Mod-Tools were big on my mind and I listened patiently while Jason West explained that no tools will ship, as the focus right now is game delivery. I made a strong argument for IW to provide better docs for Scripters, Admins and some sample gameserver configs at ship date. I also asked that they consider shipping non-compiled game assets on the DVDs. This would include model examples and textures/graphics in a non-proprietary format. I understand why IW cannot get an SDK built by ship date. Their operations (development, art, QA) now use integrated toolsets. What this means is textures and graphics, for instance, go into source code repositories where artists, level designers and modelers can access them and add comments, etc. The very tools they use are integrated with the source code and bug reporting systems. To tear this all apart and create a toolset for a standalone modder or level designer is no small effort. Jason stated about 6 months before we could expect an SDK. I hope to continue to influence them on what they can do to provide incremental tools. In a future article I hope to explain more about what will be possible with mod tool kits and my progress working with IW for the right tools.

in the IW_11 I found a folder entitled "weapons"........

the one thing I really wanted to do is take the Xmodels from CoD4 and put them in CoD2...HINT: UzI!!!

I'm working on the G36C as of right now. might get it to shoot grenades.