The Galactic Revolt level editor is currently in beta state. It should work fine, but it is not thoroughly tested, and its range of features is still quite small. I take no responsibility for any damage it causes to you or your equipment.
1. Creating a new level
To create a new level for use with Galactic Revolt, open the LevelEdit application, and select New… from the File menu. A dialog will appear prompting you where to put the new level file. When you click ok, a new empty window will show on the screen. This is the listing of all levels in your level file. Since there are no levels in your file yet, the window is empty. To create a new level, select New Level… from the Levels menu. A dialog will appear, allowing you to set some parameters for your new level. Here you can enter a name for your new level (ie.: '2-5'. You can also enter text, but it might not display correctly in Galactic Revolt). Also enter the width and height of your new level in tiles. If you don't want to use the default scenario file (The Canyon scenario which is used in the levels that are available to non-registered users) click on the Pick Scenario… button, and open the scenario file you want to use. When you click ok, a new window will be shown, where you can see your new level.
2. Editing a level
Once you have opened a level, you will see an editing window and a tool palette. The tool palette contains the following objects:
•Texture preview: The little Texture icon on the top of the palette lets you see which texture you are about to draw.
•Plus/Minus Buttons: The plus and minus buttons let you change which texture you want to draw with.
•Arrow Button: These let you rotate the texture you want to use.
•Pencil tool: This is the standard "drawing" tool. Click onto the level editing window to draw using the texture you have selected.
•Crosshairs: This allows you to place various objects into your level. When you click onto the crosshairs button, a dialog box will show up, which lets you select which object you want to place and the orientation of the object in degrees (The availability of the different kinds of objects are dependent on the scenario file you use.)
•Arrowhead: This lets you select the different objects in your level and reposition them. Just click onto an object and drag it where you want to have it.
•Flag: This tool allows you to define the exiting area of you level. Just click where you want the exit area to be and drag a rectangle of the size of the area.
3. Notes
The current version of the level editor does not cover all features of the Galactic Revolt level file format such as custom high-score screens. To add a custom titlescreen you must be accustomed to using a resource editor such as ResEdit or Resourcerer. Open your level file with ResEdit and paste the picture you want to use into the file. The standard size for high-score screens is 330*480. Set the id# of your 'PICT' resource to 20000. If you don't want to use the default color table you can optionally include a custom color table for use with your titlescreen. Put it into a 'clut' resource with the id# 128.
Be creative! If you feel you have created some very cool level or scenario files mail them to me. If I like them, I'll publish them on the official Galactic Revolt website at <http://www.karawari.com/galactic>.
