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GavinYao

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Hi guys, I'm a new modder trying to make my own mod but i encountered some problems.
1. what's the difference between an anchor and a "map object"? it seems to me anchor is about road and map object is abot the "city" that you can actually see in the game. but in map editor if i delete an anchor the name of the city just gone, so which one is linked to the city or its name?
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2. i found the way to change the index of an anchor by deleting the roads connected to it, by i can't delete an map object( the button is grey) or change its name( every time i tried the game CTD), so how to delete an object( lets say i want to delete a state regions so i need to get rid of 4 or 5 useless map objects)? and if i went to change the type of a place( like from farm to city) how to do it, by changing the index of anchor or somehow change the name of the object?
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Not sure about most of your questions, but I'd imagine to remove the "locator" map object you need to remove the corresponding hub in the state data file.

If you already removed the state region from your mod, I'm not sure why it'd prevent you from deleting the hub locators.