Creating A Map

Vadam · Post by **Vadam** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 8:59 pm

I want to create a map. I know about the pathpoints and all, but where would I have access to a completely blank map to build from? Preferably a medium sized one, like the size of the Dunes map. And once I do acquire a blank map, how do I put in the textures for the terrain?

MrTwosheds · Post by **MrTwosheds** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 11:40 pm

You make .trn, .odf and .inf files for your map.
You bz2edit.exe /edit Mymap.trn
Paint some textures on it and save to produce a mymap.bzn
The map size parameters etc are all in the .trn.

General BlackDragon · Post by **General BlackDragon** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 4:09 am

Sizes must be multiples of 2, and are somewhat limited by Meters Per Grid.

with standard MPG of 8.0, your sizes are limited to: 128x128, 512x512, 1024x1024, 2048x2048, 4096x4096. You could *probably* go smaller, 64x64, or 32x32, or 16x16, or 8x8, but who would want to?

Also, in the .TRN files, you only need to worry about the [Size] and [Texture] sections. The only other sections are [NormalView] which contains only new 1.3 features, and [World] which only contains musictrack and the new 1.3 feature Gravity. There may be some left over [Sky] or [Water] sections, these aren't read by the game at all.

Vadam · Post by **Vadam** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 6:15 am

I always spawn as a Sabre zipping around on a white map, and it doesn't let me edit anything in the editor

Ded10c · Post by **Ded10c** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 7:31 am

Vadam wrote:I always spawn as a Sabre zipping around on a white map, and it doesn't let me edit anything in the editor

This occurs when trying to load a BZN (or TRN) that doesn't exist. You have to create the TRN file manually first.

mase · Post by **mase** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 7:41 am

There are a few blank maps.

http://zeroangel.overminddl1.com/featur ... source.php

Red Devil · Post by **Red Devil** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 3:48 pm

mts, thanks, i didn't know you have to use a populated .trn file to start a new map. i searched on the /edit parm since i hadn't seen that in 1.3 and saw that it was eliminated in pb1.

Nielk1 · Post by **Nielk1** » Mon Sep 22, 2014 6:41 pm

Red Devil wrote:mts, thanks, i didn't know you have to use a populated .trn file to start a new map. i searched on the /edit parm since i hadn't seen that in 1.3 and saw that it was eliminated in pb1.

Lack of /edit being co-incident with creation of bz2edit.exe

Vadam · Post by **Vadam** » Sun Sep 28, 2014 2:07 pm

Alright, so since /edit isn't necessary anymore, whats the exact line that needs to be in the shortcut? So far I have
"C:\Battlezone II\BZ2Edit.exe"

mase · Post by **mase** » Sun Sep 28, 2014 3:11 pm

/map mapname.bzn

General BlackDragon · Post by **General BlackDragon** » Sun Sep 28, 2014 3:23 pm

"C:\Battlezone II\BZ2Edit.exe" /nointro mapname.bzn

/map isnt a thing.

mase · Post by **mase** » Sun Sep 28, 2014 6:16 pm

Interesting, but it doesn't hurt

General BlackDragon · Post by **General BlackDragon** » Sun Sep 28, 2014 6:18 pm

Neither does adding /shibbledibblepoopydoop

doesn't make it "correct"

Vadam · Post by **Vadam** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 4:06 am

Hm, I downloaded one of the blank maps and booted it up but I still get the same issue

General BlackDragon · Post by **General BlackDragon** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 4:17 am

make sure its in addon? Or if ur loading a mod, make sure the /config whateveritis.cfg is in the command line

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