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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: List of Level Editors, Quake Army Knife, Online Creation, Unrealed, Gtkradiant, Visual Pinball, Valve Hammer Editor, Moo Mapper, Pinball Construction Set, Warcraft Iii World Editor, Visual3d Game Engine, Sandbox, Irredit, Tume, Tile Studio, Level Editor, Simpe, 3d World Studio, Dromed, Sourena 3d World Editor, Mapster, Tomb Raider Level Editor, Lunar Magic. Excerpt: Developer(s) : Leadwerks Software 3D World Studio is a map/level editor for use with Torque Game Engine , DarkBasic Pro , Leadwerks Engine and Blitz3D . The program is developed by Leadwerks Software and is distributed by both Leadwerks Software and The Game Creators in a Standard Edition and a Builder Edition. Both editions include the basic 3D World Studio Editor. The only difference between the two editions is that Builder Edition includes a large asset library including many models, textures, sprites, and example 3D World Studio maps. The library of assets is mailed via CD, but the editor comes in an electronic download. Video Tutorials Websites (URLs online) References (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at DromEd is the level editor for Looking Glass Studios ' proprietary Dark engine , which was used to power the computer games Thief , Thief II , and System Shock 2 . It was originally used in the design of Thief I , but after a petition from the fan community it was released to the public, as were later versions. The program itself is very buggy and unpredictable, as virtually no improvements were made prior to public release. There are four different versions of DromEd: for Thief I , for Thief Gold , for Thief II , and lastly for System Shock 2 , commonly called "ShockEd." DromEd for Thief I and Thief Gold use the same version of the Dark Engine and therefore can open levels created for eac...