Thursday, April 15, 2010

CRYSIS WARS IN THE FBE LABS

HI ALL,

AFTER A BIT OF A FALSE START (AND WITH SOME HELP FROM SEBASTIAN AT BECU) WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONFIGURE ALL OF THE COMPUTERS IN THE LABS TO WORK WITH CRYSIS WARS AND PLAYUP CORRECTLY. WE HAD TO TURN OFF THE UAC SETTINGS (JUST LIKE YOU HAVE TO DO AT HOME).

THIS IS HOW I USE THE SETUP IN THE LABS:

1. HIT THE WINDOWS START BUTTON AND TYPE "EDITOR" (WITHOUT THE QUOTATION MARKS) INTO THE SEARCH PROGRAMS AND FILES WINDOW.

2. THAT BRINGS UP THE SANDBOX2 SP EDITOR ... (SP STANDS FOR SINGLE PLAYER)

3. NAVIGATE TO THE CRYSIS WARS GAME FILE AND ADD AN OBJECTS FOLDER AND THEN ADD A z3208984_Objects FOLDER INSIDE THAT (THIS IS THE ONE WITH YOUR STUDENT NUMBER AND THE ONE YOU'LL HAND IN)

THE FULL PATH IS HERE: C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\Crytek\Crysis Wars\Game

4. NAVIGATE TO THE LEVELS FOLDER AND ADD A FOLDER CALLED z3208984_Levels (AGAIN WITH YOUR STUDENT NUMBER, AND THE ONE YOU'LL HAND IN)

5. START UP GOOGLE SKETCHUP AND SET THE PLUGINS>PLAYUP>PREFERENCES TO POINT TO YOUR OBJECTS FOLDER ABOVE, AND SET THE RC PATH TO THE ONE IN CRYSIS WARS (NOT CRYSIS).

6. READY TO GO.

IT TAKES LESS THAN 5 MINUTES ONCE YOU'VE DONE IT A FEW TIMES.

REMEMBER TO COPY THE LEVELS AND OBJECTS FOLDER TO YOUR MEMORY STICK BEFORE YOU LOG OFF ... OTHERWISE IT WILL ALL DISAPPEAR!

CHEERS

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