8. Adding Resources & Dust Clouds

9. Adding Clouds & Pebbles
10. Map Info
11. Adding Fog
12. Level Thumbnails
13. Compiling Maps

9. Adding Clouds & Pebbles
10. Map Info
11. Adding Fog
12. Level Thumbnails
13. Compiling Maps

1. Creating the Map Directory
2. Creating a ".level" File
3. In-game Level Info
4. Player Info

5. Adding Player Start Positions
6. Setting the Map Size
7. Adding Ships & Megaliths
8. Adding Resources & Dust Clouds

9. Adding Clouds & Pebbles
10. Map Info
11. Adding Fog
12. Level Thumbnails

Make sure you do this in order; the map files are mostly divided into DetermChunk() and NonDetermChunk() portions, and it matters what goes where.
Tip: if you'd like to practice by editing other people's maps, but you haven't purposely downloaded any, you might find some in your "...\Bin\Profiles\levels" directory. If you have played some custom levels online that were hosted by other players, this is where Homeworld 2 will store any new maps that were downloaded automatically before the start of a game. -Mikail
Note: this tutorial deals primarily with making maps for multiplayer and CPU matches, not singleplayer campaigns.
Starting Your Map
DetermChunk() Portion Everything described in this section must be contained within the DetermChunk function.
NonDetermChunk() Portion Everything described in this section must contained within the NonDetermChunk function.
Continue discussion of this tutorial in this thread at RelicNews.
Download this tutorial as a Word document here.
Download this tutorial as a PDF file here.
HW1 to HW2 map convertor, provided by ZuilJin:
http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18219
I hope you found this helpful! Thanks to ZuilJin for first finding so much of that nifty map code and telling us about it, and to EvilChekov for providing me with a guinea pig map.
NonDetermChunk() Portion Everything described in this section must contained within the NonDetermChunk function.

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DetermChunk() Portion Everything described in this section must be contained within the DetermChunk() function (i.e., it must be preceeded by DetermChunk() on its own line and followed by end (also on its own line)).

7. Adding Resources & Dust Clouds
8. Adding Ships & Megaliths

NonDetermChunk() Portion Everything described in this section must contained within the NonDetermChunk() function (i.e., it must be preceeded by NonDetermChunk() on its own line and followed by end (also on its own line)).

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7. Adding Resources & Dust Clouds

9. Adding Clouds & Pebbles
10. Map Info
11. Adding Fog
12. Level Thumbnails

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7. Adding Resources & Clouds
9. Map Info
10. Adding Fog
11. Level Thumbnails

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HEY WITH OPERA, I CAN ENTER IN THE PAGE EDITOR AND MODIFY THE PAGE CONTENT, FIX IT!!!

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Make sure you do this in order; the map files are mostly divided into DetermChunk() and NonDetermChunk() portions, and it matters what goes where.

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Make sure you do this in order; the map files are mostly divided into DetermChunk() and NonDetermChunk() portions, and it matters what goes where.

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2. Creating a ".level" File

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2. Creating a .level File

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Note: this tutorial deals primarily with making maps for multiplayer and CPU matches, not singleplayer campaigns.

Deletions:
Note: this tutorial deals primarily with making maps for multiplayer matches, not singleplayer campaigns.

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Tip: if you'd like to practice by editing other people's maps, but you haven't purposely downloaded any, you might find some in your "...\Bin\Profiles\levels" directory. If you have played some custom levels online that were hosted by other players, this is where Homeworld 2 will store any new maps that were downloaded automatically before the start of a game. -Mikail

Note: this tutorial deals primarily with making maps for multiplayer matches, not singleplayer campaigns.

Deletions:
Tip: if you'd like to practice by editing other people's maps, but you haven't purposely downloaded any, you might find some in your "...\Bin\Profiles\levels" directory. If you have played some custom levels online that were hosted by other players, this is where Homeworld 2 will store any new maps that were downloaded automatically before the start of a game. -Mikail

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Additions:
Tip: if you'd like to practice by editing other people's maps, but you haven't purposely downloaded any, you might find some in your "...\Bin\Profiles\levels" directory. If you have played some custom levels online that were hosted by other players, this is where Homeworld 2 will store any new maps that were downloaded automatically before the start of a game. -Mikail

Deletions:
Tip: if you'd like to practice by editing other people's maps, but you haven't purposely downloaded any, you might find some in your "...\Bin\Profiles\levels" directory, given that you have played some custom levels online that were hosted by other players. This is where Homeworld 2 stores any new maps that were downloaded automatically before the start of a game. -Mikail

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11. Level Thumbnails

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11. Extra Stuff

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Malignus's How to Make Maps for Homeworld 2

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Malignus's How to Map for Homeworld 2

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Malignus's How to Map for Homeworld 2

Make sure you do this in order; the map files are mostly divided into DetermChunk() and NonDetermChunk() portions, and it matters what goes where.
Tip: if you'd like to practice by editing other people's maps, but you haven't purposely downloaded any, you might find some in your "...\Bin\Profiles\levels" directory, given that you have played some custom levels online that were hosted by other players. This is where Homeworld 2 stores any new maps that were downloaded automatically before the start of a game. -Mikail

Starting Your Map

DetermChunk() Portion Everything described in this section must be contained within the DetermChunk() function (i.e., it must be preceeded by DetermChunk() on its own line and followed by end (also on its own line)).

NonDetermChunk() Portion Everything described in this section must contained within the NonDetermChunk() function (i.e., it must be preceeded by NonDetermChunk() on its own line and followed by end (also on its own line)).

Continue discussion of this tutorial in this thread at RelicNews.
Download this tutorial as a Word document here.
Download this tutorial as a PDF file here.

HW1 to HW2 map convertor, provided by ZuilJin:
http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18219

I hope you found this helpful! Thanks to ZuilJin for first finding so much of that nifty map code and telling us about it, and to EvilChekov for providing me with a guinea pig map.