Using the editor.

[Mikey_pnb]

I am trying to add a single city.

I open the editor, load ww2 map file, added a city with the correct nationality, saved as "test.map".
I load scenario 1939 and save it as "test.scn". The city is still there.
Test.map, Test.scn, and the Test txt file go to the appropriate folders.
I load the game, load my scenario, my new city isnt there.

I have tried loading ww2.map, and leaving it unchanged. Then loading 1939.scn, adding a city, then saving the scenario as test.scn. This doesnt work either.

I have added two cities with the same name, production level and nationality to both the .map file and .scn file. Nope.

I have spent three days trying to get this simplest of tests to work.
Please tell me what I am doing wrong.

[Panzer987]

How does one go about opening the editor? This is probably a stupid question, but I'm not seeing it in the menu.

[rkr1958]

How does one go about opening the editor? This is probably a stupid question, but I'm not seeing it in the menu.

The editor is a separate download. http://www.slitherine.com/files/ceaw/ed ... a_1.00.exe

Also, see viewtopic.php?t=3902

[Panzer987]

Awesome, guys, thanks for the info. Since I've done almost everything there is to do on the standard game, I
m interested in creating my own mod. If I can figure out how to make it work, I'd love to try and build my own mod.

[Panzer987]

I am trying to add a single city.

I open the editor, load ww2 map file, added a city with the correct nationality, saved as "test.map".
I load scenario 1939 and save it as "test.scn". The city is still there.
Test.map, Test.scn, and the Test txt file go to the appropriate folders.
I load the game, load my scenario, my new city isnt there.

I have tried loading ww2.map, and leaving it unchanged. Then loading 1939.scn, adding a city, then saving the scenario as test.scn. This doesnt work either.

I have added two cities with the same name, production level and nationality to both the .map file and .scn file. Nope.

I have spent three days trying to get this simplest of tests to work.
Please tell me what I am doing wrong.

How intersting that I started playing around with the editor after seeing this post, and I'm having the exact same problem. For whatever reason, I just can't seem to pull up the changes I save. And my changes aren't revolutionary, just a couple of added cities and some shifts in production.

[firepowerjohan]

You have to change the ww2 map is you want to have more cities, not just the scenario.

[Panzer987]

You have to change the ww2 map is you want to have more cities, not just the scenario.

Asumming you successfully make these changes to the map and/or scenario, can they still run in v1.05 if the original editor is from a previous patch? Or is there another editor needed for that patch?

[gravyface]

You have to delete the <game>/data/scenario/<yourscenario>.data each time you make changes to the map (and possibly the scenario as well) as the game doesn't appear to regenerate/recompile the .data file each time the .scn is loaded.

[gravyface]

Actually, I'm still trying to figure out a way to consistently make changes to the the map and/or the scenario. Load up my map, change the name of an oilfield. Save it. Do not load scenario. Check date modified on .map file; yup it was saved. Load up scenario. Rinse and repeat changes made to map only, as I was thinking that perhaps the scenario can override changes made to the map. Confirm changes and save map first, then scenario. Nope. No name change. Double-check _eng.txt file and yup, name change is there.

Unreal. No wonder there's no scenarios around.

[gravyface]

Argh. I wish I had the last 3 hours of my life back... anyways, I could only get my custom map to work by calling it ww2.map; same goes for the corresponding .txt file. Manual is a bit misleading -- seems to indicate you can have foo.scn, foo.map, etc. but I couldn't get that to work.