What's missing from the above description is that this map editor is really a key component of the MMORPGCE engine; there is a basic editor with the engine, but it's VERY simple. XML's version is a WYSIWIG editor of virtually all the content currently supported by the engine: water, fixed objects (like buildings, rocks, etc.), trees, AI-objects, player spawn points, and more.
It uses BMPs created on the terrain generator of your choice (height, shadow, and texture maps), depicts those as a 3D world, and then allows you to add the game components for your persistant world game.
Pretty good stuff!
It uses BMPs created on the terrain generator of your choice (height, shadow, and texture maps), depicts those as a 3D world, and then allows you to add the game components for your persistant world game.
Pretty good stuff!