So I was annoyed at first that the editor wasn't working so I went on a quest to get it working like it used to be.

The problem was that the editor was still using Dos, instead of the game which used Dosbox.

The fix was easy;

Download Dosbox and edit the dosbox config file (filename is DOSBox [version] Options) with notepad and change fullscreen to true (standard it is on false).

Start Dropbox and mount the drive where your GOG Galaxy is installed (or your Warlords 2 game). This is done by typing "MOUNT C: D:\" (without the " ofcourse). Then type "C:".
You can type "DIR" to see the folders ("DIR/P" for parts of the directory, should there be many folders) and then it is key to localizing your Warlords 2 Deluxe installation. After that the scenario editor file (called "WARSCEN").

On my computer I have to type:
"cd PROGRA~1" (to get in the Program files folder), then "cd GOGGAL~1" (to get in the GOG Galaxy folder), then "cd GAMES" (to get in the Games folder) and finally "cd WARLOR~1" (to get in the Warlords 2 Deluxe folder). Be advised that when you have all 3 Warlords versions, Warlords 1 is called Warlords, Warlords 2 is called Warlords 1 and Warlords 3 is called Warlords 2..

When you are in the Warlords 2 Deluxe folder, just type "WARSCEN" and enjoy making your own scenarios, editing armies and more.

Hope this helps.

Kind regards,
Low

Cheers!

I figured as much, but I didn't have the time or energy to spend on tinkering with Dosbox.

You're saving me a lot of work.

Good work! You saved some of us a lot of precious time figuring it out.

Thank you!!

hi made an edit to the game startup menu so you can now choose the mapeditor directly from the menu . just copy the text below into the "dosbox_warlords2_single.conf" file overwriting all original text and save the file. ecpc ;)



[ipx]
ipx=false

[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
@echo off
mount c ".."
imgmount d "..\game.ins" -t iso
c:
goto launcher

:launcher
cls
ECHO ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ&I acute;ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ&Iacut e;ÍÍÍÍÍ»
ECHO º ------------------------------------------ º
ECHO º Warlords II Launcher º
ECHO º ------------------------------------------ º
ECHO º 1) Warlords II Deluxe º
ECHO º 2) Game DOS Settings º
ECHO º 3) Warlords II Deluxe mapeditor º
ECHO º ------------------------------------------ º
ECHO º 4) exit program º
ECHO º ------------------------------------------ º
ECHO ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ&Iacut e;ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ&Iac ute;ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ&I acute;ÍÍͼ

choice /c1234 /s Which program do you want to run? [1-4]: /n
if errorlevel 4 goto exit
if errorlevel 3 goto edit
if errorlevel 2 goto setup
if errorlevel 1 goto game

:game
cls
war2.bat
goto exit

:edit
cls
warscen.exe
goto launcher

:setup
cls
install.exe
goto launcher

:exit
exit

I got another way to use the editor. I installed D-Fend, a ready-to-use Doxbox Emulator.
I just choose the WARSCEN.EXE for launch and I could start the editor without problems.