Custom unit skins

biohazard · Post by **biohazard** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:31 pm

biohazard wrote: I found the FAQs methods unsuccessful Maybe it was something I was doing wrong, I don't know, but this is how I do it.

Copy the side folder you want to change skins for (or change anything, really) and paste it in your DATA_ABC\Sides folser. Also copy the Common side folder there, it contains stuff that all the sides collectively use.

Open up the new folder and there should be two files, in addition to the folders, right off the bat. Open [side].req with Notepad. We're going to leave poor [side]shell.req alone, mostly for the purpose that I have no clue what it does.

Remove the lines in quotes for objects you won't be using on your map. For example, if you want to use your everyday average clone sniper, then rid of "ep3_inf_sniper_felucia". It should be rather obvious what ones you need and which you don't, if you've had any experience mapping, and/or looking at class names for objects. That this does is it tells the munger not to look at the files for stuff that you don't need, greatly reducing the filesize of your mod.

Now, go into your DATA_ABC\Sides\[side]\mshs\ folder, and look for the file you want to modify. Infantry and hero skins are prefixed by "[side]_inf_". Open it up in your favorite image editor and reskin away. Be sure when you save your image that you switch RLE compression off!

Okay, now go to your DATA_ABC\Common\Scripts\ABC\ directory and open up ABCc_con.lua with Notepad if you modified CIS or rep, and ABCg_con.lua if you changed imp or rebels. Go down to where it says ReadDataFile("SIDE\\[side].lvl" for the side you modified, and put a big fat dc: like shown: ReadDataFile("dc:SIDE\\[side].lvl" Now save, of course.

Now you're ready to munge. Go to your DATA_ABC\_BUILD\ folder and run visualmunge. But stop! Don't hit munge yet! You need to hit that little dropdown menu that says "NOTHING" for sides and make it say "[side]". Also be sure common is checked. Now you can munge.

Congrats! given you don't get any munge errors, your skins and changes should show up a-ok in SWBF2!

kinetosimpetus · Post by **kinetosimpetus** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:41 pm

Did you copy the "Common" side folder as well?

biohazard · Post by **biohazard** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:43 pm

That I did.

501st_commander · Post by **501st_commander** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:06 pm

post the error log.

Fiodis · Post by **Fiodis** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:27 pm

501st_commander wrote:post the error log.

..which is useless if you have mungelog errors, so post those first if you have any.

biohazard wrote:I put all the infantry skins in my MOD_Data\Sides\[side]\[msh] folder and modified several.

I hope you don't have actual brakets [] in your side and msh folder names.

biohazard · Post by **biohazard** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:12 am

no, I just put that because I'm using all 4 normal sides.

Not to mention I did not get an error log (which is odd because I got one previously for having some high poly counts on a couple of my models)

EDIT:
BF2 modtools error log:

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Opened logfile BFront2.log  2009-10-27 0612

shell_interface: Entered

shell_interface: gPlatformStr, gOnlineServiceStr, gLangStr, gLangEnum:     PC    GameSpy    english    0

ifs_era_handler - Entered

ifs_era_handler - Exited

shell_interface: No custom_gc_0.lvl

shell_interface: No custom_gc_1.lvl

shell_interface: No custom_gc_2.lvl

shell_interface: No custom_gc_3.lvl

shell_interface: No custom_gc_4.lvl

shell_interface: No custom_gc_5.lvl

shell_interface: No custom_gc_6.lvl

shell_interface: No custom_gc_7.lvl

shell_interface: No custom_gc_8.lvl

shell_interface: No custom_gc_9.lvl

shell_interface: No custom_gc_10.lvl

custom_EraButtonList(): Finished building era button table    Known eras buttons: 28

custom_GetGMapEras(): Finished building era table    Known eras: 28

custom_GetGMapModes(): Finished building game mode table    Known Modes: 39

custom_GetMPGameModeList(): Finished building game mode list table    List Length: 40

custom_SetMovieLocation()

custom_GetGCButtonList()

custom_SetMovieLocation()

custom_GetFreeformBattleModeList(): Finished building freeform battle mode list    Known Modes: 39

ingame stream    movies\crawl.mvs

shell_interface: Opening movie:    movies\shell.mvs

shell_interface: Leaving

Mission Checker: Entered addme

Mission Checker: addme: Now listening in on AddDownloadableContent() calls

Mission Checker: Exited addme

prev =     none     iLastPage =     nil

prev =     texture     iLastPage =     1

prev =     texture     iLastPage =     2

prev =     texture     iLastPage =     3

ifs_legal.Exit

Message Severity: 2

.\Source\GameMovie.cpp(399)

Unable to find open movie segment shell_main

ifs_saveop_DoOps     LoadFileList

ifs_saveop_DoOps     LoadFileList

ifs_saveop_DoOps     LoadProfile

ifs_saveop_DoOps     LoadProfile

ifs_sp_campaign: Input_Accept(): Entered:     _tab_instant

missionlist_ExpandMapList()

ifs_missionselect_pcMulti_fnSetMapPreview(): Defaulting index to 1

this.CurButton =    check_mode1

cur_button =    nil

Checkbox for check_era3 clicked

this.CurButton =    check_era3

cur_button =    nil

custom_AddMapNew()

custom_printTable():    table: 051111EC

The key, value is:    era_g    1

The key, value is:    mode_con_c    1

The key, value is:    isModLevel    1

The key, value is:    mode_1flag_g    1

The key, value is:    mode_1flag_c    1

The key, value is:    era_c    1

The key, value is:    bSelected    1

The key, value is:    mode_con_g    1

The key, value is:    mode_eli_g    1

The key is mapluafile, the formated value is:    KBN<A>_<B>

custom_printTable(): Returning

custom_printTable():    table: 0511672C

The key, value is:    key    mode_con

The key, value is:    subst    con

The key, value is:    showstr    modename.name.con

The key, value is:    descstr    modename.description.con

The key, value is:    icon    mode_icon_con

custom_printTable(): Returning

gMapEras.key =    era_c     Era =    era_c     subst =    c

Adding map:     KBNc_con     idx:     1

this.CurButton =    _map_add

cur_button =    nil

this.CurButton =    Launch

cur_button =    nil

Message Severity: 2

.\Source\StatusDisplay.cpp(489)

StatusDisplay::SetSquadCommand: can't find localize string for 0x276fbbc

Message Severity: 2

.\Source\StatusDisplay.cpp(489)

StatusDisplay::SetSquadCommand: can't find localize string for 0x276fbbc

Message Severity: 2

.\Source\StatusDisplay.cpp(489)

StatusDisplay::SetSquadCommand: can't find localize string for 0x276fbbc

Message Severity: 2

.\Source\StatusDisplay.cpp(489)

StatusDisplay::SetSquadCommand: can't find localize string for 0x276fbbc

Message Severity: 2

.\Source\StatusDisplay.cpp(489)

StatusDisplay::SetSquadCommand: can't find localize string for 0x276fbbc

Message Severity: 2

.\Source\StatusDisplay.cpp(489)

StatusDisplay::SetSquadCommand: can't find localize string for 0x276fbbc

Message Severity: 2

.\Source\StatusDisplay.cpp(489)

StatusDisplay::SetSquadCommand: can't find localize string for 0x276fbbc

Message Severity: 2

.\Source\StatusDisplay.cpp(489)

StatusDisplay::SetSquadCommand: can't find localize string for 0x276fbbc

Message Severity: 2

.\Source\StatusDisplay.cpp(489)

StatusDisplay::SetSquadCommand: can't find localize string for 0x276fbbc

Message Severity: 2

.\Source\StatusDisplay.cpp(489)

StatusDisplay::SetSquadCommand: can't find localize string for 0x276fbbc

Message Severity: 2

.\Source\StatusDisplay.cpp(489)

StatusDisplay::SetSquadCommand: can't find localize string for 0x276fbbc

Message Severity: 2

.\Source\StatusDisplay.cpp(489)

StatusDisplay::SetSquadCommand: can't find localize string for 0x276fbbc

Message Severity: 2

.\Source\StatusDisplay.cpp(489)

StatusDisplay::SetSquadCommand: can't find localize string for 0x276fbbc

Message Severity: 2

.\Source\StatusDisplay.cpp(489)

StatusDisplay::SetSquadCommand: can't find localize string for 0x276fbbc

Message Severity: 2

.\Source\StatusDisplay.cpp(489)

StatusDisplay::SetSquadCommand: can't find localize string for 0x276fbbc

Message Severity: 2

.\Source\StatusDisplay.cpp(489)

StatusDisplay::SetSquadCommand: can't find localize string for 0x276fbbc

Message Severity: 2

.\Source\HUDElementText.cpp(509)

Unable to find localization string common.victoryin for HUD text element

Message Severity: 2

.\Source\HUDElementText.cpp(509)

Unable to find localization string common.defeatin for HUD text element

Message Severity: 2

.\Source\HUDElementBitmap.cpp(380)

HUD BitmapElement unable to find texture hud_target_hint_offscreen

Message Severity: 2

.\Source\HUDElementBitmap.cpp(380)

HUD BitmapElement unable to find texture hud_target_hint_offscreen

Message Severity: 2

.\Source\HUDElementText.cpp(509)

Unable to find localization string game.weaponOverheat for HUD text element

Message Severity: 2

.\Source\HUDElementText.cpp(509)

Unable to find localization string game.popup.hintTitle for HUD text element

Message Severity: 2

.\Source\HUDElementText.cpp(509)

Unable to find localization string game.popup.pressToContinue for HUD text element

Message Severity: 2

.\Source\HUDElementText.cpp(509)

Unable to find localization string game.popup.pressToContinue for HUD text element

Message Severity: 2

.\Source\HUDElementText.cpp(509)

Unable to find localization string game.popup.objectiveTitle for HUD text element

Message Severity: 2

.\Source\HUDElementText.cpp(509)

Unable to find localization string game.popup.pressToContinue for HUD text element

Message Severity: 2

.\Source\HUDElementText.cpp(509)

Unable to find localization string game.objectives.updated for HUD text element

Message Severity: 2

.\Source\HUDElementText.cpp(509)

Unable to find localization string game.objectives.showdetails for HUD text element

Message Severity: 2

.\Source\HUDElementText.cpp(509)

Unable to find localization string game.objectives.showhints for HUD text element

Message Severity: 2

.\Source\HUDElementText.cpp(509)

Unable to find localization string game.mapdisplay.pressToReturn for HUD text element

Message Severity: 2

.\Source\HUDElementBitmap.cpp(380)

HUD BitmapElement unable to find texture btn_directional_pad_LR

Message Severity: 2

.\Source\HUDElementText.cpp(509)

Unable to find localization string ifs.controls.presets.A for HUD text element

Message Severity: 2

.\Source\HUDElementText.cpp(509)

Unable to find localization string ifs.controls.presets.B for HUD text element

Message Severity: 2

.\Source\HUDElementText.cpp(509)

Unable to find localization string game.missilelock for HUD text element

Message Severity: 2

.\Source\HUDElementText.cpp(509)

Unable to find localization string game.spawndisplay.commandpost for HUD text element

game_interface: Entered

utility_functions2: Listening on AddUnitClass() calls

utility_functions2: Listening on SetHeroClass() calls

utility_functions2: Listening on ReadDataFile() calls

game_interface: Reading in custom strings

game_interface: No user_script_0.lvl

game_interface: No user_script_1.lvl

game_interface: No user_script_2.lvl

game_interface: No user_script_3.lvl

game_interface: No user_script_4.lvl

game_interface: No user_script_5.lvl

game_interface: No user_script_6.lvl

game_interface: No user_script_7.lvl

game_interface: No user_script_8.lvl

game_interface: No user_script_9.lvl

game_interface: No user_script_10.lvl

ifs_sideselect_fnBuildScreen()

game_interface: Exited

Message Severity: 2

.\Memory\RedMemoryPool.cpp(317)

Memory pool "ClothData" set item count after being allocated

Message Severity: 3

.\Source\Weapon.cpp(1604)

Weapon base class "com_weap_inf_lightsaber" not found

Yodakid · Post by **Yodakid** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:16 am

Message Severity: 3
.\Source\Weapon.cpp(1604)
Weapon base class "com_weap_inf_lightsaber" not found

Hmm, this just makes me think that the common folder isn't there..

Anyway, post your luas.

501st_commander · Post by **501st_commander** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 11:51 am

Is your common folder in data_ModID/sides? If it is clean and remunge. If its not copy it over then munge.

biohazard · Post by **biohazard** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 4:04 pm

What exactly does cleaning do?

I'd say that might be my problem, I haven't chose to clean it once yet.

Post by **AQT** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:34 pm

biohazard wrote:What exactly does cleaning do?

Depending on what is checked or what sides are chosen in VisualMunge, it deletes previously munged files.

Fiodis · Post by **Fiodis** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:27 pm

To expand on that, VM (Visual Munge) munges things based on time stamps. Items that it detects have been modified since the last munge will be munged. This stops you from re-munging files that you haven't opened and resaved. To do this kind of remunge, you need to run a clean first so that VM will munge the files during the remunge.

Sometimes a VM clean won't help. In that case, you must use a manual clean and remunge.

It deletes previously munged files, but not source files, so you needn't worry about it deleting, say, a custom side.

biohazard · Post by **biohazard** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:39 pm

Ok, I think I'm on the right track because the units I'm trying to modify don't show up at all in the unit select screen (lol?)

I would be very happy if someone would post a working example of a side folder that only changes a couple of skins for a side, and the modified g_ or c_ con lua.

Thanks in advance.

Diststripe · Post by **Diststripe** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 3:42 pm

hey followed http://www.youtube.com/user/AllTheTutor ... KcG0kgqEsM

this tutorial and for some reason I think that it is way off, what is the ttorial that you guys were using??? please help

mswf · Post by **mswf** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 3:44 pm

The one's that came with the modtools? (they are located in the "documentation" folder of the modtools) They are all a bit difficult to read, but just do it. I know, we all know, they're not fun to read, but there's no easy way around that. Though the only one you really, really, really, really have to read is the "getting_ started.doc" That's elemantary stuff (not even all of it)
Also, you just opened up your own thread, you could ask your questions in your own next time, it makes the forums more tidy.

Fiodis · Post by **Fiodis** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 10:07 pm

That isn't the one that came in the Modtools; it's a link to a video (you can tell by the "youtube" part

)

Check the FAQ thread under Skinning.

Diststripe · Post by **Diststripe** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 11:22 pm

I have already read the getting started doc but I guess Ill read it again and get my self familier with it but zi dident hewre anyting about skinning

Fiodis · Post by **Fiodis** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 11:43 pm

That's right; it doesn't have anything about skinning. For that, check the FAQ. Also, the shipped Jedi_creation.doc talks, in one part, about how to set up a custom side. However, you may have a hard time understanding that one (I know I certaintly did), and so it'd probably be easier to check the FAQ again (though you should skim through to doc, too).

biohazard · Post by **biohazard** » Wed Nov 04, 2009 7:16 am

I found the FAQs methods unsuccessful Maybe it was something I was doing wrong, I don't know, but this is how I do it.

Copy the side folder you want to change skins for (or change anything, really) and paste it in your DATA_ABC\Sides folser. Also copy the Common side folder there, it contains stuff that all the sides collectively use.

Open up the new folder and there should be two files, in addition to the folders, right off the bat. Open [side].req with Notepad. We're going to leave poor [side]shell.req alone, mostly for the purpose that I have no clue what it does.

Remove the lines in quotes for objects you won't be using on your map. For example, if you want to use your everyday average clone sniper, then rid of "ep3_inf_sniper_felucia". It should be rather obvious what ones you need and which you don't, if you've had any experience mapping, and/or looking at class names for objects. That this does is it tells the munger not to look at the files for stuff that you don't need, greatly reducing the filesize of your mod.

Now, go into your DATA_ABC\Sides\[side]\mshs\ folder, and look for the file you want to modify. Infantry and hero skins are prefixed by "[side]_inf_". Open it up in your favorite image editor and reskin away. Be sure when you save your image that you switch RLE compression off!

Okay, now go to your DATA_ABC\Common\Scripts\ABC\ directory and open up ABCc_con.lua with Notepad if you modified CIS or rep, and ABCg_con.lua if you changed imp or rebels. Go down to where it says ReadDataFile("SIDE\\[side].lvl" for the side you modified, and put a big fat dc: like shown: ReadDataFile("dc:SIDE\\[side].lvl" Now save, of course.

Now you're ready to munge. Go to your DATA_ABC\_BUILD\ folder and run visualmunge. But stop! Don't hit munge yet! You need to hit that little dropdown menu that says "NOTHING" for sides and make it say "[side]". Also be sure common is checked. Now you can munge.

Congrats! given you don't get any munge errors, your skins and changes should show up a-ok in SWBF2!

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