
It’s an incredibly flexible tool, that’s for sure. You don’t need scripting knowledge to make maps to fight on, but it will give you more tools at your disposal. I’ve never been big on scripting, et cetera.

Now personally, I’m not keen on building stages and seeing people use them. Hopefully more classic content will return this way to really round out what you can do as far as unique content. That’s why I love the Battlefield 2042 Portal Editor. You can restrict weapons, adjust the scale of battles, pick factions, just about everything. You have so many sliders to adjust, from movement speed, weapon damage, and so much more. It uses a Logic Editor to create the settings you desire and can be tested using AI. Being able to set maps for Battlefield on a web editor instead of in-game is great as well. You can pick virtually anything you want in the builder. You can relive some of the greatest battles from the franchise with new gameplay, which is wildly exciting.

Battle of teh Bulge and El Alamein from Battlefield 1942.We discussed them previously, but you get access to: In Battlefield 2042’s Portal Editor, you get the 7 All-Out Warfare maps, and the 6 classic maps from the previous games. It may be a little too random, so you won’t always get something you’re good with. This will be in the game starting on November 12, 2021, so you’ll get to experience this too. When you die, you respawn as a random character/soldier, random loadout.When a VIP dies, a random member of your team is now VIP.An example of what this can do is VIP FIESTA, by CouRage as we said: Fan-made battles can be played, as well as a regular rotating cast of maps made by the devs. The idea is that it’s going to be a community-driven area of the game. We did get to a peek at how complicated you can make events and battles. 2042, to see which faction is ultimately superior. They also teased “1 Tank against 20 Duck-sized EOD Bots”, which is also a possibility. You can pick what each side of the battle has access to. The teaser for it showed a truly ridiculous fight that you can make happen – Knives vs. So what exactly is Battlefield 2042’s Portal Editor?Īnything can happen in Portal Editor. That’s awesome, and could be a great way to market it.

You can effectively recreate classic Battlefield experiences in 4k, without having to buy separate games. I wanted to see exactly how overwhelmingly technical this mode can be. In the event, we played a mode created by CouRage (VIP Fiesta), a Free-for-All, an FFA with Rockets, and then we did battle in some classic Battlefield settings. It’s easy enough for everyone to use, but with some scripting knowledge, it becomes incredible what you can do. Bad Company 2? You’ve got it! Want headshots to deal maximum damage, no respawns, and the only weapons are sidearms? It’s likely easy to do. You can use the Portal Editor in Battlefield 2042 to create whatever matches you want.

I choose “sneak peak” because while the matches we played were fun, I know it’s capable of more. On the last day of the Battlefield 2042 Press Event, we got a sneak peek at the Portal Editor. By Jason Parker in General | Nov, 11th 2021
