Well, it's been a long time since modders and map makers had some REALLY good news from AAA Devs such as Treyarch, DICE and well Crytek with regards to mod tools because my guess would be that they're to busy making games for consoles BUT it seems the silence was broken by Crytek! I hope that EA will also see the light when BF3 releases, So from the modding and mapping community...

THANK YOU CRYTEK!

Link here: http://www.crymod.com/

Agreed.

DICE is overrated, I almost hate them. They feed off the problems certain developers get when they have a issue going on. Like for example, say Modern Warfare 2, it had matchmaking on PC and gamers HATED IT. DICE ate off that hate and basically said "look at Bad Company 2! It has dedicated servers UNLIKE Modern Warfare 2" thus bringing gamers to go and svck them out. You get my drift? They don't have that true care for fans, they are just trying to hook the fans by telling them what they want and yes, delivering it, but sooner or later screwing them over (the dedicated servers for BC2 were garbage).

DICE is doing the same thing with BF3. Even tho Crysis 2 is no console port, a number of PC gamers think it is (though they are stupid for thinking this and they ignorant for it as well). So DICE comes in an says "We build for PC and then port to console, DERP" and then hook the gamers.

It's a very tricky business tactic they got going on. And I can't really bash them for it because it works really well.

Well, it's been a long time since modders and map makers had some REALLY good news from AAA Devs such as Treyarch, DICE and well Crytek with regards to mod tools because my guess would be that they're to busy making games for consoles BUT it seems the silence was broken by Crytek! I hope that EA will also see the light when BF3 releases, So from the modding and mapping community...

THANK YOU CRYTEK!

Link here: http://www.crymod.com/


i love to see modtools coming but im scared that we again get less then we are promised.

why would crytek our ea giving free modtools to make maps/mods while they also can sell mappacks as dlc for a prize.

dont get me wrong! i quit playing call of duty due to the fact that to keep people playing your game, you have to give maps for free, instead of asking high prizes for some sh*tty maps.

i think( but not hope) that when those modtools are released things are not as great as it looks no company wants to lose money for free i really hope im wrong but we have to see what will happen.

if its free and we can make maps then crytek won a great fight against other developers, who brings out mappacks for a high prize.

lets hope crytek support us

Well, it's been a long time since modders and map makers had some REALLY good news from AAA Devs such as Treyarch, DICE and well Crytek with regards to mod tools because my guess would be that they're to busy making games for consoles BUT it seems the silence was broken by Crytek! I hope that EA will also see the light when BF3 releases, So from the modding and mapping community...

THANK YOU CRYTEK!

Link here: http://www.crymod.com/


i love to see modtools coming but im scared that we again get less then we are promised.

why would crytek our ea giving free modtools to make maps/mods while they also can sell mappacks as dlc for a prize.

dont get me wrong! i quit playing call of duty due to the fact that to keep people playing your game, you have to give maps for free, instead of asking high prizes for some sh*tty maps.

i think( but not hope) that when those modtools are released things are not as great as it looks no company wants to lose money for free i really hope im wrong but we have to see what will happen.

if its free and we can make maps then crytek won a great fight against other developers, who brings out mappacks for a high prize.

lets hope crytek support us

There are obvious advantages to giving people mod tools though, it adds to the longevity of the game and may encourage people to buy it even if they aren't interested in the base game. Look at the likes of HL1 and HL2 which are still going strong through their mod community.

The standalone engine, however, is just another source of revenue for Crytek like the UDK is for Epic Games. Once people start making indie commercial games they'll get a slice of their sales for the privilege of being able to use their extremely powerful engine.

I dont have any issues with DICE, BC2 is good fun if you play the game with people who are not worried about KDR... What I do have an issue with is Partick Bach stating that it's a declining trend which is ofcourse utter BS! The only reason is no one was giving us mod tools is because they wanna make maps and sell them as DLC?

SO we're kinda forced to buy this s h i t because our buddies are playing on servers that we cant join because we're not willing to fork out more unlike the console players who will buy anything? BUT I hope the mindset changes of most AAA Devs because the FPS genre is rather boring right now. Custom content will save the day IMO!

Well, it's been a long time since modders and map makers had some REALLY good news from AAA Devs such as Treyarch, DICE and well Crytek with regards to mod tools because my guess would be that they're to busy making games for consoles BUT it seems the silence was broken by Crytek! I hope that EA will also see the light when BF3 releases, So from the modding and mapping community...

THANK YOU CRYTEK!

Link here: http://www.crymod.com/


i love to see modtools coming but im scared that we again get less then we are promised.

why would crytek our ea giving free modtools to make maps/mods while they also can sell mappacks as dlc for a prize.

dont get me wrong! i quit playing call of duty due to the fact that to keep people playing your game, you have to give maps for free, instead of asking high prizes for some sh*tty maps.

i think( but not hope) that when those modtools are released things are not as great as it looks no company wants to lose money for free i really hope im wrong but we have to see what will happen.

if its free and we can make maps then crytek won a great fight against other developers, who brings out mappacks for a high prize.

lets hope crytek support us

There are obvious advantages to giving people mod tools though, it adds to the longevity of the game and may encourage people to buy it even if they aren't interested in the base game. Look at the likes of HL1 and HL2 which are still going strong through their mod community.

The standalone engine, however, is just another source of revenue for Crytek like the UDK is for Epic Games. Once people start making indie commercial games they'll get a slice of their sales for the privilege of being able to use their extremely powerful engine.

The standalone engine is going to have the exact same sandbox editor......it just won't be set up to save directly to crysis 2.

I think the whole idea behind giving us the sandbox to edit crysis 2 is so modders will see how well and easy they could create a stand alone game.........there's where the "free" part makes them money.

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