Call of Duty: Black Ops mod tools due in May

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• WHOA : shakybonez31
• Took way too long, but I welcome it. : PointlesS76
• Maybe a bit too late, but still good news nonetheless. : p34nk
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  Most likely people will remake DLC maps. FOR FREE! : Dragzeela
  • News just in. Activision will have to approve mods and new maps and will charge for them. : silverback1138
• In other news: the next Call of Duty game will come out in June : dfz0r
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  bit late? you didnt expect them to release before everyone bought their dlc did you? : o.flaherty
  • I didn't expect them to release it ever. : Topsiderover
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  It will include GtkRadiant. If you want a head start, I would suggest looking up some Quake 3 modding re... : CrustaR
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    Or you could make some maps for World At War- http://wiki.treyarch.com/wiki/Main_Page : cptincognito
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      I was just joking about radiant, but I guess they are still using it. I don't know what to think about t... : CrustaR
      • idTech5 still uses radiant... It's an odd program. I really do like idTech, but I've always been deeply s... : cptincognito
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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 p... : roushimsx
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    they have more money than god they can do more than one thing : spiderfill
    • Activision doesn't give a fuck about doing anything/everything, they only give a fuck about running their... : roushimsx
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    Mods tools mean new maps for MP... There is a shit load of stuff that has been done for COD4 including a ... : razlebol
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      Oh wow, a star wars tc. There's an original, non copyright infringing piece of work. Most custom maps are... : roushimsx
      • There were a bunch of MP and zombie maps made for the World at War from the mod tools that were a lot of ... : Bruzilla
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        Well all know you are a snobby gamer and that you also don't play MP anyways, so I'm not sure why you are... : razlebol
        • wait, he bought BLOPS for just the single player? lol : VoodooIT
        • There is a long history of proof that many good things come out of free tools for the map and mod communi... : Lucy Labia
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        Your remark about dedicated servers is a major reason I'm fearing I'll regret preordering Brink on PC. : Tawler
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          Even though there is plenty of servers that do run 1 map or special rules or whatever, I never had a prob... : razlebol
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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... : Tawler
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              Sure, there is always a prefered map. There is a lot of people who enjoy those servers too. I'm guilty of... : razlebol
              • Yeah, the one map is usually chosen because it's a good one. But sometimes other variables are at play. I... : Tawler
            • ET:QW had(has?) great servers, and AFAIK there was never one map that overran things. Might have been the... : cptincognito
      • For having played so many games, you sure seem angry about this one. : MercFox1
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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 we... : pyide
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          Yea I don't see any of that happening for BLOPS. : roushimsx
          • I didn't really see Crysis getting a killer mod either, but then came MWLL. : Topsiderover
          • You don't see people making small mods and maps for this game? It's pretty much guaranteed to happen if t... : pyide
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            Because your blind? What else are people going to make maps for? L4D TF2 and UT3 are completely diffe... : Lucy Labia
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              we'll see. the user TF2 content was good fun. the user BLOPS content will likely be perk and prestige fa... : Downforce
              • Yeah but if you are trying to get a portfolio together wouldn't you want to make levels for a newer game ... : Lucy Labia
        • Damn, I forgot -sk- made Fastlane! I should really buy a stamp, love that map quite a bit. : Dontdrop
      • none of this garbage you wrote resembles a reason for why a developer shouldn't release mod tools or why ... : VoodooIT
  • Not sure if serious... : TheStupidOne
  • That's a horribly cynical outlook. BLOPS has a massive install base- that's one of the biggest factors fo... : cptincognito
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    you are the archvile of COD hate : Dravenport
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      He's the exact opposite. the archvile would tirelessly beat upon them from lack of community tools and co... : Dave-A
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        I wasn't being serious, but thanks for the breakdown : Dravenport
        • Aww c'mon guys, The Arch is awesome. Maybe because I agree with him the vast majority of the time. : silverback1138
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    If it weren't for companies releasing mod tools, and the next generation of level designers, programmers, artists and animators using said mod tools to learn and hone their skills, modern games would not be as good as they are.

    Apr 14, 2011 10:18am PDT
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    If it weren't for companies releasing mod tools, and the next generation of level designers, programmers,... : johnsto
    • And this is *particularly* important for popular games, as it exposes a wider audience to game design as ... : johnsto
  • Tell us how you really feel about it. : project13
  • Why do you hate nice things roushi? Why you throw a chip? : Vorlonesque
• Golly i'll hop right onto producing something people would want to play, even in this engine! : Zolneirz
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  so... even MORE nuketown ?!?! YES : Downforce
  • CTF-Face COD style!! : deKaf
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  Think they're having trouble putting together the next CoD without the old team? Could this move could be... : zuff
  • No. Treyarch likes modding and released tools for their last CoD game as well. : cptincognito
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  Ahhhh. Finally Zombies will be as fun as they are in WaW. Now I have a reason to play blops again. : Yumcheese
  • Yeah, the new zombie maps weren't as fun as the old ones, even though the old ones were relatively simple... : cptincognito
• its good to see them go back to the days when community maps were allowed instead of the company forcing ... : Wiz74
• I hope there are some game source / GUI coding tools released, because I'm itching to make a full-on HUD ... : the archvile
• Mod tools are always a good thing. Those that are interested enough have the right tools to learn, and th : Cygnus X-1