To all who have never used this utility, especially scenario designers, you really should give Chab's wonderful RockNRoR a go. What this program does: It patches your empiresx.exe and basically allows you to choose between whatever (extra) options you want added or disabled: nearly every aspect of the game can be altered to your exact liking - for example custom resolutions, enhanced AI, or high game speed (very useful for testing!).
Not only this but you have total control of every single tile in the scenario editor (change it to any terrain or elevation), any custom map size, AI and PER retrieval for any map and player, changing any unit to belong to another player, and one of it's most unique features: Triggers. That's right, you can have actual triggers in RoR much like in Age of Kings. Or how about Map Copy? I have used this a ton and it makes for much easier designing.
Quite a few of these options also allow for backward compatibility with the original game allowing unique maps and settings which makes this in my opinion a must have tool!
It has just been updated to include generation of any super large custom map sizes up to 1024x1024 with a fix for LOS and crash stability (of course, original game still does not support this), and another very useful and amazing feature: extraction of .bmp instruction maps! If all this has not convinced you to download RockNRoR, you're absolutely missing out. Imagine if DE included all these wonderful features? It is something I suggested during development but unfortunately it was ignored. Anyways, read all about RockNRoR inthis and this thread.
So, what are you waiting for, download the updatedRockNRoR!
The Heavenly Escort • Night of the Dragon • Corlis (DE) • Dark Forest 2v2 (DE) • New Random Maps • Night Mode • Lengthen Combat Mode • The Big Hill • 512x512, 768x768, 1024x1024 map sizes • All Map Sizes • All Map Sizes (AoK) • BTI Soundtrack
Not only this but you have total control of every single tile in the scenario editor (change it to any terrain or elevation), any custom map size, AI and PER retrieval for any map and player, changing any unit to belong to another player, and one of it's most unique features: Triggers. That's right, you can have actual triggers in RoR much like in Age of Kings. Or how about Map Copy? I have used this a ton and it makes for much easier designing.
Quite a few of these options also allow for backward compatibility with the original game allowing unique maps and settings which makes this in my opinion a must have tool!
It has just been updated to include generation of any super large custom map sizes up to 1024x1024 with a fix for LOS and crash stability (of course, original game still does not support this), and another very useful and amazing feature: extraction of .bmp instruction maps! If all this has not convinced you to download RockNRoR, you're absolutely missing out. Imagine if DE included all these wonderful features? It is something I suggested during development but unfortunately it was ignored. Anyways, read all about RockNRoR in
So, what are you waiting for, download the updated
The Heavenly Escort • Night of the Dragon • Corlis (DE) • Dark Forest 2v2 (DE) • New Random Maps • Night Mode • Lengthen Combat Mode • The Big Hill • 512x512, 768x768, 1024x1024 map sizes • All Map Sizes • All Map Sizes (AoK) • BTI Soundtrack
[This message has been edited by PhatFish (edited 06-12-2020 @ 07:33 AM).]