Map Editor in Mods Question

[Verigen]

Other than replacing the game files with the mod files I can see no way to use the map edditor in mods. I'd like to build my own maps in some of the mods I play but it currently takes so long that by the time I have finished I no longer want to play. Is there no other way? Am I doomed to move files just to create one time maps?

Thanks in advance.

[ZeroAdunn]

Ya, it does take a long time, most people just generate the map and then modify it.

[Taz-in-Space]

In moving maps from mod to mod, you have to be careful that the system graphics are supported. Example: a map made with Gold 1.67 and containing the 'plant' graphics will not work corectly in say SEIV Version 1.49