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# Resources
## Mapping
Strong DMM - very good mapping tool, use it over Dream Maker:
   Launcher - https://github.com/SpaiR/sdmmlauncher
   Program itself - https://github.com/SpaiR/StrongDMM

Map Merger:
   Wiki guide - https://tgstation13.org/wiki/Map_Merger
   Code guide - https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/blob/master/tools/mapmerge2/README.md

General guide to mapping - https://tgstation13.org/wiki/Guide_to_mapping
/tg/station Map Archive Repo - https://github.com/tgstation/map_depot

## Coding
Guide to DreamMaker - http://www.byond.com/docs/guide/guide.pdf
DreamMaker Reference Documents - http://www.byond.com/docs/ref/
Signals, Components, and Elements - https://hackmd.io/@tgstation/SignalsComponentsElements

## Spriting
Spriterbus Discord Server: https://discord.gg/A35MP69qG8
Paint.net (Useful Free Sprite Editor): https://www.getpaint.net/
Unused Sprites Repository: https://github.com/tgstation/SS13-sprites
Walkthrough for GAGS (Greyscale Advanced Generation System): https://hackmd.io/@tgstation/GAGS-Walkthrough

### Resolving Sprite Conflicts
1. Change to your master branch
2. Update master branch
3. Take the conflicting icon files out of your master branch, copypasting them into a backup folder
4. Change to your merge-conflict branch
5. Take the conflicting icon files out of the branch, copypasting them into a backup folder
6. Merge/rebase to branch to master (whatever method you normally use)
7. Copypaste the backed up master branch icon files
8. Open the files and manually re-add your icons on each
9. Declare conflict solved, push and profit

## GitHub Repositories for Past Events
Disclaimer: these will likely be very out of date!
### Gameshow - June 2021
https://github.com/CitrusGender/tgstation/tree/gameshow

### Fall Festival / Toolbox Tournament - October 2020
https://github.com/RaveRadbury/tgstation/tree/2020-Fall-Festival

### Summer Ball - 2020
https://github.com/CitrusGender/tgstation/tree/summerball2020

### Toolbox 3?
https://github.com/CitrusGender/tgstation/tree/Toolbox3

### Toolbox 2?
https://github.com/CitrusGender/tgstation/tree/Toolbox2.0

### Winter Ball - 2019
https://github.com/CitrusGender/tgstation/tree/winterball2019

### Winter Ball - 2018
https://github.com/CitrusGender/tgstation/tree/Winter_Ball_2018