How do I install a map editor?

[Shali]

I've been looking all over the FAQs, and I can't find it! :help  I want to make my own map, because I have a lot of ideas, but I can't find out how to install the mapping tool. I downloaded it, but it doesn't do much good if I can't install it, does it?  :help please?

 

[Kays]

No, it's not quite that staight forward.

When you launch the map editor it will install to a "Tools" folder in the game directory. Usually C:\Program Files/LionheadStudios\Black & White 2. Next you need to go into the Tools\unstuffer folder and double click on "LH Unstuffer Batch.bat" to unpack the everything.stuff file. This should take some time since there's several thousand items to unpack. Now you can go to the Landscape Editor folder and double click on "LandscapeEditor.exe" to launch the landscape editor.

If the game isn't install in the default location. Changes will need to be made to "LandscapeEditor.ini" and "LH Unstuffer Batch.bat" to reflect the proper path to the game directory.