User Guide

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BEFORE YOU BEGIN
✯ Prior to starting World Builder, set your display to 800 x 600 or higher in the Display control panel. For
information on how to set it, see your Windows
®
Help file.
To get up and running in World Builder, you should do the following:
✯ World Builder supports the use of dual monitors. You can design on one monitor and test your designs in
the game on the other one.
1. To create a new map, select NEW from the File menu. As you read through this document, you can test
out what you learn inside World Builder.
2. To get familiar with the components of a Command & Conquer Generals map,
➤ Elements of a Map on p. 8.
3. For explanations of the different elements of the desktop of World Builder,
➤ The Desktop on p. 10.
4. For explanations about the individual menu items and toolbar controls,
➤ Command Reference on p. 14.
5. Follow the step-by-step instructions to build your first multiplayer map. For more information,
➤ Eighteen
Steps to Creating a Multiplayer Map on p. 36. With a few more steps, you can turn your multiplayer map
into a Skirmish map. For more information,
➤ A Few Extra Steps for Skirmish Maps on p. 40.
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To learn more about how to build specific features in your maps, ➤ Tutorial: How To on p. 43.
6. After you feel comfortable building multiplayer maps, you may want to try to create single-player maps.
Since behaviors for CPU-controlled armies must be scripted, single-player maps are more difficult to
create. For more information,
➤ Building Single-Player Maps on p. 42.
CONVENTIONS OF THE TOOL
✯ Length and width distances are measured in feet. To assist in measurement, you can toggle display of the
map grid. Each square of the grid measures 10 scaled feet on a side.
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To toggle display of the map grid, select SHOW GRID from the View menu.
✯ The most commonly used tools are placed in the toolbar above the Work window. There are many more
editing, viewing, and global tools in the menu system. For more information,
➤ Command Reference on p.
14.
✯ Depending on the command or object that you have selected, a window appears to the right of the
Work window. Change the parameters in this window to alter the properties of the selected item or
items.
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To select an object on the map, left-click on it. To rotate that object, click and drag the pointer at the
end of the object’s icon.
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To dolly the camera, right-click and drag the mouse to the edge of the screen. Release the mouse-button
to stop the camera movement.
✯ If possible, use a mouse with a mouse wheel, which can be used to zoom and pivot the camera.