First, you should tell Mappy where they are. When you first run Mappy, no map tilesets or features will be available. Then double-click on Mappy.exe to launch the program. Once Mappy is installed, run it from the start menu.Īlternatively, download the zip distribution and extract it to a folder of your choice. If there's a particular feature that's keeping you from ditching Annihilator, let me know!ĭownload and run MappySetup, then follow the on-screen instructions to install Mappy. For general use, Mappy is superior to Annihilator in many ways, but you should still keep Annihilator around in case you need a feature that Mappy doesn't provide. Note: Mappy is now quite stable, but some features are still missing compared to Annihilator. NET Framework 4 or later - you can get the latest version from Windows Vista or later (XP may work but is unsupported) the bug where features are not properly removed) Accurate, Cavedog-quality minimap renderer (that doesn't break for large maps).No need to compress maps (Mappy does this automatically).It has the following advantages over Annihilator: I've written a new map editing tool, creatively called "Mappy".
I think map making would be more fun if there was a more modern tool to support the process.
Annihilator is a great program but it has a number of longstanding issues, and being written in VB5 makes it difficult to update. I used to make maps, so the tool I remember most was Annihilator. While these tools clearly work, they have become somewhat dated and, in some instances, contain crippling bugs. One thing that bugs me is that the community still relies on tools developed by modders when the game was young. I've been really impressed by the community's dedication to the game and the appearance of higher and higher quality content over the last several years. Well anyway, I drifted away from the community at some point, but I've been lurking in some form or another fairly regularly over the years. Hi all, some of you in the modding may remember me from 2003 to 2007ish as a moderately skilled map/unit maker.
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