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I keep seeing stuff on forums about hex editing but I don't know what it is. What is it? :

Hex Editing is editing the hexadecimal digits in a file.

hexadecimal is shortened to "Hex"

Ok, numbers and digits don't really mean anything to me. :yodaful: I was looking more for something like what it actually does and why ppl use it. :calmon:

It's modifying the packaged .LVL file, you know like like MISSION.LVL and those files...

In other words, Hex Editing lets you change things that initially were not meant to be changed, leastwise, not as easily....

you can edit any game or application using a hex editor, altering code bytes to make "un official mods to almost anything out there", its how mods are made for games that dont have mod tools

Hex editing is also terribly limiting. If you add or remove hexadecimal digits, rather than changing them, you will basically ruin the file's functionality.
Hex editing for Star Wars Battlefront 2 is basically how players make little, fun mods that change classes in the game, but don't add anything like textures/sounds.

But we do have modtools so why do ppl find it necessary to use Hex editing? To edit things that normally aren't edited by ZE or anything like that? :3po:

Because hex editing can make for fun, impromptu changes to the game without the need for munging, even if it's easier and more effective to change a map by editing .LUAs.