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HELP! i have forgotten how to mod!

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:39 pm
by arachon
Err... hello there! i used to mod a bit for SWBF... it was i that made the popular dark trooper mod (atleast i think its was popular cause i got alot of mails about people liking it alot) but i have made a big break and plays SWG. but i decided to try SWBF again.. and i wanted ot mod for it ofcourse... and as i found all these great maps and such with jedis and alot of cool things i decided i wanted to see if i could do something with them (only for myself though) so i downloaded ultra-edit open a mission.lvl file of a downloaded map, go into hex mode and word wrap... and get alot of strange symbols... i try to search for the code string imp but it cant find anything... so could someone help me to get back on trail again? (BTW i think its another version of Ultra Edit i have.. the one i used before had yellow marking line but this one has light blue)

RE: HELP! i have forgotten how to mod!

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 2:45 pm
by Rends
hexediting...hm...that was before the old republic.
don“t you know that we use blasters lightsabers and of course the modtools now?

RE: HELP! i have forgotten how to mod!

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 3:00 pm
by arachon
i do know that.. but not how.... and i think HEX editing is the best way to mod the things i want

RE: HELP! i have forgotten how to mod!

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 3:48 pm
by CarbineImpulse
The tutorials are a good place to start, try the link to sat labs or the GT tutorials section. There are of course the mod tools which I think everyone would recommend, they come with loads of documentation etc..

RE: HELP! i have forgotten how to mod!

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 4:05 pm
by Qdin
it all depends on what you're modding

are you modelling? changing the scripts in the game? - I guess that's what you used to do :P and are you mapping?

RE: HELP! i have forgotten how to mod!

Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 4:19 pm
by Delta_57_Dash
get bf builder pro... it is the single best mod tool out there IMO

RE: HELP! i have forgotten how to mod!

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 3:24 am
by arachon
Im not mapping... i would like to change some classes for already existing maps though...

RE: HELP! i have forgotten how to mod!

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 7:02 am
by Qdin
well, get the Mod Tools and check out the different files out there's in

and btw, a lot of 'us' is using Xfire to chat, and easily ask about stuffs

I'll guess its hard for y'a to get back - but I think you know what you do :P

RE: HELP! i have forgotten how to mod!

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 7:18 am
by Delta_57_Dash
well, all I know is bf builder pro gives you all the sides info... all the skins, files, weapons, units, vehicles... and they are really simple to change. Whenever Rouge Clones: First Assault finally gets put up on filefront, it is on the Geonosis: Spire map, but their are new units like you wouldn't believe... It'll take you 5 times to play the map and discover everything thats in there.

RE: HELP! i have forgotten how to mod!

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 7:50 am
by arachon
err.. where to find bfbuilder pro then?

RE: HELP! i have forgotten how to mod!

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 8:17 am
by Delta_57_Dash
erm... somewhere on this site... hold on I'll get the link for it.

RE: HELP! i have forgotten how to mod!

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 8:21 am
by Qdin
lol - no

that's just the Mod Tools

you don't 'have' to get BFBuilder Pro

just get the Mod Tools

go to the Front Page, and there is a link called something like this:
SWBF Mod Tools: *link*

enoy :P

RE: HELP! i have forgotten how to mod!

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 6:24 pm
by ShadowHawk
Fileplanet if I remember correctly.

RE: HELP! i have forgotten how to mod!

Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 3:36 am
by arachon
Could someone give me al ink to da' mod tools?

RE: HELP! i have forgotten how to mod!

Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 3:45 am
by ShadowHawk

RE: HELP! i have forgotten how to mod!

Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 5:30 am
by Qdin
I also think you should get Xfire

can you learn me to 'hex-editing'?

RE: HELP! i have forgotten how to mod!

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 1:15 pm
by arachon
err.. u need user thingy for fileplanet...

RE: HELP! i have forgotten how to mod!

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 5:13 am
by ShadowHawk
free sign-up, unless you want ultra-fast downloads and no wait, then it is 9.95 usd. I suggest sticking with the free one.

RE: HELP! i have forgotten how to mod!

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 2:53 pm
by arachon
Err.. i downloaded BF builder.. but the only thing u can do there is to make maps... not edit existing maps and add classes... from other maps

RE: HELP! i have forgotten how to mod!

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 3:07 pm
by Qdin
well, you get ALL the FILES and COMPONENTS to the different maps

and EVEN more - In Shipped Common Animations, you can see: end_weap_treesmash - which probably is that AT-ST Ewok tree-smasher :P and below, there is: end_weap_tripwire - which I havent seen in the game :wink:

but you can change ALL the files - and after you've modified them, you can add them to your map, and THATS how most of us mods :)