A while ago I made something to draw a preview image of maps for Map Crew to use while voting, as CFM's map previews were falling behind all of the map editor updates. For example, as you can see, color joints, as well as many other features added to the map editor are not supported. I finally got around to making a version to release for public use.

This is not a full-fledged map editor, it is simply a tool to create an image of a map given its XML. This can come in handy if you're going to showcase your maps on the forum and want a faster way to get images, particularly with scrolling maps, which require several screenshots to be edited together.

For the most part, maps should appear as they do in game, with some exceptions due to laziness:

• Static grounds lack a shading overlay, I tried adding this a while ago but it tripled the drawing time and didn't look great.
• Some "mice stuff" decorations are slightly in the wrong position and/or look terrible.
• Some newer "mice stuff" decorations won't recolor as they should.

Usage should be self-explanatory. Enter your map's XML and the other information if you choose, and there are options to save the image, copy the image to the clipboard, or upload directly to Imgur.

Feel free to make suggestions or report bugs, and I'll see what I can do when I feel like it.

To run this, you need a Windows machine with the .NET Framework v4.0 or higher installed.

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