The Spell Editor was my third program for Populous, I didn't really have much purpose for it to begin with other than to make something that could edit the header files used in the levels. It wasn't until later that it was used to help map makers change the settings for their level, such as the landscape, spells and buildings available on the level.

 

 

The original version was written in late 2003 to early 2004 after decoding the file structure of the header files. The program was written in VB6 and gave the user a nice graphical interface to edit the files using large buttons and spell/hut images from the game. The program was regularly updated to add new features and was released on Ted's Populous Site.

 

In mid 2007, I rewrote the Spell Editor in Visual Basic .NET to give the program a better design, add more features and to develop it in a more modern language so that it worked better on newer computers. It also gave me experience using the .NET Framework.