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$pyker
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Re: Where to start mapping?

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i cant find any tuts on how to do intersections do you know of any good ones rhino? also my road does this when i apply spline

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Re: Where to start mapping?

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still unsure as to how to make them work doesn't explain it well thanks anyway any idea on my screenie above what has happened?
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Re: Where to start mapping?

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is the mapping guidlines for 0.75 the same for 0.8? or is it just not updated yet?

https://www.realitymod.com/forum/f189-m ... lines.html
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Re: Where to start mapping?

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i giving up with mapping everytime i apply spline with road it does that thing in my previous posts screenie, looked everywhere for a solution still cant find one
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Re: [Tutorial List ] Where to start mapping?

Post by Proff3ssorXman »

Alright, 4 more exams then it's just 2 weeks of bludging school. I reckon I'm gonna give mapping a shot as you don't need any fancy expensive programmes.

Cheers for the Tutorials Rhino,
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Re: [Tutorial List ] Where to start mapping?

Post by SprinterOz »

Hi all hope I have posted this in the right spot

I have been doing the tuts and found them very handy and they have become my bible for bf2 mapping. :mrgreen:

But while I was building this big map 512 x4 I have come across a lot of problems. One of the problems is that I can see throw the textures when testing the map on a local server.

I have also done a bf2 shortcut so I can run the game in window mod and at 800 x 600 allowing me to see any errors. But the problem is that the game crashers now i have set up overgrowth textures and will not load past 16% and the bf2 local server crashers back to desktop with no error? :-(

I have done screen shots of all the data in the bf2 editor.
Just note that the file is 13 MB big. Also note you will have to Zoom in to see the script as the screenshot has all the map info from start to the point i am now.

Download JPG page here: 2 scripts joined.jpg

Direct link to download: http://download262.mediafire.com/ksly1w ... joined.jpg

Also I have done a recording on wegames to show you what problems I was having before I added overgrowth

my first map just testing

Please if you can help me in anyway I would be ever so great full. :15_cheers
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Re: [Tutorial List ] Where to start mapping?

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you should not do a 512x4 map, do a 1024x2 map which is the same size but higher quality and less problems. The only time you want to think of doing a scale 4 map is for a 1024x4 map.
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Re: [Tutorial List ] Where to start mapping?

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I'm starting with the smallest size as told in the tutorials ... but thank you very much Rhino. I'll try to make some serious maps after I know what to do after those tutorials. ;)
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Re: [Tutorial List ] Where to start mapping?

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I know this has already been answered, but when I start BF2 editor, which mod do I choose? BF2 or PR?

Also, when I start the editor, I get an exception error.

I am running with 2 GB RAM, 4.2 gHz processor, 320 GB hard drive
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Re: [Tutorial List ] Where to start mapping?

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aperson444 wrote:I know this has already been answered, but when I start BF2 editor, which mod do I choose? BF2 or PR?
It depends on which mod you would like to work :)

...but If I were you I would choose pr_edit ;)

(https://www.realitymod.com/forum/f189-m ... dding.html)
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Re: [Tutorial List ] Where to start mapping?

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When I tried to install bf2 editor it says that it works only on windows xp ? How does I get it to work on windows vista ?
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Skodz wrote:When I tried to install bf2 editor it says that it works only on windows xp ? How does I get it to work on windows vista ?
Do a quick search, son.. :-?

Either through this site's search, or google:
site:realitymod.com editor vista - Google zoeken
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Re: [Tutorial List ] Where to start mapping?

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aperson444 wrote:I know this has already been answered, but when I start BF2 editor, which mod do I choose? BF2 or PR?

Also, when I start the editor, I get an exception error.

I am running with 2 GB RAM, 4.2 gHz processor, 320 GB hard drive
when doing the first basic tuts its best to use BF2, then move onto PR once you have finished them with the "pr_edit" mod.
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Re: [Tutorial List ] Where to start mapping?

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Slight problem, when I go into 'Level settings' to change the Factions, the window is too big and I can't hit 'Okay', I can't make it smaller and i've tried making every dammned other window smaller as well.

Oh and even though I save it exactly how it says, when I load up vBF2 it's never on the (Create local) map list.
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Re: [Tutorial List ] Where to start mapping?

Post by Rhino »

dont do factions by the editor, do them by hand in the init.con...

and edit your .desc file to include a game mode and size.
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Re: [Tutorial List ] Where to start mapping?

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do not edit in the editor but manually in the init.con
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Re: [Tutorial List ] Where to start mapping?

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At the add-in manager part of terrain editor, the editor just crashes and closes down.

I have Windows vista 64-bit, but I run in XP Compatibility Mode. How do i fix this?

EDIT: Now I have another problem. When I select BF2 from the mods list, it just generates an exception error.
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Re: [Tutorial List ] Where to start mapping?

Post by Who Dares Wins »

dont do factions by the editor, do them by hand in the init.con...

and edit your .desc file to include a game mode and size.
Ummm...retard question, how do I do both of those?
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Re: [Tutorial List ] Where to start mapping?

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notepad.exe

EDIT: like listed on the first post: https://www.realitymod.com/forum/f189-m ... audit.html
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