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I made a new map (my first attempt at one), and when I go to munge I get this error:
Then when I open up my game, its a plain map, showing none of the objects or terrain textures I have made. It shows up correctly in Zero Editor however. Any help?

EDIT: When I add the "dc:" to the LUA files, no errors occur but the game will crash when the map loads.

do you have the shell lvl in you Star Wars Battlefront2/GameData/addon/XXX/data/LVL_PC/ folder?

I have a mission.lvl, core.lvl, and two folders then: a ABC folder with a ABC.lvl, and another folder named SIDE with the sides in there.

well it's trying to read a shell file I think so just copy and paste one from the LVL_PC in your data_XXX into the place I mentioned above.

Nope. Still doesn't work. Here's what I did:

1. Went to C:\BF2_ModTools\data\_BUILD and clicked on "Modtools Visual Munge".
2. Filled in all the info and hit create.
3. Went to C:\BF2_ModTools\data_XXX and opened ZeroEditor
4. Moved "COR" folder from C:\BF2_ModTools\assets\worlds to C:\BF2_ModTools\data_XXX\Worlds so I can use the Coruscant assests.
5. Made a map using ZeroEditor (In the power of two: 128x128)
6. Went back to C:\BF2_ModTools\data_XXX\_BUILD and hit "Modtools Visual Munge".
7. Check marked "Common" and for Sides I check marked "COMMON" since I have no custom sides.
8. Munged it.
9. Went into game and saw a empty map.

so all you did was add stuff to your map. You don't move the whole assests COR folder, just the insides of it. Just go into the COR folder and copy and paste all the odf's and msh's and tga's into your worlds folder. then place all the objects in ZE munge and test.

You sir, deserve a cookie. Thanks!!!

Okay, final problem...how do I move the command posts :S .

just click on the objects tab, then select objects then click on the cp and move it I think. Don't forget to make sure you have everything selected under visibility and move the cp region and spawn points over the cp.

Offtopic: I love how I used to watch all you mod videos and now I helping you make them

JimmyAngler wrote:just click on the objects tab, then select objects then click on the cp and move it I think. Don't forget to make sure you have everything selected under visibility and move the cp region and spawn points over the cp.

Hmmm...okay. So on the Visibility bar bellow the "Advanced Buttons" I selected the best visibility. Then I selected "Object" in "Edit Mode:", then under "Edit Object:" I hit "select" and go to move the Command Post, but nothing occurs.

JimmyAngler wrote:
Offtopic: I love how I used to watch all you mod videos and now I helping you make them

Haha I never realized doing all those gameplay videos how much the authors must of went through, especially the ones who made maps before Mod Tools was released.

found your problem. up top (very top) there is the active layer thingy. click change and in the window that pops up click conquest. then close the window and try again.

Okay, I got the CP's to move...but, like how do I activate them? Like I moved them into the battlefield but how do I begin to start AI pathing from them? Is their a tutorial for that?

did you move the region and spawn nodes?
do you know what the zxc buttons along with the mouse buttons do?
Also, make sure instead of having the objects tab selected, you have to have the regions tab for moving regions, nodes for moving the spawn nodes.

Okay. I can move the CP's by holding down the "C" key, but only on a vertical axis...I can't raise it's height nor put it on a horizontal axis.

Left mouse button, right mouse button, and middle mouse button controls each axis individually. I know that MMB controls Y, and LMB and RMB control X and Z - just play around with them.

Also, "vertical axis" is height.

Awesome! Thanks a lot. I did that, and two more issues occured. I looked in the docs but I couldn't find much help.

1. Instead of the AI (and myself) always spawning inside the elevated building, we sometimes spawn underneath it. How do I make sure they always spawn in the correct area/height? 2. My other team then is also not spawning correctly. Instead of spawning next to the command post, they spawn in different places within the maps, occasionally underneath the map also. I'm pretty sure it's a easy fix, I just don't know where to go or then what to do within my files to fix it.

did you move the spawn nodes?

I deleted them all and made new ones..I think. :S I deleted all the AI paths and command posts not in use, then put in two more command posts and made some of my own Nodes. Then in the layer of "Eli" in object, I put the new "Spawn Paths" for the two command posts.

could you post a screenshot of the ZE command post that is having problems? please make everything visible too, (e.g. regions, nodes, barriers etc.)

Both are having issues...and I don't have any barriers yet.

Jedi CP/Region: Jedi CP Pathing: Sith CP/Region: Sith CP/Pathing: The nodes and such are underneath the map because I don't know how to elevate them.

The FAQ has a piece of beautiful information for you.

How to raise nodes/spawn paths