The image above shows the main C&C Mission Editor window where most editing is done. There are four parts to the window, toolbar, terrain, overlay and map are the different sections that are used. A description of each section's function follows below: |
. . .T o o l b a r. . . |
The toolbar contains three items of use, firstly in the top left hand corner is the 'Player' menu, this menu is used to set the team for the current units that you are placing. You can change the team in the dialog for each infantry, units, and structures but if you are adding several units in a row for the same team then this makes it a little easier. The second part of the toolbar are the actual tools for use in editing missions, each tool has it's own function and is only in use when it is selected in the toolbar. For descriptions on each tool see the tools chapter. The last part displyed in the toolbar is the cell information, each cell in a map is described by three numbers, the X coordinate, the Y coordinate and the cellnumber of the cell. Cellnumbers are enumerated from 0 (top left) to 4095 (bottom right). |
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This area of the window is used to display the map tiles along with a few trees rocks in order that you can select the desired graphic for placing in the map. To select the graphics that are displayed simply make your choice from the Terrain menu. To make a selection all you need do is have either the pencil tool or the eye-dropper tool selected and then click in the area of the graphic you want. Scrollbar is used to scroll the current graphics set. |
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The overlay section displays the graphics that overlay in the map, these include the game units (infantry, units, structures), tiberium, walls and also crates. This section works in the same way as the terrain section except that the graphics are selected for display using the Overlay menu. The item selection method is the same as with the terrain section. Scrollbar is used to scroll the current graphics set. |
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The map section is probably the most important of the sections as this is where your mission will come together. Use this section to add the map graphics and overlay graphics to your map. When the cursor is in this section you will notice that the values in the cell information part of the toolbar will change depending on the cell that the cursor is currently in. Scrollbars are used to scroll the current mission map. |