Way back when I was a teen my brother purchased Starcraft. I didn't really get into it until I discovered the Map Editor. After a lot of trial and error I figured it out, and after a few months created a campaign. Sure it wasn't the best campaign, sure it had no voices or custom music. But with Camelot Systems' old programs Stardraft/Graft and a MPQ extractor. I did manage to make some custom units and heroes. It was fun to do something creative like that in my spare time. I've always liked tweaking and modding games. However what I really liked about Starcraft in particular was the ability to essentially make your own campaigns.
So that's my objective to make a complete Starcraft 2 campaign. With the utilities at my disposal with this editor it seems like it could be really amazing, and a fun time sink. Grant you I haven't messed around with map making for the original SC in years, but I still remember trigger system fairly well. The new editor is a wee-bit more complicating, but I've managed to make my own hero unit so far. I'm still messing around trying to figure out odds and ends, like how to make an actual mission briefing. This site has been pretty helpful with a lot of things though, and I figured I'd register if I get really stuck, and need to ask a question.
I'm doing so-so with triggers, I managed to create a hero unit, though I want to bring Firebats into the game, and need to figure that out. I generally will just poke at the editor until I get something to work. I'll only bug anyone if I'm really stuck. So nice to meet you all, and it's really cool there's a site like this, it's been really helpful so far.
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Way back when I was a teen my brother purchased Starcraft. I didn't really get into it until I discovered the Map Editor. After a lot of trial and error I figured it out, and after a few months created a campaign. Sure it wasn't the best campaign, sure it had no voices or custom music. But with Camelot Systems' old programs Stardraft/Graft and a MPQ extractor. I did manage to make some custom units and heroes. It was fun to do something creative like that in my spare time. I've always liked tweaking and modding games. However what I really liked about Starcraft in particular was the ability to essentially make your own campaigns.
So that's my objective to make a complete Starcraft 2 campaign. With the utilities at my disposal with this editor it seems like it could be really amazing, and a fun time sink. Grant you I haven't messed around with map making for the original SC in years, but I still remember trigger system fairly well. The new editor is a wee-bit more complicating, but I've managed to make my own hero unit so far. I'm still messing around trying to figure out odds and ends, like how to make an actual mission briefing. This site has been pretty helpful with a lot of things though, and I figured I'd register if I get really stuck, and need to ask a question.
I'm doing so-so with triggers, I managed to create a hero unit, though I want to bring Firebats into the game, and need to figure that out. I generally will just poke at the editor until I get something to work. I'll only bug anyone if I'm really stuck. So nice to meet you all, and it's really cool there's a site like this, it's been really helpful so far.