Hey,

I'm wondering if there is an easy way for a project to be shared and edited between team members. I mean make the entire level you are working on available for the other team members to edit it without having to email it, transfer, etc. Having to be constantly transferring the level is quite painful.

If this can be done, please let me know how!

Thanks!

Think one moment. Dropbox. Mediafile. Rapidshare....

...However, a Dropbox shared folder might be the best solution.

I've thought of this, but will it still work if you leave the level in the shared folder and load it from there? Or would it have to be located in the CryEngine levels folder?

What you're looking for is termed a version control system. These are capable of storing files in what's called a repository: a collection of files to which developers can commit changes, additions and deletions. Each developer maintains their own local copy which they update by pulling changes from the main repository (simplifying, just in case any DVCS users pop up and correct me for that).

I'd recommend Git, for which there are both free and paid hosts available on the interwebz. Alternatively if you already have a server, you can set it up on that.

Dropbox is not a solution to this problem. Trust me. It's all fun and games till someone pushes a corrupt file and no-one has the working original. VCSs retain every commit so you can move backwards and forwards in time.

...Never thought of that. Thank you.

Ok thanks, now how would I go about setting up a version control system? Is there a fairly simple way?

Just read through the internet, google for VCS...

A VCS is made of a server and a client. Both have the conplete repo on their HDDs. If the client makes a change to a file, an wants the change to be on the master server, for all available, he commits and pushes the change. (this is how it works for github)
To commit the change, you use "git commit -m 'Your Comment'"
To finally push your changed files to the master server you use "git push -u origin master"

The best way to set up a VCS is github, because you can still put your files under certain licenses. You can also use SourceForge, which offers also Subversion and Mercurial, (other VCSs) but all the files have to be open source, I think. (so you may not upload the CryEngine binaries)

http://freesdk.crydev.net/display/SDKDOC2/Using+Layers

Each work on a different action bubble (layer), merge them when you're finished.

Layers are not the problem, they use a way to share the entire project. Including assets.