The Toolbar

The toolbar contains many items that will help you to create or edit your map. You can toggle between different display options, including the map grid, the heightfeild and the contour map. You can also adjust grid and height options as well as choose between the default and selection tools.


 
 

The Skinny:
 
The New Map icon is used to start a new map
The Open icon is used to open an existing map
The Save icon is used to save the map  you are working on. 
The Options icon is used to set options for Annihilator 1.0
The Undo option will undo your last action
The Copy icon will copy a selected area to the currently active section palette
The Paste icon will paste the current selection to the workspace
The Compress Map icon will let you compress a map to reduce file size and speed up the overall efficiency of the map.
The Map Settings icon will allow you to specify map settings such as sea level, wind speed, surface metal and other game play options.
The View Grid icon will allow you to view the map grid. 
The View Heightfield icon will display the height field grid.
The View Contour icon is used activate the contour map
The Grid Options icon will allow you to adjust the grid options such as grid spacing.
 The Height Options icon will let you adust the height options
The View Map Features will toggle the features on and off in the workspace
The View Starting Positions icon will toggle the startign positions on and off in the workspace
The Default Tool is used for selecting and placing features and sections in the workspace.
The selection tool is used to select an area on the workspace
The selection filter is used to adjust what gets selected when using the selection tool.