Complete newbie can't get a scenario made to save his life ...

[DaveyJJ]

OK, I am not a newbie computer user, despite my apparent "issues" with the WinSPWW2 editor. As a matter of fact, I'm a CSS guru and developer of seven games in the iPhone App Store. So I can program and understand things (especially once my wife explains them a second time to me).

But for the life of me I can not understand the steps necessary to make my own little scenarios in WinSPWW2. I can make a darn nice looking little map for small engagements, but can someone please do a simple point form summary of how to get from a designed map to playable scenario in game? Pretty please? I don't see any info in the manual except that the map editor work needs to be followed by "create a scenario in the scenario editor" (page 44)).

Or perhaps point me to a tutorial or link?

Thank you for the time!

[DRG]

There are plenty of experience scenario designers here that can help you but perhaps you could tell us at what point you are running into problems ?

Have you read the "Scenario Editor" section in the HTML Game guide ? Click on the HELP tab of the Game Options screen and then click on " Read the Game Manual ". The "Scenario Editor" section is about 3/4 the way down the left hand listing

The booklet is more of a quick start guide

Don

[DaveyJJ]

Originally Posted by DRG

Have you read the "Scenario Editor" section in the HTML Game guide ? Click on the HELP tab of the Game Options screen and then click on " Read the Game Manual ". The "Scenario Editor" section is about 3/4 the way down the left hand listing

Ah, err, looks embarrassingly around, why of course I have, ha ha. [Runs off the read in game manual].

[Xrati]

The editor is very easy to use. That will be where you set your scenario up. Start with the date for the battle and then onto the map. I recommend using the extended map editor, off of the main menu, it's handy "undo" will be the most important feature you will ever need, as laying roads sometimes take on a mind of its own . You can generate a map with it and then tweek it. Save it and then, back to the scenario builder where you now load your map, set your date and now choose opponents and purchase the troops. The rest will be history!

[DaveyJJ]

OK, I'm working it out now .. but a question ... I open the map editor and am faced with this large map (80x80 hexes?). How do I make the map that opens smaller ... perhaps only 50 hexes wide and 25 high? How do we adjust the base map size? Or do we simply paint the edges down until we get the size we want?

[Imp]

Reading again
Set the map size in the preference screen

[DaveyJJ]

Thanks Imp. My old eyes are failing me. I completely missed those settings on the screen.

[Imp]

No probs

[DaveyJJ]

Originally Posted by Xrati

The editor is very easy to use. That will be where you set your scenario up. Start with the date for the battle and then onto the map. I recommend using the extended map editor, off of the main menu, it's handy "undo" will be the most important feature you will ever need, as laying roads sometimes take on a mind of its own . You can generate a map with it and then tweek it. Save it ...

Map done, no issues. Saved in slot 500.

Originally Posted by Xrati

...back to the scenario builder where you now load your map, set your date and now choose opponents and purchase the troops.

This is the issue for me? What scenario editor? Where's the link on the Utilities tab to get to this? Sorry, but Im completely missing this. The HTML help docs don't tell me where this troop purchasingis.

[Xrati]

Start the game from the "main" menu , you will see the "Play SPWW2" in the bottom right corner. Start the game, once the selection has loaded you will see an "editor" button on the menu to the right, choose it and the editor screen will open. Load your map by choosing the "custom" button under the map selections and all the rest of the options should be self explainitory. There's an info bar on the top of the screen that will help you figure out what the buttons are for . Move your cursor over the options to get the info for each.