With this plug-in for Magic Set Editor 2, anyone can create rather authentic looking Middle-earth CCG card images in just a few moments. The plug-in contains a regular template for MeCCG cards, as well as templates for Dream Cards and Virtual Cards.
Installation:
- Download MSE and install it.
- Download the plug-in and uncompress it.
- Copy the fonts from \meccg-fonts folder to c:\windows\fonts or wherever your computer put its fonts.
- Copy all other meccg-folders to c:\Program Files\Magic Set Editor 2\data (modify the path correspondingly if you chose to install MSE elsewhere).
- Click on Add Card (at the right of the top toolbar)
- Click on the card frame (anywhere that is not within a dotted field) and change the card type to what you want.
- Fill in the fields bordered by dotted lines.
- Some fields do not show the appropriate icons until you type something in them (Mind, Influence, Sp etc.)
- You can transform letters [dDsSbBfFHKRwc] to region and site symbols ( )from Format->Insert Symbol menu, or with Ctrl+M (where applicable, DC template has additional symbols, which you can find from the menu).
- MeCCG cards do not show rarity, but you can define it anyway by clicking the invisible field below the "Set" field on the bottom right.
- You can select the fields you want to see in the card list (on the right) from the menu: Cards -> Card List Columns…
- Edit the details of your set from “Set info” tab.
- Save your set (File -> Save)
- Export it as individual JPEGs or as xml (GCCG-compatible)
- Lithos font does not have a “+” sign.
- Card title font is not the absolute correct one.
- Export xml template is out of date with all the new DC additions.
- Xml is exported with wrong encoding (Solution: open with Notepad and Save as… with ANSI encoding before using with GCCG).
- Got more?
- marcos (VC template)
- Skafger and IhsanShade (DC template)
- Adanedhel and VastorPer (ideas and QA)