MAP Editor
This is an editor for the theater.map
file located in the terrain
folder. In the upper part of the window, you can view and edit all the data contained in this file, where in the lower part you can view and edit the palette information contained in this file.
You can change a specific color of the palette by either left or right click on it. With left click you get a standard Windows Color Dialog for you to specify the color visually but with no alpha information. With right click you get a custom dialog where you can set numeric values for Red, Green, Blue and Alpha.
Here you can change all the alpha values for all colors in the palette, by pressing the corresponding button and entering an alpha value. Moreover you can set all color entries to the same color, or reload the theater.map
file that is currently open. If you press Save
in order to save the theater.map
file, when you press Reload
, it will load of course, the last saved copy.
Here you can save all the information on the window to the theater.map
file. Note that there is not a possibility to save the file with a different name. This button is active only when a change is made to the window and the file needs to be saved.
Pressing these buttons, will get you back to the Main Terrain Editor Window or open your browser to this documentation.
These two buttons give you the functionality to Import or Export the color data. The formats for export are ACT
, PAL
or Bitmap
, while for import is only ACT
or PAL
. The ACT
and PAL
format are standard, while the Bitmap
format is a Bitmap Image 512×512 pixels, with 16×16 pixels squares of each color.