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by ibgames

EARTHDATE: November 24, 2013

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NEW MESSAGE EDITOR RELEASED

by Hazed

The message editor is part of the Fed2 Workbench which players use to customize their planets. Messages are used for sophisticated stuff involving events, but also to change the basic “you can’t go that way” text players see when they try to go in a direction where there is no exit.

Alan’s been working on a new version of the message editor for Windows and after thorough testing it’s now been released.

It’s got a nicer interface than the old version and you should find it easier to use.

If you’ve already got the basic workbench on your computer then you just need to upgrade by downloading the program file for the message editor. Save it to your workbench folder and overwrite the old MsgEd.exe file. Get the upgrade here.

If you haven’t then download the whole basic workbench package from here.

The basic workbench manual has been updated for the new message editor and you can get the new manual here.

This is a complete rewrite and while we have done our best to test everything thoroughly and fix any bugs, it’s possible we missed something. If you find something that doesn’t seem to be working right, report it to feedback@ibgames.net (don’t forget to put Fed2 somewhere in the subject line).

Next up, Alan will be working on the locations editor, which is a lot more complicated!

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