RedM Map Editor

Build, edit and export maps for RedM from inside the game. Fly the camera, place from a catalogue of 17,473 entries, snap and nudge everything into position, then export a ready-to-run resource or a real .ymap.

Any framework oxmysql ACE or VORP groups

The 60-second version

1. Drop the folder into resources, keeping the name rm_mapeditor.

2. Add it to server.cfg, after oxmysql:

   ensure oxmysql
   ensure rm_mapeditor
   add_ace group.admin rm_mapeditor.use allow

3. Start the server and type /mapeditor in game.

The five database tables are created on first start. Nothing to import.

The ACE line is the step people skip

Then they open a ticket because /mapeditor does nothing. The default permission mode is 'both' — an ACE or a VORP group will do, but you need one of them.

What it does

A catalogue of 17,473 entries — props, prop groups, people, animals, wagons, boats and train cars, sorted into categories with search, favourites and recent. Live preview before you place.

Placing and shaping. A move and rotate gizmo with Global and Local axes. Grid, angle, surface and prop-to-prop snapping. Drop to ground, align to slope. Exact coordinates and angles typed into the Entity tab when you need them precise.

Filling space. Brush and Scatter for ground cover, trees and debris across large areas, with density, spacing and random yaw.

The world itself. Take the game's own props into your map, or remove them for everyone. Select, move and delete the game's people, animals and wagons — and place your own, with scenarios.

Real doors. Capture and Align line a door up with any wall, and the ymap export writes it as an actual door. Doors inside an MLO are written into a copy of that MLO's .ytyp.

Export and import. Four export formats, three import formats. A map built here can leave as a ready-to-run resource and never need the editor again.

Requirements

RedM server	Any build supporting fx_version 'cerulean' and lua54 'yes'
oxmysql	Required, started before this resource
Framework	Not required. ACE permissions work on any server; VORP groups are supported if you have them

Prop thumbnails load from the internet

The catalogue's preview images are fetched from GitHub at runtime, not shipped with the resource. The editor works without them — you get the names and the live in-world preview — but the thumbnail grid will be blank on a server with no outbound access.

The five tables

Created automatically on first start:

Table	Holds
rm_mapeditor_maps	Your maps
rm_mapeditor_objects	Everything placed in them
rm_mapeditor_removed	Game world props you removed
rm_mapeditor_unavailable	Models the server could not resolve
rm_mapeditor_audit	Who did what, with 45-day retention by default

Editions

Both are sold from the same product page.

Edition	Price	Code access
Open Source	$120	The full codebase
RedM Escrow	$37	CFX Escrow — config.lua and server_config.lua stay editable

Everything in this documentation that tells you to edit something points at config.lua or server_config.lua, so nothing here needs the Open Source edition.

Documentation

Getting it running

Page	What's in it
Installation	Install, the tables, first open, verification
Permissions	The four modes and the six separate ACEs
Controls	Every key, the camera, rebinding

Building

Page	What's in it
Building a map	Placing, the gizmo, snapping, Brush and Scatter
Maps & the outline	Permanent and temporary maps, reordering, copy to map
World editing	Taking and removing game props, the game's own entities
Doors	Capture, Align, and doors inside an MLO

Getting it out

Page	What's in it
Exporting	The four formats and what each one can carry
Importing	JSON, ymap XML and objectloader XML

Running it

Page	What's in it
Configuration	Every key in config.lua, including custom props
Server setup	server_config.lua — the webhook, the audit log, limits
Commands	In-game and server console, including the diagnostics
Developer API	The six exports and the open event

When something is wrong

Page	What's in it
Troubleshooting	Symptom → cause → fix
FAQ	The questions that come up first

Support

• 💬 Discord: https://discord.gg/w4Ew4k3Exn
• 🛒 Store: https://redmorrow.com/products/redm-map-editor

Run /rm_diag before opening a ticket — it checks the editor against itself and names what is wrong.

Version 1.0.0.