Call of Duty: Black Ops mod tools due in May
The promised Cod Blops PC modding tools are finally due to arrive in May, developer Treyarch has revealed.
Back in August 2010, Call of Duty: Black Ops developer Treyarch revealed that it planned to release PC mod tools for the Cold War-era FPS some time after launch. Turns out, that'll end up being around six months after launch--better late than never.
"We are shooting for mod tools release in May," Cod Blops PC team project lead Cesar 'PCDev' Stastny announced on Twitter (via Kotaku).
It's still not entirely clear what features the mod tools will offer, though game source code to tinker with and a level editor seem likely. A level editor would certainly be welcomed as a way to get new maps without coughing up $15 for downloadable content packs, the second of which was announced earlier this week.
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replyComment on Call of Duty: Black Ops mod tools due in May, by Alice O'Connor.
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WHOA
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Took way too long, but I welcome it.
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News just in. Activision will have to approve mods and new maps and will charge for them.
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bit late? you didnt expect them to release before everyone bought their dlc did you?
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I didn't expect them to release it ever.
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Or you could make some maps for World At War- http://wiki.treyarch.com/wiki/Main_Page
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idTech5 still uses radiant... It's an odd program. I really do like idTech, but I've always been deeply suspicious of its engineering.
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Sad waste of effort just to add a worthless checkbox to it's list of features for the vocal minority of pc gaming whiners that see this as a necessity for their enjoyment of the game. Really, they should have just focused that effort into making their next game as awesome as or better than BLOPS (which I loved).
No one will ever do anything worthwhile with these mod tools. Hell, the only thing mod tools are good for 99.999% of the time are for highlighting to teenagers that game development isn't easy and that being the "idea guy" is a worthless position in a "mod team"
Oh well, at least it shows just how different the stances are between Infinity Ward (who just didn't give a fuck) and Treyarch (who gives a huge fuck but seems to be hampered by Activision more than anything)-
they have more money than god they can do more than one thing
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Activision doesn't give a fuck about doing anything/everything, they only give a fuck about running their core brands into the ground and until they only manage to sell a million or two copies, at which point they'll consider them failures and kill the entire franchise.
Activision makes EA look like 2K Games.
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Oh wow, a star wars tc. There's an original, non copyright infringing piece of work. Most custom maps are shit, just like most dedicated servers only feature one map and gametype, only there's a huge difference between making a dedicated server for some friends and trying to make a mod worth a fraction of a shit
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There is a long history of proof that many good things come out of free tools for the map and mod community. I really don't know what Roushimsx is complaining about. He isn't making a lot of sense.
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Shack servers are great, but only if the game is TF2. And even if this game does take off, I'd still have to contend with them filling up quickly.
And it's true there are some honest, map-changing servers out there. But every game has its dm17, its de_dust, its nuketown, its crash, 2fort, etc., and they always win out.-
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ET:QW had(has?) great servers, and AFAIK there was never one map that overran things. Might have been the way they ran them together into campaigns of 3 maps.
Only stand-out map positive or negative was how shitty it was to attack on slipgate.
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This is some of the dumbest shit you've ever spewed here Roushi. Some of my favorite MP maps and games were made via user creation for other games.
Shit, a mod can be a tiny thing that's just a simple, new gametype which can add some different fun to a stale or tired formula. The game even shipped with what would be "mods" like that in the form of the Wager match gametypes.
Of course it's not going to revolutionize Black Ops, but there are some talented map makers out there still doing great work. TF2 has a slew of custom maps that Valve have chosen and distributed to everyone. One of them (Fastlane) was even made by a shacker (-sk-) and is possibly my favorite map for that game.-
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I didn't really see Crysis getting a killer mod either, but then came MWLL.
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You don't see people making small mods and maps for this game? It's pretty much guaranteed to happen if there are people still playing. Which there will be. The numbers are still decent according to the stats.
Even if it is just small, wager match-esque gametype mods, and favorite maps from previous Call of Duty games being remade for BLOPS. It only takes a single person with some talent to do those sorts of things.
I doubt there will ever be some impressive TC like Red Orchestra or the like, but there's bound to be a few "realism" mods. I mean there are already servers with admin enforced rules and they will actually be able to make the game play like that for real now. I think the most ambitious mod will be something stupid like remaking MW2 in BLOPS and it will never see the light of day.
Not that those are good examples, but just some things that will be possible if the tools allow it. I could see any of that happening. -
Because your blind?
What else are people going to make maps for? L4D TF2 and UT3 are completely different and old news.
Black Ops has a huge player base.
Why wouldn't people be making tons of maps for it? There really isn't anything else that is all that relevant.-
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Yeah but if you are trying to get a portfolio together wouldn't you want to make levels for a newer game that has a lot of players?
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none of this garbage you wrote resembles a reason for why a developer shouldn't release mod tools or why you should take it as bad news. yes, the sea of user created content is mostly filled with poorly made maps and mods. nobody is forcing you to play any of it. however, within the majority of user content that is crap lies some content that is truly special and worth playing and that is all that it takes to justify the existence of mod tools. hell, there are numerous shitty games that are professionally made. i would argue the majority of retail games are bad. that doesn't mean we shouldn't allow people to make games. there are millions of awful movies that come out of hollywood, that doesn't mean we should not let anybody make movies.
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Not sure if serious...
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That's a horribly cynical outlook. BLOPS has a massive install base- that's one of the biggest factors for modders. I really like the CoD gameplay mechanics, and I have a bunch of friends that play it- another great reason to mod.
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you are the archvile of COD hate
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I wasn't being serious, but thanks for the breakdown
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Aww c'mon guys, The Arch is awesome. Maybe because I agree with him the vast majority of the time.
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Why do you hate nice things roushi? Why you throw a chip?
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No. Treyarch likes modding and released tools for their last CoD game as well.
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Yeah, the new zombie maps weren't as fun as the old ones, even though the old ones were relatively simple and got exploited all to hell a few weeks after release.
I think Asylum and Shi No Numa were the high points for me. Motherfuckin Wunderwaffle FTW.
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I hope there are some game source / GUI coding tools released, because I'm itching to make a full-on HUD (numeric health, large ammo counter that possibly scales to the screen resolution).
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Mod tools are always a good thing. Those that are interested enough have the right tools to learn, and the cod scripting system has tons (I mean tons) of freedom. It's a good way to get your feet wet with programming too.
http://www.modsonwiki.com/index.php/Call_of_Duty_4:_Scripting_Introduction
There's tons of tutorials out there and most folks that I know that know what they're doing are happy to help folks are are genuinely interested. That's helped me a great deal and I always make it a point to continue that. Sure, the learning curve is a bit steep, but the rewards are great. It's incredibly fun to get an idea for an event, then see it for the first time, in a game that you're a fan of! That drives you you to keep going. But just like any other skill, if you want to achieve excellence, it takes a lot of time and practice.
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