A Guide To VVVVVV's Level Editor

[Ally 🌠]

A Guide To VVVVVV's Level Editor!
Because the ones Terry did wasn't enough.

First off, we have to actually open the level editor.
Enter the "Player Levels" section on the main menu:

Then enter "Level Editor".

It should take you here:

You can press space to enter the tools section.
You can press the < key (lesser than) and the > key (greater than) to change your selection, or you can use a hotkey.

Hotkey table:
1.
2.
3.
4.
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8.
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W. Change the room warp type.
E. Change the room name.
R.
T.
Y.
U.
I.
O.
P.
S. Save the level.
L. Load a level.
Space. Bring up the tool selection menu.
Shift. Bring up the hotkey menu. (It doesn't contain all hotkeys.)
F1. Change the tileset.
F2. Change the tileset's color.
F3. Change the enemy type.
F4. Change the enemy's bounds.
F5. Change platform bounds.
F10. Toggle direct mode.
Escape. Open the Map Settings menu.

Usage:
(Right click *always* deletes.)

Left click: Place tiles.
Z + Left click: Place tiles in a 3x3 area.
Z + Right click: Remove tiles in a 3x3 area.
X + Left click: Place tiles in a 5x5 area.
X + Right click: Remove tiles in a 5x5 area.

Left click: Place spikes.
Z + Right click: Remove tiles in a 3x3 area (Bug!).
X + Right click: Remove tiles in a 5x5 area (Bug!).

Left click: Place up to 20 trinkets.

Left click: Place a checkpoint.
Left click on checkpoint: Change the vertical direction.

Left click: Place platform.

Left click: Place conveyor.
Second left click on conveyor: Switch direction of the conveyor.
Third left click on conveyor: Switch conveyor to 8 tile wide conveyor
Fourth left click on conveyor: Switch direction of the 8 tile wide conveyor.

Left click: Place entity.
Second left click on entity: Switch direction of the entity.

Left click: Place text.

Left click: Place terminal.

Left click: Place script box.

Left click: Place warp token entrance.
Second left click: Place warp token exit.

Left click on a room edge: Place warp line.

Left click: Place up to 20 crewmates.

Left click: Place the level starting point.

Map Settings menu:

Under the first option, you can change the level description (The level name, author, website and description).


Under "Edit Scripts" you can remove and change scripts.
(There's a scripting tutorial somewhere on this forum.)
Under "Change Music" you can change the levels music.
In "Load Level", you can load a different level. (Remember to save before doing this!)
And "Save Level" saves your level.
"Quit to main menu" exits the editor.

Misc. stuff:
To change the map size, you can hold down shift, and use the arrow keys to change it.

If I forgot anything, let me know!

[Ally 🌠]

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[Samario]

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of course the first real reply is a shitpost, i made the topic

[Samario]

of course the first real reply is a shitpost, i made the topic

well i didn't really have anything to say other than "that's p. good tbh" or ":ok_hand:", soo...

[Ally 🌠]

of course the first real reply is a shitpost, i made the topic

well i didn't really have anything to say other than "that's p. good tbh" or ":ok_hand:", soo...

okay thanks anyway dad