StarCraft II Map Editor

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At this point, we know very little about the StarCraft II Map Editor (we don't even have an official name for the utility yet), but the Question & Answer series has provided us with some information about the new editor. Here's a compilation of all of the information we have about the editor from that series:

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[edit] Miscellaneous Information

• The in-game UI layout is externalized in data files to a large extent, however there is no editor support for working with these files. So it will be possible to customize the game UI, it just won't be a user-friendly process.
• The editor will support "locking" maps.
• The map pool for competitive play will only be Blizzard maps or Blizzard-approved maps (no customs).
• The editor should support multi-player campaigns and linked maps.
• The Map Editor will support letters from non-English alphabets
• They will be keeping an eye on the forums and updating the editor as often as possible to incorporate new suggestions.
• There will not be a tool to transfer WC3 models to SC2.
• There will be cheats, but you won't know what they are.

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