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The menus

Where there are toolbar buttons to perform the same task as a menu option, the button is shown next to the menu option name.

  • File
    • New

      After asking you which set of textures to use for the new map, this command automatically loads the textures and creates a template map consisting of a wide expanse of pavement surrounded by walls at the edges.On that map you are given 6 police stations and 6 hospitals which are placed on the left side of the map in a row down the map.
      To play a map created from scratch you MUST use the blank "mission.ini" file included with the installation. Just copy it to your "gtadata" directory after backing up your original.

    • Open

      Open a new map. The location of your texture files is now stored in the registry and the texture file needed is automatically detected for each map, so you do not have to constantly locate texture files. GTA maps are normally stored with a .cmp suffix, so you should only try to open these.

    • Save

      Saves the file that you are currently editing. Don't worry if you forget to save a map, Junction25 keeps track of whether you have modified a map and will remind you to save if you try to close a modified map.

    • Save As

      This allows you to save a file under a different name to the one it currently has.

    • Print

      Allows you to print the currently viewed portion of the map. We have NOT been able to test this yet, and it is not a good idea to select this. May actually work if you have a colour printer that can print a 64000 x 64000 pixel image, but funnily enough, we haven't.

    • Print Preview

      Allows you to preview the portion of the map before printing.

    • Page Setup

      Set up your printer.

    • Recent file list

      A list of the last four maps that you have been editing for quick and easy loading.

    • Exit

      Allows you to quit Junction 25 to play GTA with your new map (why you'd quit for any other reason is beyond us!) Due to memory savings in version 1.0 it is now possible to run the Junction25 and GTA at the same time if your machine has 32MB of memory - just edit, save, Alt-Tab and try out your new map.

  • Edit
    • Undo

      Undo the operation at the current position in the history. Repeatedly pressing Undo moves backwards in the history. Junction25 allows an infinite undo history that includes every operation performed since the last save.

    • Redo

      Redo the operation at the current position in the history. Repeatedly pressing Redo moves forwards in the history. Junction25 allows an infinite undo history that includes every operation performed since the last save.

    • Copy

      Copy the current selection to the clipboard for pasting into another area.

    • Paste

      Wallpaper the clipboard contents across the current selection.

  • View
    • Toolbar

      Toggle the toolbar on and off.

    • Status Bar

      Toggle the status bar on and off.

    • Zoom

      Switch the cursor to the zoom tool which allows zooming in and out.

    • Directions

      Toggle vehicle direction arrows on and off.

    • Emergency

      Toggle government building labels for hospitals, fire stations and police stations on and off.

  • Map
    • Slope

      Slope the current selection or switch to the slope tool to slope individual squares. This pops up the slope dialog.

    • Rotate

      Rotate the current selection or switch to the rotate tool to rotate individual squares. Once you have decided on the cubes to edit, the rotation dialog is brought up.

    • Attributes

      Change the attributes and textures of the current selection or switch to the attributes tool to change individual cubes. Once you have decided on the cubes to edit, the attributes dialog is brought up.

    • Grab

      Switch to the grab tool to define a new selection.

    • Pipette

      This allows you to select one cube stack from the map. It is then used by the Paint tool.

    • Brush

      The brush allows you to paint a pipetted cube stack freehand across the map. This is a feature unique to Junction25 which should allow quick and easy editing of maps. Note that, like cutting and pasting, attributes concerning cube stacks are copied too.

  • Objects
    • Rubber

      Switch to the rubber tool to rub out static objects like cars or scenery from the map.

    • Add Vehicle

      Open the vechicle palette. Clicking on the map then adds a vehicle of the type selected in the palette to the map.

    • Add Scenery

      Open the scenery palette. Clicking on the map then adds a scenery object of the type selected in the palette to the map.

  • Help
    • About

      Show credits, version and copyright information about Junction25.

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