Battlezone 1

Hi I downloaded most of the BZ extras and i am wondering how to install them here is the list:
BZ_soundtrack
BZact
BZact
BZdemo
BZHGT
BZlgt
BZeditor v5
BZskins 24 bit
Custom Sniper scopes
Map Veiwer 4a
odysseypathev13
RO sountrack
SDFveiwer
unzfs
vdfveiwer12a

I originally looked at http://www.battlezone1.net/extras/?C=D;O=A becuase I wanted to create custom maps for my sister and I to battle on then I saw the other downloads and decided to download them as well. Is there a page describing each download and it's use?

Thanks for your time and help,
Joe

EDIT: I am also having difficulty locating some of the programs mentioned in ia-mission-tutorial-t1135.html. I can't find bzcp or ezbz mentioned in the utilities section of the post in the downloads section. I would continue without them but my dos box says maketrn can't run in dos mode.

Some of these I haven't used, but they come with some kind of "readme" file that describes what they do...

BZ soundtrack - It's the music from the Battlezone CD. Play them with media player.

BZ act - Does something with the color palettes from the game. (.act files)

BZ demo - Old demo of BZ before its 1998 release. (1.0)

BZ HGT - Creates height maps from images.

BZ LGT - Seems to have something to do with lighting on BZ maps.

BZN editor v5 - This allows you to edit the object references in .bzn files without the technical complexity of a hex editor.

BZ skins 24 bit - These are just some of BZ's textures, as 24 bit bitmaps. You can't install these, I suppose they're for modders.

Custom Sniper scopes - Custom crosshairs for sniping. Each scope is in its own folder and they're separated into two main folders: BZ and RO. Which one you pick depends on whether you are putting custom scope in Battlezone or Red Odyssey. Each scope has 3 or 4 files that go in addon. Also included is the default scope in case you want to get rid of custom scope.

Map Viewer 4a - This utility allows you to view/edit BZ's .map textures. You first open a palette, such as objects.act, then select a texture.

odysseypatchv13 - The 1.3 patch for Red Odyssey. (Already applied in BZ 1998)

RO soundtrack - It's the music from the Red Odyssey CD. Play them with media player.

SDF viewer - Allows you to view SDF model files, which are structures like the hangar.

unzfs - This extracts BZ's .zfs archive files.

vdfviewer12a - Allows you to view VDF model files, which are vehicles like tanks.

It's an old tutorial written by somebody else, and some of the tools mentioned are missing or can't be found, but are not required for making maps.

Thanks, does anyone know of a good dos box that will work with this? I have DOSbox-0.63. I downloaded it from http://www.bestoldgames.net/eng/ a couple years ago for Panzer General. (By the way Panzer General is a very good strategy game.)

Thanks for your help sporkinator,
Joe

(by the way nice picture)

I edited my post when I noticed I put the same description for SDF Viewer and VDF Viewer. Oops! Copy-and-paste syndrome.

I am not familiar with DOSbox...

Anyway, you're welcome.

In the description for the downloader, it says that there is a pdf of the strategy guide. However, I can't seem to find it in the installation options or after it's installed. Does anyone know where I can find it?

After installation it will be in the Extras folder, which you can quickly access over the shortcut in the programs group (start-all programs-bz-extras).

DOSbox is an emmulator that immitates the DOS prompt and functionallity of the old computers so you can use old programs that are incompatible with newer computers

and when attempting to use maketrn with DOSbox it always says the application cant be run in DOS mode

Way to reopen a really old topic.
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