Archive for October, 2007

Working Textures

As most people would know by know, the demo doesn’t include all the assets that will come with the final game (which is fair enough). This is one of the reasons people have been having texture troubles, they’ve been texturing with something that isn’t there!
Seeing as the CryEngine2 modding community is so amazing, someone has […]

Painting Vegetation

Placing trees and other forms of vegetation in Sandbox 2 would only be easier if it read your mind - it can’t, but it does allow you to easily create large forests in a matter of seconds!

Talk with other Sandbox 2 users

You can learn a lot by talking to someone about something, which is why I was very happy when someone setup a Teamspeak server and another person setup an IRC channel so people can discuss map making etc. Both forms of communication are fairly quiet as of now, but it’d be great if enough people […]

Removing Water in Sandbox 2

No doubt CryEngine2 allows you to have some fantastic water but not everyone wants a map with an island setting or an abundance of water. Find out how to rid your map of it!

Building Ramps and Slopes

Once again, another aspect of level design that Crytek has made incredibly easy to do. All you need is the Solid tool and the ability to click and drag!

Creating Tornadoes

After making my Fun with Tornadoes video I thought it was only fair to show you how to make a Tornado, and some awesome destruction of your own!

Can’t play your map?

Being able to jump right into your map by pressing CTRL + G is one of the greater features of Sandbox 2, and it makes it different to many other editors. There is a bug, or an issue with the editor currently though which prevents a lot of people from doing this, so they just […]

Chicken Defense

If Crytek didn’t intend for this I’m not sure what thought everyone would do with their software! (Made by xfinchx from Crysis Online Forums)

Fun with Tornadoes

I’ve been messing around with everything I can in Sandbox 2 and was overjoyed when I found the Tornadoes object. Below is a video of something you might like to try, as it is much better looking uncompressed like the video is.

Official Documentation Available

The official documentation for Sandbox 2 has been unveiled online. Is this already the end for this site? Of course not! The official documentation is amazing so far, but that won’t stop us from adding our own advice, giving specific tips, and giving you a wider overview of making good maps and mods!
Official Documentation