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Posted: **Sat Jan 23, 2010 5:49 am**

there should really be a 'Quick Questions" category >.>

Okay, this should be relatively easy to answer.

I'm making a new side (it's made after Boba Fett), but theres something in the ODF that I'm not quite sure about:

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FirstPerson         = "IMP\impboba;imp_1st_bobafett"

So I figured out the pattern, made it PDWN\padfighter;tfa_1st_padawanf (yes im making ME xD) and made the appropriate folders and files for it.

Then I munged, and the error log says it can't find padfighter.lvl. I'm confused now, how do I make my own .lvl for my side?

-Padawan

Posted: **Sat Jan 23, 2010 6:04 am**

But the side without a new lvl works?

Posted: **Sat Jan 23, 2010 8:44 am**

FPM lvl files are not automatically copied to the addon map folder. You have to do it manually.

Posted: **Sat Jan 23, 2010 12:25 pm**

Actually they need to be manually copied to the
Star Wars Battlefront II/Game Data/DATA/_LVL_PC/fpm folder. So look in your _LVL_PC/fpm directory for your map, find the fpm folder that was created for your side and copy it to the location mentioned above.

Posted: **Sat Jan 23, 2010 2:34 pm**

Oh, yeah. I think I'm getting my methods mixed up. I was thinking of psych0fred's alternative, which requires changing the path in the odf. Whoops.

Posted: **Sat Jan 23, 2010 3:18 pm**

FragMe! wrote:Actually they need to be manually copied to the
Star Wars Battlefront II/Game Data/DATA/_LVL_PC/fpm folder. So look in your _LVL_PC/fpm directory for your map, find the fpm folder that was created for your side and copy it to the location mentioned above.

Ok, so I just copy it from _LVL_PC/FPM/PDWN and into LVL_PC/FPM? That sounds simple enough..

*EDIT* Okay well, it didnt work, but I misread what the error log said. Padfighter.lvl WAS there, but it said it couldn't OPEN it:

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Message Severity: 3
.\Platform\Pc\pcFirstPerson.cpp(69)
FirstPerson::LoadLVLFile: Could not open FPM\PDWN\padfighter.lvl

So what would make it not open it?

Posted: **Sat Jan 23, 2010 9:01 pm**

MercuryNoodles wrote:Oh, yeah. I think I'm getting my methods mixed up. I was thinking of psych0fred's alternative, which requires changing the path in the odf. Whoops.

No that's fine, psych0fred's methods are preferred for distributing mods with custom first person lvls.

http://www.secretsociety.com/forum/disp ... sp?mid=586
http://www.secretsociety.com/forum/disp ... sp?mid=840

Posted: **Mon Jan 25, 2010 12:32 am**

I'm not quite sure those links answer my question. It says it can't OPEN the lvl, while it is clearly there. How do I make it able to OPEN the file? Is it corrupted?

Posted: **Mon Jan 25, 2010 12:39 am**

[TFA]Padawan_Fighter wrote:I'm not quite sure those links answer my question. It says it can't OPEN the lvl, while it is clearly there. How do I make it able to OPEN the file? Is it corrupted?

You make it "open" the file by doing what FragMe! said. What is the full directory location of your .lvl file?

What AceMastermind is showing you is a different method of doing it that works better. If you are stuck on figuring out this issue, then please answer the above question.

Posted: **Mon Jan 25, 2010 2:25 am**

The full directory of my lvl is Data_PAD/_LVL_PC/FPM/PDWN/padfighter.lvl . I did what FragMe! said and moved it up to FPM. It didnt work.

Also, the full directory of my .req is Data_PAD/Sides/PDWN/req/fpm/padfighter.req

*sigh* I never can seem to get sides right

Posted: **Mon Jan 25, 2010 2:28 am**

[TFA]Padawan_Fighter wrote:The full directory of my lvl is Data_PAD/_LVL_PC/FPM/PDWN/padfighter.lvl . I did what FragMe! said and moved it up to FPM. It didnt work.

That is because you did not quite read what FragMe! wrote. Read it again and I think you will spot the difference.

Posted: **Mon Jan 25, 2010 2:35 am**

FragMe! wrote:Actually they need to be manually copied to the
Star Wars Battlefront II/Game Data/DATA/_LVL_PC/fpm folder. So look in your _LVL_PC/fpm directory for your map, find the fpm folder that was created for your side and copy it to the location mentioned above.

Alright, reading it AGAIN, I see that he says

-The FPM lvl file needs to be copied to the LVL_PC/fpm folder.

-I need to look in my FPM directory for my map.

-I need to find the FPM folder for my side and copy it to LVL_PC/fpm (it's already there)

I must be terribly misunderstanding SOMETHING, but that looks like what he said there.

Posted: **Mon Jan 25, 2010 2:42 am**

[TFA]Padawan_Fighter wrote:The full directory of my lvl is Data_PAD/_LVL_PC/FPM/PDWN/padfighter.lvl . I did what FragMe! said and moved it up to FPM. I did what FragMe! said and moved it up to FPM.

[TFA]Padawan_Fighter wrote:I need to find the FPM folder for my side and copy it to LVL_PC/fpm (it's already there)

No, you need to read what he said.

Actually they need to be manually copied to the
Star Wars Battlefront II/Game Data/DATA/_LVL_PC/fpm folder.

You say you are copying it "up" from "..FPM/PDWN" to "FPM." It needs to be in the game's root FPM folder. Unless I am completely misunderstanding what you are saying (in which case you should have just posted the complete directory you copied to like I asked a couple posts up, which would clear up any misunderstanding - which is why I asked).

Posted: **Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:14 am**

About that error, if you used the method in the second link, psych0fred mentions that it generates an error, but that it can be ignored.

This tells the munge to also include the model in the sideid.lvl, where it will be found. BFront.log generates an error about it not being to find it in the specified path because it's relative to core.lvl I think, but it still finds it and it works so the error is considered an assert.

Posted: **Mon Jan 25, 2010 12:39 pm**

i tried also use the psych0fred's methods putting on odf this:
..\..\AddOn\modid\fpm\sideid\allspy;all_1st_bothans
but don't work :S

Posted: **Mon Jan 25, 2010 1:25 pm**

DEVISS-REX wrote:i tried also use the psych0fred's methods putting on odf this:
..\..\AddOn\modid\fpm\sideid\allspy;all_1st_bothans
but don't work :S

You have to use what's described in the second link Ace posted.
Ex.

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FirstPerson     = "SIDEID\SIDEID;all_1st_bothans"

The FPM should be loaded directly into your side .req file.

Posted: **Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:29 pm**

Maveritchell wrote:
DEVISS-REX wrote:i tried also use the psych0fred's methods putting on odf this:
..\..\AddOn\modid\fpm\sideid\allspy;all_1st_bothans
but don't work :S
You have to use what's described in the second link Ace posted.
Ex.
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FirstPerson     = "SIDEID\SIDEID;all_1st_bothans"
The FPM should be loaded directly into your side .req file.

work perfetc many thanks again Mav

Posted: **Tue Jan 26, 2010 6:58 am**

Actually they need to be manually copied to the
Star Wars Battlefront II/Game Data/DATA/_LVL_PC/fpm folder.

\

??????

In the SWBF2's fpm folder?

Is this what you have to do in order to make a simple side?

Can I just leave the FirstPerson line back to "IMP\impboba;imp_1st_bobafett" ?

I'm SO confused right now...

Posted: **Tue Jan 26, 2010 7:04 am**

[TFA]Padawan_Fighter wrote:I'm SO confused right now...

You wouldn't be if you had simply followed exactly what FragMe! posted rather than interpreting it as what you thought made sense - yes, you need to put it in that folder. That is how it works.
The tutorial linked to from the "Everything you need" thread also goes over this very clearly.

Alternatively you could do what Ace posted, but this is again repetition of something that's already been told to you several times.

Edit: I am not trying to be hard on you and I sincerely want you to succeed, but it is admittedly frustrating trying to help someone understand something when they are unwilling to carefully follow directions. I know that you can do this, please just make sure to take your time and review the instruction made available to you carefully.

Posted: **Wed Jan 27, 2010 6:08 am**

Okay, but could you answer my other 2 questions I posted? Do I HAVE to make a custom FPM thing in order for my side to work? And can I leave the odf back to "IMP\impboba;imp_1st_bobafett"?

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