Why has stardock not created a map editor for GC2 & DA

KRYO CAN YOU TELL ME WHY STARDOCK HAS NOT DONE A MAP EDITER.

CAN YOU TELL ME WHY YOU ARE USING ALL CAPITOL LETTERS AND IMPROPER PUNCUATION.

  why are you a c==k

by the way whats up with you  

If i recall correctly, a map editor for galciv1 was not released until the game started getting a bit old. Whatever the reasons for that, i must assume also apply for galciv2?

Wow, I've never seen AOL babies respond with abuse before! Wait. It's our fault you're illiterate?

And they need custom map thumbnails before a map editor. SO THERE LOLZ PH34R M3!!!111

mystikmind thx for info and pnakotus get a life or a happey pill  

This may shock you, but your ignorance doesn't bother me at all. It's just funny to laugh at illiterate people on a text-only medium like this.

I thought there were new custom maps already? The Library has a few up. How'd people make those without an editor?

Anubis200

I was looking at your profile picture... hmm it occured to me that if it was possible, grab a nice picture of one of tho dudes from the orriginal stargate movie... that would look coool!

pnakotus there are 2 map editers but thay are not up to the job.ps i know my spelling is no good so have your fun. all i what to know is why has stardock not made a map editor. mystikmind im still looking for a good stargate picture do you know a good site were i can get one. ps im sorry for my crap spelling.

Look, if english is not your primary language, then sorry about the puncuation crack. But, it's common knowledge that typing in all capitol letters is both rude and obnoxious.

As for sites with Stargate pictures, here is one, but it's not that great. Good luck trying to find one!

WWW Link

Learn to end a sentence.

hi feud my primary language is english. i know my spelling is crap. and you all have been takeing the piss out of me thats ok. i am sorry for the capitol letters i did not know that it was both rude and obnoxious sorry. i set this forums up to find out why stardock has not done a gc2 map editor not to have the piss taken out of me. so plz no more i will say this one more time im sorry for my crap spelling & im sorry for the capitol letters.  

ps do you all know what dyslexic is. because that what i have that why my spelling is no good so plz no more piss taking. if you dont know what it is look it up.  

i found u the software pls pls instal asap so we can see ur sweet maps here kthx.

http://spellbound.sourceforge.net/

The map editor the devs use is very basic and just barely gets the job done, AFAIK--those already made by users are probably as good if not better. Because of this the devs have chosen to put their time and budget into the game itself, putting features and fixes above duplicating something that users have already made.

And knock off the insults, all of you.

hi temparr i can not install Spellchecker because i am not usering Firefox or Mozilla i use explorer 7. if you what some maps send me you email address and i will send you some maps. if you have startrek v3 mod i will send you 1 map for that mod i am useing GC2builder. thx for the help if you know any more spellchecker that work on E7 i would like it if you post a link for it. but back to my question why has stardock not created a map editer & if thay are going to.

hi kryo thx for the info & im sorry for all the insuits on this post. do you think thay will make one soon.  

The devs have no plans on making one, soon or otherwise.

moosetek13 surely it would not cost much to make a small program like a map editor. one that is up to date with the game.

You'd be suprised how much even the simplest program can cost. Programmers don't come cheap. You have to keep in mind that computers are stupid. Actually, it shares about the same level of intelligence as your couch. A programmer has to give it instructions on every little thing it needs to do, and try and predict what an end-user may do with the program, so that he can tell said computer what to do when the unexpected happens. Then someone has to test that the programmer got it right.

With an internal editor like the ones the devs use, it probably has limited and simple error catching. Which means doing things in the wrong order, or clicking on the wrong thing at the wrong time will either cause unexpected results, or a crash. Typically it is made for programmers who understand these things, and is really useless and frustrating to use for an end-user.

I work for a software company. Our in-house utilities and programs are very unforgiving. If you don't follow the instructions exactly, BOOM! These are quick and dirty programs made to get the job done. If we were to take one of these utilities (which at times we have) and rewrite it for an end-user, everything needs to be redone from the ground up. A readable interface, documentation, and predicting every little thing that an end-user will do with the program, so that you can prevent crashing and problems becomes time consuming.

So a program that may take 8 hours to write for in house use, can take weeks of programming and testing to make it usable for the customer. For something of the complexity of a Map Editor, I bet it's closer to months and thousands of dollars. Time costs money, and lots of it.

Hope that sheds some insight on why things are never quick and easy in the software world.

Oh, and about the caps Anubis, don't worry about it. My wife always thought it was polite to type in caps, since she hand writes that way, it makes things easier to read. Web ettiquette actually makes little sense, and unfortunately, there is no guide to help anyone figure it all out. Most people find out the hard way, like you did in this post. Unfortunate that people are so quick to dive on one another, rather than help.

Cheers.

spaceace75 thx for the help & info. I now know why there is not a dedicated map editor for GC2. Maybe one day thay may do one. For now i will keep on useing GC2builder. It would be nice if some one would update this one so it work beter with patch v1.40x & DA expansion. Or if some one would make one like GCbuilder that would be good to. If you can help let me know.  

I'm guessing that with the inclusion of toxic worlds and asteroids in DA that a new version will have to be made. Hopefully someone who knows how to program will step up to the challenge.

i hope so feud.

Is there someone who would like a challenge. if so step up now



WE NEED YOU




Can you help we need someone to make a new map editor for GC2 & DA

kindof... just use a peer to peer network program like 'shareeza' or 'lime wire' or even Kaaza, but Kaaza is full of advertising viruses so you might want to skip that one!

do a picture search on 'stargate' and you should get heaps of nice pics.

Anubis, you can do a Google image search and find literally thousands of pics on just about any subject you can think of.