RTS games with good map editors?

[Azaraxzealot]

i like RTS games only when i have a map editor to work with. i don't know, maybe playing god has something to do with it, and ive probably played more Warcraft 3 with its map editor than any other game combined.

so what RTS (or any games really) have map/level editors for PC or Xbox 360?

EDIT: For the record, i own these games:
Starcraft
Warcraft 3
Warcraft 2
Stronghold
Command and Conquer Tiberian Sun

thats it for now, but im working on my list

and again, it doesnt have to be an RTS, just anything with a map editor (even an FPS or Third Person Shooter, or top-down shooter)

 

[GunstarHero]

Warcraft II. Oh man oh man, you can customise SO MUCH!

I used to like 'Fellowship' maps, making a team (mostly of peasants for Hobbits, with Elf, Magician, Soldier etc for heroes) and a map stuffed with Orcs.

Great times.

 

[smartengine]

starcraft and now starcraft 2.

starcraft 2 is so awesome you can make an FPS in it's map creator (you can make actual maps too)

 

[Gabanuka]

Ages of mythology has an awesome one. I spent hours on that thing.

 

[Danish rage]

Battle for Middle Earth 2 was actually pretty good as far as i remember.

 

[Mister Benoit]

I still play user map setting games on WarCraft 3 Frozen Throne.

 

[Wierdguy]

Heroes 2 had a great map editor... remember spending hours making maps in that game. Its a turn based game though and not RTS.

 

[repeating integers]

Age of Empires II. Why has nobody mentioned this yet?

 

[RuralGamer]

Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds and Age of Empires 2 (which it borrowed) had the best map editors I think I've ever encountered; simple (well so were the games) and comprehensive; you could pretty much work out how they worked in a day; obviously I started off with obscenely large battles that often crashed the game, but towards the end, I was making mini-stories and such. Pity I was too green to understand what they were fully capable of back then; looking back now, I probably could do more with them now.

I really wish more map-editors were user friendly and included some form of tutorial to explain how the heck they work.

 

[cryogeist]

i like RTS games only when i have a map editor to work with. i don't know, maybe playing god has something to do with it, and ive probably played more Warcraft 3 with its map editor than any other game combined.

so what RTS (or any games really) have map/level editors for PC or Xbox 360?

Men of War!
the gem editor is just AWESOME
...no really look it up...it confusing but once you get the hang of it it is really fun

 

[ejb626]

Age of Empires II. Why has nobody mentioned this yet?

Agreed, it was so simple and that was what made it so good, I haven't been able to figure out any other map editors.

 

[MetallicaRulez0]

Warcraft 3 and Starcraft immediately spring to mind.

 

[Azaraxzealot]

i like RTS games only when i have a map editor to work with. i don't know, maybe playing god has something to do with it, and ive probably played more Warcraft 3 with its map editor than any other game combined.

so what RTS (or any games really) have map/level editors for PC or Xbox 360?

Men of War!
the gem editor is just AWESOME
...no really look it up...it confusing but once you get the hang of it it is really fun

wow. i like it. so... what's the DRM situation with that? i'd love to install it on my two computers and run some LAN with it

 

[Jark212]

Stronghold Crusader has some awesome editing options (me vs 1000 Lions)...

 

[cryogeist]

i like RTS games only when i have a map editor to work with. i don't know, maybe playing god has something to do with it, and ive probably played more Warcraft 3 with its map editor than any other game combined.

so what RTS (or any games really) have map/level editors for PC or Xbox 360?

Men of War!
the gem editor is just AWESOME
...no really look it up...it confusing but once you get the hang of it it is really fun

wow. i like it. so... what's the DRM situation with that? i'd love to install it on my two computers and run some LAN with it

ehh...im still new at it myself
(i only know how to make basic firefights)
but i think you can save the map file to a LAN or online map...not sure

 

[Sealpower]

C&C Generals had a pretty good editor, if I don't remember wrong.

 

[EllEzDee]

Company of Heroes. Comes with a "worldbuilder".