Staredit | SCXE Alternative | SCXE Base | SCXE Classic | SCXE P12 | SCXE Special | Scmdraft 2 | ||
General Features (Interface) | ||||||||
Zoom | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Open multiple maps | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Multiple map views | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Plugin support | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Mod support | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Profiles | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Overlay Locations | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Overlay Fog of War | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
General Features (editing related) | ||||||||
Custom Grid | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Dual Grid | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Snap to (Custom) Grid | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Preview Fog of War | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Autosave | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Backups | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Backup Database | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Resize Map | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Change Tileset | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Save map image | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Terrain Layer | ||||||||
Tile by Tile Terrain | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Subtile Terrain | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Isometric Terrain | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Rectangular Terrain | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Cut and Paste Terrain | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Brushes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Remove illegal units | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes(*) | |
Creep Displayed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Doodad Layer | ||||||||
Doodad Placing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Cut and Paste Doodads | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Brushes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Illegal Doodads | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Location Layer | ||||||||
Locations Any Size | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Locations Organized | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Unit Layer | ||||||||
Unit Stacking | No | No | No | No | No | 1px | Yes | |
Buildings Anywhere | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes(*) | |
Cut and Paste Units | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Brushes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Addons Anywhere | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Non-neutral Addons | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
Link Nydus canals / Addons | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
View Pylon Aura | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
View Powered Buildings | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Detect badly placed Units | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
Allow illegal placement | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes(*) | |
Players above neutral | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Fog of war Layer | ||||||||
Fog of War | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Sprite Layer | ||||||||
Sprite Placement | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Sprite Properties | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Cut and Paste Sprites | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Brushes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Trigger / Mission briefing / Misc. Properties | ||||||||
Staredit like triggers | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Text based triggers | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Extended AI Scripts | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Raw string Editor/Viewed | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
No String limit | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes(***) | |
Extended Unit Settings(HP2, Shields, 1/15, 0) | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Add Sounds | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Extract Sounds | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Sizeless Sounds | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
256 Player Colors | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
(*)Available as an option.
(**)Some functionality not available.
(***)Map format limit still exists.