Update 7 is out!!

It isn't much, but accompanying with this update is the end of the weekly updates. To put it simply, not dishing out enough for those to be worthwhile, and life is catching up with my so my productivity is going to be slowing down. But I'm hoping I can give you all a BIG update come mid - late August. See you then!!

Update 6 is out! Check the original post for any new pictures and videos!

Wooow looks cool man!!! Keep it up

Thanks!! I appreciate the support!

NEW UPDATE!!
Check out the original post for new updates! All of the details will be in the original post, as well as the update video and a new screenshot.

Yeh I played that one! It's was really a good mod! About joining forces, I have to think about if I want that.. Currently I am planning to finish one of my zombiemaps and release it to the community. But I fall into limit issues which are killing my mod.

Thank you!

No pressure. If you're having issues with your map, perhaps post a topic in the help section. There are plenty of people in the World at War modding community who will be willing to help you.

Introduction:
Hey! A while back I released a level called "Tokyo", and I had a lot of fun and learned a lot from making that project. I had wanted to make a custom campaign of some undefined length ever since I started making maps in 2012 (It's a shame I didn't learn to program until 2016, if would have saved me a lot of trouble back when I was in Highschool making maps). I had decided to stop mapping and to move on to greener pastures (making a puzzle game for UE4) upon Tokyo's release in  September of 2017. However, I am back now, planning on making a short set of singleplayer maps which can be released by (hopefully) summer of 2019.

Premise:
This project, called "Timeline", is a pretty strange concept that I know hasn't been done yet in World at War. Inspired by the Half Life mods of the same name, this campaign will follow our hero, a silent Russian protagonist, throughout time as he attempts to stop the Nazis and their time machine from fundamentally changing all of human history. I expect to use the Der Reise teleporter asset to transition between levels (step in the teleporter, activate it, and then a new level will load in which the player will continue in search of yet another teleporter, gunning down Nazis and Imperial Japanese forces in his path).

What is in production?:
Currently I have three maps in production.
1. Time1 - currently working on making the base map.
- This map is the first level of the project. There isn't much exposition, and still working on some basic ideas before I start adding in anything storyline wise. About 70% done with constructing the map.
2. Inbetween1 - currently working on the base map.
- This map is the second level of the project. It's design isn't exactly kosher, and doesn't follow the normal style of mapping in Call of Duty. Things like floating islands just in general strange scenery changes as well as skybox changes.
3. Jungle - Currently working on the base map.
- I have no idea where this map will fit into the campaign, haven't gotten that far into planning the storyline yet. It'd be a short level, maybe ten minutes at max, so this one is not my main focus.

UPDATE 7 FOR 7/14/2018

Some detailing was done on the main map (time1) and some other things were added, but nothing too crazy.

I created a few prefabs and added to the map between1, of which you can see in the new update video.

IMAGES (From the previous update)

YOUTUBE VIDEO FOR UPDATE 7


The next update will consist of the following changes: The finishing of the map "Time1" in detail and construction, including added cover,


Thank you so much for reading or watching, if you did so, if you wish to comment about it don't be afraid to leave a comment on the forum board, or on the youtube video. Thanks for the support and I hope you all have a wonderful day.


If you wish to join me on this project and contribute a map or two, by all means let me know. I don't have any guidelines as to how these maps should go, just that they play well once finished. If you want to fight the nazis on Mars in the far future or the Japanese in an underwater structure during the Bronze age is up to you, most ideas I won't say no to (and both of those actually sound pretty awesome if you're REALLY willing to do that). I don't have a set storyline, and the storyline won't be much more than little notes on the loading screen (like in Call of Duty 2) describing what you've been doing going from place to place, so don't worry too much about following a storyline, just make whatever map you feel like. (Just tell me if you're joining ahead of time, else I won't be able to help out if you want things like some of the prefabs or textures I have, and such).


Previous Updates:
7/7/2018
6/30/2018
6/23/2018

Ending cinematic was amazing.

I had some excessive difficulties when it came to actually making cinematics for this map, and world at war in general. But I gave myself a release date, and didn't complete them upon said release date, so I packaged what I had and released it. If I hadn't done that, I probably would still be working on it now, and there's no way I would want to do that.

How did you get out of the map to the tank? I swear I blocked that off with an invisible wall after I couldn't get the damn thing to move.

Upon request from a user on my YouTube channel, I have decided to release the source files for producing Tokyo.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/odxaov27i285fau/Tokyo_Source_Files.zip

They're there. ^^

Included are several prefabs, map files, as well as map files from other projects that I worked on (as I am now done with World at War, having moved on to Unreal Engine).

Thank you all for helping me with the project when you did.

Dude, I just spoke to the WAW engine limits and they told me that they're gunu keep this project from going anywhere 

Is it impossible to make a multilevel mod for world at war? The project isn't looking for anything too crazy.

I was thinking about starting up a small single player project, but I don't want to get going with it unless I know people are willing to sign up for it.

The idea:
The Germans and Japanese have secret technology to go into different timelines, attempting to take over the world in other ways. The year is 1946 on a remote island, and the Russians and Americans have teamed up to stop this final Axis plot.

The first level would be the fight on the island getting to the machine. The last level would be about going through a place between time and stopping the machine from working across all timelines. The levels in the middle: going into different locations throughout history, or in the future, and fighting the Axis there collecting various things along the way to shut off the machine.

The total amount of levels would be anywhere between 4 and 10 levels, depending on how many people contribute.

If anybody is interested in a project like this, leave a comment and let me know. I started working on this project before, but realized a long time ago that working on multiple maps is not attainable unless if each map is five minutes long.

Thank you for your time.

Looks good. I've already played the handful of custom SP maps out here, and it is nice to see another finally done. I'll look at it very soon.

Can this be played CO-OP?

Sadly it cannot be played Co-op. I never looked up how to make it coop, and I never had time to test it out before releasing the full map. (I had a set release date in mind and made cuts as necessary).

A waw mod that isn't a zombie one props to you.

Thank you! Sadly, I haven't gotten much feedback on the design of the level or anything like that, so I don't know how many people have actually played it. But I have to say, getting this to work (considering the lack of Singleplayer documentation in this game) was a tremendous challenge and learning experience.

I am thinking about making something which will teach future modders who want to make Singleplayer maps. The only issue is that I still get problems with soundaliases and the like.

Anyway, if you play it, give me a review, whether you like it or not. It will help me toward my next project, and I would rather create something people would enjoy instead of creating something that people consider a waste of time.

Who would thought that something like this would be created. Looks pretty good but how can i play solo ?

Unzip the file and install it into your mods folder (the one located in appdata/local/Activision/ codwaw).
Launch the mod in game.
Press your ~key in game and type "devmap tokyo" or "/map tokyo" (without quotes) and then hit enter on your keyboard. The map should run.

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Look pretty interesting and original in the youtube clip! looking forward to try this out!

The map is in the download link! Let me know what you think after you play it.

Here it is! The map is set to a mediafire link for download. The setting is Operation Downfall, invasion of Japan in 1946. This operation never happened, but was planned, and was thus the inspiration for this map! You fight from one end of a beach to the other, move through a flooded area with low visibility, assault and flank a bunker, push through a city and fight on some rather oddly mishapen docks. There are also planes and stuff flying through the air so that's fun.

There are 3 easter eggs in this map. Two are soldier names and one is especially secret. If you all can find them, by all means let me know and I'll give you props for exploring.

I would like to thank all who helped me out with my various ridiculous questions throughout the map making process, as I have visited and revisited here for many months.

Here is the video of the release, if you so wish to watch it:


Here is the download link for those who so wish to download it!

http://www.mediafire.com/file/wc7tryplxzs6vcm/Tokyo.zip


Leave a comment and let me know what you all think! It would be greatly appreciated.

I have my map, it is 3 days from the release date I had promised, with only one step left for me to do. There are 4 areas where I need fire sounds playing. I already have every other sound that I want in the game, as well as all of the objects flying, spawning, etc. that I feel it needs.

Here is my script:

env_sounds()
{
	wave = getentarray("wave_s", "targetname");
	fire = getentarray("fire_s", "targetname");
 
	wave playloopsound("ocean_right");
	fire playloopsound("fire_manager_0");
}

I have these sounds being pulled from the soundalias in pel1. "ocean_right" works like a charm and plays at several locations, however "fire_manager_0" does not play at all. I traced the file in the soundalias to it's root to make sure that the file was not missing (it isn't. It is located in SFX/destruction/fires/dynamic/dyn_fire_00), and it is there along with three other files corresponding to fire_manager_1, 2 and 3 as well.

Does anybody else have any problems with this sound alias? And if so, if you have any suggestions on ones working for you, please let me know.

Thank you for your time.