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Okay to start off, try to be different. Before you make your map,
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search around and make sure that either no one has done your idea or
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it hasn't been done often. Okay and here are the two parts that almost
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instantly tell you someone is a noob modder. Those annoying Yaving
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textures and sky. Those are the map killers. (unless you're doing
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Yavin) For Pete's sake, CHANGE THEM! Make them Hoth, Mustafar, or even
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Endor, but PLEASE, do not use those textures they have been seen far
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too many times in a map. Okay after you've changed the terrain and sky,
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let's add some objects. Go to your assets folder in the main directory
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of your BF2 Modtools folder and click on worlds. Click on a world that
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has something to do with your map and copy the ODF and MSH files. Then
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go to your mod maps directory (data_XXX) and paste the in YOUR world
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directory. (Data_XXX\Worlds\XXX or Data_XXX\Worlds\XXX\world1) Okay,
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now that you have some objects to work with, open up ZeroEditor in your
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mod maps directory and load your map's .wld file. Load the layers that
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you want to show up, click "build accurate collision geometry," and
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click the load button. Now go to objects. Click on the browse button
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and go to your mod maps world directory and open up the file named ODF.
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Pick an object. (If it doesn't load the object and you can't see it, if
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you click it will probably crash ZeroEditor.) Now that you've got some
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objects out you change the textures or add cps or munge your map and
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play on it. But before you do that I recommend you change the height a
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little. (its another way to spot noob modders.) Make sure that you
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don't make it too steep or you won't be able to get to it. (this can
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also cause terrain glitches so be careful.) Make sure that your map
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isn't TOO big or its going to be boring unless you have, like, one
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thousand units which causes lag. You can also add more cps which is
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documented in your BF2 Modtools folder. You could also create your own
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heroes and such. (also documented) If your map is small make sure that
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you either A. Don't make any vehicles or B. Don't make very many
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vehicles. If you make too many at-sts and such, your map is going to
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become a death trap. Another important thing, make sure that your AI
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have planning so they don't wander around mindlessly trying to kill
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people (they have to be a bit smarter to do that.) But the AI
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automatically travel to a cp so it still works - kinda. If your
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building a multi-leveled world your going to run into some issues with
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AI planning. When you're done editing you can save your map and munge
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it. Just go to your mod maps main directory, click the folder called
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_Build, and doubleclick on the .exe called visualmunge. A screen will
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pop up with several options on things to munge. Click the button
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'Select All' then click munge. This will take a while (5-10 minutes
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tops unless your computer is either really bad or its a HUGE file\map)
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while your waiting you can maybe, start your homework the day before
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its due, or maybe catch a basketball with your face (I've tried it,
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doesn't work too well) When its almost done a log file will pop up and
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tell you if anything went wrong. (If it doesn't pop up then nothing
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went wrong) Shortly after that a screen will pop up something like this.
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There's magic in the air...
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Go run BF2
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Click OK and your map will be complete. Go run Battlefront 2 and you
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will see your map in the instant action list. Start it up. If it
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crashes, here's an easy way to figure out what caused it. Go to your
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BF2 Modtools directory and look for the .exe labeled Modtools. Copy it
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and put it in your Gamedata folder. Click on the one in the Gamedata
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folder and it will run what looks like the PSP version of the game.
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There will be a green bar at the top. Now run your map and watch it
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crash. In the Gamedata directory a file will be created called BFront2.
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It will contain any errors inside of it. Wait for about a minute for
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it to get all the crud written down and skim through it. If you
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absolutely CANNOT find what went wrong post it here on Gametoast and
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someone will help you with it. (eventually) Now just wait for a day or
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two and look at the responses. If someone posted and told you why it
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crashed then go and fix the issue. (Most maps I have made have not
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crashed.) Once your dilemma seems to be over and you have addressed
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the issue(s), run visualmung again and select the place where something
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went wrong and munge it. When its finished munging run your game
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again. If your level works, look for bugs (floating objects,
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non-localized weapons, etc.) and glitches (walk through walls, fly for
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all eternity, go through the ground.) Once your level is complete you
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can make a readme explaining the map, it's contents, etc. Then you can
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put it in a .zip or .rar file and post it on Filefront or ModDB. Then
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watch the download count rise ever higher, all thanks to this great
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tutorial/guide. P.S Remember to thank me in your readme or I will be
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very upset. I mean seriously, I spend an HOUR of MY time to help YOU
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make a good map. So you better remember the name Vegati, lest a
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thousand Geonosians assault your living quarters.
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