Regions

Regions are the coloured areas that mark kingdoms, territories, and biomes on a World Map. You draw each one by hand, then style its fill, outline, and label.

Draw a region

1. Pick the Region Tool from the toolbar.

2. Click around the map to drop the region’s corners.

3. Double-click (or right-click) to close the shape.

To adjust one later, select it and use the Draw / Edit tab on the panel’s edge — Edit lets you drag or delete individual corners.

On a phone or tablet

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

Note

Neighbouring regions can share an exact edge so there’s never a gap or overlap between them. See Shared borders.

Style the fill

Open Fill in the Region panel:

• Fill Color and Fill Opacity — the flat colour and how solid it is.
• Pattern — overlay lines or texture instead of a flat wash: Lines — Horizontal / Vertical / Diagonal, Dots, or Hashed. Each pattern has its own Scale and Thickness.

Style the outline

Open Stroke for the border line:

• Stroke Color, Stroke Width, and Stroke Opacity.
• Stroke Style — Solid, Dotted, or Dashed.

Label and visibility

• Label — name the region, and set Label Display to On Hover, Always, or Never. Once it has a label you get the full styling controls, including text that curves along the border — see Text & label styling.
• Zoom Visibility — show the region only within a zoom range, so big territories fade out as you zoom in.
• Pin Hover Visibility — reveal the region only while a chosen pin is hovered.

Link it to your world

Use the panel’s link field to tie a region to a faction in your world, so a territory always points back to who rules it. You can also record how control of a region changed over time — see Time-bound elements & history.

To remove a region, select it and click Delete Region.

Related

• Shared borders — snap and link two regions.
• Text & label styling — style a region’s label.
• World Map scenes — all the map tools.
• Time-bound elements & history — shifting faction control.