Yes - I also really like the map as it is. Great sheet effects on the glowing purple worm.

When you are using the new map wizard the default settings should provide you with a background you can pick. There is also a checkbox in that dialog that allows you to switch the background off entirely. It could be that you accidentally unchecked it, which would result in a missing background.

Try to concentrate on sheets rather than layers, which are of secondary importance only. If you do play with the layers (bulk hiding/freezing and unhiding/unfreezing things make sure you don't ever hide MERGE (which does some really important things behind the scenes), and try to keep MAP BORDER and SCREEN (once you have created one) frozen once you are done with creating or adjusting them. Things like that have a tendency to get deleted by mistake if they aren't frozen. Some people also freeze the BACKGROUND layer to make sure that doesn't get accidentally selected and deleted either.

Hi everyone! :D

Due to popular demand, in this week's Live Mapping session Ralf will be continuing the New City Style series - completing the example town and castle he started in part 3 of the series.

Come and join in the discussion here on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFAao-FUZnM

Or you can watch it here if you wish.

All the previous live mapping sessions in this series (and hundreds of others as well) can be found here:

Would this work for you?

A single RGB Matrix Process sheet effect on the 'Whole Drawing' level (radio button at the top), with everything set to 1 except the end column.

The only grey I can see in my amazing test map is where the structure symbols are red.

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