Using the scenario editor

[Interlocutor]

I hope someone is still playing this game...

I want to use the scenario editor to create a custom scenario, but I can find very little "step by step" instruction on how to do this.

Specifically, I am trying to add more leaders to my scenario. I have created new "leader art" 24-color bitmap files in the "Graphics/Counters" folder, of appropriate size and using the existing naming conventions (e.g., Victor is "fraldrpicvic.bmp"). But when I try to add Victor as a French leader in the editor, I get an "access violation" error.

If there's anyone out there who knows how to do this, and is willing to give step-by-step instructions as to the proper method, I would greatly appreciate it.

[pzgndr]

Yeah, this is still a problem and the game editor could use an overhaul. Even editing existing leaders with arrival dates for different scenarios like 1812 screws up those later arrival dates. I hope to resolve some issues to get the 1812 scenario to work, but no guarantees about overhauling the editor. Maybe some day.

[DCWhitworth]

My recollection (which may well be faulty) is that you cannot currently add extra leaders in the scenario editor, only amend existing ones.