Why no map editor ?

[ALPHIVE]

Hi everyone,

I really DO NOT understand why this game has no map editor. Almost all W40K game has map editor but not this one...

Like many people i think, i would be able to make my own map and share them...

Any news about that ?

Best regards

[GreenBeanN1]

And no map preview screen.
No map export string.

I think most players prefer units more than game(play) improvements.

Luckily I rolled some great map seeds and have written down the relevant settings so I am quite settled. But it was quite a time investment :( .

[lx]

i think this only has randomly generated maps. which might be flawed, but its better, than playing the same boring map over and over, and do the same again and again. gameplay wise, everything is as it should be.

if i had to answer, id say: because it does not need one.

i DO NOT understand, how "wh x,y,z" having map editor has anything to do, with gladius not having one.

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Originally posted by GreenBeanN1:

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No map export string. ...

at "new game"'s advanced options, there is a thing called "world seed"

[Jey]

Originally posted by lx:

if i had to answer, id say: because it does not need one.

That's so wrong.
A decent map editor would do wonder, but it's too time-consuming to add it now on Gladius.

I would point out though that you can use the debug more to terraform a map. Not super quick, it only works for that one game. But eh.

[Dugunthi]

Why would it be too time consuming to implement?

Strategy games like this massively profit form map editors, more than any other type of game. I saw the devs said they considered it if the demand was there. Given that the game is several years old with a long history of map editor request, my bet is it will never happen. This is disappointing. Clearly the game is still profitable if they keep churning out DLCs and throw out patches every other day. If they did a little bit of mission editor work on the side everyday, I'm sure it'd have been done ages ago.

[GreenBeanN1]

Originally posted by lx:

at "new game"'s advanced options, there is a thing called "world seed"

If you give someone only a world seed and tell that person that this specific seed is the most awesome glorious epic etc. seed ever, it is very likely you end up in a very different opinion.

You never tried a world seed with different other settings? If not, try and let's see if you still think your seed is awesome glorious epic etc.

An export string is more than a seed. It contains all other settings too. Load it, get all settings to get your awesome glorious epic etc. game back. Or load it and then change only forest density and start the new map. (Edit: or something with more impact: landmass :) )

Much easier than a map editor and yet very helpfull to get have at least some way to save a good map without being forced to write all settings down. One could call it very consumer unfriendly.

[Jey]

Originally posted by Dugunthi:

Why would it be too time consuming to implement?

Because they didn't design the game for that.
They'd need to review entirely how maps are created when starting a game, because they'd need a way to handle random maps AND pre-generated maps. Spawns especially due to faction specificity (necrons, Eldars) could be difficult.

If they did a little bit of mission editor work on the side everyday, I'm sure it'd have been done ages ago.

That's not really how it works.

[AntonyMo]

After a few games with friends we realized that this game desperately need pre-generated maps or a map editor. Random map generation can make maps and games really one-sided.

[lx]

there are plenty of esports games, for you to have a fairplay with. this is not such a game, which is good. this is waagh!, not a ball game.

[Basarab Laiota]

Cool idea, would've been neat to see people share custom "campaigns" and stuff

[Viscount Danku]

Yeah, wanted to set up 3v3 (Imperium vs Orks) with 2 tyranids in between as a neutral ground to test our big guns before massive onslaught. Of course, my alliance was grouped together on one side, while second alliance was spread all around the map, got picked one by one both by tyranids and us and the "climax" was us clearing out weakened and inferior tyranids. Boring and meaningless game.

[lx]

Originally posted by Jey:

...I would point out though that you can use the debug more to terraform a map. Not super quick, it only works for that one game. But eh.

this can work as a map editor. its buggy and tedious. but once you make what you want, just share the save file. no?

[IDDQD]

I'd rather have new DLCs, thank you.

[DasaKamov]

Originally posted by Aetini:

...I refunded.

Really? Because the little icon next to your name on these forums say that either your refund request was rejected, or that you purchased the game again at a later date. ;)

[Heresy]

Originally posted by ALPHIVE:

Hi everyone,

I really DO NOT understand why this game has no map editor. Almost all W40K game has map editor but not this one...

Like many people i think, i would be able to make my own map and share them...

Any news about that ?

Best regards

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3155248010
Not a truly map editor, but very close, i think

[Noodlesocks]

I imagine it was either work on stuff like map editor or work on new factions and units. If I recall, Proxy has less than 10 members of staff... I don't know if that has changed over the years but it's not a big team.