Warcraft 2: looking for modern edit program

[RichLongess]

I have been wanting to make games in the Warcraft II world because of its simple grid layout.

All of the editing resources I have found are VERY OLD, and many will not run at all. Some work, but do not have the functions I am looking for.

I want to do the following things to Warcraft II:

1. I have the new tiles ready to go, I just need an editor that will allow me to replace the original tiles, including the terrain, units, and projectiles.

2. I would like to edit the range of unit attacks.

3. Ultimately, I would like to make very complicated statistics for each unit for calculating the damage dealt and taken, but this is less important.

Are there any editing tools that can accomplish my first task at the very least?

 

[Mechanical Man]

What exactly you want to make? Maybe is better to pick another (newer) game, which plays the same. Stratagus is an excellent choice, it's open source and they even made warcraft 2 out of it. You may take a look in a post I made recently http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/...craft-2-widescreen-hi-res-258809/#post2607867

 

[RichLongess]

Thank you for the suggestion.

I would love to pick a newer game or game engine. Stratagus looks amazing. I tried downloading the 64bit executable, but I couldn't get it to work.

I am wanting to make a game that plays very similar to Warcraft 2. I want the menu and minimap, and the clunky, 2D feel. Every unity occupies a space on a grid, and must move one grid space at a time. You can't move diagonal.

Any advice on getting Stratagus to work is appreciated. I'm running Windows 8 on a new computer.

 

[Mechanical Man]

Sorry, I can't help you why it doesn't work as I don't know anything about stratagus, only recently I found out the warcraft version. But if you want to make a 2d rts game, it may be the best engine for you. You'd better to go to their forums http://forums.stratagus.com/

Meanwhile I found some spinoff of wargus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtVORQkWBzw