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Im new to modding and dont know much. but anyway everytime i make my map i finish it up and everything then when i munge it i wait and wait then its done i go to start my game goes to the load up screen the closes. i go into the BF2 addon folder and my map is there. When i open the folder all there is is data then lvl_pc then nothig else no mission.lvl or anything. what am i doing wrong?

Are you using Vista by any chance?

If you are, I suggest reading through our FAQ thread - it addresses a couple issues with the mod tools, munging, and Vista:

Note to Vista users:
If you can't find your BFront2.log it may be saved to this location:
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\LucasArts\Star Wars Battlefront II\GameData

Question - Does Star Wars Battlefront II work with Windows Vista?
Answer - Yes it does.

Question - I'm using Vista and I munged my new map but it isn't showing up here:
C:\Program Files\LucasArts\Star Wars Battlefront II\GameData\Addon
so where is it?
Answer - Your newly munged map might have been copied to this location:
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\LucasArts\Star Wars Battlefront II\GameData\Addon

Question - I'm using Vista and Visual Munge is not working properly, it is munging too fast so what's wrong?
Answer - Try THIS workaround to get it working properly.

Specifically, the last one sounds like your problem.

No. im using windows xp.

FlamingBrownie wrote:Im new to modding and dont know much. but anyway everytime i make my map i finish it up and everything then when i munge it i wait and wait then its done i go to start my game goes to the load up screen the closes. i go into the BF2 addon folder and my map is there. When i open the folder all there is is data then lvl_pc then nothig else no mission.lvl or anything. what am i doing wrong?

Being a new modder myself, I know how easy it is to get confused, so I tried to be as descriptive as possible:

I'm pretty sure this is your problem:

Did you, by any chance, cancel a munge at any point? that could account for the missing files, even if you didn't you should try doing a manual clean, here is a tutorial on one:
http://www.gametoast.com/forums/viewtop ... =27&t=9961

If not:
also do you mean when you launch BattleFront 2 it crashes, or when you try to load your map it crashes? If it's the latter, and a manual clean doesn't fix it, go to C:\BF2_ModTools (or whatever directory the modtools are installed to) and copy the BF2_modtools application, and paste into C:\Program Files\Lucasarts\Star Wars Battlefront 2\GameData (Or, again, wherever said folders are installed to) Run the BF2_modtools application. Try to load up your map (it should crash) Now in the gamedata folder find a text document called: Bfront2, copy the text inside and post here (in a hidden message only please)

Hope this helps.

Have you changed the default installation directory? If you changed it, uninstall it and try installing it again without changing the path.

Ok know i munged it agian and the only thing thats coming up now is side and rep.lvl i think i might be doing something wrong. im installing it agian right now

When you munge, the only box you need to have checked is common (unless you have custom sides, sound and things like that)
Try making a new map, after it has finished doing it's thing and before you add anything to the map do a munge with just the common box checked, then go to the addon folder (or go in game) and see if it is there.