Hello,
At the moment, creating a map is a hardcore process, this is why I've packaged many tools together to make map editing easy.
http://www.sc2mapster.com/maps/tutorial-how-get-started/ (http://www.sc2mapster.com/maps/tutorial-how-get-started/)
How to start:
- Extract the zip file anywhere you want
- Copy "Starcraft II Beta/Versions/Base13891/" to "Starcraft II Beta/Versions/Base10000/"
- Copy "Tutorial/Export/patch.SC2Archive" to "Starcraft II Beta/Versions/Base10000/patch.SC2Archive"
- Run "Tutorial/launch_map.bat"
- You should see a map with 4 drones and one of them is yours
Now, you just have to edit the galaxy and xml files inside the ##Files/## folder. Run the launch_map.bat and Tadaa, all your modifications are taken in account directly.
In order to make the learning curve easier I've added examples of basic code you would probably want to write. If you want to get deeper you can dig into the Documentation (http://sc2mapster.com/api-docs/).
I hope you are going to start making maps :)
(http://static.curseforge.net/thumbman/images/19/563/600x467/tutorial.PNG.-m1.png) (http://sc2mapster.com/maps/tutorial-how-get-started/)