Version history

So what bugs exactly were changed?

Fixed, not changed, and most of them were things like vista compatibility, spelling errors, such extremely minor things ;)

IP, is there anyway to make Classic TrigEdit remember its previous window size, because it always reset to ~600x550. Since I have desktop resolution of 1920x1200, I have to resize CTrigEdit every time I open it to see more triggers.

Umm, every time that I, or my friend on his computer, change a unit attack stat, when we look at that unit again it will display as 0. Is there any way to fix that? We didn't see this problem in earlier versions.

[EDIT] We're both running Windows XP, if that matters.

Last edited at: 20-05-2007 06:58:19

Sorry about that, some debug code was still active, you'll need to redownload

Would it be possible for me to get access to the Mac version, I dont mind bugs, and I will report any that I find?

My account name is SnipeDragon

This sucks. i say create 1 unit and it creates 4

You probably have the trigger running for 4 players than, and each time it runs for one of these 4 players it creates 1 for a total of 4.

Nope. I said "Player 1" and it created 4 for player 1

Yes, but who owns the trigger?

Oha, it still cannot open a file with a Chinese filename or location. I hope you can add some international support

It should open maps with unicode characters in the filename. It wont be able to save them however. I do not know if it will open maps that are in folders with unicode names. The problem with unicode support is that it requires the entire GUI to be redone, not just the code that opens the map, and it will then also not be compatible with windows 95 and most likely 98.

I said Force one... That's what Player 1 is on.

yes, but if there are other players in force 1 the trigger will execute for every one of them, and create multiple units

some great addition that i dunno is possible is changing the tech tree for buildings and units.. thats probly in te game interface and not the map....
and colors werent working the right way before. lol, unit and square terrain mirroring would be fun to toy with. But I have had absolutly no bugs since the last one came! keep up the good work.

okay, when I try to open a protected map, it tells me that that feature is disabled, how do I enable it?

Excellent work, SCMDraft remains the best editor to date. I can't believe some people still think StarForge is better. I guess they still think SCMDraft won't do triggers. Man, where have they been?

There are some issues, though, putting players into the right forces. Check out bug #170 on http://scmdraft.stormcoast-fortress.net/?action=bugs&list=Scmdraft

Oh, and...


You can't. Setting that option requires recompiling the source code for the editor, and it's not open source. It's best that you can't open protected maps anyway.

Last edited at: 22-06-2007 07:43:05

Bug report:

Whenever I change the tileset of a map, I always encounter "death squares" that force SCMDraft to crash. I never know where these voracious little buggers are until I come across them.

Can you email me a map which crashes?

Ok, this would be a great addition to the next one:
Its annoying to re-add triggers to new maps manually so being able to export and import triggers to maps and out like the original editor would be great!

wut file do i put the scmdraft zip file into?

Any directory you want to use.

im confused. the scmdraft file is .exe. what do i do with it?

Im running on a mac, by the way.

Im having a problem with scm draft. I noticed that wen i try to look at trigs (right click, locations) it crashes. Im not quite sure wat to do i haf tried re-installing it but same thing.

im using a comp that i dont usually use but wen i use the other comp, it works. i dont get it (recent vers of scm draft)

Last edited at: 11-08-2007 23:30:48

Can anyone help me on how scm draft (recent one) switches work. Im not sure how to use switches. O ya i'm also looknig for people to help me in my rp called RP - Morrowind so if any1 wanna help let me no ;)

This editor would be the best. only need fix lot of glitch, good work

When it tells me "Cannot complete to destination (file URL) then i save it says "Runtime error!" "requested to close in an unusual way" or something its really really GAY

Whenever I build a unit (SCV, Nuke, Marine, etc.) an error occurs and the game literally crashes... How come?

is there anyway of making this happen?

red-zerg zergling +1 upgrade
blu-zerg zergling +2 upgrade

like evy comp hafing thare own upgrade(s)

anyway to do that?

like will zerg campaign easy only up to 1 while zerg campaign medium ups to 2.

is thare anyway? im making a map that requires that :D

im making a halo map ware red= hard elite so it needs higher upgrade then blus elite. (all same unit)
anyway to do that without using a dif unit?

Last edited at: 2-09-2007 22:21:28

o...i think i found it. thxs anyway ill always go here for help :D

any1 no how sprites work? i cant use em on my map (a siege tanks round explosion will crash the game) anyways to use em without crashing sc???

If there is one thing that would make this completely better than everything, it would be a Trigger Editor interface like in StarForge. Also I couldn't delete out extra sound files using SCMDraft, only with StarForge.

And try not to use sprites that crash, not all of them do :P

this shit wont f***in work im getting pissed dammit

I keep encountering a message saying "Verified String Usage!"
Now none of my new triggers work- Also I can't get the Display Text Message triggers to work in game.

The String Section Info suggests that I have so far used only 10.1% and i still have 1024 strings available.

What does that message mean?
Please help me, I have worked hard on this editor, and I don't want to start from scratch..

The only sprites that seem to work without flaw, are the Doodad sprites. It's rare but possible that any other special effect sprite will work without crashing the game.

How u make trigers

I hafing a prob with this 1 trig that goes like this:

Players:
All Players

Condition:
Player 3 Brings [at least] [1] [men] to [location]

Action:
Play WAV [wav file]
Wait for [milliseconds(5000 miliseconds)]
Play WAV [wav file 2]
Wait for [millseconds (5000 miliseconds)]

then that repeats 1 mroe time but then when i play it, it plays the wav, then waits like a minute. i am making sure it is 5000 milis. and i haf tried 500 milis still no works.

O ya the wav's r voices from protoss arbiter soooooo ya

how u make trigs?? hard to explain.

heres kinda how to make baaaa i think im gonna give u a link to som1 who made a map tutorial i ogtta find it tho

http://www.gameroom.com/sccreations/Stareditut.html

try going thare and see if that helps

"Loading game data failed!"

Vista x64;
c:Program Files (x86)Starcraft(without broadwar);
Changed paths in Default config...
Ran with administrator priveliges...

NVM:) Got it to work now, my bad, added StarDat twice instead of patch_rt... works like charm!

Last edited at: 14-09-2007 07:45:43

Woot, thank you!

One question in mind:

When is TrigEdit going to be updated? Still bummer on that treeview thingy!

1. I donno
2. Can anyone help me with this or no?
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v

Try using Hyper triggers,

Condition: Always
Action: Wait 0 Miliseconds (a lot of times).

would i haf to delete that persons wait triggers or no?

Can anyone ban the morons who are asking for map help?

Edit: Infact, can someone ban EVERYONE who is asking stupid questions?


Last edited at: 24-10-2007 16:05:49

is their a way to open protection maps??

XD lol scmdraft i guess i should shut up :D

Ugh i cant even get this damned thing to open....i got the beta version to work but not this one

The editor did someting now i can't open the map i was working on since its "protected" so how am i suppose to open it?

Last edited at: 3-11-2007 22:34:22

Can you tell me what's going on with scmdraft, it keeps crashing when i rename locations, and when it doesn't crash one of them somehow gets corrupted and it keeps telling me to report it every 5 seconds

Earlier today, SCMDraft 2 was working perfectly, like it normally does. A little while ago, though, every time I tried to open it, a message would come up saying that it couldn't load the main MPQ (stardat.mpq). It keeps saying that over and over again and SCM Draft 2 keeps crashing. I even re-installed the program at least 5 times, but the same problems keeps occurring. How do I fix it?

Thanks.

any newer versons of Scm2 coming out??

Is there anyways to control the sprites? I want it to appear in a certain area at a certain time. I did a test with the sprites, it worked fine, without crashing. And is ther anything that X-tra can do that SCMdraft can't?

Last edited at: 22-11-2007 02:37:10

That weird wen i try using sprites it crashes sc

every time i try to run t it says: Fatal Error Failed loading primary MPQ (stardat.mpq)....

by the way i searched all over the internet for
StarFire RP for sc. if you have it please msg me as chaze007@aol.com. or my aim-chaze007 thankyou.

loverz this editor, Plain And Simple =D

Fail. Read up moron.

Oh, and great editor, but everyone, don't use 0.8.0 it sucks, there's a unit bug that makes it crash starcraft if you select or build any random unit at any random time, use 0.7.3 its the best version to this date.

And someone said, "how do i create triggers", you ****ing idiot you don't deserve such a great editor if you can't figure that out.

StarForge and X-tra sucks, SCMDraft is the best.

And as for the Trigger Editor (not Classic Trigger Editor) and the Briefing Editor (again not Classic Briefing Editor) you really need to fix them... I mean c'mon "Don't use tree it's buggy" that's just mean and when u change/add/remove triggers it doesn't do anything.

the other s suck but this scm rox

Um, why do I keep getting string corruption errors whenever I edit the text in the manual trigger editor... This shouldn't be happening.

Note: I am NOT copying and pasting...

every time i open scmdraft a message appears saying fatal error... does anyone know what the problem is?

how do i open this program?

Why are all you f***ing retarded Mac users asking 'how i opin dis program???' for a PC oriented application? Jesus christ, this isn't a mapping help forum, this is a comment box for a popular map editor.

If you need help with mapping go to Staredit.net or warboards.org.

I'm having trouble downloading. When i click download, Ill click open, itll download, then nothing happens.

I get this error everytime I try to create a location...

Something Bad Happened

I resolved the problem once by saving a backup copy but this time it isn't working... I can't open the map in any other map editor either, X-tra, Forge, none of them works with my map except SCMDraft and I can't make locations... I need a few more to finish the map... I'm so frustrated... it's almost finished. Can somebody please help me, SI, anyone?

Hey I have a problem with SCMDraft. When I save a map or when SCMDraft auto saves it crashes for some reason...

some sprites crash starcraft and some dont and some just do weird things, like disappear or crash starcraft when you look at them...

String Editor keeps crashing. cant use it on any map. i have to use other editors.

Yes, first go to player-settings. Next, click the tab upgrades. Finally, press the checked box and input the level for that specific player.

When I open Scmdraft 2.0 (Beta 0.8.0) it will come up with a large gray screen. I thought maybe I should try to open something, but I can't open Starcraft maps. It automatically brings me to the "My Documents" page.

What do I do? Or, is there a different version I should try downloading?

Find your starcraft directory and load to maps there you will be able to access some maps.

I have a problem here theres a problem with my map it always shuts down when I try load the map i think the problem is the String editor when I load it it says: "something bad happened, would you like to save a diagnostic file?"

and thats what I think the reason of the random shuting down is Can some one help with my maps my friend
overlord
on battle net needs me to help him with my maps I am so confused.

Last edited at: 7-07-2008 19:18:14

Hey guys, ive downloaded the editor, but i dont know how to use the triggers properly.


I need help BIG TIME!

If this is your problem:You dont know how to use the tigger edit. Answer: Then use the Classic one.

If this is your problem:You dont know how to use the classic trigger edit. Answer:Well then your going to have to learn.

Same I have no Idea why though I am still investigating

Hello. I have a problem with a couple of my maps. I need to do some modification to the briefings and have to do it in SCMDraft so the maps don't get messed up by opening them in Star Edit, however after making my changes the briefings don't work at all. I an effort to find a solution I have discovered the warnings about "Do not use briefing editor" etc (it's a little late for that now), but what can I do now to make my briefings work again? thx

-CH

Just wondering, where are you supposed to extract the files to?
Someone on warboards said if a reinstalled it, it would fix most of my bugs, but I don't think you can install it.
I'm so confused! Please help :/

Normally you should be capable of right clicking and pressing extract files.

any particular place i should extract them to?

is there a way to open up an old map from original Starcraft map editor to make better with this new version, i cant open any maps i have downloaded from playing starcraft. can i?

Last edited at: 22-08-2008 21:04:15

CONCERNING THE STAR.DAT PROBLEM

What you basically have to do is locate those .dat's and .mpq's again. Here's what you do:

Step 1
Boot up SCM Draft

Step 2
Upon "login" screen choose EDIT on the right side

Step 3
Remove the MPQs that are in the box under "Data MPQs"

Step 4
Under "Data MPQs" there's a box that says "Additional MPQ File", press Browse and locate your StarCraft directory. Add these files (if you have them) one at a time:
-BrooDat.mpq
-BROODWAR.mpq
-Patch_rt.mpq
-StarDat.mpq

Step 5
Once all files are in the box "Data MPQs" goto the bottom right and press "Apply Settings" then "Save Settings"

That'z all I had to do and et worked for me just fine! Good luck!

Can you please translate Scmdraft in several languages?

For example:

German
French
Spanish
Polish
Russian
Korean
Indian

and other languages ... :)

I am working on a special forces. i looked for weeks to find an editor that actually worked. some things are kinda confusing i wish there was more help included in the editorial but thank god finally i have instant upgrades that go up to 255. man the guy who made this is da bumb!!

delete

Last edited at: 23-10-2008 23:24:16

I can't find the BROODWAR.mpq file.

Message: Cannot find "MPQ2k" Archiver
ive done all the dumb things ..read text files read this forum ive unzipped it,its logo is there right next to scm toolkit logo same folder ...tried the Browse option ..still doesnt work any suggestions

i have been having problems with the locations everytime i click location to make a new region for my map it crashes and then i cant do anything else on my map

Hey guys. I just downloaded scmdraft today and I was working with a map I made and when i play the map now, the briefing doesn't play! I tested it multiple times before this and it was fine. I made sure the trigger was set properly and for the right players and it was all good. I made a new briefing (saved old one, I just made for different player) and just made it say test for 999999 seconds and THAT didn't even work. The original editor when I save the map won't play briefing either.
Could someone help me out with this problem?

Hey, I'm having trouble with something that's really bugging me, I've made sure my triggers are all set properly, and everything seems fine, but when I try to open it in BroodWar, it will sometimes load the map properly, but other times It wont load the map, it brings me into the game like a normal load would, command console and everything, but it's as if the map is completely empty and black, will someone PLEASE help me?

nevermind, I fixed it, but now i'm having trouble with colors, I'm trying to make player 1 black, but every time I play the map it just randomizes the colors

i am trying to open a map but when i do it says something like cannot open C: and then in the actual progrom on the bottom i get this message" Opening protected maps disabled!(C:Program FilesStarcraftmapsdownloadAbsolution.cwd). Compile with -IGNORE_PROTECTION option set
(ENGINE) Closed Map." and i really want to play this map please help me

plz help i have a problem!!
i have created a map but players are droped.
this bug come when ther is 4 players in the game, when there is 2 players, it not bug.
After players were dropped tehre is a message whitch say: "enable to create unit" ( it is not: "too much units" message bus same font and place)

This isn't a glitch, more of an annoyance. When dragging the viewbox in the mini-map area, if the cursor slides outside of the minimap's borders, it stops dragging the viewbox, and you have to move the cursor back into the minimap to resume dragging.

And if you move the cursor back at a different coordinate from where you left it, the view jumps.

This becomes annoying when you're trying to sweep along the top of a 256x256 map. Basically, to make sure your cursor doesn't leave the viewbox, you have to watch the minimap as you're sweeping along it, which defeats the purpose of the dragging function.

StarEdit simply didn't let the cursor leave the minimap when dragging the viewbox. That functionality was much more natural and useful. I'm not sure how complicated it is to code, though.

SCMDraft2 is a great editor, though. Thanks for keeping it up.

In the new version of the SCMDraft
I like in 'map setting' > 'Wav Editor'; please show time (seconds and miliseconds of the sound) and import wavs option.

I want SCMDraft protect the maps.
I want delete "unused strings" option.
I want in 'Terran > Units > * > "Scanner Sweep"; please show "Scanner Sweep" unit special*
I want show "Palette Sprites" option and "sprite red point nuke".
I want in SCMDraft "menu > File" Delete all files recent maps.
if I could, I would like the "patch in a Spanish language




Last edited at: 1-02-2009 09:40:48

I say all this because I use SCMDraft and be more comfortable having those options and better.
I congratulate them for the best editor to create maps fantastic.

pardon the language but not speak very well English, I speak Spanish.

Last edited at: 1-02-2009 09:33:16

I want to make a korean version of your Scmdraft 2.
(not a joke).
I did make it of beta version but not perfect.
So I want you borrow your source.
Can you? reply to woojin6385@gmail.com
& I wanna get your E-mail.
i can give you bata version if u want

Last edited at: 5-03-2009 10:03:17

I cannot save my maps. I keep getting "something bad happened, would you like to save a diagnostic file?" when I save a map after making a change. I reinstalled SC and SCMDraft numerous times and nothing is working.

Can anyone help me? When I try to open it up, it says "Something bad happened, would you like to save a diagnostic file?" So everytime I need to create a new profile. Well it works when I edit it and press save settings, but it gets annoying. Can anyone help?

Yeah, I want a German version of the this great editor. :)

Last edited at: 14-04-2009 22:03:42

I have got windows 64-bit installed for a Month ago.
Then I installed the editor - I want to make a map, but I get the same error like GivingHope: "Something bad happened, would you like to save a diagnostic file?", when I try to save the map.

Last edited at: 22-05-2009 00:01:06

There is another trigger in the same trigger list as this trigger that has a Wait(#); Preserve(); This is causing interference with your trigger above.
You need to move one of the triggers to a different list. Having triggers with Waits and Preserves can cause interference with other triggers that have Waits in them.

To everyone who has been having problems with SCMDraft, listen up!

If you have the "Fatal Error: Failed loading primary MPQ (stardat.mpq), try this to get it to work.

- Try to copy/paste the stardat.mpq into the same directory as SCMDraft. You can find it by going to the StarCraft folder on your hard drive.
- If that doesnt work, try what I did (im using a hacked windowed version of StarCraft, so I had to do things just a bit differently. Instead of moving the .mpq to the SCMDraft directory, try moving the SCMDraft.exe (or mac version) into the same directory as StarCraft. This should fix the listed above problem!

Anyway, good luck to all! And good mapping! Oh, and btw. Jinashimaru, in the forces tab, there are several checkmarks on the bottom below the force category. Did you uncheck "Randomize Start Locations" for all the forces that you are using?

Hey this might be my fault im not sure but when I try to open the String page it says something bad happened and closes, This didn't always happen but for some reason I cannot open the string editor. I have tried re downloading but it still wont work.

And I saw a few other people had the same problem but it hasn't been addressed so If there isn't a solution id still like to just be told.

Last edited at: 14-07-2009 05:43:55

Hey, due to increasing numbers of maphackers the games I have been making are being ruined by maphack. I just finished a new version of "Hide and Seek" and hackers continue to ruin it.
I noticed a "Miles Lazer tag version 100 FINAL" that had an antimaphack trigger attached... What happens is when a player decides to test to maphackers, everybodies views are centered on a certain area. If you are maphacking you will be able to see this area and broodwar will shut down...
-I cannot open the map itself to figure out what this person did, but I did discover that as soon as you see this moving dragoon on your screen, your Broodwar drops. Any ideas anybody?

-Glenn

Great now the thing crashes when I open locations and the string editor, its useless now because I cant seem to get an answer on anything.

guess its back to X-tra editor...

um i have windows vista, and i downloaded scmdraft and extracted it and i opened, and created an acc, but when i press "okay" to actually use scmdraft, a thing pops up saying "fatal error: failed loading primary MPQ (stardat)"
do you know the problem?

hi um im a new user with scmdraft and i keep on getting a pop-up that says"Something Bad happened would u like to save a diagnostic file?" and if u click yes it would say "Saved dump to C:Docume~1...Scmdraft 2 Beta 0.7.5.dmp and please send it to SI and if i clicked no it would crash. Can someone help me? Thanks




P.S. Whats SI?:]

The Text-based Trigger Editor is not working for me at all. It always discards my changes.

1) Create a simple trigger with Classic Trigedit
2) Open text-based Trigger Editor and change some minor aspect, like unit count
3) Hit save, X the window
4) Open either trigger editor again and notice your change is gone

I really want to use this text-based trigger editor.

Also, when I run SCMDraft2.exe and click OK on the Select Profile page, it always crashes. Where should I post the file it dumps? It's possible to get past this screen if I click Edit, Restore Defaults, Save Settings, and then click OK.

I also get the "Something Bad Happened" dialog a lot. Over all, very crashy and broken. Is this the right place to post about it?

I'm running Windows XP with the latest updates.

when I makes a location, ScmDraft 2 crash ..

Hello im having the same problem whenever i place a location it just crashes. can anyone help me please? ill try redownloading see if that works Thank in advance.

I know how to fix the problem, right click on the scmdraft2 icon go to properties then in the tabs click on compatibility then select windows 95 then okay, it worked for me.

EDIT: Never mind i can place locations but i cant OPEN A MAP!!!!

Last edited at: 27-09-2009 20:35:45

Upon starting this version of SCMdraft
It immidiatly crashes after the login screen
I click OK and it sais the familiar message ''something bad happened''

I tried several ways to solve this, in return I had other errors instead. Such as ''Failed to launch game data'' or the MPQ problem.

But I only ask for a solution for the first crash.

My thanks in advance for those who will help me with this situation.

/EDIT

I found out when i make a new account each time i start up i can make use of draft, but after a while it crashes automaticly and when i go to the string editor itll crash to.

Last edited at: 12-12-2009 19:32:43

Can ppl help im a moderate mapmaker, and i need to know how to have player numbers 13-256, which ineed to know so i can increase gameplay in game. for a guy in battlenet made non-mod maps which has faster atk spd and mine spd with different colours for ppl

The procedure entry point RichEdit10ANSIWndProc could not be located in the dynamic link library RICHED20.dll

Now I've looked all over... what is the deal with that error? I run windows XP home edition.

Whenever I go to layer > Triggers my editor says,
"Something bad happened, would you like to save a diagnostic file?" and I cant do anything. Please help me.

Same problem here. I am running Windows XP Professional SP3. I used to use this program on my old Windows ME computer flawlessly. Now, because of this error, I am forced to use the Classic TrigEdit.

is anyone present?

Ummm I dont know if this is the map editor or just the trigger but when I star the map the computer does it own thing but if the scv/drone/probe take the minerals to the Nexus and stack on to of each other then they don't move ever again and stay like that unless i take a marine or something and attack the building then they attack me but after that they do nothing the trigger i use is
Condition: Always
Action: Run AI Script At location
Action2: Preserve Trigger
This has always worked till now
Btw It happens on any and every map i do it on

ok.......scmdraft2 is THE BEST map maker program i ever used and i used it for 10 of my maps and after that i took a long break from making maps.then 1 day i had a good map idea and i tryed to open scmdraft2 and it said "somthing bad happened".i made a new profile and attempted to log in,it didnt work.then i tryed downloading the scmdraft2 again,and that STILL didnt fix the problem.Any advice?
<and yes i downloadedthe newest version EVERY time both rar and zip>

i have question im use vista and im trying make custum colors with the number like black tan and shitt when i lunch my map in bnet all cutum colo change back to orginal (red blue ) the hell is it cose im use vista? plz help

Ok, I was working on a map and I got an error that said exactly "Something bad happened, would you like to save a diagnostic file?"....This happened when I hit save...If I hit yes/no scmdraft would crash. I could just ignore it and hit save again and the map would save fine. Well I finally got annoyed enough with the errors everytime i hit save that i decided to delete scmdraft completely and reinstall it. Well I just did exactly that and now on the reinstalled draft, I cant even open it. I get that same message as soon as I try to open scmdraft and it crashes.....Help?

mine says loading game data failed ?

Locations Don't Work!!! :(

Hey guys.. my scmdraft aint workin right. it works fine until i click on the minimap screen.. this it crashes. All i did was download from this website, then i tried others. Same problem. Does my comp just hate scmdraft?

Hmm. Now that i posted this comment, i see a LOT of people having problems with scmdraft crashing for little to no reason...