Paths & routes

On a World Map scene, paths are the lines that connect your world — roads, rivers, borders of the wild, and the routes your party travels. You draw them by clicking a series of points, then style the whole line.

Draw a path

1. Open a World Map scene and pick the Path tool from the toolbar.

2. Click Draw path (the pen button on the panel’s edge).

3. Click along the map to drop each point of the line.

4. Click Stop drawing when you reach the end.

On a phone or tablet

The Path panel opens as a sheet that covers the map, so minimize it first to draw or edit points — swipe it down or tap Minimize to add points. It shrinks to a small bar (you stay in the Path tool), you tap along the map, then tap the bar to bring the panel back. When you’re finished, switch tools from the toolbar’s Select button.

Edit or delete points

Select a path, then use the buttons on the panel’s edge:

• Edit path — turn on editing, then drag any point to move it. Click Stop editing when you’re done.
• Delete selected point — while editing, click a point to select it, then hit this button to remove it.

Style the line

• Color sets the line’s colour.
• Open Style for Width (1–10px), Arrows (arrowheads along the line), a line Style of Solid, Dotted, or Dashed, and Opacity.
• Smoothing — Straight for sharp corners, Smooth for gentle bends, or Curved for a flowing line.

Add a label

Type into Label to name the path, then set Label Display to On Hover, Always, or Never. Once a label is set, its styling controls appear — including the option to have the label follow the line’s curve. See Text & labels for the full label styling.

Control when a path appears

Drag Zoom Visibility so a path only shows within a zoom band (“Visible between 25% and 75% zoom”) — useful for keeping regional roads off the world view.

Link it to your world

Link entity… ties the path to a place or route in your world. You can also link it to your timeline so it reveals as your story unfolds — see Time & history on a map.

Note

Every change is undoable with Ctrl/Cmd + Z. Delete Path removes the selected line entirely.

Related

• Pins & markers — mark the places your paths connect.
• Text & labels — full styling for path labels.
• Regions & borders — draw kingdoms and territories.
• Time & history on a map — reveal routes over time.