3. User Interface

Here’s a general overview over the user interface of the Imperial Commander Editor. You can find out more in the pages detailing the respective sections.

Overview

The ICE interface is divided into four basic elements.

Tool bar (1-9)
You can find the basic functions like opening and saving the mission, create new items and switch sections in the tool bar.

Tab bar (10-15)
The tab bar gives you control over what the editor shows.

Items List (16-25)
The left side of the screen displays a list of triggers and events.

Editor Screen (26)
The editor screen changes depending on which tab you're in, and is where most of the work will take place.

No.	Explanation
1	Open the project manager.
2	Open a saved mission.
3	Save the current mission.
4	Save the current mission as a new file.
5	Create a new trigger.
6	Create a new event.
7	Create a new section.
8	Change the active section.
9	Perform a mission health check (see Technical Tips & Tricks).
10	Open the Mission Settings.
11	Open the Section Overview.
12	Open the Map Editor.
13	Open Enemy Group Management.
14	Open the Section / Mission Properties.
15	Open the Character Designer.
16	Switch between displaying Global and Section items. When switched off, the lists only display the items belonging to the active section.
17	This is a list of the available triggers (either Global triggers or belonging to the active section).
18	Create a new trigger.
19	Delete a selected trigger.
20	Edit a selected trigger. You can also just double-click a trigger to edit it.
21	This is a list of the available events (either Global triggers or belonging to the active section).
22	Create a new event.
23	Delete a selected event.
24	Edit a selected event. You can also just double-click an event to edit it.
25	Duplicate an event with all descriptions, event actions, and settings.
26	This is the main editor screen. It changes depending on which tab you're in.

Editor Screens

The editor screen changes depending on which tab you have selected.

Name	Explanation
Mission Settings	The Mission Settings allow you to control basic parameters of the mission, such as mission name and description, initial groups and priority targets.
Section Overview	The Section Overview displays the various sections and allows you to edit their properties.
Map Editor	The Map Editor is used to build the map, assign tiles to sections and place map entities on the tiles.
Enemy Group Management	Enemy Group Management allows you to set initial and reserved groups as well as their deployment points and custom instructions, if any.
Properties	In the Properties screen you can edit the section properties and create, edit and delete Event Groups and Random Map Entity Groups.

Mission Settings

No.	Explanation
1	Set the mission name and a general description that is displayed when selecting the mission in the app (for example the mission card text). Under Additional Info you can add a single line of information shown on the setup screen. Use this, for example, to tell players that they are not allowed to bring certain allies.
2	Enter the name of the campaign the mission belongs to, if any.
3	Select the mission type (Story, Side, Forced) and assign any traits (such as Agenda, Personal, Finale... Also, if this is an adaptation of an official mission, select the Mission ID according to the list found here. Note: When you select "Side" as the mission type, the Saga app automatically increases threat by twice the threat level and resolves an optional deployment at the beginning of the mission.
4	Set the priority target. The priority target determines who the Imperial figures try to attack. This is usually chosen randomly between any healthy rebel figure, but in some missions it makes sense to set a specific priority target, such as a hero, an ally, or a general descriptor like “the Rebel carrying the mission token”. Priority targets can be changed through event actions later.
5	Set which factions to allow for open groups. Most missions allow both, but some limit the choices.
6	Set whether the Rebels control a specific ally from the start. If a specific ally is deployed later by an event, use an event action for that.
7	Set the initial Reposition Instructions, if any. They are displayed in each instruction window.
8	Determine whether a specific ally is banned. In some missions, no allies are allowed.
9	Each mission starts with an event displaying the mission briefing. Create the event, then select it here.
10	Set the starting mission information. This is basic information about what the heroes need to do do win or lose.
11	Set the starting objective. This is a quick reminder of what the heroes need to do.
12	If you want to ban certain groups from appearing (such as Tusken Raiders on Hoth), select the group here and click the + to add them to the Banned Groups. You can remove groups from the list by selecting them and clicking the red X.
13	Set the language of the mission.

Section Overview

No.	Explanation
1	Create a new section.
2	Open the Section Properties.
3	Open the Map Editor.
4	Delete the section.

Map Editor

Working with the Map Editor is detailed on the page Creating Maps and Map Entities.

No.	Explanation
1	The main portion of the screen displays the map and all map entities of all sections.
2	A list of common actions for map entities, such as duplicating them, switching to the map section of an entity, or removing them.
3	A list of all tiles used in the map. The list can be filtered to only show tiles from the active section.
4	A list of map entities. The list can be filtered to only show entities from the active section.
5	Properties of the selected entity. Scroll down to view all properties.
6	Center the map on the general canvas or the selected tile / entity.
7	A list of icons to add tiles, crates, terminals, doors, deployment points, tokens, and highlights.

Enemy Group Management

No.	Explanation
1	Select a group you want to set as Initial or Reserved.
2	Save the selected group as Initial or Reserved.
3	Click here to open the group's properties (see bottom left window).
4	Click here to remove the group from the list.
5	You can set a custom name to display instead of the general name.
6	If you want the group to have custom instructions, set them here and decide whether they are full replacements for instructions or are added to the top / bottom of the instruction list.
7	By default, enemy figures target a random healthy Rebel. Click here if you want to assign different priority targets.
8	Select the deployment point where the group should be deployed. You can set individual deployment points for each figure in the group.

Mission / Section Properties

No.	Explanation
1	In the left part of the screen you can change the name of the active section.
2	If you want the active section to be hidden when starting the mission, toggle this to Yes.
3	Here you can find several statistics for the active section.
4	In the right part you can create, edit and delete Event Groups and Random Map Entity Groups.
5	Create a new Event Group / Random Map Entity Group.
6	Edit the selected Event Group / Random Map Entity Group.
7	Delete the selected Event Group / Random Map Entity Group.

Character Designer

See Character Designer.