diff --git a/src/Blocktavius.AppDQB2/PlanScriptDialog.xaml.cs b/src/Blocktavius.AppDQB2/PlanScriptDialog.xaml.cs
index c4c08a1..9cfb30a 100644
--- a/src/Blocktavius.AppDQB2/PlanScriptDialog.xaml.cs
+++ b/src/Blocktavius.AppDQB2/PlanScriptDialog.xaml.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
 using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.IO;
+using System.IO.Compression;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
@@ -244,7 +245,8 @@ private void UpdatePlan()
 
 			TryPlanSimpleCopy(sourceSlot, "AUTOCMNDAT.BIN", mode == InclusionMode.Automatic);
 			TryPlanSimpleCopy(sourceSlot, "AUTOSTGDAT.BIN", mode == InclusionMode.Automatic);
-			TryPlanSimpleCopy(sourceSlot, "CMNDAT.BIN", mode == InclusionMode.Automatic || mode == InclusionMode.JustCmndat, forceBackup: true);
+			//TryPlanSimpleCopy(sourceSlot, "CMNDAT.BIN", mode == InclusionMode.Automatic || mode == InclusionMode.JustCmndat, forceBackup: true);
+			TryPlanHackyCmndatEdit(sourceSlot);
 
 			var sortedStages = sourceSlot.Stages
 				.OrderBy(stage => stage == Project.GetSelectedSourceStage ? 0 : 1)
@@ -314,6 +316,20 @@ private bool TryPlanSimpleCopy(SlotVM sourceSlot, string name, bool shouldCopy,
 			return false;
 		}
 
+		private bool TryPlanHackyCmndatEdit(SlotVM sourceSlot)
+		{
+			var sourceFile = new FileInfo(sourceSlot.GetFullPath("CMNDAT.BIN"));
+			if (sourceFile.Exists)
+			{
+				PlanItems.Add(new CmndatHackPlan
+				{
+					BackupDir = this.backupLocation,
+				});
+				return true;
+			}
+			return false;
+		}
+
 		public async Task Execute()
 		{
 			if (!CanExecute) return;
@@ -629,6 +645,125 @@ await Task.Run(() =>
 		}
 	}
 
+	class CmndatHackPlan : PlanItemVM, IPlanItemVM
+	{
+		public bool WillBeBackedUp => BackupDir != null;
+
+		public bool WillBeModified => true;
+
+		public bool WillBeCopied => true;
+
+		public string ShortName => "CMNDAT.BIN";
+
+		const int headerLength = 0x2A444;
+
+		public async Task Execute(ExecutionContext context)
+		{
+			Status = "workinonit...";
+
+			var srcPath = context.FromSlot.GetFullPath("CMNDAT.BIN");
+
+			using var cmndatStream = new FileStream(srcPath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
+
+			var header = new byte[headerLength];
+			await cmndatStream.ReadExactlyAsync(header, offset: 0, count: headerLength);
+
+			using var zlib = new System.IO.Compression.ZLibStream(cmndatStream, System.IO.Compression.CompressionMode.Decompress);
+
+			const int decompressedLength = 5627194; // hypothesis: The decompressed buffer will always have this length
+			using var decompressedStream = new MemoryStream(decompressedLength);
+			await zlib.CopyToAsync(decompressedStream);
+			await zlib.FlushAsync();
+			await decompressedStream.FlushAsync();
+
+			if (decompressedStream.Length != decompressedLength && System.Diagnostics.Debugger.IsAttached)
+			{
+				System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Break(); // decompressedLength hypothesis invalidated?
+			}
+
+			Memory<byte> data;
+			if (decompressedStream.TryGetBuffer(out var buffer))
+			{
+				data = buffer.AsMemory();
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				data = new Memory<byte>(decompressedStream.ToArray());
+			}
+
+			var mapData = data.Slice(2401803); // skip to start of first island's minimap data
+
+			const int INTRO_SIZE = 0;
+			const int TILE_DATA_SIZE = 256 * 256 * 2;
+			const int OUTRO_SIZE = 4;
+			const int ISLAND_DATA_SIZE = INTRO_SIZE + TILE_DATA_SIZE + OUTRO_SIZE;
+
+			const int islandId = 13;
+			const int start = INTRO_SIZE + ISLAND_DATA_SIZE * islandId;
+			var span = mapData.Slice(start, TILE_DATA_SIZE + OUTRO_SIZE).Span;
+
+			var tile = GetTileToCopy(span);
+			// The chunk with NW corner at 800,800 is in-bounds on the IoA.
+			// Tile offsets for this chunk are 100,100 -> 104,104.
+			for (int z = 100; z < 104; z++)
+			{
+				for (int x = 100; x < 104; x++)
+				{
+					int offset = GetOffset(x, z);
+					span[offset] = tile.Item1;
+					span[offset + 1] = tile.Item2;
+				}
+			}
+
+			/*
+			// What happens if we use "outro" bytes from the IoA?
+			var existingOutro = Convert.ToHexString(span.Slice(TILE_DATA_SIZE, OUTRO_SIZE));
+			span[TILE_DATA_SIZE + 0] = 0x7E;
+			span[TILE_DATA_SIZE + 1] = 0x80;
+			span[TILE_DATA_SIZE + 2] = 0x01;
+			span[TILE_DATA_SIZE + 3] = 0x1E;
+			var replacedOutro = Convert.ToHexString(span.Slice(TILE_DATA_SIZE, OUTRO_SIZE));
+			*/
+
+			Status = "Logic done, saving...";
+
+			await WriteCmndatFile(header, data, context.ToSlot.GetFullPath("CMNDAT.BIN"));
+
+			Status = "Minimap modified!";
+		}
+
+		private (byte, byte) GetTileToCopy(ReadOnlySpan<byte> span)
+		{
+			// grab whatever tile is in the center of the minimap
+			const int x = 1024 / 8;
+			const int z = 1024 / 8;
+			int offset = GetOffset(x, z);
+			return (span[offset], span[offset + 1]);
+		}
+
+		private static int GetOffset(int x, int z) => z * 256 * 2 + x * 2;
+
+		private static async Task WriteCmndatFile(byte[] origHeader, Memory<byte> uncompressedContent, string dstPath)
+		{
+			using var cmndatStream = new FileStream(dstPath, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write);
+			await cmndatStream.WriteAsync(origHeader);
+
+			using var compressedBody = new MemoryStream();
+			using (var zlib = new ZLibStream(compressedBody, CompressionMode.Compress, leaveOpen: true))
+			{
+				await zlib.WriteAsync(uncompressedContent);
+				await zlib.FlushAsync();
+				compressedBody.Flush();
+			}
+
+			compressedBody.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
+			await compressedBody.CopyToAsync(cmndatStream);
+
+			await cmndatStream.FlushAsync();
+			cmndatStream.Close();
+		}
+	}
+
 	class CopyWithModificationsPlanItemVM : PlanItemVM, IPlanItemVM
 	{
 		public required bool DestIsSource { get; init; }
diff --git a/src/Blocktavius.DQB2/Minimap.cs b/src/Blocktavius.DQB2/Minimap.cs
index f64e54a..823ccf4 100644
--- a/src/Blocktavius.DQB2/Minimap.cs
+++ b/src/Blocktavius.DQB2/Minimap.cs
@@ -66,6 +66,19 @@ public I2DSampler<MinimapTile> ReadMapCropped(int islandId, IStage cropper, IRea
 	{
 		var sampler = ReadMap(islandId);
 
+		// TEMP INTRO/OUTRO DEBUGGING CODE:
+		var start = INTRO_SIZE + ISLAND_DATA_SIZE * islandId;
+		string introHex = "[nope]";
+		if (start > 0)
+		{
+			var introBytes = data.Slice(start - OUTRO_SIZE, OUTRO_SIZE).ToArray();
+			introHex = Convert.ToHexString(introBytes);
+		}
+		var end = start + TILE_DATA_SIZE;
+		var outroBytes = data.Slice(end, OUTRO_SIZE).ToArray();
+		var outroHex = Convert.ToHexString(outroBytes);
+		var debugString = $"Island {islandId}, intro {introHex}, outro {outroHex}";
+
 		// Minimap tile grid is 256x256; chunk grid is 64x64.
 		// This means there are 4x4 map tiles in each chunk.
 		const int scale = 4;