Has anybody gotten the map editor to work?

Works just fine. Having 'output=surface' can cause fullscreen issues, and I've yet to figure out why GOG seems to prefer that display method. I typically change it to 'opengl' since I have yet to encounter any problems with that one.

Check your dosboxCOL_addon config file in your Colonize folder via notepad.

What does "output=surface" mean?

It tells DoSBox how to send information to the screen. opengl uses OpenGL, ddraw used Direct Draw, etc. I'm not 100% sure what 'surface' does but it's rather slow so it probably ignores hardware acceleration.

Ah, okay. I just changed the 'surface' to 'opengl', but could not see any improvement (seems a bit slower though).

EDIT: Okay I just answered my question that I had post here.

To run the Map Editor:

#1 Go to the game directory (Default is: C:\Program Files (x86)\GOG.com\Colonization)

#2 Make a copy or rename 'dosboxCOL.conf' For me, I first made a copy with ctrl+drag so I had 'dosboxCOL -copy.conf' (this way I will always have a backup), then renamed 'dosboxCOL.conf' to 'ZZdosboxCOL.conf'

#3 Make a copy or rename 'dosboxCOL_addon.conf' For me, I first made a copy with ctrl+drag so I had 'dosboxCOL_addon -copy.conf' (this way I will always have a backup), then renamed 'dosboxCOL_addon.conf' to 'dosboxCOL.conf'

#4 I then ran the Colonization game as if I was playing the game and Received the Map Editor in it's place.

To Reverse the procedure so you can play the game:

#1 Rename 'dosboxCOL.conf' to 'dosboxCOL_addon.conf'

#2 Rename 'ZZdosboxCOL_addon.conf' to 'dosboxCOL.conf'

See attached image for MapEditor's Instructions which can be found under Help

Doesn't look like that is possible

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