Better Map Tools and Safer Maps — Observe Steam update #4023406

Hello all! This is a smaller update focused on making the new Map Editor easier to use and much safer for large projects. More ways to draw The Map...

Steam App
Observe (3681230)
Event type
patch note
Published
30 August 2026 - 13:59:07 UTC
Source
steam_community_announcements
Hello all! This is a smaller update focused on making the new Map Editor easier to use and much safer for large projects. More ways to draw The Map Editor now includes straight boundaries with a live preview and a one-pixel pen for detailed work. You can fill land, outline a landmass and paint regions without drawing every boundary first. Region outlines also use the boundary size you selected. New maps can use an 8192-pixel canvas for very detailed worlds. Large maps keep more of their painted detail when they are built, although this option requires a powerful computer and much more memory. Edit Earth or create a different world The built-in Earth map can now be imported into the Map Editor and changed like any other custom map. A map can also decide whether its left and right edges connect. Maps without connected edges now stop at a clear world boundary instead of repeating forever. S...

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