I downloaded this from sourceforge. and downloaded .net 2.0 from microsoft and have GC2 gold edition with dark avatar and when i unzip the file I can see any instructions on how to install the editor and there is no executable file.
So the question I have is what am I doing wrong?
There are two files that can be downloaded. One is the source code, and the other has an installer. Did you download the source code instead of the installer?
This file should work for you. If you wish to try compiling from source instead, you will need Visual Studio Express C# and the directx SDK (I believe that this was developed with the feb 2007 SDK, but I don't think there should be any problem using a newer one). With those installed, you should be able to open up the project file and build it from there.
However, I would like to point out that there hasn't been much in the way of development for quite some time now, and I'm not really intending to start up again on this. While I haven't used
Galciv2IDE, my understanding is that it is currently more advanced and usable than my editor is. In addition, Galciv2IDE can make DA maps, which is not something that this editor supports. At this point in time, you are likely going to be better off using that editor instead of this one.