NOTE: This tutorial is Wiki-style (anyone can edit). Please add links to other useful tools you may know of.
All the tools you need to start modding Refractor 2 games.
Battlefield 1942:
Mod Development Toolkit, with Object Editor, Max/Maya/Gmax tools, etc.: Moddb.com
Battlecraft '42 Map Editor: Moddb.com
Battlecraft '42 Mesh Samples (required to properly render lightmaps): Moddb.com
Editor 1942 (an more complex alternative to Battlecraft '42): Moddb.com
Battlefield Vietnam:
Mod Development Toolkit, with Object Editor, Max/Maya/Gmax tools, etc.: Moddb.com
Battlecraft Vietnam (official map editor): Moddb.com
Battlefield 2:
Official editor, with Map/Terrain/Animation/Object/Effect editing features. Also includes tools for Maya and GMax. Moddb.com
BF2Paint, A simple tool to make texturing your maps easier. It will make both the color map and detail map, based on height and gradient. Moddb.com
BGF Heightmap Converter Utility, It is a fast and easy utility for viewing and resizing heightmap (.RAW) files. It is primarily intended to make it easy to convert maps from Battlefield 1942 or Battlefield Vietnam to Battlefield 2, but it can also be used to change a BF2 map to a different size. Moddb.com
ShaderWrapper, a useful tool for changing the texture paths in a .bundledmesh file. Moddb.com
POE2's advanced 3DS Max tools, easier and more functional than DICE's. For Max 6-8:https://www.moddb.com/games/battlefield-2/downloads/poe2-3ds-max-6-8-tools For Max 9: Moddb.com
Battlefield 2142 (REQUIRES BF2 TO MOD PROPERLY):
Tutorial on how to get the BF2 editor working properly with 2142 (also links to many other good BF2141 modding tutorials: Moddb.com
Everything you need to make a mod for BF2 is notepad and WINZIP.
Well it wouldn't be possible to mod without notepad, but you can't add new content with it.
sorry, i use winrar ;)
Because you are a big noob you need only this
make homework!
How can I add a map to my mod?
Please pm me I already have the maps ready.
I think there's a text document somewhere in C:\Program Files\Herp-de-Derp-de-Derp\Battlefield 1942. I'm not sure where it is inside that folder, though, so have fun...
how to use this??? PLZ help
If I chose Battlefield 1942, should I download everything needed in the list
OR what?
hola, he visto que 3dsGmax tool cuesta dinero y aparte no tengo estudios en la universidad, solo quiere hacer mods para mi comunidad (BF:V) alguien puede ayudarme?