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