SC2Mapster

Quote from AmelieCL: Go

I'm an advocate of just learning by playing around in the editor, but for your question:

To move, relocate, etc. units you've already placed, just set yourself to the layer of the object you want to move (doodads, units, regions, terrain, etc. it's at the top), click and hold the left mouse button over the object, and drag it wherever you want. You can see what you've got selected on the very bottom of the main editor screen (like "selection: marauder" etc.). To delete stuff, just hit the delete key while the object's selected. There's more options for stuff if you hit the enter key with something selected, one of which for doodads and units called "ignore placement requirements," can help you out if you find things aren't going where you want them to, or are jumping over the screen and whatnot. To clear your selection or reset your cursor, press spacebar.

Also, pageup/pagedown moves doodads up and down. A bit more convenient than using the option screen, and combined with "ignore placement requirements," it lets you make some pretty cool stuff with doodads.

WOOT! WOOT! Thank you so very much. Not only was that helpful, but you just happen to answer another question I had. How do you rotate an object ? That would be how. Thank you very much for your time.

Quote from TheBalan: Go

I just got into the editing myself and have been going through some of the tutorials, also the API Docs section seems pretty cool. Organized pretty well =D

API Docs ? What are those ? Where would I find them ? What are they for ?

Sup everyone.

I have recently taken a large interest in the map editor section on SC2. Unfortunately I have never really experienced anything like this, so it is very new. I have seen a few tutorials, like basic TD making and such, but there are still ALOT of things I need to learn. This forum has alot of helpful hints and tips, but it hard to pin point exactly what it is your looking for. I was curious as to whether or not there is "complete" tutorial that covers most everything, or am I gunna be asking question after question, and where would be th best place to ask them ?

For instance, im having trouble deleting or moving a placed object. I find it very difficult not having some kinda pointer that you can hover or an object or unit, and it not given a name, stats etc etc. Maybe there is something im over looking, because after saving a map "which im kinda having trouble with" how do I remove, replace, or relocate an object or unit ?

I think it would be much easier for it users to have a pointer to hover over objects or units > click > open options, and modify them that way ? No ?

Any suggestions that might help me figure out the simple things ?