Free, Plus and Pro
Most of RustEdit is free. Two paid tiers add more: RustEdit Plus and RustEdit Pro. You buy them as a subscription on RustHQ. Each tier has its own features and every feature of the tiers under it, so RustEdit Pro has everything in RustEdit Plus.
What each tier includes
Free
Everything that is not listed below, for example:
- Make, open, save and export maps, and open maps that have a password.
- All terrain tools, custom topology layers and the Prefab Brush.
- Place and edit prefabs, custom monuments, IO wiring, loot and vending profiles.
- Road, river, rail, powerline, APC and cargo paths.
- Procedural generation, spawn groups, map tools and the RustHQ marketplace.
RustEdit Plus
RustEdit Plus| Feature | What it adds |
|---|---|
| Map password | Save a map and its exported .map with a password. |
| Tunnel Editor | Lay out the train tunnels, stations and entrances on the map. |
| Play mode | Walk the map as a player and use its doors and IO. |
| Gallery uploads | Upload screenshots of the scene view to the gallery. |
| AI access | Let AI apps on your computer use RustEdit's tools. |
RustEdit Pro
RustEdit ProEverything in RustEdit Plus, and:
| Feature | What it adds |
|---|---|
| Terrain Graph | Build terrain generators from nodes, with live preview. |
| Cliff Brush | Place cliff and rock sets along a line or over an area. |
| Multiplayer | Host or join a session and edit one map together. The host and each person who joins need RustEdit Pro. |
| Terrain splines | The Road Bed, Ridge / Canyon, Shape Area and Paint Area spline types. |
| Prefab splines | The Prefab Line and Prefab Area spline types. |
| AI tools for the Terrain Graph and the Cliff Brush | AI apps can use these two tools too. |
Without RustEdit Pro, you cannot use or the Multiplayer panel.
How locked features look
RustEdit shows locked features, so you know they are there. It never hides them.
- Tool bar buttons are grayed out. Click one, and Notifications says This feature requires RustEdit Plus or This feature requires RustEdit Pro.
- Menu items, for example in and , are disabled. A click shows the same message and closes the menu.
- A locked panel that opens from a saved layout shows only the message, not its contents.
- The play button and the gallery screenshot button in the scene view header are dimmed. Hover over them to see which tier they need.
- Locked spline types are faded in the spline type list and cannot be picked.
- Map passwords. Without RustEdit Plus, RustEdit does not ask for a password when you save. If the open scene has a password, RustEdit asks: Map passwords need RustEdit Plus. This scene will be saved without its password. Save anyway?
When you unlock a tier, locked features unlock within a second. You do not have to restart.
Unlock a tier
- Buy RustEdit Plus or RustEdit Pro on the RustEdit subscribe page.
- In RustEdit, open .
- Click Sign In With RustHQ and sign in in your web browser.
- The dialog shows your license, for example RustEdit license: RustEdit Pro, until and a date.
If you were signed in already when you bought the tier, click Refresh in the same dialog.
The license is for this computer. It keeps working offline until it ends, then RustEdit renews it by itself. See Installation.
Troubleshooting
| Problem | What to do |
|---|---|
| The dialog says No RustEdit license on this computer yet. | Sign in, or click Refresh if you are signed in. |
| The dialog says Your RustEdit license has ended. Press Refresh after you renew it on RustHQ. | Renew the subscription on RustHQ, then click Refresh. |
| The dialog says The RustEdit license on this computer cannot be used. Press Refresh to get a new one. | Click Refresh. This happens when the license file was changed or copied from another computer, or when the computer's clock was set back. Check the date and time of your computer first. |
More in Common problems.