28/09 - PC Mission Editor Help File Available For Download!

**Helios** · 28-09-2009, 12:41 PM

Hi all,

I know a lot of people have had a LOT of questions recently about the PC mission editor, and rather than trying to answer all these questions individually we've made the decision to release to the community the actual PC Mission Editor help file that will be shipping with the game!

I've had a good read of the document myself, and am confident that having access to it should answer pretty much all of your questions, and will also show you just how flexible and powerful the editor truly is. I should also stress that the mission designers when creating the game had no additional technology or internal hacks to make content for the game other than the PC mission editor – You're getting 100% the same toolset as they used.

The dev team have told me that they are geniunely very excited to see what the community creates using the editor, and being able to get your hands on this document before the launch of the game should really give you a solid grounding in how the editor works and what possibilites you can explore upon the games release!

You can download the help document by clicking HERE

With regards the rumoured 40 entity limit for the editor, that information is incorrect and below are some bullet points to help clear up the matter:

63 entities can be held in memory at all times
These entities can be anywhere on the island
These can be vehicles or soldiers
Flashpoint uses spawning extensively to add and remove soldiers and vehicles from the world and replace dead soldiers. Basically this means that you can spawn and despawn units, so if you wanted to have guys disappear because they’re too far away from the battle or not needed anymore, then you can and free up the spaces they used.
You can set up vehicles such as tanks with "virtual crews" so that the tank and "virtual crew" are classed as just one entity eg. a vehicle with no observable units mounted like the tanks can have a virtual crew which only counts as 1 entity and has the effect of a driver/commander/gunner combination
Only soldiers and vehicles count as entities, meaning adding things like sandbags, barbed wire, gun emplacements, concrete walls, do not count towards the entity total.

agraka5 · 28-09-2009, 12:42 PM

Ahhh this is simply fantastic Helios, thank you so much.

Downloading now

EDIT: It says no file or directory found

RE-EDIT: Well for some reason my Firefox was being ***, downloading via chrome now.

Stefiroth · 28-09-2009, 12:42 PM

marry me!!!

el CHINOCUDEIRO · 28-09-2009, 12:43 PM

Thanks, but nothing for us, the console players

Bassmansi · 28-09-2009, 12:43 PM

good stuff, im sure people will enjoy this

elboydo · 28-09-2009, 12:47 PM

cheers helios that would get rid of some of the annoying rumour threads

Valalupe · 28-09-2009, 12:48 PM

w00t

OFP2 is gonna be P I M P!

ftp://downloads.codemasters.com/help..._edit_help.zip

Everyone put on your sigs lmao

Squeakypistolas · 28-09-2009, 12:48 PM

what ever platform anyone is playing this should be a great read! THANKS very much!

OFPDR Grunt · 28-09-2009, 12:50 PM

Helios your the bombizzile!!!!! thanks man much appreciated. this will definitely hold me until next wednesday!!!

flashxpoint · 28-09-2009, 12:53 PM

Nice- now all codemasters have to do is make an editor for the console version.

28-09-2009, 12:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
Helios Community Manager Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: United Kingdom, Rugby Posts: 4,446	28/09 - PC Mission Editor Help File Available For Download! Hi all, I know a lot of people have had a LOT of questions recently about the PC mission editor, and rather than trying to answer all these questions individually we've made the decision to release to the community the actual PC Mission Editor help file that will be shipping with the game! I've had a good read of the document myself, and am confident that having access to it should answer pretty much all of your questions, and will also show you just how flexible and powerful the editor truly is. I should also stress that the mission designers when creating the game had no additional technology or internal hacks to make content for the game other than the PC mission editor – You're getting 100% the same toolset as they used. The dev team have told me that they are geniunely very excited to see what the community creates using the editor, and being able to get your hands on this document before the launch of the game should really give you a solid grounding in how the editor works and what possibilites you can explore upon the games release! You can download the help document by clicking HERE With regards the rumoured 40 entity limit for the editor, that information is incorrect and below are some bullet points to help clear up the matter: 63 entities can be held in memory at all times These entities can be anywhere on the island These can be vehicles or soldiers Flashpoint uses spawning extensively to add and remove soldiers and vehicles from the world and replace dead soldiers. Basically this means that you can spawn and despawn units, so if you wanted to have guys disappear because they’re too far away from the battle or not needed anymore, then you can and free up the spaces they used. You can set up vehicles such as tanks with "virtual crews" so that the tank and "virtual crew" are classed as just one entity eg. a vehicle with no observable units mounted like the tanks can have a virtual crew which only counts as 1 entity and has the effect of a driver/commander/gunner combination Only soldiers and vehicles count as entities, meaning adding things like sandbags, barbed wire, gun emplacements, concrete walls, do not count towards the entity total. __________________ Ian 'Helios' Webster Community Manager Join as a fan now for exclusive updates! Bodycount Facebook Page Bodycount Twitter Feed DiRT 2 Facebook Page DiRT 2 Twitter Feed F1 2010 Facebook Page F1 2010 Twitter Feed Last edited by Helios; 28-09-2009 at 01:41 PM.

28-09-2009, 12:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
agraka5 Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 88	Ahhh this is simply fantastic Helios, thank you so much. Downloading now EDIT: It says no file or directory found RE-EDIT: Well for some reason my Firefox was being **, downloading via chrome now. Last edited by agraka5; 28-09-2009 at 12:45 PM.*

28-09-2009, 12:42 PM	#3 (permalink)
Stefiroth Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Glasgow Posts: 593	marry me!!! __________________ "*HY3RiD is right you don't like it don't play it, every person that buys MW2 or any* game that has no dedicated support is basically killing PC gaming**" - viiiper, forum mod and leader in the fight against developers who release games without dedicated server support......

28-09-2009, 12:43 PM	#4 (permalink)
el CHINOCUDEIRO Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: En España,detrás de ti Posts: 220	Thanks, but nothing for us, the console players __________________ "laugh...and the world will laugh with you, cry.....and you will cry alone"

28-09-2009, 12:47 PM	#6 (permalink)
elboydo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 610	cheers helios that would get rid of some of the annoying rumour threads __________________ http://card.mygamercard.net/nxe/elboydo.png PC gamers owe us console gamers big time.... Mainly since we harbour 80% of all trolls cod players and generally annoying fanboys. "omfg flashpoint fans talking in favour of the game on the codemasters-flashpoint forum what treachery is this! what do we do?" "I know..... QUICK CALL BATMAN" shots fired shots fired shots fired Oh and by the way shots fired

28-09-2009, 12:43 PM	#5 (permalink)
Bassmansi Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Manchester, England Posts: 57	good stuff, im sure people will enjoy this

28-09-2009, 12:48 PM	#7 (permalink)
Valalupe Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: United States Of AMERICA! Posts: 907	w00t OFP2 is gonna be P I M P! ftp://downloads.codemasters.com/help..._edit_help.zip Everyone put on your sigs lmao __________________ XBL Gamertag Valalupe IRC Join Now Operation Flashpoint Dragon Rising 1,500m 1 shot 1 kill (Console) Who says they are a better sniper? Last edited by Valalupe; 28-09-2009 at 12:54 PM.

28-09-2009, 12:48 PM	#8 (permalink)
Squeakypistolas Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 521	what ever platform anyone is playing this should be a great read! THANKS very much!

28-09-2009, 12:50 PM	#9 (permalink)
OFPDR Grunt Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 97	Helios your the bombizzile!!!!! thanks man much appreciated. this will definitely hold me until next wednesday!!!

28-09-2009, 12:53 PM	#10 (permalink)
flashxpoint Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Your mom's bed... Posts: 437	Nice- now all codemasters have to do is make an editor for the console version.

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