Stickied.

I'm currently in England visiting my father and won't be able to download this until I get back to the US.

I just wanted to know for those of you whose used it already, what makes this new map editor different from the first one that's on the GC2Builder site, other than it being 3D?

Will we be able to edit the type of planet it is, like can we make an ice or forest with a high class?

[/quoteI'm back from England but I can't get tjhe source code to download. When I click on in it it gives me this

"No File Packages Defined
This project has not yet created any file release packages."

Do you think you could update the one at the Galactic Core wedsite and add in the source code, please?

would be nice to add it to the library or maybe stardock can add an official editor

Ok, i have it running, what screen res should I be using? I don't see a way to load or save map files? I don't see a way to set map size to be created. An image of the grid would be nice in the next update? In star and planet drop-down menues: what are the limits for each field (what is expected allowable ranges and/or text entries)?

what is net2.0? where to get it? how to get it? what is it? why needed?

When installing this editor i get a question where to put it... NOT "where is your galciv folder?" so should it be placed in the gamefolder, or in the games MOD folder?

i understand this is just a remake of another mapeditor, only difference is that it is slightly better, where to get the old one? as this one obviusly seems to cause people more trouble then not.

Hi everyone. Sorry for being away for a bit. I don't currently have regular internet access at the moment, but that should be done in a few days. I am working on an update which will include random maps and ships. Also, there will be a few interface changes, such as replacing the text boxes with sliders for most of the windows. I can't promise a definite date, but it should be by the end of next week.

Chippoka:
Save, load, and new map options are in the first menu to the left at the top. A grid will appear once you have a map opened. As far as allowable ranges go, they are in the modding guide, but the next version will have sliders so you can get by without knowing if you wait a bit.

Tizirio:
.NET 2.0 is a class library for windows. I think you can download it from the Windows Update site if you don't already have it.
As far as installing it goes, you should probably create a new directory for it. I'm not sure, but I think that the uninstaller might mess things up if it is installed into an existing directory. As far as causing trouble goes, I'll admit that it had a bit of a rocky start, and I could have handled that a bit better. I think that it is going good for the most part now. Most of the problems in this thread come from a problem that was solved shortly after I first posted it.

If there are still any problems, feel free to post them, or email me at ricree101@aol.com. I'll try to help out and make any neccesary fixes.


Also, I'd like to mention one more time that the source code is on sourceforge, but at the moment the only way to access it is through the cvs. You can find instructions for how to do this on the sourceforge website.

Sorry that the update is taking so long. I've been trying to work on it, but school is starting to pick up now. All I have left is to finish up a few small things, like getting ships into the editor. The random map is mostly working, but I still have a few tweaks left to do. I'll probably be able to have it done sometime this weekend.

Hello everyone,

The new update is ready, and can be downloaded from the sourceforge [link="http://https://sourceforge.net/projects/galciv2editor/"]project page/link].

The update has also been submitted to the galactic core website, so hopefully that will be updated before too long.

The major changes in this version are:
Added random map generator.
Added ability to add ships to the map.
Changed from text boxes to sliders whenever possible in the object editing menus.


The ship display is still pretty rough graphically. At the moment, all it does is display the hull model. Hopefully I will get it improved later, but for now it is still perfectly functional.

Yeah. Mod support is on the top of the to do list for the editor. At the moment, a lot of stuff is hard coded, so it doesn't play well with mods at the moment. Out of curiosity, which star type did I miss?

Also, what is the problem with the previous maps? Is it due to the edited stars XML, or is there something else going on?

Hey, Ricree...Installed it, and it worked great for me. But how do I change ownership of planets? Everytime I add a new planet, it is "owned" by the first star I created. Many thanks.

Ok I see the new version has a randomizer and thats great because if you want to create a huge or gigantic map it would take too much time to finnish it.
But the random generator doesnt work so well.. for example if you select star spacing very tight some stars are so tight that they are mixed 2in1   
Into advanced mode when you set the clusters well I dont see clusters but spreaded stars..
Also an option for an average planets number per star would be great
I understand this is not official but since Stardock guys dont want to publish a map editor I hope some guys out there to create a good one..