Questions about Galaxy Editor

[CptG]

I just installed X2 Editor 0.36 and am having problems using the Galaxy editor. Any changes I make to the galaxy; ie new sectors, gates, deleting objects; dont seem to have any effect on my universe in the game. Am I doing something wrong? Please help. I used the TXT Editor and added two forward Gamma Kyons to my Centaur and that works fine.

[rustybucket]

Try starting a new game. I am not sure whether the changes will show up for a saved game.

[CptG]

Thanks but I'd rather not start over if I can avoid it. I have over 80 stations and 200 ships and over 2 billion credits.

[Stealth]

Tough luck. It's either a restart or nothing - no map changes are immediate unless you perform them via a script.

[Burianek]

The galaxy file is a template that is copied into your game upon new game start and then saved in your save game.
It has to be done this way since the galaxy is so prone to change.
Or, as Stealth put it, it's restart or nothing.
Sorry.
Cheers.

[rustybucket]

Are there any tools/notes on editing the saved game?

[nuclear_eclipse]

Are there any tools/notes on editing the saved game?

That ain't gonna happen. It's 20-30 megs of of data that can only really be looked at with a hex editor, and even then, I guarantee you won't be able to do much with it, but good luck trying.

[darkmason]

Are there any tools/notes on editing the saved game?

It is possible to do pretty much whatever you want to do with the existing galaxy through the use of scripts (add or delete pretty much anything), EXCEPT create additional sectors.

Not that additional sectors cannot be added, it's just like others have said - they can't be added to your existing game.

[Burianek]

yup, what he said