Feature List Screen Shots Credits Downloads Submit Map Getting Started Documentation Developer Tips Tip & Tutorial Index Known Issues Crashes General Bugs Suggestions Tips and Tricks Problems with Levels Questions about BC Troubled Maps EA Games DICE Planet Battlefield BF42.com GETTING STARTED WITH BATTLECRAFT 1942 Setup In order to ensure that users can connect to a Battlecraft-created map, use a dedicated server with content checking OFF. Otherwise, users will not be able to connect to the map. If you're going to be modifying existing maps, we recommend that you make a copy of your "Battlefield 1942" game folder. Rename the copy (e.g. "Copy of Battlefield 1942") to "Battlefield 1942 MOD". For the rest of this document, this location will be known as your "Game Directory". You can now use BattleCraft '42 by double clicking the file "bc42.exe" First Time Use When you run the tool for the first time, it will ask you to name a mod. Choose the default (bf1942) if you want to edit existing Battlefield maps. After you name your mod, you'll be asked to choose the game directory and object list. Choose the Game Directory you created above. Use the default object list (bf1942.lst) Note that if you've been working with earlier builds of Battlecraft '42, your levels will probably not have the necessary files to run in the game and your cfg files will be out of date. It would be best to start from scratch (with new mod cfg files and new levels) with this build. WARNING: Don't start editing the default blank level that shows up when you first run the program. Choose "New Level" from the file menu or "Open Level" before you start editing, or you won't be able to save your work. A Few Instructions To use water in a level, be sure to check the "Use Water" checkbox in the New Level dialog box when you create a new level. To raise and lower water, go into terrain editing mode and use Page Up and Page Down keys to raise/lower the water level. The water level starts fairly low, so you may need to hit Page Up a lot before you see it. To use the terrain flattening tool (the bulldozer icon), control-click on a piece of terrain to select a height, and then click normally to flatten terrain to that height. Control-click again to work with a new height. To use the road tool, select the tool, then hold down the control key and click on several locations in the map. Let go of the control key to finish, and choose your settings in the dialog that pops up. The Space key (which deselects everything) is very useful for when youare editing terrain points. Current Shortcut Keys General F1 Edit Terrain F2 Edit Materials F3 Edit Objects I Camera on terrain O Camera fly mode P Camera top down J Terrain wireframe K Terrain textured L Terrain wireframe + textured SPACE Unselect selected points/objects Object Editing F5 Show bounding box F6 Show collision mesh F7 Show detail F8 Show textured detail Ctrl+1 Show Standard Mesh Objects Ctrl+2 Show Tree Mesh Objects Ctrl+3 Show Object Spawns Ctrl+4 Show Soldier Spawns Ctrl+5 Show Control Points Z Selection Tool X Move XZ Tool C Move Y Tool V Rotate X Tool B Rotate Y Tool N Rotate Z Tool M Toggle Snap To Ground Terrain Editing 1-9 Change Tool Size Shift + 1-0 Change Tool Power Z Carve X Raise C Smooth V Flatten B Road Tool N Edit Points M Toggle Autosmooth Material Editing 1-9 Change Brush Size Battlecraft 1942 and Battlefield 1942 are registered trademarks of Digital Illusions CE AB. Battlecraft Vietnam and Battlefield Vietnam are registered trademarks of Digital Illusions CE AB. © 2003, 2004 by Digital Illusions CE AB. All Rights Reserved.