Zealot888 Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 After finishing the SP game (I'm mostly a mp type of person), I am convinced that nothing but good things would result from Raven releasing the .map files of their levels. As a mapper I could learn so easily how they did things, without having to pester the forums, or wait months for some one else who figured it out to write a tutorial. There are also some very well done little prefabs. A fine example of this is their tie fighter or x-wing. The tie fighter looks outstanding. Even if I spent a long amount of time, my tie still wouldn't look nearly as detailed and crisp as the ties we saw in the single player levels. I plead the case that the entire editing community would flourish from Raven releasing the .map files to their levels. We could all learn how to map at a much faster rate, and we would be able to put out better quality maps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UniKorn Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 The Tie Fighter is a model, not a prefab. And they already released their EF maps, there is a lot you can learn from that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDarkSide Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 Do the EF maps come up right in Radiant if you don't have EF? Are the entities all messed up or did they use the same entity list for JK2? TDS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UniKorn Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 If you don't have ef they will not come up right no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zealot888 Posted May 6, 2002 Author Share Posted May 6, 2002 Yeah the tie fighters looked too good to be a prefab. Oh and what's EF mean? I want to learn how to make all that realistic looking blow in the wind grass/plants. Are those cool looking plants models too? I just think that if they're going to release the source code, I don't see the harm in releasing the .map's. It's a complement that all future mappers would be using their maps as refrences. The only way anything like this would be released is if people started to request it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cmdr. Antilles Posted May 6, 2002 Share Posted May 6, 2002 EF= Star Trek Voyager - Elite Force, Raven's last game. Those plants are actually new shaders. You can read about them in a doc that came with the GDK. I forgot the name of it, but it's in your 'Tools' folder. And it took forever to get Raven to release the EF .maps... Don't expect it to happen for JK2 any time soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UniKorn Posted May 7, 2002 Share Posted May 7, 2002 And since they will need approval from lucasarts as well it will probably take forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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