MapEd  --  a map editor for Master of Orion v1.3
MapEd Version 1.0 written by buggy@adam.com.au

 MapEd was written after I realised that being able to visualise
changes to planet locations was impossible by just altering the
x and y values with my other editor (PlanetEd). So I wrote up
this editor to allow placement of planets in the galaxy.

 This is an SVGA editor (running in 640x480x256 colour mode). You
need a graphics card with at least 512K of video memory to be
able to run it (a limitation of the graphics library I'm using).
You also need a microsoft compatible mouse driver installed.

What this program does
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 * It only does one thing: allows you to move planet locations
   around easily. If you want anything more, use one of my
   other editors (PlanetEd, ShipEd or RaceEd).

How to use this program
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 There are 3 parts to the screen: a map of the galaxy, information
on the current planet and some brief help notes.
 Each planet in the galaxy is represented by a (green) point on
the map. The current planet (the information of which you can see
down the bottom) is depicted by a larger circle.
 To cycle through the planets, click on the buttons marked NEXT
and PREV. Alternatively, you can use the left and right arrow keys
on the keyboard to do the same. This is so you don't have to keep
moving the mouse from the map to the buttons and back again.
 To move the current planet (the large circle), move the mouse
cursor onto the map and click the mouse where you want the planet
to be moved to. The map is the black part of the screen.
 To save the current map, click on the SAVE button. 
 ** Until you hit SAVE, no changes are made to the save game file.
 To exit the program, click on the CLOSE button. Alternatively, 
you can press the escape key. If you have made some changes and click
on CLOSE or press escape before clicking on SAVE, those changes are 
lost.

Where not to place planets
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 The map size shown is the maximum map width and height for a HUGE
galaxy. If you are playing a small, medium or large galaxy, I
recommend that you don't place the planets beyond the range of the
edgemost planets already there. 
 The maximum widths and heights are undoubtably smaller for the
smaller sized galaxies, but I'm leaving it up to your good sense
in planet placing.
 I'll be looking into scaling the map to reflect the galaxy size in
future versions.

I hope you find this program of some use, and hope to hear from some
of you. Feel free to email.

Enjoy!

Andrew Griffin
buggy@adam.com.au
http://adam.com.au/~buggy   <-- where you can get all my editors