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[ 12:46 ] [ 20 Sep 2006 ]

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User Created Tutorials

Note: These are the most useful (or up-to-date) of the tutorials created by the community. If you create a new tutorial, or know of any other useful tutorials, please post a link below. Iâ€™ll be gathering tutorials from scattered sites around the net and adding them here, and weâ€™re also going to be creating the official wiki, so anyone interested in helping us get that of the ground, please PM me. Also, I did not credit authors below because some tutorials credit multiple people, and some threads have multiple tutorials within them, so if you would like to see the author, please visit the thread.

General

Checklist for making a complete map
Description: its not so much a tutorial.. a ticklist of what needs to be completed.
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=4611

11 things of wisdom : Tips for Mappers
Description: Collection of Tips every mapper should know to make a map more stable
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=5153

Changing the cursors in game menus
Description: 5 simple steps to change the cursors.
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=4424

Creating your own fonts
Description: How to create new fonts (ingame only).
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=4414

Custom Color/Detail maps and Material IDâ€™s
Description: This how-to describes step by step the process of creating materials that can be applied to custom color and detail maps
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=1334

Custom Loading Music
Description: How to give your levels custom loading music.
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=2482

Getting HUD icons ingame
Description: ^
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=1804

Converting BF42 skies to BF2
Description: How to convert cubical skyboxes like they are used in BF42 to spherical skyboxes for BF2.
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=1951

Creating Loading Screens
Description: Creating the loading screen- (name, description, music, background)
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=2662

The Three Most Confusing Parts of the Editor--Explained
Description: Explains uav, artillery, etc, as well as ambient sounds and recovering from a crash.
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=1266

Level Editor

Color, Detail, Undergrowth, Overgrowth all with Terragen
Description: Using Terragen and TPAINT together with your fav image editor (Photoshop, PSP) its not at all hard to create your Colormap, Detailmap, Undergrowth placement map, and overgrowth placement map.
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=2374

Creating Undergrowth and Overgrowth all with the BF2 Editor
Description: This tutorial doesn't rely on 3rd party tools to create Overgrowth and Undergrowth in your map. Comes with pictures.
Original thread:
http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=5948

Envmaps Tutorial
Description: By generating your Envmaps you will get water that will look like normal BF2 water which will reflect from any angle and reflections off objects in your map like cars, tanks, guns, etc.
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=3587

Landscape Texturing
Description: How to use multiple tools to texture landscapes.
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=2533

Detailed Explanation of Roads
Description: A plain and simple explanation of roads in the BF2 Editor
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=1236

Easier way to add the carrier
Description: Not so much of a tutorial, but more of an extended tip.
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=1448
Another thread with pictures: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=1636

Texturing low detail correctly
Description: How to paint low detailed textures so they look good.
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=1641

Overgrowth Shadow Map
Description: How to make overgrowth darker.
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=3351

Mapping for Special Forces
Description: ^
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=3233

Snow Texturing
Description: Two tutorials on how to create snow
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=3628

Puddles
Description: How to make puddles.
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=3415

Importing Real World Data into Battlefield 2
Description: Use DEM data to generate your terrain
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=1210

Triggers
Description: Creating triggers for elevator switches and other uses
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=5582

Vehicles

Sample Hierarchies for 3DS
Description: A collection for all kinds of objects hierarchy in 3DS Max including weapons, kits and soldiers
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=5013

Bones for tank treads
Description: Hereâ€™s a tutorial I made that will guide you how to make bones for treads.
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=4508

Animated UV Wheel Overview
Description: Generic Tank Wheel Guidelines
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=3511
Best thread for tank coding: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=256

Making a Basic Helicopter
Description: ^
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=930

D-Destructible objects, The Easy Way
Description: How to make a Bf2 Destructible Object Non-Destructible
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=4268

Making planes
Description: Export a Airplane from 3ds max 7 to the BF2 Editor
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=905

Weapons

Exporting a weapon (Gmax)
Description: This is tutorial for importing a weapon from Gmax to BF2.
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=2565

Manipulating mine properties
Description: Not only how to manipulate mines, but how to properly package your mod afterwards.
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=3972

Player/Classes

Creating a soldier model (max)
Description: Learn how to make an entire soldier model for bf2 using 3dsmax7,photoshop7 and finally into the bf2 editor.
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=2031

Soldier Animations in Maya
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=33725#33725

Other Modeling

Guidelines for modeling vegetation
Description: Info sheet to review before modeling vegetation.
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=4132
The 3DS vegetation tutorial which evolved from this thread :
http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=5166

Rendering in Gmax
Description: Create nicer looking renders.
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=2523

MeshParticleMesh, Alpha and you
Description: Method of getting a MeshParticleMesh object ingame with Alpha and Collisions.
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=4060

Making terrains with Bryce
Description: How to use Bryce for landscapes.
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=1997

Making terrains with L3DT
Description: Video tutorial for using L3DT, an affordable program for terrain sculpting and painting.
Original thread for the video tutorial : http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=5587
General aspects of L3DT: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=4814

Textures/UV

Video Tutorial - 3DSMAX Layeblue Textures
Description: This is a video tutorial on the process of implementing layeblue textures for BF2.
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=1150

Basic UV mapping guide
Description: Guide for people who are learning how to uvmap
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=4380
Another way to uvmap: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=4556

Compressing textures
Description: Great tutorial on compressing game textures, based on BF2.
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=4443

Custom Skins for your Map
Description: ^
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=3780

Static Mesh Texturing Tutorial (Max)
Description: Explains the BF2 texturing system and how to use it
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=3855

Bot/AI

Creating your first Bot support / Navmesh
Description: Guide on whatâ€™s needed to make the first basic AI for your map
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=3809

Full Single player Editor and Navmesh Tutorials
Description: Collection of tutorials on getting full bot support in maps. Thanks to all involved in thrashing out this process in the beginning
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=4385

Python

Create a custom game mode
Description: How to create a custom game mode in a mod.
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=3993

Generate MD5 checksums for content checking
If you're concerned about cheaters, why not protect your mod with content check ?
http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=4559

Sounds

Ambient Sound explained
Description: ^
Original thread: http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=647