[TUTORIAL WITH SCREENSHOTS] Steinfisch Map Editor

[saif_revolucion]

1) Download latest version and install. Execute, program will ask you to select folder of game and resource. (normally "C:/Program Files/Ubisoft/Faces of War" and "C:/Program Files/Ubisoft/Faces of War/resource"). Program will start uncompressing needed files, be patient, will take a little time.

2) Click File, New, Map, Insert name "map" and select the terrain of any mission of the game, you need to find the "map.ply" file in the mission folder, in the uncompressed resource folder.

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3) Now you will start creating the map, THE MAP, NOT THE MISSION. Start building the map, by seting buildings, vegetation, barrels, boxes, roads, water. DO NOT SET UNITS FOR PLAY.

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4) When ready, save as, and select the directory of your wish to save the map file. You will be prompted to set map bounds (this is the limitations of your map). ONLY MODIFY CAMERA AND PASSABILITY. http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/5287/8zx7.jpg

5) Now click File, New and this time select Mission. Set Mission name
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6) Start seting units in the map in the location and direction you want, selecting the owner of that unit. Then export as MOD, you will be prompted to save mission file, select the folder of your wish, select overwrite existing map, everything ok, till u see MOD Info screen. Fill the grounds and click ok http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/2696/10jl0.jpg http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/5393/11gs0.jpg

7) Now run game, if you get an error that has "version" somewhere in the error box. Go to mods folder and open Mod.nfo with notepad http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/8580/12mq8.jpg

8) Finally, Run game, go mods, select mod, go campaign, select the campaign of the country u set in the map and then, select the second commander of the campaign (for example, if u chosen in the map editor to be Germany, go to germany's campaign) http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/4615/13se1.jpg http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/7361/14qa4.jpg

Well, Hope it Helps!
REVOLUCION09

If someone is interested, ill do Tutorials of Waypoints, put units in tanks and guns, set units under cover, or starting position of units.<div class="ev_tpc_signature">

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[EndoMarquise]

1st off, thank you very much this is a huge help. I have a couple questions I hope you can awnser.

Can you make Multiplayer maps yet?

I had a hard time finding average Flooring like grass and dirt could you tell me the names of a couple good ones?

Is it possible to add civilians?

How does adding water work?<div class="ev_tpc_signature">

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[saif_revolucion]

Originally posted by EndoMarquise:
1st off, thank you very much this is a huge help. I have a couple questions I hope you can awnser.

Can you make Multiplayer maps yet?

I had a hard time finding average Flooring like grass and dirt could you tell me the names of a couple good ones?

Is it possible to add civilians?

How does adding water work?

1) I Think the map editor does not support it. anyway, u can do it by changing manually some name of files. Check that in the other Map Editor thread, Dilust told how to.

2) Well, to find what u search i recommend to see them all, they are not million, then u will know what there is and what not.

3) There are some civilians in Humans type, never tested them.

4) To add water, you must find a hole in the ground, select Water type, and just add it in the hole. In game will appear correctly, just test it.

the better way to know how everything works is just testing, modifing, and testin again =)

to modify a mission, just open the mission file in the mod folder. then u save, and restart mission (without quiting game it works)

REMEMBER I DID NOT CREATED THIS MAP EDITOR, Steinfisch did it, and he will know much much more than me =)

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[Howser609]

Top notch work! http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/25.gif

[Dilust]

How to set camera path? This is a feature I never understand how it works. I will be gratefull with anyone would make a dedicated tutorial. Thanks in advance.<div class="ev_tpc_signature">

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[Moridge]

I installed everything in the right destination and I can't get any maps to show up in the main folder so I can edit them, I can't find blank maps or whatever either, what's wrong?

[saif_revolucion]

1)if the first time you installed the editor, it has taken around 15-20 minutes uncompressing files, then, the files you are searching for may be there somewhere, check de resources folder of the game or the folder of the editor.

2)if nothing uncompressed, then, check if you selected well the game folder. delete scanned.txt of the editor's folder and try again.<div class="ev_tpc_signature">

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[Moridge1]

I made my map I made everything good and everything seems to be working...but after I run the game after I exported my mod it doesn't show up in campaign...what did I do wrong?

[saif_revolucion]

1) make sure u've activated the MOD in options menu.

2) make sure you selected the side of the map you've created. for example if you made the player1 is German, check the german campaign. And it will apear in the second campaign (the second general in the campaings)<div class="ev_tpc_signature">

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[Moridge1]

I activated the mod and no second campaign thing appears...What's wrong?

[saif_revolucion]

there are two campaings for each side...

the first one has two tutorials, and the second campaign has the MINE tutorials, granades, at night...<div class="ev_tpc_signature">

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[Moridge1]

My custom map isn't there ugh this is frustrating Idk what's going on

[saif_revolucion]

yeh i had this bug, but it has been solved, search for the latest version, in this forum<div class="ev_tpc_signature">

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[Mushroomcar]

Hi, nice tutorial!
But where can i find that mission map from fow to edit it?
I tried take from a mod, but it all got blackhttp://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gif