Can't wait

A little thing I don't like : the "un-smoothness" of the zoom/unzoom.

Things I like : it remembers me the time when I mapped for starcraft. All those triggers to create a story ...

And last but not least : the transition with the cloth map. It's just excellent. The more I play the game, I more I say to myself that I will probably play the game in "only cloth-map" for some time. I find it to be more informative than with flashy graphics (even if I like them)

viex - keep in mind I'm videoing it running inside the debugger.

@frogboy: oh ! ok I didn't know that (maybe you said it in the video, but my english skills aren't high enough to completly understand spoken english)

One other thing I hope that will be enhanced : the look of rivers. At the moment they just seem like some thing thrown upon the map, not blending with it.

I'm sure I'll spend much more time down at the 3D level in Elemental than I do in GC2, but like Vieuxchat the cloth map is still likely to be my 'normal' view of the game because I'm a giant-map junkie.

Which makes me want to beg shamelessly for some cloth map art to call out things as important-seeming as an active volcano (or are they are just eye candy unless they are raised magically to destroy existing improvements?).

I sure hope I will be able to mod a map generator! On that note. However you end up doing rivers, make sure you allow individual rivers to flow together. Even if you guys don't know exactly what you will do with river junctions, just put them in. I promise that as soon as modding time rolls around, I'll make it worth your efforts! You will be glad you did it! I have a really nice algorithm for making a nice looking river network. I'd like to have a use for it in Elemental.

Another thing that I think will greatly benefit the maps is to allow for an L-System type functionaliy for map tiles, so that every forest tile is not a complete clone of all the others. So instead of modding a new single model for a map feature, you would have an editable system of rules for placing models randomly or procedurally in some way.

For example, taking a tree model and scaling it slightly while placing it in randomly accross the forest tile would look more natural and blend better with adjacent forest tiles. Or instead of using a 'graveyard' tile for every graveyard, let the L-System arrange the headstones differently so that each one on the map is unique. 

Undo is indeed a nessesary feature from personal experince in these types of programs. (and sometimes in game lol)

I do not like making maps. Just don't have the patience for it. What I do like though is to play the maps the others make. This editor looks way cool and I am sure people will love to make me some maps

Keep up the good work!

Please pay special attention to cephalo's suggestions.  His Civ map function is amazing, by far the best I have ever seen  It is so good that it dramatically enhances the game.  Cephalo knows his stuff.

Tile randomization, it would seem.

As for the video, good stuff. But as always, a glimps of the actual engine makes me crave more.

Tridus,

Cephalos developed the PerfectWorld map function.  You have to download it from his site which is easy and safe.  I believe that you can google it to find it, or send him a PM.  He was very helpful.

graphics don't look like much yet.

LOL here was the quote I wished...forget it