> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.elementlabs.net/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Configuration

> The settings files Element 3D Map ships and what each one controls.

Element 3D Map keeps its settings in the `configs` directory of its resource, one file per area.
Each file has a page here listing every key, its default and its effect.

```text theme={null}
resources/[element]/element_map/configs/
```

| File             | Controls                                                             | Page                                                   |
| ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| `controls.jsonc` | The key that opens the map, and how the mouse drives the camera.     | [Controls](/products/map/configuration/controls)       |
| `camera.jsonc`   | Altitudes, limits and every camera movement.                         | [Camera](/products/map/configuration/camera)           |
| `blips.jsonc`    | How markers, points of interest and the player marker are drawn.     | [Markers](/products/map/configuration/blips)           |
| `route.jsonc`    | The line drawn to a destination.                                     | [Routes](/products/map/configuration/route)            |
| `hud.jsonc`      | Which on-screen panels are shown.                                    | [Interface](/products/map/configuration/hud)           |
| `ui.jsonc`       | The colours the interface is drawn with.                             | [Colours](/products/map/configuration/ui)              |
| `visual.jsonc`   | Colour treatment of the world, time of day, fog and level of detail. | [Visual treatment](/products/map/configuration/visual) |
| `sound.jsonc`    | The sounds the map plays.                                            | [Sound](/products/map/configuration/sound)             |
| `locales.jsonc`  | The language the map speaks.                                         | [Language](/products/map/configuration/locales)        |

## Before you edit

The rules below apply to every file above and are described once, in [Configuration
files](/sdk/configuration):

* You only need to keep the keys you change. Everything else uses the shipped value.
* Comments are allowed. Trailing commas are not, and a file that cannot be read falls back to the
  shipped values entirely, with one warning in the console.
* Values are not checked. Stay inside the bounds each page below states.
* Changes apply when the resource restarts, and at no other moment.
* An update replaces these files. Keep your own copies. See [Update a product or the
  SDK](/getting-started/updating).

```text theme={null}
restart element_map
```

## Related

* [Configuration files](/sdk/configuration)
* [How players use the map](/products/map/using-the-map)