Third party editors and SCM Draft (??)

[Maccraft]

hey guys, i dont come her sicne a long time ago, wweelll, i hop you all gusy great!

i have 2 questions to make, i hope you can answer me, coorection: i KNOW you will answer me lol

well, i want to know what r the third party editors, and what does SCM DRAFT do... whats the diference between scm draft and other editors??

thanks to much!! =)

 

[Wing Zero]

starforged
scmdraft
xtra editor
guedit

aii i can think of atm

scmdraft and starforged are kinda the same but starforge can do litle more

xtra editor is like a beefed up version of the editor that comes with the game
guedit iss old and some what obsolete

 

[Maccraft]

but what r the third party editors? or why r they named like this??

what can do scm draft taht cannot do starforge?

tahnks!

 

[Wing Zero]

all they do is let you do things you cant normally do with the editor that coems with the game

and starforge can do more things then scmdraft
im not sure abouth this tho sicne i only used the early versions

 

[Taligaro]

Find ALL Editors Here.

The best ones are StarCraft X-tra Editor 2.5 and SCMDraft. SCMD has improved alot since the early versions, it is now MUCH better then StarForge. SCMD allows you to do both Square and Isometrical(normal, like in StarEdit) terrain, while StarForge only does Square.

SCMD is the best for just about any form of mapping, add X-tra in there and you can create killer maps.

 

[prezdead]

Basically 3rd party editors allow u to do things the original couldnt, such as stacking minerals, stacking in general, placing cc's and starting points by minerals, etc. It also alows for square maps and paths and whatnot.
And i love ur spelliing.
Hehe

 

[Maccraft]

lol, what do u mean with taht kinda sarcastic "i love ur spelling" i have to make u know that im from Argentina, so my frist leenguage is Spanish, lol...


well, i nromally use STARFORGE + SXE to make my maps, but i didnt know that they r called "third party editors" that's all, lol, so if u say that scmd its better, i'll use it, when acn i download last version??

thxxx

 

[Taligaro]

well, i nromally use STARFORGE + SXE to make my maps, but i didnt know that they r called "third party editors" that's all, lol, so if u say that scmd its better, i'll use it, when acn i download last version??

thxxx

The latest version of SCMDraft is found on the page that link I gave you goes to. It's the version I'm using and so far I've found no major bugs in it, not even little ones.

I use SCMD for terrain and unit/building/location placement. I then use SCXE for unit editing(stats, costs, etc...) and trigger/briefing editing. For me, SCXE is easier to use for triggers and unit editing then SCMD.

 

[prezdead]

btw i was dead serious. I love ur spelling. Will it marry me?

 

[Maccraft]

but what do u maen with my spelling???

 

[Octopor]

Third party editors are editors not created by anyone associated with Blizzard in any way, they're also not supported by Blizzard.

 

[Lord of Nukes]

At one point SI created a table showing what each editor was capable of on stormcoast-fortress, however, I cannot find it. It may have been removed but it was very good for giving you an idea of what each editor is capable of. Your best bet is to try them all and experiment. I still use X-tra, XCM Draft, and StarForge in the creation of my maps because they're all good at different things.

 

[prezdead]

ur spelling sucked. i was pointing that out. then i laughed. now i stoped. just nvm it.

- If them 3rd party editors arnt supported by blizz why dont they ban them, like hacks, even though they are the reason that all of the most amazing games and maps are around?

 

[Taligaro]

ur spelling sucked. i was pointing that out. then i laughed. now i stoped. just nvm it.

- If them 3rd party editors arnt supported by blizz why dont they ban them, like hacks, even though they are the reason that all of the most amazing games and maps are around?

"Not Supported by Blizzard" does not mean they are against the use of it. It simply means that if you have a problem with a Third Party Program, dont contact the makers of the game for assistance, contact the maker of the Third Party Program!

:rollie

 

[prezdead]

im not against em im just wondering if they kinda considered it a hack type dealy.

 

[Taligaro]

im not against em im just wondering if they kinda considered it a hack type dealy.

As far as I know, they don't look at the other editors as hacks, infact I wouldn't be surprised if some of the Blizz staff actually use them, even though they don't really need to.

Anyway, back to working on my site... Soo much to do these days...

 

[Wing Zero]

im preaty sure some of the staff doesnt really liek them much but they cant really do much about them

But i gusse in a way that it also helps them see what the community wanted that they never thought or seen happen

 

[Lord of Nukes]

Gaia and Ride of Valkyries are in the Blizzard Sandlot tournament, and they've both been edited with StarForge for extended terrain (bridges and ramps in Gaia, huge ramps in RoV). Blizzard can't be too upset about them anymore.

 

[Wing Zero]

Really?
is there a link for them?

 

[Lord of Nukes]

http://www.battle.net/tournaments/sandlot/

Second news post down it lists the maps and the versions.

Blizzard isn't giving out versions of the maps, but PGT has all the maps listed I believe. Unfortunately the PGT site was hacked and is still down.

SC Legacy has one. Here is an old version of Gaia (WCG 2005). I think this one has the extneded bridges and ramps, but I'm not sure. Later versions definately did.

I'll try searching some other sites.

Edit:

An image of Ride of the Valkyries.