Before you start , think "do I really want to waste the next few hours going nowhere"? Of course you do , but remember using the editor is a hard and frustrating task , and even when you've put together a real master piece you still have to test it , and unless you have a home network that means finding a patient and sympathetic partner on the internet .

Pairing up with a mate can save a lot of grief and you'd be surprised how much progress you can make , you can share ideas and the work .

           Ok ! Ready to go then click on the .

This is what you'll see . Now you have to make a few choices , if you want to start from scratch i.e. completely blank no scenery at all then choose new map if you want to use some of the maps already partly assembled then choose load map , you will have to use this to reload any map you've been working on .

    click on load map and you'll see this . there are a large number of maps already there , these are ready made with scenery but are not finished , for this tutorial we shall load a smaller map , and set it up with the basic elements for a game .