Sorry for making a topic on a slightly noobish question but I can't seem to get my custom vehicle (a modified AAT) ingame. I've made a custom side and .reqs for it but the side .lvl refuses to munge and is not in the addon folder. I have a vehicle spawn but it does not appear at it.

A) Can I add only the custom vehicle files as a side by itself without any units?
B) Am I not doing something/ doing it horribly wrong?
C) Am I completly ignorant of something very, very obvious?

Here's the error log but the only thing it contains is something I already know...

I've fixed the first red error, but the second one still appears (doesn't appear twice now though) Here is the .req (now properly named... ) However, renaming it still will not munge the side.
Vehicle .req LUA for GCW but the spawn refernces both eras:
Clarification on above: I started changing the names (to see if there was a conflict somewhere) but I didn't finish it before posting.



The gist of my problem is that dms.lvl will not munge if that helps anyone.

Did you create a folder for it in ...\BF2_ModTools\data_AAA\_BUILD\Sides and copy over the munge.bat and clean.bat from one of the other sides' folder?

sim-al2 wrote:

No. I'll try now.

Edit: Ok, got a 1kb dms.lvl file in the map addon. Good start, but that's seems to be a tad... small. Still not ingame. I'll check the scripts to make sure I didn't make a mistake.

Edit 2: Yes , the "tiny" syndrome was my fault. Forgot to change a .req.

Edit 3: w00t! It's ingame! Now just to go put the textures in and start modifying it. Thanks so much Xavious!

'Nother problem that doesn't seem to be as obvious. When I try to add a passenger position to the AAT, it causes "disjoined turret syndrome" where the barrel stays locked forward but the turret can still move around...
ODF: Any ideas on how to fix this?

Did you edit the model at all, or just the texture? Because I think that has something to do with bones and all that complicated stuff. Probably ask this question in the 3d modelling forum, as it doesn't sound like an odf issue...

Trust me absolutely no modeling at all. I only edited the texture and it has nothing to do with that. I know it's a odf because when the passenger section is removed it returns to normal.

Offtopic: Does the AAT have bones or not? No impact on this issue but "prop" as the ClassLabel for many vehicle causes it to appear "exploded" so I think it may...

FAQ/Everything You Need Thread v2.0 wrote: ...
ODF
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• How to make vehicles into props

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ClassLabel needs to be "armedbuilding" rather than "prop."

Yes I know about the making vehicles into prop faq. But I'm making a vehicle into a... erm... vehicle.

Edit: Well, for now I've made a quick fix by locking down the turret so it can't rotate. It would be nice though if a solution could be found.

I've noticed that if one removes the weapon on the turret (without adding postions), the same bug occurs.

Did you do what AQT suggested? Change "hover" after classlabel to "armedbuilding".

I'm not making a prop or a turret. I'm making it a vehicle. I want it to move, not just sit there. Nobody noticed the jump lines I put in the odf btw.

sim-al2 wrote: Offtopic: Does the AAT have bones or not? No impact on this issue but "prop" as the ClassLabel for many vehicle causes it to appear "exploded" so I think it may...

yes, it has "bones", they are necessary for turrets to move

what did you do to the weaponsections? and why did you put another weapon at the end of the TURRET1-section?

What do you mean? I don't see anything I added besides
Is there something specific in the AAT model that somehow only lets two positions to be used and nothing else to work? I wouldn't think so but it's sure acting like it. If your asking about the "Com_weapon_null" that was neccessary for the turret to not become messed when I first tried to remove the weapons, but the passenger section messed that up again.

Edit: Updated odf.

Was going to say have a look at the rep_fly_gunship at the second
FLYERSECTION = "TURRET4" to see how they do it.
You may or may not want a different animation but that is up to you