they have not placed themselves (default true).
Once a map has been used you can clear away all the tokens, fog and drawings by selecting the map in the Select Map Screen and then on the selected tile click the Reset Map Button.
