Battlezone Universe

Battlezone Universe => Battlezone 2 => Maps and Modding => Topic started by: Hurricane on November 23, 2008, 07:41:18 PM

Title: Map Editing Tools
Post by: Hurricane on November 23, 2008, 07:41:18 PM
Can someone tell me which ones are the two best?
By that I mean:

-Easiest to use
-Most objects, etc.
Title: Re: Map Editing Tools
Post by: Warfreak on November 23, 2008, 07:48:01 PM
Ctrl + E is your friend.

Enter "game.cheat bzedit" if you need to in the console. Or if on 1.3, start up the separate bz2edit.exe in the root folder. you still need to press Ctrl + E after pulling up the program or console line.
Title: Re: Map Editing Tools
Post by: AHadley on November 23, 2008, 08:17:54 PM
All you need is Battlezone 2 and an operating system that will run it. I suppose a text editor would be useful, but there's normally one of those in each OS... I have yet to see one without one, if you know what I mean.
Title: Re: Map Editing Tools
Post by: mrtwosheds on November 23, 2008, 10:31:17 PM
winterODL.exe
Title: Re: Map Editing Tools
Post by: Feared_1 on November 24, 2008, 05:08:16 AM
Quote from: mrtwosheds on November 23, 2008, 10:31:17 PM
winterODL.exe

Only if you want to change the overall size of the map, create a new map from a picture, or make big time changes.

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What version are you using? If you're using 1.2, download Editor 2.0+ (http://www.bzscrap.com/downloads/Utilities/editor_2.0_.zip) from BZSCRAP. That has most of the assets (including broken ones, ones that give you errors or are incomplete) in data.pak that the other editor doesn't.

The 1.3 editor has everything you need (unbroken assets) already included.
Title: Re: Map Editing Tools
Post by: Nielk1 on November 24, 2008, 05:33:05 AM
Quote from: Feared_1 on November 24, 2008, 05:08:16 AM
Only if you want to change the overall size of the map, create a new map from a picture, or make big time changes.

Or create perfect symmetry.
Title: Re: Map Editing Tools
Post by: mrtwosheds on November 24, 2008, 07:42:13 PM
Or just make a real nice looking map in a reasonably short time.
Title: Re: Map Editing Tools
Post by: lucky_foot on November 24, 2008, 08:35:13 PM
or do all thee above.

(sorry, not helpful...just in a good mood. :D )
Title: Re: Map Editing Tools
Post by: Warfreak on November 25, 2008, 03:29:03 AM
HOWEVER... Winter ONLY deals with TERRAIN.

you will STILL need to add objects in the editor. Also, ANOTHER advantage of winter, a certain layer actually sets AI boundaries.  :-D
Title: Re: Map Editing Tools
Post by: GreenHeart on November 26, 2008, 01:01:48 AM
Quote from: Warfreak on November 25, 2008, 03:29:03 AM
a certain layer actually sets AI boundaries.  :-D

Actually nothing sets the ai boundaries.  I've had one unit go way past that point to where the game av'd.  It was the entire reason the mega's sentinal unit uses 'DefendArea" to keep from going straight off the map.
Title: Re: Map Editing Tools
Post by: Hurricane on November 26, 2008, 04:11:32 AM
Thanks for your help.
I have Editor 2.0: the one I used before I quit two years ago.

P.S. I'm making an ODF mod. I don't know when it will be done, but it's all stock stuff.
I'll describe it in another post.