tFighterPilot Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 It's from 1999 but still working! http://media.pc.gamespy.com/media/617/617664/img_2161924.html Few to none of you have played Battlezone 2, and most probably none of you have ever found out its map editor, which is hidden as a cheat code. It's a great map editor for terrain, yet not nearly as good as Radiant for other stuff, that's why everything but the terrain is done in 3D Studio Max. My guess that the entire Kamino and Bespin levels were done in 3D Studio Max, as the map editor it self won't do. Anyway, that means that mapping for this game will be very easy, as easy as making a map for a strategy game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiroki Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 I have BZII, but I never did find out the map editor. What is the code for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tFighterPilot Posted June 14, 2004 Author Share Posted June 14, 2004 In single player (either instant mission or campaign) press CTRL + ~ Now write game.cheat bzeditor You will hear a man's voice (probably one of the developers) saying something like "Edit on" Press CTRL + E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiroki Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 Thanks alot, I should reinstall the old game and have some fun with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountainforest Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 Never heard of battlezone 2. One question: How do you know map-edeting will get very easy by knowing what map editor battlezone 2 has? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tFighterPilot Posted June 14, 2004 Author Share Posted June 14, 2004 Originally posted by jasperw Never heard of battlezone 2. One question: How do you know map-edeting will get very easy by knowing what map editor battlezone 2 has? It's the exact same editor, I know everything about it, and it's not much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountainforest Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 Originally posted by tFighterPilot It's the exact same editor, I know everything about it, and it's not much. O, they are gonna use that editor of yours also for battefront? And it's simple to use? Maybe I'll try to design a map of my own, never did it before. I'll look if I can download it somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tFighterPilot Posted June 14, 2004 Author Share Posted June 14, 2004 For reference, that's a pic from Battlzone 2 map editor http://www.angelfire.com/droid/tfighterpilot/BZ_Mapeditor.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountainforest Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 Originally posted by tFighterPilot For reference, that's a pic from Battlzone 2 map editor http://www.angelfire.com/droid/tfighterpilot/BZ_Mapeditor.JPG I'm only getting a "Image hosted by Angelfire" message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mountainforest Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 Thanks BTW, that tatooine picture you posted before is really nice. We actually the first (part of a) map from battelfront. Really nice, really tatooine. I can't wait to play this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tFighterPilot Posted June 15, 2004 Author Share Posted June 15, 2004 Originally posted by jasperw Thanks BTW, that tatooine picture you posted before is really nice. We actually the first (part of a) map from battelfront. Really nice, really tatooine. And really easy to make. He just randomly put houses, how hard can it be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountainforest Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 Originally posted by tFighterPilot And really easy to make. He just randomly put houses, how hard can it be? Well, if it is a nice map, I don't care how easy it is to make. And if nice maps are easy to make, I'd like to try to make one on my one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tFighterPilot Posted June 15, 2004 Author Share Posted June 15, 2004 I only hope the map editor won't be hidden as they've done with Battlezone2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler_Durden Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 How do you know that's the map editor pandemic is gonna release for battlefront? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountainforest Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 Originally posted by Tyler_Durden How do you know that's the map editor pandemic is gonna release for battlefront? He saw a screenshot (scroll up) where you saw a part of the tatooine map in that editor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler_Durden Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 I don't see anything indicating that it is in fact tatooine. It looks like just a surface with sand. It could be anything. Although it would be cool if that was the editor and the supposed ease of use would help me build the best maps i could think of. EDIT: Oh i see what you're saying. The screenshot of tatooine is using the same editor as the one that you used for battlezone. Cool, well it looks like i'll be going into the planning stages for my maps now. Can't wait for this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkAngel619 Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 Just to answer some of your questions. It is the old battlezone 2 editor but alot more advanced. It is Tattoine. It is easy to put things on the map. It won't be available with the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Percopius Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 Hi, The editor is based on on the editor you may have used in BZ2, but it is expanded in capability and does not work like the BZ2 editor, in that you could activate the BZ2 editor from within the game. It is not really designed at this point to be a slick user editor. To really use the editor like we do, you would have to have access to all the raw data files that make up the level files, which are 'munged' (compressed) into that file. Perhaps you could uncompress the various compressed files with a hack, but you would also need a copy of the current editor and some other tools we use, or hack the BZ2 editor to work on the SWB files. Maybe that is possible, I'm not sure as I have not keep up with the BZ2 editing comunity and the current level of hacking talent working with it. Hopefully the users will push us (Lucas Arts-Pandemic) to release a refined editor for users, if that is something a lot of people will really want. Perc. P.S. Level design is easy if you have complete freedom to do what you want. We have to please and consider many different opinions, and work in a large team, with diverse goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tFighterPilot Posted June 21, 2004 Author Share Posted June 21, 2004 OMG! Not one but two of the devs have posted here! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountainforest Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 Nice, they should do that a lot more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevhision Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 Thank you sooo much for responding. Its nice to know that someone up there is hearing our prayers...reading our posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 What system was the battlezone duology for? and what's dev stand for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Percopius Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 1. Battlezone 2 was / is for PC 2. Dev=Developer (the people who make the game) Perc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler_Durden Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 To the devs: As a gamer and an editor, i think it would be safe to say that many out there would like an editor for this game to build their own levels. I for one have some ideas on levels i would like to build as well and i' sure some of the guys on this board have a lot of other ideas. Please, if possible, release an editor to help us realize these ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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