========================================================================== ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ========================================================================== I G O R T H E G H O S T R E C O N E D I T O R ========================================================================== V 0.1.3++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++BY: CODY MARTIN ========================================================================== last update: 5-24-2002 >>>This faq was copyright 2002 by Cody Martin<<< This faq was written by Cody Martin, and can only be used on the following sites w/out permission from me: www.gamefaqs.com www.cheatcc.com www.neoseeker.com http://DLH.Net If you have a website and want to use my faq, e-mail me at igorfaq@att.net I will get back to you. Thanks... ************************************************************************** i V E R S I O N H I S T O R Y ************************************************************************** 0.0.1-4/26/02-just begun *added TOC and INTRODUCTION 0.0.2-4/28/02- *added THE MAIN SCREEN/MAP section *added little thingy about websites and copyright 0.0.3-5/5/02- *began THE BASICS section -added GETTING STARTED -added INSERTING PEOPLE 0.0.31-5/8/02- *finished INSERTING PEOPLE *changed copyright stuff 0.0.4-5/9/02- *changed copyright notice -added INSERTING VEHICLES -began SOUNDS 0.0.5-5/10/02- *changed copyright stuff *changed website list 0.1.0-5/15/02- *finished SOUNDS *fixed several typos :) 0.1.1-5/18/02- *re-arranged faq *began THE MENUS -added FILE -added EDIT *began ZONES 0.1.11-5/19/02 *almost finished EDIT (long) 0.1.2-5/20/02 *finished EDIT (loud rejoicing from he crowds) *added THE MAIN SCREEN diagram *ZONES still not finished 0.1.3-5/24/02 *finished ZONES ************************************************************************** ii T O C ************************************************************************** VERSION HISTORY i TABLE OF CONTENTS ii INTRODUCTION 1 what is it? THE MAIN SCREEN\MAP 2 blueprint command map 3D view files\folders specifics main editor *THE MENUS 3 File Edit *View *Script *Tools *THE BASICS 4 getting started inserting\editing people inserting\editing vehicles sounds zones *map rooms *fixed weapons *ADVANCED TECHNIQUES 5 *triggers *plans *zones *SCRIPTS 6 *TOOLS\EDITORS 7 *gun editor *actor editor *combat model editor *environment *hand held item *kit editor *projectile editor *server script editor *sound volume editor *vehicle editor *VEHICLE SPECIFICS LIST 8 * is under construction ************************************************************************** 1 I N T R O D U C T I O N ************************************************************************** Ghost Recon is, in my opinion, the best Tom Clancy game ever. It lacks the shear weapon count, but you can add that with this editor. It's more of a run-in-and-shoot-'em-up game. Last ones had too much planning. Well, this faq tells you everything you need to know about running Igor. To find it, go to your Ghost Recon folder (default: C:\Program Files\Red Storm Entertainment\Ghost Recon) and double click on the little lightning bolt called Igor. If you have details sel- ected in the view tab, it should say Application under File Type and be almost as big as the Ghost Recon file. IMPORTANT: this program comes on all Ghost Recon cds...it should be installed on your computer Ghost Recon is on correctly. If it isn't, try reinstalling Ghost Recon. ===================== W H A T I S I T ? ===================== Igor is a program made by Red Storm Entertainment that basically customizes your game, letting you change the settings and parameters it functions on. You can do just about anything except change the campaign missions. You can rename them and play them as multiplayer maps, but not as part of the campaign. This is kind of like a debug menu. However, Igor doesn't have any tech support, so that's what I'm writing this faq for... If you have any questions, comments, or corrections, please e-mail me at igorfaq@att.net ************************************************************************** 2 T H E M A I N S C R E E N ************************************************************************** ________________________________________________________________________ / [file name] \ | File Edit View Script Tools Help________________________ ______________| | | | | | [blueprint] | [command map] | [files\ | | | | folders] | | | | | | | | | | | | | |__________________| | | | | | | | | | | | [main editor] |______________________________________| | | | | | | | | | | | [3d view] |______________| | | | | | | | [specifics] | | | | | | | | | |__________________|______________________________________|______________| \________________________________________________________________________/ B L U E P R I N T The blueprint is the small, blue (hence-blueprint) map in the top left of the screen that shows a top down view of the entire map. The red box is the current area being shown in the command map just to the right of it, and the yellow angle shows what the 3D view shows. Really, the only thing this is good for is that you can click on it to center your command map and 3D view wherever you click. Otherwise, it's pretty useless. C O M M A N D M A P This is in the middle, to the top, just to the right of the blue- print. This is the main screen you will use to place items, people, etc. and probably the most important view. You can turn stuff on or off in this view under the View menu tab. To view the specifics on something on your map, just click on it in this view, and it will turn yellow to show you have selected it and the details will show up in the specifics section. More info about how to use this screen in the basic and adavnced editing chapters of this faq. 3 D V I E W The 3D view is right beneath the command map area. Really doesn't do much. If you have something selected then it shows up as a yellow circle where it is located in the 3d world. Just mostly for looks. Use a,s,w, and d to move it around. F I L E S \ F O L D E R S This section of the screen is in the top right. It holds every- thing that has to do with your map in a series of folders. Works just like Windows Explorer, and it's very useful for selecting files quickly. S P E C I F I C S The area just below files\folders in the bottom-right is the specifics area. If you select anything on the command map or in the files\ folders area, everything that you can change about it shows up here. If you have an actor selected you can change his name, appearance, kit, position, and stance. You can change the names of all the companies, platoons, teams, vehicles, and just about everything else here. M A I N E D I T O R The main editor is in the bottom left of the screen. It's to the left of the 3d view and below the blueprint. This has 5 major tabs used to insert just about everything into your map. You can add actors via the "actor" tab, sounds via the "sound" tab, anf vehicles via the "vehicles" tab. Under the "misc" tab you can add companies, platoons, and teams...3 tiers of actors...you can add effects, notes, new plans for people and\or vehicles, stations, waypoints (briefings), stationary weapons such as the .50 cal machine gun, and zones. Ctrl+[left click] puts something in. Under the "plans" tab, there is a series of things you can add to plans. More about plans in the advanced editing... ************************************************************************** 3 T H E M E N U S ************************************************************************** Most people already know how to work menus, but I thought I'd put this in for the different ones like View and Tools. ============ 3.1 F I L E ============ The file menu is the basic for all programs. Under File, there is New (CTRL+N), Open (CTRL+O), Save (CTRL+S), Save as, and Mods. New gives you a new mission, save saves your progress under the last saved name, save as lets you save your progress under a name of your choosing, and open lets you load a saved mission (duh)...Mods lets you select which mods are running in your game outside of the game (pretty useful) so that you don't have to close and reload Ghost Recon. Beneath that, there is a list of all the last edited missions in line from the closest (top) to the farthest away (bottom). Exit is under- neath that and lets you close this program. ============ 3.2 E D I T ============ Edit menu is just to the right of file. It has under it Undo [the last action] (CTRL+Z), Delete (DEL), Map, Mission, and Briefing. Map lets you choose the map you are using for your game: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++EDITING THE MAP+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ENVIRONMENT: The current map you are using for this mission. You have to start a new mission to change maps MAP SHOTS: The current list of pictures and the command map you are using during the briefing for this mission. MAP NAME: The name of the map as appears when loading the map AVAILABLE TO CUSTOM GAME TYPES: whether or not you can play this under the custom games area. If not, then it only works in the campaign. WEATHER: CLEAR- clear skies outside RAIN- raining during mission SNOW- snowing during mission INTENSITY-how heavy the rain is coming down. Not really measured in any true measurement unit. The higher the number, the more rain/snow. Go ahead and expirament with it. FOG: If the fog doesn't override the environment, tehn the game might run a little slower on slow computers OVERRIDE ENVIRONMENT- Whether or not he fog blocks out the environment so that you can't see. When turned off, there is no fog, the map just fades out the further away you go. NEAR- How far away from you the fog starts. I think it's in meters... FAR- How far away the fog completely covers up the map so that you can not see anything at this distance. COLOR- what color teh fog is. Default is a medium grey. Same color selecting system as in paint (darkness is on far right, and shade is in big colorful box) FAR CLIP DISTANCE- don't know...e-mail me-->igorfaq@att.net MAX SPOT RANGE- how far away the computer recognizes people seperate from rocks and landscape. Aslo how far away your reticule recognizes friend or foe. Good idea to set pretty far. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++EDITING THE MISSION+++++++++++++++++++++++++ To edit different aspects of the mission, click "Mission" under the edit menu... SUPPORTED MODES: SINGLE PLAYER- whether or not this mission is available to campaign or custom mission game types. MULTIPLAYER COOP- whether or not this mission is available to multi- player coop type games MULTIPLAYER SOLO- whether or not this mission is available to multi- player solo game types MULTIPLAYER TEAMS- whether or not this mission is available to multi- player team games MISSION NAME: the name as appears on the custom mission and the campaign menus from the main screen...also on the briefings screen REQUIRES UNLOCKING: whether or not the mission has to be unlocked by com- pleting another mission. I don't know how to specify exactly what mission...I think it's the filename with the number right before the current mission. I'll find it out as I make another map. COMBAT POINTS: How many combat points available to assign to your soldiers before the mission in custom mission mode. DEFAULT TEAM: the six default classes of characters that the computer will use. don't really know what else it's for... UNLOCKED HERO FILE: I think it's like combat points. Even if you haven't unlocked a hero, if you put his(her) name here, then you can play w/ him for this mission...but none of the campaign missions have them I'll look into it +++++++++++++++++++++++++++EDITING THE BRIEFING+++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The briefing is the screen just before character selection when you start a mission. It is layed out like so (everything in brackets are changeable in this section): ________________________________________________________________________ / ___________________________________ \ | BRIEFING {_____[Mission Name]________________} | | _______________________________ ___________ _____________ | | / Objectives \ / WORLD MAP | COMMAND MAP \________ | | | 1. [Mission Objective #1] | | \ | | | 2. [Mission Objective #2] | | | | | | 3. [Mission Objective #3] | | [either the world map, or the | | | | 4. [Mission Objective #4] | | command map...click tab above | | | \_______________________________/ | to switch betweeen the two] | | | _______________________________ | | | | /______________/\_______________\ | | | | | | | | | | | [Paragraphs of your actual | | | | | | briefing. This is read to you | | | | | | in campaign games...] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | \__________________________________/ | | | | / \ | | |_______________________________| |___________[location]_____________| | | \______________\/_______________/ | [weather] | [date] | | | _______________________ | | [time] | | | {_____Play Briefing_____} \__________________________________/ | \________________________________________________________________________/ IMAGE: the world map picture in the map area (right side) that shows when you have the world map tab selected...this is one of two: "brfg_map-01.rsb" shows the black sea and area centered on Georgia "brfg_map-02.rsb" shows Western Russia and Finland and all of the other smaller countries around there. CYCLE IMAGE: these are the pictures that the briefing cycles through that show the mission objectives in detail (shots from above and around) Pick the best one that fits, however, when selecting one, pick one that has a mission number followed by "_brfg-box.rsb" (ex: "m01_brfg-box.rsb") ________________________________________________________________________ / \ | NOTE:don't use the ones that say "_shots.rsb" at the end...your comp | | will crash with bad luck, and the program will shut off with good luck | | I still don't know what these are for... | \________________________________________________________________________/ LOCATION: fill in two blanks before the letters "x" and "y". This is where the flashing dot is on the world map portion on the right side of the screen. Those that have already taken algebra, it's just the fourth quadrant of a grid, but for those that haven't: X- the line above the map...numbers increase going from left to right (see example below) Y- the line going alon the left side...numbers increase going from top to bottom (see example below) EX: so, if i put in 11 as "X" and 4 as "Y", then the radiating dot on the world map would be at Point A X-axis 0_1_2_3_4_5_6_7_8_9_10_11_12_13_14_15_16_etc. | 1| | Y 2| | a 3| x | i 4| A s | 5| WEATHER: Shows up in the "[weather]" section on the briefing screen...a pull-down menu in which there are 8 choices. All are self-explanatory choices include: SUNNY PARTLY-CLOUDY CLOUDY RAIN SNOW CLEAR (NIGHT) PARTLY-CLOUDY (NIGHT) FOGGY LOCATION: what it says in the "[location]" section of the briefing screen. they are case sensitive DATE: character by character, what it will say in the "[date]" section of the briefing screen. Once-again, case sensitive TIME: what it says in the "[time]" section of the briefing screen DEMO CHARGES REQUIRED: whether or not the computer requires that you carry at least one guy with demo charges into the mission. It will warn you if you try to go into the mission without them, and won't let you begin DEMO CHARGES RECOMMENDED: same as above, except that it will let you continue into the mission after warning you once. ANTI-TANK ROCKETS REQUIRED: same as "DEMO CHARGES REQUIRED" except that it has to be at least one guy with rockets (M136) as opposed to charges ANIT-TANK ROCKETS RECOMMENDED: same as "DEMO CHARGES RECOMMENDED" except that there should be one guy with rockets instead of demo charges ________________________________________________________________________ / \ | NOTE: none of the four above will quit the mission if you run out of | | charges or rockets...it only effects what happens during the briefing, | | and it doesn't have anything to do with the mission while playing | \________________________________________________________________________/ BRIEFING TEXT: what it says, word-for-word, in the "[paragraphs of your actual briefing...]" section on the briefing screen. put a "{p}" in to start a new paragraph. ============ 3.3 V I E W ============ ************************************************************************** 4 T H E B A S I C S ************************************************************************** This section tells you about the basics of editing a map. Here you will learn how to insert everything from enemy soldiers to cricket sounds. ================================== 4.1 G E T T I N G S T A R T E D ================================== First of all, you can't change the campaign missions. I've tried everyway I can think of so if you can figure out how...e-mail me. However, you can change the campaign missions and just save them under a new name. They won't be part of the campaign, so you have to play them as quick mis- sions. To begin with open a map (FILE>>OPEN>>[then pick a map]). It's a good idea to start with the multiplayer training map...cause it doesn't have anything on it. ===================================================== 4.2 I N S E R T I N G \ E D I T I N G P E O P L E ===================================================== Inserting people is easy. To put anything onto the map, you hit CTRL+click wherever you want it on the command map. People in Igor are called actors. If you select the "actors" tab in the main editor area, the list of all the possible actors usable on this map shows up. If you pick one and set it somewhere on the map it should show up as a yellow circle with a line on the map. ++++++++++++++++++++++++TEAMS/PLATOONS/SIDES++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Now before you insert an actor, that person has to have a side (enemy, friendly), a platoon, and a team. Keep in mind that when you assign plans, you assign them to a team. More about that in advanced editing. To put those in you select what side you want a platoon on, select it in the files\folders area, and double click on the word "patoon" under the "Misc" tab of the main editor. It should show up under the side you chose, and you can name it by clicking on it in the specifics area. Same with a team. Select a platoon and double click team. Ex: If I want to add a bad guy that stands in the claymore range on the multi- player training map, then I select Enemies in the files\folders area, then I double click on "Platoon" in the "misc" tab, name it "Claymore range" in the specifics tab. Then, I click on that platoon, double click on "Team" in the "misc" tab, and name it "Claymore Guard" in the specifics area. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++EDITING PEOPLE+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Now, the line coming from the circle that is the actor is where the person is facing. When you have a person selected, then when you SHIFT+ click somewhere, they face that direction. If their icon on the command map is yellow, then all the options you can change show up in the specifics area. You can change the following: NAME: click on the tab with the name on it, and rename it. From above ex. I named it Claymore Gaurd 1. CLASS: Here you can change the look of the character. The names are self- explanatory. "m01_rec_ak47_7.atr" is the seventh ak-47 gaurd from m01 on the recruit difficulty level. Change it by clicking in the box with the name on it and picking a new actor. KIT: here you change the weapons or items that the actor holds. Most come with the default kit. Kits are also self explanatory: for instance the "ak47_1gernade.kit" is an ak47 and one gernade. Change this the same way as you change people. START: This changes the starting position. The easiest way to edit this is to click and drag the actor to were you want him. However, you can also insert coordinates. STANCE: These four selections change the starting stance of the person. They include standing upright, sitting down, crouched down on a knee, and lying flat on the ground (prone). Just bubble whichever stance you want. IDLE: This is what the actor will do when standing still. Some choices include briefing and being briefed, cooking, talking, playing cards, etc. Just click the down arrow and select an option. EASY: wether or not this actor is there on the recruit difficulty level NORMAL: same as above for the veteran difficulty level HARD: same as above for the elite difficulty level INITIALLY HIDDEN: this is a little handy tool for reinforcements and other units/actors that you want to come into the game later. Check this and they don't show up at the beginning of a mission until you tell then to in a script...more about that later ***Credit*** Thanks a bunch to Rose for telling me about the above explanation for Initially hidden ======================================================== 4.3 I N S E R T I N G \ E D I T I N G V E H I C L E S ======================================================== Inserting vehicles is just the same as inserting people. You just CTRL+click to place and SHIFT+click to point. Click and drag to move it around (All of this has to be done on the command map area). Teams, companies, and platoons are all the same also except for 1 thing. Vehicles can't be assigned to teams. They can only be added to the platoons. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++EDITING VEHICLES++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ You edit vehicles the same way you edit people...in the specifics area. Click on the vehicle icon in the command map of the vehicle you want to edit, and all of the options show up in the bottom-right. NAME: Click on area where name is and change the name. CLASS: The appearance and the weapons of the selected vehicle. Easy to understand: "truck_m35" is the m35 class truck. See list of them in Vehicles section. START: coordinates that the vehicle begins the mission at. You can insert some to be really specific...but clicking and dragging is much easier. EASY: whether or not this vehicle is there on recruit difficulty NORMAL: same as above for novice HARD: same as above for elite INITIALLY HIDDEN: same as in actors except with vehicles. Once again, the vehicle stays hidden (not there) until you tell it to appear... ***Credit*** Rose told me about this one too. Thank you Rose... DON'T STOP WHEN SHOT: If this vehicle is assigned a plan, then if this box is checked, it will perform that plan no matter who or what is shoot- ing at it. However, if unchecked, one pistol shot at it and it will stop doing whatever it's doing and try to eliminate whoever is shoot- ing at it (usually you). Once the threat is destroyed, then it goes back to the task it was assigned ================= 4.4 S O U N D S ================= Inserting sounds is a lot different than people. The basics are the same though. CTRL+click inserts something...but if you SHIFT+click on it, it goes away. If you SHIFT+click on the area around the main emitter, then little secodary emitters show up. This way, if you click on a single sound emitter in the folders section, several are selected...and you also don't have to change all of the options for every seperate thing, just the main one. NOTE: Sound emitters make your mission sound real. If you want a pitch- black night mission, add some cricket sounds around in the forest. It's amazing how much a few simple sounds can add to a mission. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++EDITING SOUNDS++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Click on a sound in the files\folders section by name, or by the little music icon on the command map. The sound with a yellow box thing around it is the one currently selected. All options show up in the bottom- right (specifics area). EMMITER TYPE: POINTS- check to just have radial (circular) point sound emitters. They emit sound out to a certain radius around the point. LINE- check to have a line of the sound. Sound is continuous from one end of line to other (all along line). Sound is same volume at all points on the line. Add more by SHIFT+clicking MOVING- check to have a moving sound. SHIFT+click to have a new sound waypoint. Sound follows line from sound emitter A to sound emitter B at the speed shown in the box in the bottom right of the emitter type section. Speed is shown in meters-per-second. GROUNDED: don't know...assume it has something to do with the height (??) e-mail me-->igorfaq@att.net HEIGHT: How high above (or below) the ground the sound is heard from. If you insert a lamp breaking sound, it shouldn'e be at ground level. I like to put bees and gnats buzzing around head height (2.5 meters). 3D SOUNDS: All the grey boxes in the middle can only be edited by clicking the "Edit..." box to the right of where it says "3D Sound" near the bottom of the section. PLAYBACK- Two blanks="number" to "number" sec.s First blank: The time that the sound begins at Second blank: The time that the sound ends at Ex- If you want to use the gnats sound (3 seconds long), but just the second half of it, then you put 1.5 in as the first number and 3 as the second. That way, the sound starts 1.5 seconds through the recorded sound and ends 3 seconds into the recorded sound. VOLUME- The percentage of the recoded volume that this sound plays at. If you put this at 0.50, then the sound will be 50 percent (half) of it's original volume. You can't go above 1.00 which would be 100 percent. MAX PLAYS- This is the maximum number of times the sound repeats itself. If you set it at -1, then it goes on indefinately until you end the mission. USE 3D POSITION- whether or not the sound uses the Z-axis while in game. When turned off, all sounds only work on a flat plane (X and Y). LIMITED 3D PROPOGATION- sets a limit to how far the sound goes (????) e-mail me-->igorfaq@att.net POSITION- X, Y, and Z coordinates for the sound point currently select- ed. Change X and Y by clicking and dragging the music icon, and change Z by changing the "Height" ============== 4.5 Z O N E S ============== A zone is any area on the map specified by a dashed square or circle and a box at one of the corners. Zones are used to specify places that can be used as enemy or friendly strongholds, the map's central area, insertion zones, extraction zones, etc.. You can also assign sounds to zones (editing). To insert a zone, CTRL+click where you want a corner of it. If you want it to be a point zone, than just leave it...but if you want it to be the area of a circle or square, than click on one of the corners of the little square and drag it to where you want the other corner to be. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++EDITING ZONES+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ You also edit the zones in the specifics area. To edit a zone, click on the little box in the corner of the square or center of the cir- cle. It should turn yellow and add another square in the opposite corner, or somewher on the circle. You can change the size and location of these zones by clicking and dragging on one of the little boxes. The dashed line is the entire zone. "Zone Properties" NAME: Change the name by clicking on the name in the tab and renaming it in the po-up window. RECT: click if you want the zone to be rectangle in shape. It will change on the command map. RADIUS: click if you want the zone to be a circle. It will change shape on the command map. MAP: POINT- check if you want the zone to be a single point on the map. You can change the way the point faces by SHIFT+clicking on the command map. This is useful later for scripting if you want to specify a trigger event for a certain point. *more in ADVANCED* BASE- check if you want the zone (must be rectangular or circular...not point) to be a base. You can specify what these are used for by writ- ing a script and planning out triggers. *more in ADVANCED* CENTRAL AREA- Click if you want this zone to be the central area for the mission. Don't know exactly what it's for, but i think it's for scripting *more in ADVANCED* RECON INSERTION- check this to make the zone an insertion zone when playing this mission in the "Recon" mode in the custom mission section RECON EXTRACTION- make this zone the extraction zone when playing this mission in the "Recon" mode in the custom mission section DROP-DOWN MENU- this is the type of room (sound wise) that the zone is in. If it's a hallway, select hallway, and the sounds inside will sound louder than if you had outside slected. Very helpfull and adds a lot of realism... MISSION: ISERTION- check to make this zone the insertion zone when playing in the "mission" mode EXTRACTION- check to make this zone the extraction zone when playing in the "mission" mode ====================== 4.6 M A P R O O M S ======================