Chinese forces are attempting to fortify an important Dam and Powerstation in order to maintain a signifigant Armor Division in the area and ensure control. US forces have established a camp at a nearby farm and have prepared for a full assualt on all Chinese Operations in the area. Prepare for one hell of an Armor Battle!
Map author's description:
This is the first map of many Battlefield 2 maps to be released over the next few months.
Updates and new maps will be posted on illicitfilms.com as they are completed. Please send
all comments/bugs/errors regarding the map to: illicitfilms@hotmail.com
Fact: Map made in 2005
As you guys have noticed i started doing navmesh for no sp support maps lately.
This is one of the oldest maps which seemed to me very nice but lack of bot support. So i wanted to give it a go and tried to navmesh this map (i must say it make me a bit regret due to size and the objects used in map) Original version of map had so big combat area which took the navmesh process over a day and i was about to give up, but i decided to make the combat area a bit smaller and try again. This time entire process took about 12 hours in total, did infantry and vehicle navmesh seperately to avoid my computer keep open :) (thanks to Dnamro for his navmesh tool)
I've tried to make it SP support as much as possible there could be still bugs or problems which i didn't fix and can't fix.
I didn't fully playtested. You can tell me the problems you're facing down in the comment section.
Known Bug(s): China team tend to stuck at the base. This has been fixed but they might continue to struggle. Also USMC team also struggling as well.
Map Modes:
16 Players - Infantry and Jeeps [Coop, Conquest, Singleplayer]
32 Players - Heavy Armor and APC's [Conquest]
64 Players - Heavy Armor, Attack Helicopters, Mobile AA, and Jeeps [Coop, Conquest, Singleplayer]
Did not bother to modify Conquest and do bot support for 32. It's same as how it was. If you're mapper and really want to have 32 bot support just do strategic areas.
How to install?
Extract the archive and simply cut the "mods" folder and paste it to your BF2 Directory. Replace files.
Images from the map:
![]()
![]()
![]()
![]()
![Steel Thunder [SP]](https://media.moddb.com/images/downloads/1/217/216885/sp1_64_menumap.png)
You should be considered a great person to give SP support to the impressive and well detailed maps of this community! Your work is the best and I am sure it will make more than one person happy.
Thanks for your work mate!
You're welcome!
Well done X_Ray! Looking forward to the AIX version. :)
AIX version might take very long, there's strange problem that causes editor to crash while editing the map only in AIX. I'll probably just lay some resupply crates if i can and release it out.
A work around might be possible via getting the coordinates in the editor, and then text edit the kit crates in via notepad.
It is great what you did but the point limit is very low of only 100 the normal would be 600 for a map of 32 players. I don't know if it was random but the Chinese side got stuck with their tanks at first base
Yes that's tend to occur and they can get out but it's just taking a lot, maybe i'll try to fix it soon.
calm it is not such a big failure what if I would like is to change the point limit
Any user can change the point limit for any map, that is not something X_Ray would have to do.
thanks i didn't know how to do it
You should try to make a map where each team can get equal flags and then one in the middle to fight over it. I feel and will be fun to try. Ha!
That sounds like a cool idea, maybe i'll do it :)
This is such a good map. Thanks for adding SP for this map mate, 10/10 nice job and well done.
You're welcome!
Can AIX2 maps be used?
You can use this map in AIX just have to edit the kits in init.con to make it work.
Interesting map tnk you X_RaY.
Thanks!
Hell yeah a new armor map. T(h)ank you so much! ( ͡• ͜ʖ ͡°)
Bravo! nice to see new sp map!
Its a cool map and you did very awesome job! Can you create navmesh for Devil's Perch x64? Maybe without submarine and some islands if it is a problem. But with navmesh for second town on mainland. That would be very cool if this map got navmesh support
I'll look to it. I don't have the original level so it's a little problem for me.
So, when ever I try to load this map, my game crashes to desk top.
Are you sure you installed correctly and you're running on the game bf2 and not any specific mod?
Hey X_Ray,
I play the map on Zone of Continuous Fire, works great half the time however it does randomly crash to desktop. Been trying to figure out the cause of it all for a couple of hours now wondering if it's using a certain weapon, vehicle, etc. Any thoughts? Besides that I love the map!