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It's not working! I did what you said, I put my custom ReadDataFile right inbetween the two others (with the dc: added), and I put an AddUnitClass at the bottom of the SetupTeams, but I still have the stock Republic sides and nothing else!

Yea sorry for a bump. Since somebody already bumped it, don't mind if i post too...Back to topic.

Heres what i put and it works for me. Thought I wouldn't mind somebody filling in the rest of the blanks if i missed anything.
Once again, sorry for my role in this bump lol.

Well, that just made my game crash...

Here is my error log:
And here is my LUA:

I dont get it. The author of this topic had to be leaving something out, because I followed *EVERYTHING*.

Hmm...not sure, but it think its your character causing the crash. Is your pdwn.lvl in the add-on folder where the game is installed? It should go here: C:\Program Files\LucasArts\Star Wars Battlefront II\GameData\AddOn\PAD\Data\_lvl_pc\SIDE\pdwn.lvl

Also did you add "imp_inf_bobafett" to the SIDES .req file and make a .req with the name imp_inf_bobafett and place it in the req folder?

This can mean two things (the first being what icemember mentioned), but much of the time it's an indicator of a bad munge. Clean and remunge the side, then see if it works, or if you get any new errors.

Try using imp_hero_bobafett instead?
If this is different, I'd check your req files, and make sure you the correct odf's set up in the units req file. Also make sure you have the common folder in your sides folder. Could you post your units odf - and req file?
(Shouldn't this be a new topic?)

LVL chunk problems are most likely caused by A) Your unit's not in a req B) you misspelled it in your lua. It's one or the other.

Can you confirm that an actual pdwn.lvl file exist? Did you remember to make an pdwn folder in data_***\Build\Sides containing the munge and clean batch files copied from the ALL folder also found in the same directory?

Yeah AQT, it exists.

@MercuryNoodles: K, I cleaned, and now here's my new error log: I dont even remember doing anything to the animations...

sampip wrote:Try using imp_hero_bobafett instead?

Because I want him to be an infantry class, not a hero.

To those of you asking, HERE is my req:

[TFA]Padawan_Fighter wrote:Because I want him to be an infantry class, not a hero.

Naming scheme is utterly irrelevant. You could call him "imp_hover_bobafett" and it would be just the same.

You're probably missing an actual .req file for him or you didn't appropriately rename the unit in your side. Does an imp_inf_bobafett.req file exist? And what does it say if it does?

Wait a minute...I found the problem. I forgot to munge my side after I cleaned...d'oh.

Oh well, problem fixed

ive a similar problem, ive made everything correct but it doesnt work and there is nothing strange in the log...

tipp for all with those problems: copy your side lvls (example: cis2.lvl) into and leave out the "dc:" in the LUA.
if your side is valid, it works
(and if you upload this map, you should write a well describing readme for this)

Bob wrote:ive a similar problem, ive made everything correct but it doesnt work and there is nothing strange in the log...

tipp for all with those problems: copy your side lvls (example: cis2.lvl) into

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C:\Program Files\LucasArts\Star Wars Battlefront II\GameData\data\_lvl_pc\side

and leave out the "dc:" in the LUA.
if your side is valid, it works
(and if you upload this map, you should write a well describing readme for this)

if everything is correct, it will work, definitelly
you must have written something wrong into the lua because battlefront cant find the side where you wrote it was
(thats the only explanation possible because otherwise putting the side into battlefronts shipped sidesfolder wouldnt resolve the problem otherwise)

But if he cant find the side (wrong written, invalid etc.) there WILL BE something in the log.
ive nothing like this in my log, but the map crashes if I write the correct things in the LUA, so i have to trick the game...

Bob wrote:but the map crashes if I write the correct things in the LUA, so i have to trick the game...

I am not sure exactly what you're trying to say, but if you "write the correct things in the LUA," the map will not crash as a result of that. If you have a crash it is a problem with something you are doing incorrectly and you are only associating it with the .lua - that is not the cause.

I try to say that:
1. my map crashes while loading because of the custom side
2. the .log doesnt post anything
3. my side is correct made (its the default "rep" side)
4. the LUA is correct
5. I dont know what to do

Start a new topic. Post your problem, what you've done, and what happens. Post your .lua and error log.

Okeeey... I dont know WTH is going on, but now it seems to work
I try out if it is not the demonstration effect...

Iv did what it said in this tut 3 times and it still does not work. This is what i got. I am adding a varation of the dark trooper to a map i made.

Side name is PMS

req file name is pms.req and its a text file.
Inside that file is written

ucft
{
REQN
{
"lvl"
"pms_inf_supr_tropr"

}
}

In the req folder is a file called pms_inf_supr_tropr.req and is written

ucft
{
REQN
{
"class"
"pms_inf_supr_tropr"
}
}

The odf file is called pms_inf_supr_tropr.odf

I got all the files in the other folders in the side folder.

I did put the Clean and Munge bat files in the folder that is located in C:\BF2_ModTools\data_PMS\_BUILD\Sides\PMS

Last i went and edited the PMSg_con.lua file

imp = {
team = IMP,
units = 20,
reinforcements = 150,
soldier = { "imp_inf_rifleman",9, 25},
assault = { "imp_inf_rocketeer",1,4},
engineer = { "imp_inf_engineer",1,4},
sniper = { "imp_inf_sniper",1,4},
special = { "imp_inf_dark_trooper",1,4},
},
}

SetHeroClass(ALL, "all_hero_hansolo_tat")
SetHeroClass(IMP, "imp_hero_bobafett")

AddUnitClass(IMP, "pms_inf_supr_tropr",1,4)
and

ReadDataFile("SIDE\\all.lvl",
"all_inf_rifleman",
"all_inf_rocketeer",
"all_inf_sniper",
"all_inf_engineer",
"all_inf_officer",
"all_inf_wookiee",
"all_hero_hansolo_tat")

ReadDataFile("dc:SIDE\\pms.lvl",
"pms_inf_supr_tropr")

ReadDataFile("SIDE\\imp.lvl",
"imp_inf_rifleman",
"imp_inf_rocketeer",
"imp_inf_engineer",
"imp_inf_sniper",
"imp_inf_officer",

Hope this helps and thank you for reading this and takeing your time.

This might be a stupid question, but did you munge your side before playing?
The rest sounds fine to me.