Map editor extra and starforge?

[AOD]

Well all Im trying to do is basically if anyone has played any of the LOTR Minas Tirith map or LOTR vs LA then I am trying to do like they have done with the gates. so that a trigger makes them open and close aswell as them layered ontop of terrain slightly so units cant go round. As well as this I am trying to stack (not mainly important but would be nice to do) and I can do both of these with starforge but when I open my map in starcraft it says that there was something wrong or w/e and wont open or just crashes to desktop.

Another question I had is do you have to have broodwar in order for map editor extra to work? Any advice on doing any of these things would be REALLY great.

thanks in advance.

[Nahotnoj]

OK. about your bug questions: Crashes the desktop? I think you've got the wrong terminology there. No, you do not need to be playing brood war for maps made w/ those editors to work. if it freezes or crashes sc, then the map is most likely corrupted (and know you cant uncorrupt a map). The only things i can think of are opening in SCMdraft and using a lower version ofm SF or something... are you using SF 2?

[AOD]

No I havnt. I open a map and the game closses and goes to the desktop aka crash to desktop. Anyways that aint the subject. I got hold of a copy of BrrodWar and now it lets me use editor extra (where as before it didnt).

I can see how to stack things still got to try with the gates. Any quick tips from anyone as to how to do this before i spend a while trying to do it myself would be great.

Last question is - in editor extra there are different version (special, classic, base ,etc.) In the description it says a little about them but is there really any difference? Like is one better for creating terrain and that. Thanks.

BTW - forget starforge. I think its 1 but I wanna use extra cos I just think it looks better. Unless Im wrong of course!

[Spdstr]

No I havnt. I open a map and the game closses and goes to the desktop aka crash to desktop. Anyways that aint the subject. I got hold of a copy of BrrodWar and now it lets me use editor extra (where as before it didnt).

I can see how to stack things still got to try with the gates. Any quick tips from anyone as to how to do this before i spend a while trying to do it myself would be great.

Last question is - in editor extra there are different version (special, classic, base ,etc.) In the description it says a little about them but is there really any difference? Like is one better for creating terrain and that. Thanks.

BTW - forget starforge. I think its 1 but I wanna use extra cos I just think it looks better. Unless Im wrong of course!
BTW Welcome to the boards.

[peace_machine]

SF is an unfinished editor with aditional functions to SCXE. Your map may have been corrupted because you stacked too many units/placed an unusable unit/incorrectly placed a unit or the SF triggers were faulty. Although SF likes to corrupt a map occasionaly it is still a good editor.

Editor differences:
p12 editor gives all units on map to p12 (pretty usless, SF/SCMdraft can do the same thing better)
Special allows you to stack (pretty usless, use SCMDraft/SF for stacking)
Base: Normal unit placement

Thats about it.

[Nahotnoj]

No I havnt. I open a map and the game closses and goes to the desktop aka crash to desktop. Anyways that aint the subject. I got hold of a copy of BrrodWar and now it lets me use editor extra (where as before it didnt).

But you said it crashes the desktop. not to the desktop, two completly different things.

[AOD]

If you read it even in the quote you used it says crashes to desktop.

BTW does anyone know how to make gates properly like in Minas Tirith or LOTR vs LA?

[Spdstr]

If you read it even in the quote you used it says crashes to desktop.

BTW does anyone know how to make gates properly like in Minas Tirith or LOTR vs LA?
No sorry, I don't have My BW Expansion so I couldn't tell yah (DARN MY FRIEND. lol ;))

Member,
~ Spdstr

[bluemicrobyte]

Call me crazy but I think if you place buildings for humans on a map the game will "crash to the desktop" (always happens to me)

[peace_machine]

Call me crazy but I think if you place buildings for humans on a map the game will "crash to the desktop" (always happens to me) WTF? How do you play SC without buildings?

AOD you will need to use triggers to get the doors to open and close. Use the disable doodad stats trigger where enabled is closed and disabled is open. Is that what you mean?