FE2 Community Maps

FE2 Community Maps (widely and formerly known as FE2 Map Test) is a game where players can test maps that were not approved by Crazyblox to be added in Flood Escape 2. These maps are by other players who whitelisted their maps so that they could have a chance to be listed in the game. The older version of this game can be found here

Lobby Design
The Community Maps lobby is similar to that of the regular FE2. The lobby has a monochrome appearance and does not have the Leaderboard and podiums.

Introduction
This section of the page contains information about each major change in FE2 Community Maps. Sometimes new features are brought over to this game first so that maps can get used to them. Not all changes are listed here.

Major Changes
On August 2018, Crazyblox decided to abandon the user FE2_MapTest along the community map testing game owned with it. Major changes were made and are found below:


 * Removal of the store; In the previous game, players (who gathered enough coins and gems in one play session) could buy items in the store, buying emotes for recording or tanks and auras just for show. Because nothing is saved, the store was removed. It served no practicality.


 * Removal of searching by word; In the previous game, you could search for maps by typing the model’s name or its creator, allowing for quicker and easier map switching. This feature broke as Crazyblox was unable to add maps to it, so it wasn’t brought to the new version. This forced all players to find the map ID to their test map and paste it in, which often takes more time.


 * Multiplayer; Prior to this update, players couldn’t play maps together. Today, Crazyblox allows private server owners (for the price of 200 Robux every month) to play in multiplayer. This means that if you purchase a private server in FE2 Community Maps, you can play together with your friends.


 * Map panel overhaul; Multiple maps can now be played and a list of them could be shown on the right side of the panel. The panel has new button designs, backgrounds, and the ability to change map inserting permissions. You can either keep the permissions to yourself when you own a VIP server, or give it to everyone. Permissions are automatically set to All on a solo server.


 * Removal of infinite oxygen; This was a controversial feature, as it allowed people to troll and use Infinite Air to sometimes access areas on a map early or go out-of-bounds. It was only convenient when practicing maps for a speedrun, or a YouTube video.

On late 2018, Crazyblox introduced EventString, announcing the deprecation of EventScript in favor of it, due to concerns about the game’s security, and the introduction of blocked phrases that prevent EventString from running if said phrase was found. This was later reversed as Crazy reconsidered the action.

On April 2019, the lighting engine was changed from Legacy to Compatibility, as the Legacy engine was being phased out of Roblox itself in favor of more realistic engines, before being changed to ShadowMap the same month on 2020.

On September 22, 2020, Crazyblox renamed FE2 Map Test to FE2 Community Maps, along with tweaks and new features:


 * The Fan Art board, Information board, and server teleports moved to the right side of the lobby.
 * Addition of shortened IDs, supports all whitelisted standalone and grouped maps.

How do you whitelist your FE2 map?
When you are in Roblox Studio and your map is complete, select all of the parts of your map with the following shortcut (Control or Command + A, this is optional) and group them with the following shortcut (Control or Command + G, this is optional). Make sure EventScript/EventString, Spawn, ExitBlock, ExitRegion, Air Bubbles, and the Settings folder are a direct child of the model. Next, right click the model and click Save to Roblox. Name the model (this may be automatically filled with the model’s name on Studio), enable Allow Copying, and post the model. You can insert LocalEventScript and additional Lighting properties, but these are optional.

After this, find your model, copy its ID on the URL address, enter Whitelisting : FE2 Map Test, paste the ID in the box, and click Submit Map. A message will appear indicating a successful whitelist. If the queue is full, try again in a few days.