How it started:
H&D2 coop was possible after the addon Sabre Squadron was released in 2004. But sadly Illussion Softworks thought that it is better not to give out any editors or unpackers. So it was not possible to play all the original HD2 maps in coop. Well I only can say shame on IS! Gladly gub and myself spend lots of time to play arround with the HD2 unpacker and the files. So we figured out that the coopfileformat for the addon is pretty near the same way coded like the occupation maps are. After useing also the unofficial Mafia Editor we finaly could place spawns and had our first success in czech4co:
How we fixed problems:
Well one of the first problems we had than where was that the AI wasnīt scripted. So if any enemy heard an shoot they started to hunt you .. no matter where theyīve been. An simple addition of the singleplayer scripts to the new coopmap fixed that. Next problem we ran into other maps where that some parts just didinīt worked in coop like some enemies or some ammoboxes. An hexeditor where we could delete parts in the files fixed that for us.
So finally you could play even some maps like Alps1 now in coop in very hard witch you couldnīt finish in singleplayer! Shame on you again IS! Such an bug is still up even after 8 Patches!
After some work with others and sharing our knowledge, Zdenda switched by and he was one who made an first tutorial (well in fact we just put our infos in a closed forum with the needed files ... well call us lazy). So after teaching him a bit and after lots of tests we even managed not just to convert the old original hd2 maps into coop. We also managed to make our own maps with random enemies, tiny stories at maps witch for example hasnīt been an singleplayer map before (Normandy3co, Ardennnes).
Where we are now:
Well after releasing nearly any possible original map lots of variations of own ones and some complete new ones we nearly have started to quit all the development of new maps. The reasons are simple. The editor needs lots of time to edit and the feedback is very low. Lots of users donīt know how to install the maps even its written in the readme, damit. So after that here is a list of all avaivable maps in hd2 coop, what you need to play them, how to install them etc...
