Map

Map

The in-game map, as of Patch 0.3.4.15

The Map, once researched, allows engineers to view areas of the world that they either have explored or scanned using Radar Towers. In a multiplayer game, the map is shared amongst all players.

Once researched, it can be accessed with Z or button, and zoomed from 0.5x to 8x with the slider or mouse wheel. It can be dragged around with the mouse.

The engineer or Radar Towers have to be positioned above the terrain to reveal it (for example, when traveling through a cave, the terrain above the cave is not revealed).

Unlocking

Map is unlocked via the Quartz Research chain in the MAM using:

10

10

Before it is unlocked, the shortcut in the bottom right of the screen will appear as a blank window with no key displayed.

Biome Map

Isometric Rendered Grid Map, Artist: Reddit user "PhotocytePC" Derivative work of reddit "Jcpo23"

Map icons

The following icons show up on the in-game map:

• Engineers
• Death crates
• Vehicles (excluding Freight Cars)
• The HUB (shows active milestone when hovered over)
• Space Elevator (shows Project Assembly phase and loading progress when hovered over)
• Beacons
• Radar Towers and revealed area
• Resource nodes scanned within the past 25 seconds
• Truck Stations (shows their contents and loading mode)
• Train Stations (shows whether they are connected to Power and consumption)

The following does not show up on the in-game map:

• Player built structures
• Power Slugs, artifacts, Crash Sites
• Resource deposits
• All creatures
• Poison Gas
• Cracked boulders

Map filter

Once available, a map filter menu in the map allows for the appearance of specific icons to be configured, separately for the map and the compass. Icons can be either shown or hidden on each. For Beacons, an extra configuration is available, where it is possible to make the Beacon only show on the compass when the engineer is a certain distance away from it, indicated by a circle shown on the map.

Displaying player structures

The in-game map does not have the ability to display factory plans or any other player-placed buildings, only basic details are displayed. To be able to view the factory plan on the map, upload the save file to an online map instead.

See also

• World

Gallery

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  The boundary of the map before the engineer starts taking damage.

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  The old version of the rendered map.

History

• Patch 0.3.4.15: Updated the in-game map with the latest changes (lakes appear correctly now)
• Patch 0.3.1.0: Updated the in-game map so it contains the changes to the Dune Desert (side effect: this caused some lakes on the map to disappear)
• Patch 0.2.1.9: Fixed that map filters don’t block the map when hidden
• Patch 0.2.1.8: Added the ability to set view distance for beacons on the compass in the map
• Patch 0.2.1.7:
  • Minor layout updates on map filter
  • Added a small open/close animation for the map filter window
• Patch 0.2.1.5: Added base functionality for filtering the map and compass (still work in progress)
• Patch 0.2.1.4: Added Train Stations and Truck Stations to the map
• Patch 0.1.12: Players now get removed from the compass and map when they disconnect from the game
• Patch 0.1.10: The map now opens centered on the player
• Patch 0.1.9: Fixed a crash related to the map
• Patch 0.1.8: Fixed some map-related crashes (on client and host)
• Patch 0.1.7: Updated some map icons
• Patch 0.1.5: The map is now unlockable through normal gameplay