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StarEdit is Blizzard Entertainment's official level editor for StarCraft and StarCraft: Brood War. The editor's trigger system allows users to change maps radically and create custom map scenarios. The StarCraft community has constructed new editors and functionalities that grant users even more power to modify the game. The company Microstar sold a CD with new levels created with the StarEdit feature, but was forced to stop when Blizzard won their court case against its distribution.[1]
  
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[[Image:StarEdit SC1 Game1.jpg|thumb|StarEdit in action]]
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'''StarEdit''' (also called the '''StarCraft Campaign Editor''') was the official level editor for ''[[StarCraft]]'' and ''[[StarCraft: Brood War]]''.
   
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Scenarios are generally either melee or Use Map Settings (UMS) games. Melee games start all players at a random location with only their main base building (Command Center, Hatchery, or Nexus) and four mining units. This is the most popular type of game, used in tournaments and ladder games. Most casual melee games are played on "money" maps, maps with extremely large amounts of immediately available resources. Initial mineral and gas deposits are often set to a cap of 50,000 or more units to eliminate the need for expansion sites. "Money maps" have been criticized for failing to challenge players to develop key skills such as order-building and expansion-taking, favoring weaker players. Defenders of money maps claim that the game still requires strategy and skill.
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Scenarios were generally either melee or [[UMS|Use Map Settings (UMS)]] games. Melee games start all players at a random location with only their main base building ([[command center]], [[hatchery]], or [[nexus]]) and four [[workers|mining units]]. This is the most popular type of game, used in tournaments and ladder games.
   
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StarEdit was also added to ''[[StarCraft: Remastered]]'' in a patch that was implemented after the game's release.<ref name = "ArsTech">2017-06-30, [https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/06/hands-on-with-starcraft-remastered-ahead-of-its-august-14-launch-for-15/ StarCraft Remastered devs unveil price, explain how much is being rebuilt]. ''Ars Technica'', accessed on 2017-07-01</ref> It was announced on May 14th, 2019, that due to more viable third party alternatives, Blizzard would no longer support StarEdit, and that it would not ship with future releases.<ref name = "ArsTech">2019-05-14, [https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/starcraft/t/map-editor-not-saving-anymore/112/7 SC Remastered Forums]. ''Blizzard Forums'', accessed on 2019-05-14</ref>
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Use Map Settings games are less structured and often incorporate liberal use of specialized triggers and setups to change gameplay. Scenarios based on 'genres' have surfaced, including Defense maps, wargames, Diplomacy, RPG's, Cat & Mouse, Bounds, Golems, Evolves, Madness, ect.[2] Single-player "campaigns," long scenarios played out over several maps that have been edited together with StarEdit, have gained prominence. Following the lead of the Antioch Chronicles, many campaigns include modifications that add new "heroes." Mapmakers create new art files, creating completely new units and characters, which StarEdit can't do. Popular campaigns include Campaign Creations' The Fenix, Legacy of the Confederation, Life of a Marine, the Vision of the Future tetralogy (Vision of the Future, Black Dream, Prophecy, and Final Destiny) and StarCraft.org's official campaigns, The Shifters and Fields of Ash.
  
   
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==Use Map Settings==
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More powerful, third-party map editors, including StarCraft X-tra Editor, StarForge, and SCM Draft 2, along with various simple utilities, allow users to do many things that StarEdit does not allow, such as "stack" multiple mineral fields and buildings on top of each other, change player colors, use hidden AI scripts, protect maps, play sound effects and music directly from the StarCraft data files, change the color of text, place raw sprites, and compress their map to reduce file size. It is generally accepted that the best third-party editor currently available for Mac OS is StarFire Edit, or Emerald Aspect. In addition, the Mac version of StarEdit was not carbonized along with StarCraft and Brood War. It may be run in Classic, but is not compatible with Intel Macs.
  
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Use Map Settings maps are suitable for single player missions, especially with the use of triggers. The resulting user-made content has been substantial.
   
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Use Map Settings games are less structured and often incorporate liberal use of specialized
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Some custom maps and campaigns, including StarCraft: Insurrection and StarCraft: Retribution, were released commercially via third parties. These add-ons met with mixed criticism[3][4] and did not sell well.
  
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triggers and setups to change gameplay. Scenarios based on 'genres' have surfaced, including
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[[Defense map]]s, [[Diplomacy|Diplomacy maps]] and RPGs.<ref>2006-08-01. [http://www.mirrora.com/~diplo/history.html The World of Diplomacy]. Accessed 2006-08-20</ref>
   
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While distributing work created by StarEdit is permitted, distributing it for profit without prior agreement with [[Blizzard Entertainment]] is illegal, as in the case of the unauthorized third-party add-on ''[[StarCraft: Stellar Forces]]''.<ref>[http://pc.ign.com/articles/065/065655p1.html Microstar]. "IGN."</ref> The authorized third-party add-ons ''[[StarCraft: Insurrection]]'' and ''[[StarCraft: Retribution]]'' were released commercially but were met with criticism and did not sell well.<ref>Kasavin, Greg. 1998-08-26. [http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/insurrectioncampaignsfs/review.html Insurrection: Campaigns for Starcraft]. ''Gamespot.'' Accessed 2006-09-20.</ref><ref>[http://www.gamegenie.com/reviews/pc/retrib.html Retribution: Authorized Add-on for StarCraft]. ''GameGenie.'' Accessed 2007-08-03</ref>
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Many websites including [http://www.StarCraft.Org StarCraft.Org], [http://www.StarEdit.net Staredit Network], and [http://www.scindex.com StarCraft Index], and [http://www.SCMMG.net StarCraft Map Makers Guild] have been built around the capabilities of StarEdit and other respective custom StarEditers.
  
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==Third-Party Editors==
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Improved editors have been released by third-parties seeking to remove limitations of StarEdit or add new capabilities. Many of these editors are coded from scratch. Examples of these editors include:
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*'''StarCraft X-tra Editor'''
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*'''StarForge'''
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*'''SCMDraft'''
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Many of these editors include [[unused units]], such as [[Aldaris]], [[Arcturus Mengsk]], [[Gerard DuGalle]] and [[Raszagal]], color changing of factions, teleportation, improperly placed buildings and doodads, 255 upgrades, neutral units and much more.
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==References==
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{{Wikipedia|StarCraft Campaign Editor}}
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<references />
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==External Links==
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* [http://www.creepcolony.com/staredit.shtml StarEdit Utilities] - An exhaustive resource of StarEdit Utilities and add-ons.
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* [http://www.SCMMG.net StarCraft Map Makers Guild (SCMMG)] - A well known and revered StarCraft map maker's community.
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* [http://www.starcraft.org Starcraft.org] - Official Blizzard fansite and large custom map repository.
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* [http://www.campaigncreations.org Campaign Creations] - A long-running SC campaign site, home to some of the most popular and highest quality [[StarCraft]] and [[StarCraft: Brood War|Brood War]] campaigns.
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* [http://www.creepcolony.com/staredit1.shtml StarEdit Tutorial]
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Revision as of 17:36, 19 May 2019

StarEdit SC1 Game1

StarEdit in action

StarEdit (also called the StarCraft Campaign Editor) was the official level editor for StarCraft and StarCraft: Brood War.

Scenarios were generally either melee or Use Map Settings (UMS) games. Melee games start all players at a random location with only their main base building (command center, hatchery, or nexus) and four mining units. This is the most popular type of game, used in tournaments and ladder games.

StarEdit was also added to StarCraft: Remastered in a patch that was implemented after the game's release.[1] It was announced on May 14th, 2019, that due to more viable third party alternatives, Blizzard would no longer support StarEdit, and that it would not ship with future releases.[1]

Use Map Settings

Use Map Settings maps are suitable for single player missions, especially with the use of triggers. The resulting user-made content has been substantial.

Use Map Settings games are less structured and often incorporate liberal use of specialized triggers and setups to change gameplay. Scenarios based on 'genres' have surfaced, including Defense maps, Diplomacy maps and RPGs.[2]

While distributing work created by StarEdit is permitted, distributing it for profit without prior agreement with Blizzard Entertainment is illegal, as in the case of the unauthorized third-party add-on StarCraft: Stellar Forces.[3] The authorized third-party add-ons StarCraft: Insurrection and StarCraft: Retribution were released commercially but were met with criticism and did not sell well.[4][5]

Third-Party Editors

Improved editors have been released by third-parties seeking to remove limitations of StarEdit or add new capabilities. Many of these editors are coded from scratch. Examples of these editors include:

  • StarCraft X-tra Editor
  • StarForge
  • SCMDraft

Many of these editors include unused units, such as Aldaris, Arcturus Mengsk, Gerard DuGalle and Raszagal, color changing of factions, teleportation, improperly placed buildings and doodads, 255 upgrades, neutral units and much more.

References

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This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at StarCraft Campaign Editor

The list of authors can be seen in the page history of StarCraft Campaign Editor.

Wikipedia content was licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License prior to June 15, 2009 is. Wikipedia content from June 15, 2009, and StarCraft Wiki content, is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License 3.0 (Unported).
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 2017-06-30, StarCraft Remastered devs unveil price, explain how much is being rebuilt. Ars Technica, accessed on 2017-07-01 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "ArsTech" defined multiple times with different content
  2. ↑ 2006-08-01. The World of Diplomacy. Accessed 2006-08-20
  3. ↑ Microstar. "IGN."
  4. ↑ Kasavin, Greg. 1998-08-26. Insurrection: Campaigns for Starcraft. Gamespot. Accessed 2006-09-20.
  5. ↑ Retribution: Authorized Add-on for StarCraft. GameGenie. Accessed 2007-08-03

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