BF2 Editor Beta Released

[GameWizard]

The long anticipated Editor has finally been released! This is a must for any modder out there wanting to finally make all those creations you dreamed of. Please note that this is an Open Beta and will not feature a complete list of tutorials.
<blockquote>EA and DICE are pleased to announce that today, after two weeks of Closed Beta testing, we are releasing the first public version of the Battlefield 2 editor! Over the last couple of days you've probably seen some of the outstanding work that the Closed Beta teams have created using the tools, and now we're giving everyone else the chance to join the fun. Keep in mind that we are considering this release "Beta" software, so it’s still a little rough around the edges, though we’ve worked out many of the kinks. Also, though most core functionality is editable as of this release, there are several more advanced areas of the tools that are still being worked on. One example of of a tool to be delivered in a future update is the Single Player Editor.</blockquote>
Read the rest <a href="http://www.eagames.com/official/battlefield/battlefield2/us/editorial.jsp?src=mod_editor>here</a>.
Download the editor <a href="http://totalbf2.filecloud.com/files/file.php?user_file_id=40576>here</a>. (49.3mb)
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Mirrors:</b>
<b><a href="http://totalbf2.filecloud.com/files/file.php?user_file_id=40576>TotalBF2/Filecloud</a></b>
<a href="http://gamernode.com>GamerNode</a>
<a href="http://www.fileplanet.com/155852/150000/fileinfo/Battlefield-2-MOD-Editor>FilePlanet</a>
<a href="http://files.filefront.com/_Battlefield_2_Beta_MOD_Editor/;3992744;;/fileinfo.html>FileFront</a>
<a href="http://dlx.gamespot.com/pc/battlefield2/moreinfo_6130402.html>GameSpot</a>

You may also download a set of seven tutorials explaining how to use the editor, put together by EA, from our file library <a href="http://totalbf2.filecloud.com/files/file.php?user_file_id=40580>here</a>.

[troybob]

Go mods GO!

[Darksniper75]

Well, nice one, close the the other threads.

Cheers

[imported_<GN>John]

My original thread has been removed. This suits the news much better :p

[jdogg88-Fed]

yeah have had it and it rocks love the terrain editor thats fun to mess around with

[Johnny Bravo]

i PM GameWizard about the Editor

[imported_Bossman]

Nice, in the Level Editor there's an option for 128 player maps.

[gamer24]

now i can start working on my mod, and those sigs about bashing EA about the mod tools can now disappear.

[imported_<GN>John]

Yup. Cant wait to see some nice mods. I cant wait to test the rising conflicts mod!

[PointlesS]

anyone know how to have it install on windows 2000? bf2 installs and runs fine for me with windows 2000...but when I try to install the editor it says that it'll only install on windows xp so it won't even attempt to install...

[GameWizard]

Because Windows 2000 is not supported.

[David Champion]

Cool for the Mod Dev's but I have no patience for this. Good luck though, look forward to seeing what transpires.

[Charlesbian]

and [EA]God said...let there be mods

[wartorn]

Nice, in the Level Editor there's an option for 128 player maps.


Maybe we can get CERN to host one of those on Sundays! :D

(that is very cool though)

[Mateus]

Yes! I agree, Go MODS, GO!!
Not that all of us don't already have a copy of the leaked version (Lmao) but I guess this one will probably have some improvments like layout saving correctly and ofcourse the massive problem of maps not even loading.

For those that wonder, here's a preview of the terrain editing:

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/2462/notexture4va.jpg

[andy2006]

hey toybob long time no see around how goes things ?

can someone confirm this has the ability to import maps from reg old bf and make them compatible with bf2 with minimum hassle ?

[GameWizard]

You cannot import maps from the old BF2 directly, however you may convert them. Such as re-importing the heightmap into this editor, and so on.

[littlejay]

*takes out people to get to editor*


there goes all of my free time now :cry:

[={SOC}= Sniper]

Woot This Rocks Woot Woot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[imported_<GN>John]

Something was wrong with the gamernode link and it was giving out the FEAR single player demo.....so i apologize for that and now both downloads for the editor works.

Again sorry about the mess up.

[BOBSONATOR025]

for all you 64 bit people out there.... there is no compatibility... :cry


WAITYES IT DOES!!!! right click and go to compatibility!!!!!



OMG OMG OMG OMG WOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!

too bad i dont know how to use it..

[C11.Nemisis]

start cranking out those mods

[sicdeath]

Sweet news. Now I want to see mods :)

-rahul

[littlejay]

while i download im in paint thinking up new ideas for maps :D

later ima work with another mapper so 2 great minds will make a better map :)

i want a good urban map tho. maybe like only 2 openings to the city and flags in them.

[Souljah]

Niiiiice! its great that their gonna have a website dedicated to the modders, lovely!

[imported_kermit]

We are going we are a modding :rolleyes:

[ace203]

bout time.......

[DeathGiver]

and [EA]God said...let there be mods

How about a sound mod? I hope it has an tool like BF42 did for sounds.

[DoomSayer]

You cannot import maps from the old BF2 directly, however you may convert them. Such as re-importing the heightmap into this editor, and so on.
You need to unzip the client and server zips into the main mod directory, then BF2 maps can be messed with in the editor.

[PBAsydney]

RUSH! Who will be the first to release a total conversion?? :D

[Hayden-G]

does it come with textures, or do you have to import your own... and why cant it be as easy as bfv... the editor is easy... this one is all code, programing, and well not the easiest. I like how the command and conquer editor is, raise and lower.. you selcet your texture and just click where you want it. It was simple to add water.. drag and drop trees, vehicles, and all that good stuff. I like the bfv editor

[jdogg88-Fed]

and [EA]God said...let there be mods
lol well there already is a ton of mods just wish some servers had them

[jdogg88-Fed]

for all you 64 bit people out there.... there is no compatibility... :cry:
i know how u feel and god it sucks cause my good vid card is fried and im done to 64bit and doesnt work anymore

[aznsensation18]

coo beans...

[AT39]

I'm more excited about the as-yet-to-be-released Single player editor. I'm not much at modding, but I can try to make some interesting new maps for my little bro, as my mom doesn't want hime to play online. Also for me for during connection outages or when I can't find a good server.

[Tazdrummer]

for all you 64 bit people out there.... there is no compatibility... :cry:

Worked for me.... if you know how to do it. :D

[chrilyng]

To make a level you definately need about 2 gig's of ram or a half an hour to load :)

[At0micfly]

To Ea:
Thanks! Much Appreciated!

[Pvt. Ryan]

I hope someone makes a Battlecraft 2, this map editor is hard as hell to use.

[BOBSONATOR025]

Worked for me.... if you know how to do it. :D

i did it nvm

[={SOC}= Sniper]

Wow i cant wait f0r xww2 and FH and OTHER mods.

[Cuttooth]

Time to see how long it takes me, on my own, with no past experience, to make a complete version of BF1942. Of course, I'll probably give up after trying to make Wake...

[Johnny Bravo]

:cry: :cry:

[DMC]

Added TBF2 file mirror.

[Sir. SashDaMan]

...Downloaded..Sweet I can't wait to use it and make some maps n men hopefully!

[Osirus]

Wow i cant wait f0r xww2 and FH and OTHER mods.

We have been hard at work for a few weeks now :)
Very early screens

http://berlin.schoeldgen.de/bf1942/bf2/dukw3.jpg

http://berlin.schoeldgen.de/bf1942/bf2/Pz3j2.jpg

http://berlin.schoeldgen.de/bf1942/bf2/churchill2.jpg

[Dr.D]

Go mods GO!

Couldnt have said it better my self

[={SOC}= Sniper]

super spamming wont help ;) NICE models very early tho!!! SKins OWN GO XWW2 OSIRUS!!!!!

[Napalmas]

I don't usually download mod tools of any sort, but for bf2 I'll make an exception. Who knows maybe I'll even be able to do something with it.

[1_juif]

nice !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[J0lin]

Because Windows 2000 is not supported.

Technically the editor is not supported at all. They must be doing some really fancy stuff if 2k can't handle it. Give me a break...

[$G-MONEY SMITH$]

wow this blows my mind :p

[Lt.Phillips]

The editor is so buggy. It doesnt load maps, its slow, and its UGLY

[Tk-421]

Go mods GO!


I feel a little bird & a gazelle coming to BF2 very soon...... :p

And yes, they will fly like they're supposed to. DC STYLE. :D

[L$D-Wrath]

whats this shiznit? We cant change guns?

[GameLogic] : Setting GameStatus 1
Ignored Warning[GameLogic] : Kit template not found US_Specops
Ignored Warning[GameLogic] : Kit template not found US_Sniper
Ignored Warning[GameLogic] : Kit template not found US_Assault
Ignored Warning[GameLogic] : Kit template not found US_Support
Ignored Warning[GameLogic] : Kit template not found US_Engineer
Ignored Warning[GameLogic] : Kit template not found US_Medic
Ignored Warning[GameLogic] : Kit template not found US_AT

NM ... i think you have to make em first

[gino23]

i heard these are easy tools? is it true?

[blnz]

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee :D :D!!

[EdanA]

mods should only be a month or two away..... surely.. im just going to make a map or two, so people have an alternative to mashtur and karkand

[SL4Y3R]

damnit i want tools now! stupid filecloud only givin me 68kbps!

[rockhound]

hmmm, any1 has some tutorials how to create maps?
because i don't understland **** from this tool

[DoubleVee]

hmmm, any1 has some tutorials how to create maps?
because i don't understland **** from this tool

lol, same...

[IndiQa]

now i can start working on my mod, and those sigs about bashing EA about the mod tools can now disappear.

Not Quite Yet

And the Max Tools are WHERE ??

[gx.]

i miss battlecraft

[gamer24]

We got the mod tools like DICE said, so the ea bashing mod tools sigs can now go away.

[wolverine77]

when this is a perfect game the bashing will stop.....but there is no such thing as a perfect game so....



anyone running any mods yet? Got an IP??

[Hannez]

We got the mod tools like DICE said, so the ea bashing mod tools sigs can now go away.

Agreed, i hate those little bastards who just whine about everything, you got BF2 and mod tools (beta), so be happy. Three or four months ago people didn't even got bf2 demo and they were wanting it so badly and now they want more. They probably get everything from their rich parents, spoiled little a######s. Yarr! :mad:

BF2 rox! :cool:

[Johnny Bravo]

My BF2 Editor doesn't work,i can't make maps :cry:

[Hannez]

Tutorials for the tool are here (http://www.battle.fi/download.php?id=235) and here (http://www.fileplanet.com/155858/download/Battlefield-2-MOD-Tutorial)

[Johnny Bravo]

no i mean i get error

[littlejay]

its slow and chuggy. i agree battlecraft is loads better

[chrilyng]

http://homepage.eircom.net/~kdjac/BF2%20Mapping%20Tutorial.htm

[={SOC}= Sniper]

Its A Beta Ffs.

[Trevfirestorm]

>< takes more than half an hour to load the damn terrain editor for me.... my system sux so bad... havent had the patience to actually do anything

[jimb0]

This is a hell of a good editor. Anybody complaining about it and saying battlecraft is better is forgetting that:

1. Mapping for BF2 has a lot more features so the map editor WILL be more complicated and WILL be slower compared to Battlecraft

2. This is not only a map editor but an integrated mod editor, much like Epic's UnrealEd, so if you're complaining because there are too many features, maybe you shouldn't even try modding

This map editor is the tool the DICE guys themselves used to make the game. It did run perfectly well on my computer, and it's a very low-end machine on the BF2 specs. If your computer can't run BF2, don't even try running the editor, duh.

Instead of complaining because you can't click one button to create a perfect map magically and with no effort, go read the tutorials, they're actually very good.

There's not much stopping people from working on full mods already. If you think the DC guys spent their whole day complaining on forums about the tools instead of actually working on their mod, think again.

[Ice_Man]

Maybe it being hard to use will prevent the world to be spammed with retarded maps made by people with no clue. I think the editor is great, and seems easy, similar to Battelcraft42 and Editor42 in many ways.

[imported_angelofdeath]

well i like it, it's a bit slow alright, but not really any more so than every other editor i've used, i think it's pretty easy to use, movement is nice, it reminds me of sandbox the way you just paint onto one 3d viewport

[ttwkx]

My problem with the editor is after i create the terrain and and add all my vehicles,spawn points,flags etc.. and all is down to the tee of the tutorial i go to run the local game with the map,and it starts to load fine all the way up to when the join button appears and once u select it it crashes to desktop,now my friend got his map to load the 1st time but after that it does same thing we have made 2 more maps to get the same result if have any ideas let us know thanks.

[littlejay]

ued is best ive seen so far. just the game get boring fast :p

[L$D-Wrath]

how hard is it to make Muyltiplayer? we need MP mods

[C60.AIRBOURNE]

I wish the best of luck and expediance to the modders, something i always wished i could do. :(

[gamer24]

Making multiplayer mods are easy or hard depending on what you are doing, if your just changing around some of the specs and code then it is easy, but once you start adding in new models it gets hard.

[Imaginary Turtle]

Is this the editor with mapping tools?

[DMC]

Is this the editor with mapping tools?
Correct.

[pepsi_max2k]

followed tutorials 1 & 2, load map, hit join, ctd. :rolleyes:

as for the actual editor, s'ok. never used one before, but at least i'm not put off by this one. painting terrain textures is a little choppy, but well bearable. a few too many windows about, i'm gonna have to finally change from 1024*768 to use it propery. fwiw i've got 2500+ stock, 1.5 gigs ram, 9600 pro.

[ttwkx]

we were able to make the map according to the tutorial and load it but we tried using more vehicles all linked up with spawn points correctly and diff textures for terrain and it wilkl load all the way up to join and then will crash,we have tried 3 more timews and same result anyone have a idea
pent4 2.6 256mb nividia 1.5g ram

[pepsi_max2k]

found my answer to the ctd issue in another thread - change terrain video quality to medium, it crashed the thing when it's on low.

[ttwkx]

yea that worked thanks,but i still see like the checkered board in the distance and i have applied texture to all of the map its like u can see 100ft around u but everything else is checkered any ideas of why this is . thanks

[`danny]

Man I just got home from vacation, happy it's finally out. I'll probaly make a cool map for my clan this week :)

[Ion]

I think I'm gonna try my hand at this modding thing ;)

[SierraHotel]

This sounds cool. Ive never tried my hand at any serious modding, but maybe I'll start with BF2. BTW, does anyone know when the normal (non-beta) version will be released?

[ToneDog]

hope non-beta support win2000

my hands are getting itchy because i can't get my hands on the editor

[Punisher18]

dam man 50.5 meg's lol

[Punisher18]

wow man i tried to use it but it is so comlicated to me lol. i was hoping for like a click on a building and paste it in but you have to get the whole texture in and i cant even get the first level in for some reason ????

[Death Touch]

Yeah, I have to agree. This Editor is giving me problems. I can't make heads or tails of it. Wish it was just a tad bit user friendly/intuitive.
I would be happy if I could load some scenery in it! Let alone even make a map or a Mod!
lol

[wolverine77]

the editor is hard to use, for the noob its a nightmare