Cant figure out the mission editor

[newob42]

I read somewhere "the mission editor is easy to use", maybe its me, I cant figure it out , I find it to be very non-user friendly, dev team,you gotta make things easier, game is awsome, the rule book and mission editor are a dissappointment

[Hertston]

There's a manual for the mission editor on the DVD. Maybe you will find the editor "easy to use" after reading it.

[RyanHolland]

It's very easy when you know how to use it http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Here's a few tips to get you started:

For a new mission, you best click on new first (blanco/white button on top left)

you have mousewheel?-- use it to zoom in and out on the map- where your mousepointer is, that's where your map will zoom in.

on the right you have all ships etc you can place-- leftclick on the one you want, hold mousebutton and drag and drop on the map- a new window opens for properties, should be self-explaining

once you dropped the ship on the map, right click on it and select waypoints, click, click click.. there-you have waypoints now for that ship

when you put a sub for yourself, don't forget to check the human control in the properties window

save (careful not to overwrite original missions, give it a unique name), and load... there, THAT easy http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

And like Hertston said too, reading a manual can do wonders http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Good hunting!

[WilliamDu]

Just a couple more questions. I read through the docs but some of it is difficult to grok.

How do you zoom in and out on the map without a mouse-wheel? I am trying to use editor on my backup machine that only has a two-button mouse. I was able to zoom in by using right button and dragging out a box, but couldn't zoom back out.

The surface ships are surprisingly well-modelled, with turning screws and underwater effects, as you can see in the Museum feature. I also noticed that the Museum uses an actual MIS file, contained in DATA\MUSEUM directory. I realize there are no interiors modelled, but can the player spawn any of the surface craft?

[RyanHolland]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by WilliamDu:
Just a couple more questions. I read through the docs but some of it is difficult to grok.

How do you zoom in and out on the map without a mouse-wheel? I am trying to use editor on my backup machine that only has a two-button mouse. I was able to zoom in by using right button and dragging out a box, but couldn't zoom back out.

The surface ships are surprisingly well-modelled, with turning screws and underwater effects, as you can see in the Museum feature. I also noticed that the Museum uses an actual MIS file, contained in DATA\MUSEUM directory. I realize there are no interiors modelled, but can the player spawn any of the surface craft? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

You can zoom in and out with the - and + keys on keypad too

as far as I can tell, you can place all the ships that are in the game-- in missions too, and define their time of appearance (timed spawn).. i.e. immidiately at mission start or at certain time during the mission