Preface

This help file is currently under work, if you have questions please feel free to ask about it in the forums.

Table of Contents

1. Installation
2. Interfaces
3. Map Design
4. Routes (Alien migration patterns and spawning habits)
5. Using new maps with XcomUtil
Appendix A. Editing Paths
Appendix B. Tutorial
- Creating a new map from scratch
- Placing tiles on the map
Other
- How to edit your mapedit.dat file

There is lots of stuff to the map editor, hopefully its all covered here. If you have questions, post a message on the xcomufo message boards and someone will surely help you.

Credits

Thanks to BladeFireLight for writing this wonderful help file =)
Thanks to Scott T Jones for help on the rmp file format
The map editor was written by me (Ben Ratzlaff) and is distributed freely of charge, without warranty.
X-Com is copyright microprose (or infogrames/atari as it is now)