Overview
Learn how to install the editor, create a new map, and use the editing tools, create scenarios, edit events, change building availability, and more.
Installing the Map Editor
You can find the map editor by opening your Steam client and hovering over “Library”. Click “Tools” and find the Stronghold Crusader 2 Map Editor. Double click it to start the installer. You can open the map editor from this page or by using a Desktop shortcut if you choose to create one.
Creating a New Map
When you first open the editor, you will see a blank screen after the editor loads. Go to File->New to create a new map. Select a size and click “OK.”
Editor Controls
Pan the screen by holding down the left mouse button and moving your mouse. You can zoom in and out by scrolling your mouse wheel. Spin the camera horizontally by holding down the right mouse button and moving your mouse (by clicking Free Camera, you can rotate the camera vertically as well).
You can place objects and paint textures by selecting their icon in the tools window. Hold CTRL and click the left mouse button to place / paint them. Hold CTRL and click the right mouse button to deselect them.
Click Delete (next to Free Camera) to delete objects by holding CTRL and left clicking them.
Editor Interface
- Move – does nothing so far as I can tell
- Rotate – does nothing so far as I can tell
- Scale – does nothing so far as I can tell
- Grid – displays a grid on the map when activated
- Highlight Objects – displays a gray/blue box around objects when activated
- Edit Scenario – opens the Scenario Editor
- Free Camera – allows the camera to be rotated vertically when activated
- Delete – Holding CTRL and clicking the left mouse button will delete objects when activated
To the left of the editor is the tools window which is composed of thirteen tabs titled Texture, Water, Vegetation, Factions, Sounds, Camera Grid, Buildings, Units, Walls, Landscape, Resources, Pathing, and Markers. Clicking on any of these tabs will reveal a list of tools, various map options, or even more tabs.