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It's been a long time since I've delved into the PWHEX file. I've forgotten how to edit it. I don't think I've ever edited the AE version. Can anyone advise me on how to edit the PWHEX file so I can make my own map?

Thanks.

I tried opening the file with notepad but it's all gibberish. I also tried changing it into a CSV file but that was all gibberish too. Is there a way to open up the file so I can make edits?

Thanks.

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There may be even a later version.... I think I have seen 0.7 somewhere....

found it tm.asp?m=2922596

Nearly a year ago, El Cid contacted me and requested some bug fixes and some changes to accommodate his elderly laptop. The latest releases for the three editors are included in the zip file at this link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/d0xed5dfwdf26 ... 7.zip?dl=0

The previous incarnations of the editors are included also. Please accept and use these for what they are. That is, simple (read: crude) editors that allow you to do some things with the map data files but probably not everything you might wish for. To the best of my understanding they have received use from very few folks, hence they are relatively untested. Please back up anything you wish to change.

Good luck with your editing and cheers!

Dave Bradley

Many thanks. I'll give the latest version a try! [&o]

The latest changes are at
https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ap7XOIkiBuUwhPxFuII1ZkrVQefJBQ

These are all pwhexe.dat changes

ORIGINAL: dwbradley

Nearly a year ago, El Cid contacted me and requested some bug fixes and some changes to accommodate his elderly laptop. The latest releases for the three editors are included in the zip file at this link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/d0xed5dfwdf26 ... 7.zip?dl=0

The previous incarnations of the editors are included also. Please accept and use these for what they are. That is, simple (read: crude) editors that allow you to do some things with the map data files but probably not everything you might wish for. To the best of my understanding they have received use from very few folks, hence they are relatively untested. Please back up anything you wish to change.

Good luck with your editing and cheers!

Dave Bradley

Hi Dave,

it seems the program doesnt fit well on my screen since I cannot see the upper menus in order to load a pwhex file on it..is any way to resize it to fit on the screen?

Cheers,

Vipersp

The size issue remains to this day. I use the older version of the editor most of the time,
and the newer one when certain things are needed not possible with the older one. I prefer
to see the whole screen easily - so I use version 7 most of the time. But one can navigate
with difficulty in version 8. For features missing from 7, I use 8. A different workaround
is to use Vista and/or a different monitor. The SCEN editor has a few features that ONLY
work with Vista, and Bradley didn't write it - so he can't fix it. I keep XP and Vista machines -
offline to avoid infection - for special tasks.

ORIGINAL: el cid again

The size issue remains to this day. I use the older version of the editor most of the time,
and the newer one when certain things are needed not possible with the older one. I prefer
to see the whole screen easily - so I use version 7 most of the time. But one can navigate
with difficulty in version 8. For features missing from 7, I use 8. A different workaround
is to use Vista and/or a different monitor. The SCEN editor has a few features that ONLY
work with Vista, and Bradley didn't write it - so he can't fix it. I keep XP and Vista machines -
offline to avoid infection - for special tasks.

Thanks for the clarification Sid;

ORIGINAL: Vipersp

ORIGINAL: dwbradley

Nearly a year ago, El Cid contacted me and requested some bug fixes and some changes to accommodate his elderly laptop. The latest releases for the three editors are included in the zip file at this link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/d0xed5dfwdf26 ... 7.zip?dl=0

The previous incarnations of the editors are included also. Please accept and use these for what they are. That is, simple (read: crude) editors that allow you to do some things with the map data files but probably not everything you might wish for. To the best of my understanding they have received use from very few folks, hence they are relatively untested. Please back up anything you wish to change.

Good luck with your editing and cheers!

Dave Bradley

Hi Dave,

it seems the program doesnt fit well on my screen since I cannot see the upper menus in order to load a pwhex file on it..is any way to resize it to fit on the screen?

Cheers,

Vipersp

Hi Vipersp,
Sorry to hear you are having difficulties with the programs. Questions about the editiors come so rarely that it can take quite a bit of time to dive back down into the details and see what is going on. Before I do that let me ask a couple of questions, if you don't mind?

The programs require a fixed window of x by y pixels. 1280 x 1024 for the 0.7 version and 1024 x 640 for the 0.8 version. If your screen size is smaller than that there is a problem. The 0.8 version I made for Cid may also have scroll bars (IIRC).

1. Does the problem exist for all of the versions of the editor?
2. Is it possible that you have some Windows scaling factor turned on that MAY be making the window bigger than it needs to be?

Cheers
Dave

Hi Dave,

My laptop resolution is 1366X768; the version at your download link is the .5 so I am not sure about the screen requirements for that one;


Cheers

Vipersp

For me the 0.7 opens okay but the 0.8 open with scroll bars which are unnecessary in my case.

ORIGINAL: Vipersp

Hi Dave,

My laptop resolution is 1366X768; the version at your download link is the .5 so I am not sure about the screen requirements for that one;


Cheers

Vipersp

Hi Vipersp,
Me neither (version 0.5 was a long time ago) [:)]

Are you downloading from this link?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/d0xed5dfwdf26 ... 7.zip?dl=0

Cheers
Dave

ORIGINAL: dwbradley

ORIGINAL: Vipersp

Hi Dave,

My laptop resolution is 1366X768; the version at your download link is the .5 so I am not sure about the screen requirements for that one;


Cheers

Vipersp

Hi Vipersp,
Me neither (version 0.5 was a long time ago) [:)]

Are you downloading from this link?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/d0xed5dfwdf26 ... 7.zip?dl=0

Cheers
Dave

Hi Dave,

Nope..this dropbox link is dead; I got it at this post :
tm.asp?m=2632394&mpage=1&key=񋹕

Cheers

Viper

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Hi Dave,

Nope..this dropbox link is dead; I got it at this post :
tm.asp?m=2632394&mpage=1&key=񋹕

Cheers

Viper
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To quote the late, great Ed McMahon, "You are correct sir". Dropbox had not been used for a while and is giving me troubles today. Let's see if this one works (may be edited several times until I give up and try another way):
https://www.dropbox.com/s/k0fvfdq99ecro ... 7.zip?dl=0
Cheers
Dave

edit: OK, screw dropbox, I am tired of messing with it.

edit2: PM sent Vipersp; respond with your email address and I will get the files to you the old-fashioned way. Gotta go run some errands so might be later today

I wrote a map editor program for this.

Yeah people should look at Mapgen too, here is the Mediterranean Map - this are the colors that define the terrain types.

Here is a close up of the Libya,Egypt main roads, not finished yet. As can be seen it is the Hexside that is painted here. The color defines the road type.

This is the current terrain dump from the stock PWHEXE.dat in MAPGEN v2.00 which I'm working on, to try and fix a memory error Dili is having.

On my relatively modern i7 (from 2015ish), it takes about 115 seconds to dump all the PWHEXE.dat information to map images.

This is a dump of terrain types.

Dump of the Malaria Zone