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Extended Editor
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Alexastor
(id: Kastor)
Posted on 12/24/05 @ 08:50 AM   (updated 12/27/05)
AoE III Extended Editor
Readme
December 2005

A Project of the European Age Designers

This file contains information for the setup of the AoE III Extended Editor and new hotkeys.

Content
A. Setup of the Extended Editor
B. Editorfeatures
C. Gamefeatures
D. Multiplayer
E. Hotkey
F. Known Problemes
G. Credits


A. Setup of the Extended Editor

To install this modification, just copy the files in the following folders:

… \My Games\Age of Empires 3\Scenario

· supascreen.cam

… \Microsoft Games\Age of Empires III\Startup

· user.con

... \Microsoft Games\Age of Empires III\Data

· uieditormenu.xml.xmb
· uimainnew.xml.xmb

It could be that you have already some of these files, you have to override them.


B. Editorfeatures

The Extended Editor of Age of Empires III contains new and already know features from Age of Mythology: The Titans.

Main Features:

· You can move units by holding Mouse 3 like in AoM: TT.

· The blackmap and fog aren’t shown after playtesting the game.

Features of the second toolbar:

· Unlock Camera button

· Normal View button

· Pitch dropdownmenu

· Far Zoom dropdownmenu

· Blackmap On/Off and Fog On/Off buttons

Features of the titlebar:

· You can Pitch units up and down by using the feature Position Units.

· With Camera Cut (thanks to reyk) you can save and load different views and camera cuts

· Under View/ are several new features: Unlock Camera, Normal View, Blackmap On/Off und Fog On/Off.

· Options/Gameplayoptions and Options/History are now integrated for changing graphic options and investigate the history.

· With Options/Windowmode activated. and Options/Fullscreenmode activated. you can play in fullscreen oder windowmode

· There are several other functions for expert users: Console, XS Debugger, AI Debugger .


C. Gamefeatures

This Patch implements new features for the gameplay in single and multiplayer.

Main Features:

· You can rotate buildings when you build them.

· Through hotkeys, you can units guard an area and patrol.


D. Multiplayer

You can play online with this mod. There aren’t known problems with that.


E. Hotkeys

The following hotkeys are useful in editor and ingame.

MAIN KEYS (Editor)
MOUSE 3 – Position Object

POSITION OBJECT
CTRL+UP - Pitch unit up
CTRL+DOWN - Pitch unit down

CAMERA PITCH
CTRL+ALT+C – Free view
CTRL+UP – Pitch up
CTRL+DOWN – Pitch down

UNIT COMMANDS
G – Guard
P – Patrol

MISC thanks to lord_chYper
MOUSEWHEEL – Rotate buildings


F. Known Problems

· Console – Using this feature could affect problems or game errors.


G. Credits

· Programming, design and text by Alexander Flegler alias Kastor.

· Parts of the code are from AoMPlayer/Grün and Reyk’s Editormod for Age of Mythology.

· More information (german) about the Extended Editor:
http://www.age-scripts.de/aomd and http://www.age-community.net
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AuthorComments & Reviews   ( All | Comments Only | Reviews Only )
Bruynzeel
Posted on 12/29/05 @ 08:44 AM
I wrote something here before wich i assumed but wasnt correct, thats why i had to remove it in a edit. Sorry for the inconvenience.

[Edited on 12/29/05 @ 09:12 AM]
Siewart
Posted on 01/05/06 @ 09:02 AM
Rating
5.0
Breakdown
Playability5.0
Creativity0.0
Art and Sound0.0
Installation/Instructions0.0
Story/Description0.0
Rating: 4,5 (=5 :P )
Good mod, makes the editor a lot better :)

Additional Comments:
best mod I found here ;)
crazykid
Posted on 01/05/06 @ 03:16 PM
Sounds great. I miss the Patrol command a lot. Thanks for easy instructions too.
ih8lag
Posted on 01/06/06 @ 04:03 PM
Has anyone tested this? Can u patrol in online skirmishes?
Botolf
Posted on 01/10/06 @ 03:20 PM
So if I pitch units in my scenario, will they stay pitched if players don't have this mod?
Swift Sampson
Posted on 01/23/06 @ 10:17 AM
Ugh.. the game crashes in multiplayer since I installed, anyone else have this problem? :( Exellent mod though.
Villi
Posted on 02/05/06 @ 02:14 PM
Remove the UI thing and it should work fine. UI mods for aoe3 v1.3 crash v1.4
Demon Lord Tyrus
Posted on 07/14/06 @ 04:51 PM
Great mod, but why does the editor crash now whenever I try to playtest scenarios?

[Edited on 07/14/06 @ 05:27 PM]
Demon Lord Tyrus
Posted on 07/14/06 @ 05:28 PM
WTF why does my message keep cutting off!!

Anyway, doesnt crash now ive removed the ui things, but fog&blackmap are on in the editor again after playtesting

[Edited on 07/14/06 @ 05:31 PM]
Selim
Posted on 07/18/06 @ 12:06 PM
Rating
5.0
Breakdown
Playability5.0
Creativity0.0
Art and Sound0.0
Installation/Instructions0.0
Story/Description0.0
Rating: 5
An exellent and useful mod. Finally I can actually take good screen shots. Also I found the patrol and guard commands to be very useful.
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Added:12/24/05
Updated:12/27/05
 

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