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In this tutorial we'll go through the steps of adding your custom template images to World Builder. These template images can be used for creating a map layout based on real locations. You could also draw fictional designs in Photoshop. It's all up to you!
For example Relic mappers use template images for map layout designs. Take a look at the Official CoH2 World Builder trailer to exactly get what this tutorial is all about.

Download free maps and mods for Company of Heroes 2! Experience the ultimate WWII RTS platform with COH2 and its standalone expansions. This package includes the base game, which you can then upgrade by purchasing The Western Front Armies, Ardennes Assault and/or The British Forces. Download, print, and assemble maps of the political world in a variety of sizes. The mega map occupies a large wall, or can be used on the floor. The map is made up of 136 pieces; download rows 1-8 for the full map of the world. The tabletop size is made up of eight pieces and is good for small group work. I actually planned to stream while building my first map. But somehow i finished it already before the patch was released to public, so now i am done already I might stream some when i do another map, or a winter conversion of the existing one. Can't say when though.

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Rule #1:
World Builder For Coh Downloadable MapsDo not keep World Builder open while doing the steps in this tutorial unless told to.
Rule #2: No other rules.World
Required tools:
  • Basic text editor. Microsoft Notepad is great for this. More suitable tool would be notepad++, which you can download from notepad-plus-plus.org
  • Adobe Photoshop with DDS plugin
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We'll start by setting up a folder system to hold the templates and by downloading a set of example files to test it.
  • Create this folder structure to your CoH2 Installation folder:
  • Download example files and extract the contents of the .zip archive (lyon.dds and lyon.terrainmaterial) to
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  • Launch World Builder. You should now be able to access the new splat in Splat placement tool:

    Place the splat called 'lyon' to the map. You will notice the small size of the new splat immediately. To make it larger, set scale to 128 or something similar and place the splat again.


Tip: You can use World Builder Ruler tool to determine scale. Ruler measures distance in meters.
Now that we have a working system, we can continue to creating our own template image(s). This does not work anymore and most likely never will in this form.
Assuming that you already have a template image, we'll start by saving it as .dds
World Builder For Coh Downloadable MapsIn case you have no template image, head to, for example, https://maps.google.com/ and get one by taking a screenshot.Maps
Load your template image to Photoshop. Make sure the image width and height are multiples of four. Here is a list of few examples (basically any power of 2 is suitable):
Once you have done necessary adjustments to your image ensuring correct image width and height, save your template image as yourTemplateName.dds to
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, using following settings in Photoshop:

Now, when your image is successfully exported as .dds, we'll create a .terrainmaterial file to describe the properties of the new splat. You can do that by doing the following steps:

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  • Open Notepad/Notepad++ and paste in following content:
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  • Change yourTemplateName to match your .dds file name.
  • Save this text as yourTemplateName.terrainmaterial to the same folder where your .dds image is. Close the file.
  • Launch World Builder. You should now be able to access your new custom template.

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In this tutorial you learned how to add custom template images to the World Builder. Feel free to share your results in this thread!