Community Map Editor for Anno 1800

This project is not affiliated in any way with Ubisoft.

Anno 1800 is a trademark of Ubisoft Entertainment in the US and/or other countries. Anno is a trademark of Ubisoft GmbH in the US and/or other countries.

Setup

You need to install .NET 6 to run the application. If you don't have it yet it will prompt you to download it. Select "Run desktop apps, Download x64".

Once started, the editor will detect your game path automatically. If it didn't find it, you'll need to set the path manually to your game or a folder with all RDA data/ extracted.

Features

open map templates from the game, or extracted files (.a7tinfo and FileDBReader .xml)
rearrange islands, change island pool type
save as ready-to-play mod (Old World in Sandbox mode only)
save as map template for manual modding

How to Use

Open an existing map, change it to your liking and safe it as a mod. Only Old World maps can currently be saved as mod. All other maps are only useful for modders.

Have a look at the Modding Guide if you need help how to create more complex map mods or even new sessions.

Sometimes you will see some warnings on the left side:

Too many small/medium/large pool islands: The game uses every island variation only once. If you have too many pool islands, the game will just omit the remaining ones.

Keep in mind, third party and pirate slots may turn into small islands depending on game settings.

Roadmap

change fixed islands type
resize session
fertilities, mine slots
save Cap Trelawney, Arctic, Enbesa as mod
save New World as mod mod after DLC12

There won't be a save as new region. It's not reliable to do so without manual editing.

Changelog

0.5

Add, remove, change pool islands

0.4

Move islands
Save as playable mod (Old World only)

0.3

Save/export to .a7tinfo and .xml files

0.2

Open maps from game archives
Auto-detect game data path

Notes

This project uses:

RDAExplorer (custom .NET6 build without WinForms)
FileDBReader

Cyclonit/AnnoMapEditor