Tutorial 1 — Basic Editor Setup
This tutorial will help you set up your game correctly for using the map editor.
1. Enabling the Editor
Navigate to your user folder – C:\Users\<username>\Documents\Euro Truck Simulator 2 by default – and open config.cfg in a text editor.
Find the line g_developer "0" and change the value to "2". Then find g_console "0" and change the value to "1".
Next time you launch the game, you’ll be able to load the editor using the console command edit. Before you do this however, you should make one more change to enable saving of maps.
2. Enabling Saves
The editor saves maps to a directory in the executable folder, however this folder does not exist by default, and the editor produces an error rather than saving.
Go to your executable folder – C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Euro Truck Simulator 2 by default – and then create a folder called base, then another folder inside this one called map.
That’s it! you’re ready to start mapping.
A Note on loading saved maps
The process for loading maps is somewhat laborious, as the editor can only use game files that are currently loaded by the game.
You should complete the next tutorial in a single sitting if possible, but if you need to load your saved process for any reason, skip to tutorial 3, where the process of loading your maps into the game is detailed.