![]() Settings for the map, such as showcoordinates can also be specified in your location list file.Īny line in the file that does not start with one of the location-types or a setting-name is ignored. (Or with a combination of bullet lists and tables) PlayerHouse, -800, -1800, "Dr.Frankenstone's mountain lair", "Dr.Frankenstone", "", 31.Unordered "bullet" lists in the same comma separated format, e.g: If the location list is an html file (for example a wiki page), then the locations can be specified either with PlayerHouse, -800, -1800, "Dr.Frankenstone's mountain lair", "Dr.Frankenstone", "", 31 Type, x, z, description, owner, href, icon-index Locations are specified in comma separated format. If your location list file is a text file, then the filename must end in either. You can use F3 in Minecraft to get coordinates ( or from Rei's Minimap). Each line gives a location type and its Minecraft x and z coordinates. ![]() The Location list file is a list of locations, one per line. You can automatically generate your location-list file if you know the seed for the world. I haven't mentioned other cloud file/hosting services as I've not tried them, they probably work fine though. Then you must create your locations list on a site which allows cross-origin resource sharing, such as Dropbox. That means if you don't want to host the map generator yourself, and just want to use the one already hosted here, The map generator to access your locations list unless both their addresses share the same domain, so. If you want to maintain your locations list in a wiki-page then you may need to host your own Ink & Parchment map anyway - so that it's on the same domain as the wiki.įor security reasons, browsers won't allow Obviously though, I intend to keep it available from this website. You can download your own copy of the map generator and run it locally straight off your computer. See the next section for more details.Ĭan I trust this to not disappear after I've started using it? Options for where the locations file can be loaded from if you don't wish to host the map generator yourself. This can reduce mischief on the web, but also limits your Your browser from loading data from a different site, such as. Often sites will block "cross-origin resource sharing", which is where one site, such as, is prevented by The locations list can be in either html format or txt format. Places to keep the list of locations - that way everyone can edit the list and the map generator can read the locations directly from it. If you're going to collaboratively build the map with others, then a shared editable file like a wiki page is good More details of how to specify the URL of the locations file This file could be in your Dropbox, it could a wiki-page, or a webpage. The settings you will add is a URL for a file or page which contains all the locations you want displayed on your map, To create your own map you take the URL of the Ink & Parchment map generator and add your own settings to the end of it. Running it from your Dropbox, or a wiki page. Add the encoded direct URL of your map locations file to the end of this URL:.txt file containing all your map locations, and make it available on the web, or upload to Dropbox. The example map with ShowCoordinates turned on.Map showing all the available location types.See the section on adding oceans for how to do this. Oceans can be shown by the map if you know the seed for your world.
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