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Mapping, or called making new custom levels, is a type of the action of modifying levels. However, what makes custom maps (custom levels) entirely different from ordinary modified levels is, custom maps do not, or almost do not, contain any parts derived from default levels.
[[File:MonengSpace.jpg|thumb|300px|right|A screen shot of [[魔脓空间站|''Moneng Space'']], the most representative custom level]]
==Mapping in Ballance==
===History===
In 2011 the first pack containing all custom levels till that time was released. In 2013, since too much maps had been available, the new version removed “bad works” and ordered the maps by difficulty.<ref name="sys">Due to some reasons, currently posts before 2017 are hidden in Chinese forums.</ref>
===Download===
All custom levels are free to use and modify. The newest version of map pack is 7.5 (June 2019), containing 13 default / 45-degree rotated / semi-blind levels, 30 reversed levels, 43 professional speedrunning levels, 184 custom levels.<ref>[https://tieba.baidu.com/p/6154950041 【地图包】【2019.6】 地图包7.5发布_百度贴吧]</ref>
* (Mediafire) [https://www.mediafire.com/download/3ucbnz2chl48lpz Download Ballance Map Pack 7.4 (June 2018)]
====In Chinese Forums====
Most softwares were hacked to be downloaded and used for free in China in 2000s; thus giving people access to 3D modeling softwares and the most important software for Ballance mapping, Virtools. The date of the first available edited level is unknown, probably dating back to 2006; The first level considered to be a “new” level was ''Reversed level 1'' (December 2008); the first custom level was released in ''Level 14'' (June 2009).<ref name="sys" /> ====In other forums==== Due to the lack of 3D modeling softwares and, there seems to be no new custom levels before the release of ''First CLU's Level'' in May 2019; in 2012, some Chinese custom levels were brought to some forums; in 2018, mapping tutorials were translated and brought to the Discord Ballance server. ==Notes==<references />
