Will there Ever be a real editor?

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             I think the galexy editor is great and all but I would really like to see alot added to it. In other games I played(WC3) There was many things you could do that I would love to see in this games map editor.

 

-Object Editor: This tool allows you to edit all the ship/module's/planets/ability's/and buff's right in game in a nice user freindly interface instead of having to sift through your files and find the file in a long list of 896 files then having to search the file and change the data risking screwing something up and your mod not working and haivng to look through a tun of data to fix the problem.

-Unit placer: Acually allow us decide where to place units at a planet to create interesting scenerios.(this may be possible but If t is i dont think it is easy to do)

-Sound Editor: A tool that will allow us to place certain music to play at certain times or certain places

-Trigger Editor: A tool allowing the dumber modders to still make good maps with some prebuilt triggers

-3d Map: This will allow players to place star systems where they want them on the Z axis (This may also already be possible im again i havent found a way to do it yet).

       These Change's would make this already great game MUCH better and add even more replayability to the game...IMO.

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
ermm you can actually do those now except the 3d map and trigger editor..
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
Seeing as how most of that is mod making, probably not. Z-axis probably won't happen -- nobody really uses it, and its mostly a PITA when it does show up in game. (Try a random map, eventually you'll see what I mean).
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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
yeah Z axis is a bad idea, trust me. More is not always better :)
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
Z axis would be nice for cap ships to use to go overtop of fleets instead of BURRRR IM A 5000 TON WARSHIP I CAN'T MOVE WHEN THESE 10 TON FRIGATES TOUCH ME.
Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top
Z axis=incredibly complicated

object editor-Civ4 has something kinda like that. That would be a good tool for modding ship designs outside of a game which would be perfect for noob modders such as myself

Sam/Fife