CCME Manual : Main Window


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The image above shows the main C&C Mission Editor window where most editing
is done. There are four parts to the window, toolbar, terrain, overlay and map
are the different sections that are used. A description of each section's function
follows below:



. . .T o o l b a r. . .
The toolbar contains three items of use, firstly in the top left hand corner is the
'Player' menu, this menu is used to set the team for the current units that you
are placing. You can change the team in the dialog for each infantry, units, and
structures but if you are adding several units in a row for the same team then
this makes it a little easier. The second part of the toolbar are the actual tools for
use in editing missions, each tool has it's own function and is only in use when it
is selected in the toolbar. For descriptions on each tool see the tools chapter.
The last part displyed in the toolbar is the cell information, each cell in a map is
described by three numbers, the X coordinate, the Y coordinate and the cellnumber
of the cell. Cellnumbers are enumerated from 0 (top left) to 4095 (bottom right).

. . .T e r r a i n. . .
This area of the window is used to display the map tiles along with a few trees
rocks in order that you can select the desired graphic for placing in the map.
To select the graphics that are displayed simply make your choice from the
Terrain menu. To make a selection all you need do is have either the pencil tool
or the eye-dropper tool selected and then click in the area of the graphic
you want.

Scrollbar is used to scroll the current graphics set.


. . .O v e r l a y. . .
The overlay section displays the graphics that overlay in the map, these include the
game units (infantry, units, structures), tiberium, walls and also crates.
This section works in the same way as the terrain section except that the graphics
are selected for display using the Overlay menu.
The item selection method is the same as with the terrain section.

Scrollbar is used to scroll the current graphics set.


. . .M a p. . .
The map section is probably the most important of the sections as this is where your
mission will come together. Use this section to add the map graphics and overlay
graphics to your map. When the cursor is in this section you will notice that the
values in the cell information part of the toolbar will change depending on the cell that
the cursor is currently in.

Scrollbars are used to scroll the current mission map.







© 1998 by Greg Freeman - ThermOptic Software.