Adding an Author to a Map

[Chrono Vortex]

I'm really surprised this hasn't been mentioned in some official post somewhere, because it seems kinda important and nobody seems to know how to do it.

All you need to do it open your map in notepad, go to Edit -> Find and search for [Basic]. Then, under [Basic], add Author=Your Name Here.

You may want to download and use notepad++ for this.

Here's an example.

Edited September 16, 2017 by Chrono Vortex

[rishain]

tried this it did nto work for me sill jsut shows up as part of the name of the map and author slot is still uknown

 

[Chrono Vortex]

@rishain You probably stuck it in the wrong place. Make sure to add the Author= directly after the right bracket in [Basic], like this:

[rishain]

i did it did not work i tried it a few times and mutiple ways 

 

[Chrono Vortex]

@rishain Maybe it's something to do with the client. Does the example map display the author for you?

[Rampastring]

The client indeed reads the author from [Basic] Author=.

Also, you should use a text editor that supports Unix-style line endings, like Notepad++ or Wordpad.

 

Edited September 16, 2017 by Rampastring

[rishain]

11 hours ago, Chrono Vortex said:

@rishain Maybe it's something to do with the client. Does the example map display the author for you?

no it does not 

[rishain]

11 hours ago, Rampastring said:

The client indeed reads the author from [Basic] Author=.

Also, you should use a text editor that supports Unix-style line endings, like Notepad++ or Wordpad.

 

changing to word pad worked 

[Boggle04]

2 Ways to Add Author's Name to Maps

Open the map in a text editor such as Notepad,
Notepad++,
Wordpad,
MS Word
Search or find the [Basic] section
type or paste in the code
Author=Name you want there...

You can go in the INI editing tab found under EDIT Button
Open the Editor
Scroll down to the Basic Section
In the Section Content Keys
Click the Add Button
In Create Key Prompt
Add the Info you need after you add
Author=