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| Max Payne 2 : Max Payne 2 Modding : Questions about modding..... |
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| MAXPAYNE4664 |
  Posted 7th Dec 2005 6:17am |  |
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Well I downloaded the MaxTools for Max Payne 2 and I want to start making my own little mod. So far, the only tool that's kinda easy to use is the ParticleFX and im currently using it. Do any of you know how to upload them so I can try them while playing on Max payne 2? Sry if this question is stupid lol...I'm just tired of people begging for release dates on HoM and stuff.  |
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| xXLoGaNXx |
Posted 7th Dec 2005 6:07pm | |
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Personally i can't get Particle FX at all...but MaxED 2.0 is almost intuitive to me...
...you my friend...are my doppleganger...
i cannot help you |
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| Violent-Games |
Posted 8th Dec 2005 12:03am |
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You need to export them.
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| MAXPAYNE4664 |
Posted 9th Dec 2005 5:18am | |
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Is that included with the MaxTools? Im not familiar with this program lol |
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| xXLoGaNXx |
Posted 9th Dec 2005 5:23am | |
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MaxED 2.0?
yeah its in there...its the mapping/level editing tool...basically the foundation/base program.
It's just a revamped version of MaxED for MP1...did you ever use that?? Its really not that difficult at all.
on the Max Payne 2 website they have tutorials and example levels and what not i think...they were pretty helpful for me...
**Disclaimer**:
I am not what you would consider to be a "pro" modder...i dont really have theh time to commit to it...
but i am familiar with the basics of it, and i make fun little projects for my own and my friends' personal enjoyment...
so feel free to ignore me..haha
I'm still impressed you found ParticleFX to be easy, it is beyond me to figure out...
when i first saw Equilibrium, i wondered about making a MOD based off of it...so i went into Particle FX to see if i could vaguely re-create the tetragrammaton-esque muzzle-flash...
...all i got was confused...
so i dropped the idea like a hot phosphorous grenade...
...luckily there was already a mod based on the movie in the works...
Moral:
If you can't figure it out...somebody else can, so either find them, just move on to something else.
KUDOS for trying to find those who know |
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| MAXPAYNE4664 |
Posted 9th Dec 2005 10:36am | |
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.....Modding is too hard......I jsut want to contribute something for the Max Payne 2 game since it;s my favorite game of all time.  ANYTHING!!!! |
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| perwer |
Posted 11th Dec 2005 1:00am |
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Making nice video / screenshots ? If u have Photoshop u can take screenshots and tweak them into PRETTY nice wallpapers
That would be contributing something for the community. FREE WALLPAPS 4 ALL, YaAAAAY! |
Err, uumh.. AAAH, What the HECK!!
U TRY and think of a good signature!! |
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| MAXPAYNE4664 |
Posted 11th Dec 2005 2:17am | |
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Ok i decided that ill make a wallpaper....mainly black and not too much stuff so you can still see your desktop icons. But i dont even know how to submit stuff to this site...I mean i click the Submit Stuff!!! link but its confusing lol  |
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| Violent-Games |
Posted 12th Dec 2005 1:15am |
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He's not asking about MaxEd. He's asking about the Particle Fx program.
And a wallpaper made from a screenshot, that's not helping the community. You need to learn how to code, map, or develop sounds, FX, models, skins, or animations to help the community out. I'm not trying to be a jerk, but seriously, you're not helping this communtiy out by making wallpapers. It sounds like you're trying to take the easy way out. We need developers of mod materials. Anything you can grasp a little should be worked on until you get it right.
The exporter is located in the file menu at the top of the Particle FX program. The command is Export Runtime Data. It's very very easy to use the Particle Fx Program. But you're gonna have to learn how to setup Particle fx scripts and folders and how to call on them through decals or projectiles or character skins. I figured this out all on my own. I didn't use any tutorial whatsoever. I'm not a mapper so I don't know how to spawn Fx through the map. But I can do anything outside of mapping. Anything.
You need to do a lot of trial and error. Just make stuff up and test every tool in the program. See what they do. Learn what they do. Just keep trying and you will succeed. Open up an existing effect and just mess around with it. That's the only way you'll every learn to use any kind of PC program. Bottom line. It just takes time. When I first started I was so lost, but now I have 2 years of experience. Look at me now.
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Modified Dec 12th, 01:20am by Violent-Games |
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| MAXPAYNE4664 |
Posted 12th Dec 2005 2:19am | |
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Sounds interesting
Alright ima go try to test out my stuff...but i have little patience so trial and error is not good for me lol.
Hey VG, is your mod a solo project or is it with a small group of people? |
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| Violent-Games |
Posted 13th Dec 2005 2:55am |
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Patience is what you'll need. If you don't have or cannot obtain this virtue, then you will never be able to mod.
I have been working on my mod for 2 years now all by myself. I have had some help from people here and there but I do not have a team. I only borrowed minor things from people every now and then and I got very little help only where I needed it. It's been mainly just me, which is just fine because I can do everything except model and map which are 2 things that I am not adding into my mod. I will be adding in some new models for weapons that I have borrowed from some people, but I will not be adding maps which is just perfect for my skills and the reason why I'm making this mod. I have all of the skills on my own to make this kind of mod workout. I've wanted to create something for MP2 on my own and that's what I've done.
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| sj4ck |
Posted 14th Dec 2005 4:38am |
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have never made anything for MP2 but i would like to put my own music on BT how do i do this? |
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| xXLoGaNXx |
Posted 14th Dec 2005 5:26am | |
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yeah...how DO you do that?
and also...can anyone tell me how to use RASmaker? It never seems to do anything at all. |
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| MAXPAYNE4664 |
Posted 14th Dec 2005 6:10am | |
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| Quoting xXLoGaNXx | yeah...how DO you do that?
and also...can anyone tell me how to use RASmaker? It never seems to do anything at all. |
Same here, I dont know how to use it. |
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| JD_Method |
Posted 15th Dec 2005 4:06pm |
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The only thing I can do with mods is add new music to it.  Oh and edit the textures of skins like with Paint Shop Pro. Oh and add sounds (I think). Oh and bugger them up and make them not work |
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| Violent-Games |
Posted 15th Dec 2005 7:33pm |
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RASMAker needs to be accessed through the Windows command prompt. If you don't know anything about DOS, don't bother asking me about RASMAker. Instead download RASMAster. It's got a Windows interface and does not require any DOS knowledge. You can use it to view files inside of a ras or mp2m file and you can extract and create ras or mp2m files too.
As for the bullettime music thing, which I think sucks, you'll need to first unpack the data.ras file in the main MP2 directory. Really and truely you all need to download any tutorials that you can find that helps people learn the basics of MP modding. Because I don't have time to tell you everything step by step. See if you can unpack the ras files and get back with me. I'll then tell you where to go to add in music to the bullettime. Why do you guys like that feature? I find it to repetitive and annoying after a very short while.
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