Dune 2000 Map Editor

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Fathi Said has passed on some more information on the progress of the map editor. Check below for some of its features:

It is not a GDI application, which means it USES DirectX, namely DirectDraw and DirectSound. It is compatible to DirectX 5.0 and currently doesn't work with WIN NT (I hope we'll fix this soon).

You can already load and look at maps and scroll around with a minimap at high speed at absolutely smoothly (16bit = 65000 colors);

Things are definetly looking up for the editor, he also passed along news that their website will not be coming back and this will help free up time for programming. Estimated release date is 4-6 weeks and is at about 10% complete. The Map Editor will be shareware but a price has not been set just yet. The Unit Creator has been put on hold for now and will depend on how well the map editor sells.