 An unofficial board editor had already been in the works since the initial release of "DX-Ball 2", and with permission from Longbow Digital Arts, it was eventually made available during the second half of 1999.However, with this in mind, "DX-Ball 2" version 1.2 had also been programmed to restrict custom board-sets, allowing only the first four boards to be played.While this was done to secure the game's commercial value, the company had simultaneously been working on an update to version 1.3, that was planned to lift the custom board-set restriction for owners of "Board Pack 1".