mission or map editor

[jlh]

Sorry if this has already been asked. I am new to this forum. Will Drop Team have a map editor or mission editor so we can design our own maps and missions?

Thank you.

[ClaytoniousRex]

DropTeam is built from the ground up to be open and extensible. It's very easy to add new scenarios, vehicles, buildings, and other kinds of objects to the game.

DropTeam uses an open, editable set of XML files for things like scenarios, terrains, objects, etc. This means you can edit them with nothing more than Notepad if you want. This allows you to use a wide variety of tools for the creation of scenarios and new objects for the game instead of being locked into our own proprietary editor application. For example, you can use Terragen, MojoWorld, or Bryce to create terrains for new scenarios, or any other tool that you can find including open source tools.

In other words, we didn't want to reinvent the wheel by creating our own world editor, when there is already a thriving bazaar of such tools out in the market, some free and some not. We want to leverage existing technology instead of creating our own dumbed down, simplified editors that work only for DropTeam.

Having said that, we know that some people actually want a specific DropTeam editor without all of this flexibility. For that reason, we're working with a 3rd party developer now who has expressed interest in creating some modding/editing tools specifically for DropTeam. Since the core game is based on open XML and industry standard terrain data, we hope to find other developers or hobbyists who might also want to create such tools. That way you, as the end user, will be able to choose from a variety of different editing tools. We'll let you know how this progresses.