Beta Scenario Editor for Drop Team
MOD NEWS posted on 13 OCT 2006 by Sean Drummy
Battlefront and TBG software have released a Beta version of a scenario editor for Drop Team.
Battlefront has announced the release of a beta version of a scenario editor for Drop Team, a futuristic mechanized combat game. Based on the powerful 3D Demeter engine, the engine's claim to fame already comes through its usage by the U.S. Army Research Labs and Northrop Grumman and features real-world physics. The versatility of such an engine also lends it to be compatible with PC, Mac (OS X and Intel Macs)and , geeks rejoice, Linux.
The Drop Team creators filled in the blanks about the editor for the aspiring modders among us:
This brand new Scenario editor allows for the creation of entirely new worlds, maps and missions, including Physical Properties, Skybox, Ambient Sounds, Particle Emitters, Elevation Data, Textures, Terrain Types, Fluids, Game Types and Objects and more.The Scenario Editor is available as a free download, and is even available with source code in an open license to encourage users to create new exciting missions and battles for DropTeamT - mechanized combat in the far future.
This lastest editor takes the already powerful phsyics engine to new heights and allows players to create brand new maps of up to 1000 square kilometers, including all deformable terrain, and its own unique physics (gravitation, atmosphere). Dropteam is already using XML files for modding and reads data from professional GIS (Geographic Information Systems) packages such as ArcGIS and Terragen, and as such is becoming one of the most extensively moddable game packages available. An expansion to the Sci-Fi themed base game covering World War Two is already planned.
A download of the editor can be found at: here. (direct link)
Documentation for the editor can be found here. (direct link)
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