Long story shot, my laptop's hard drive crashed a while ago and I recently got it repaired most files were restored but my BF2_ModTools were not. (The side itself was backed up) I've attempted to re-create what I lost but it causes crashes. There has a to be a step I missed, something I've forgotten about.

The side mod makes use of a addon map instead of mission.lvl replacement. Every map changes units, skins, specials and heroes.

1) All the mission files cor1c_con, dag1c_con, dea1c_con, etc are in C:\BF2_ModTools\data_RAC\Common\scripts\RAC

2) The maps now have dc: in the correct location near for the CIS side.

3) The mission.req file has all the mission names added under REQN { "lvl" mission and map names in parenthesis.

4) ?


C:\BF2_ModTools\data_ZCM\Common
mission.lua

C:\BF2_ModTools\data_ZCM\Common\scripts\ZCM
geo1c_con

Glitch25 wrote:All the mission files cor1c_con, dag1c_con, dea1c_con, etc are in C:\BF2_ModTools\data_RAC\Common\scripts\RAC

Wait the req files or the LUA scripts?
That is where the LUA should be.

The req files (name example: cor1c_con.req) should be in:
C:\BF2_ModTools\data_RAC\Common\mission

You might want to read this over:
http://www.gametoast.com/forums/viewtop ... 96#p287596

-EDIT-
Can you overwrite the original eras and game modes through an addon map?
It would also be helpful to see your error log and know at what point the game
crashes along with the addme script.

Nedarb7 wrote:It would also be helpful to see your error log and know at what point the game
crashes along with the addme script.

I have the steam version of the game so when I copied over. BF2_modtools.exe to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Star Wars Battlefront II\GameData

The error log does not function properly. Or I must have done something wrong. If I could get an error log this wouldn't be much a of a problem. Do you know how to fix that sort of thing?

Nedarb7 wrote:You might want to read this over:
http://www.gametoast.com/forums/viewtop ... 96#p287596

That's adding a new era, not exactly the same thing but very similar. I'll look it over and see if I missed anything.

-Edit-

Nedarb7 wrote: Can you overwrite the original eras and game modes through an addon map?

I've had it work without replacing the stock sides after adding the map to the addon folder. But you could consider it a side replacement as well. (Uses cis.lvl and cisshell.lvl)

Glitch25 wrote: I've had it work without replacing the stock sides after adding the map to the addon folder. But you could consider it a side replacement as well. (Uses cis.lvl and cisshell.lvl)

So your only editing the sides?

Try this modified version of the BF2_modtools.exe
it goes in the same place of the other version.
http://www.mediafire.com/?dnlosg34n55bvcq

Yea. I'm not that creative when it comes to maps. There will be multiple skins, specials, heroes, vehicles, and units all on specific maps. I've put over 6 months of work into this, I think (or at least hope) you guys will enjoy it upon the release.

Thanks for the help. I'll let you know how it goes.

I see. It was confusing at first because I didn't see the need to
set it up like an era mod when you could just create a side
replacement. That is until you mentioned new heroes and unique
classes on different maps.

LOL After running the error long, I found a few errors. All 3 severity. The game crashed because I was missing ord files!

Phew, looks like I did everything correctly but I must have removed them back when I was cleaning the mod out of "useless" files to reduce the size. Thanks man, I really appreciate this.

-Edit- Ah, figures. A problem presented itself after munging again and getting past that specific error. I have no idea how to fix this one. The file itself is there, really odd one.

Message Severity: 3
C:\Battlefront2\main\Battlefront2\Source\Weapon.cpp(1719)
Weapon "cis_weap_tread_hailfire_chaingu" missing ordnance 0.000000 "rep_weap_tread_hailfire_chaingun_ord"

Are you editing the vehicles?
If your not you don't need:
ReadDataFile("dc:SIDE\\cis.lvl",
"cis_fly_droidfighter_dome", <---------------------THIS LINE
--"cis_fly_geofighter", <---------------------THIS LINE
"cis_inf_rifleman_geo",
"cis_inf_rocketeer_geo",
"cis_inf_sniper_geo",
"cis_inf_officer_geo",
"cis_inf_engineer_geo",
"cis_hero_countdooku",
"cis_inf_sbd",
"cis_tread_hailfire", <---------------------THIS LINE
--"cis_hover_stap", <---------------------THIS LINE
"cis_walk_spider") <---------------------THIS LINE

And should add this in the LUA after removing all the listed lines above:
ReadDataFile("SIDE\\cis.lvl",
"cis_fly_droidfighter_dome",
--"cis_fly_geofighter",
"cis_tread_hailfire",
--"cis_hover_stap",
"cis_walk_spider")

Notice there is no dc: before SIDE, that is because your hailfire vehicle's
odf is not set up right. Also post the hailfire's odf and weapon odfs.

Here's the error logs for Geonosis and Jabba's Palace Both are supposed to have skin changes, unit changes, and localized names. But they do not show up in game...I got this to work before, but now I have no idea how to get it to work again.

Geonosis

So you got geonosis to work but the changes wont apply?
These things stood out to me:
YOUR LUA (GEONOSIS) ERROR LOG (GEONOSIS) As you can see the game is loading the stock sides not yours.
And this stood out to me:
ERROR LOG GEO I'm guessing the game is loading the original mode instead of yours.

Is there any way to fix that? I got it to work fine last time I did this. The skins, units and hero changed without any problems. Have you ever done a side mod like this?

Geonosis crashes, Jabba's Palace works still but the localization, specials, and a CQC replacement for the rocketeer do not appear. Man this is a pain, I had everything working perfectly last time.

Jabba's Palace

I actually have tried this yeterday. I wanted to try it and see if the results would change
but the same thing happened... no changes . Are you using the unofficial patch 1.3?
When I tried this I wasn't using it. Besides that I have no idea why it isn't working or
how to fix it at this moment.

-EDIT-
Could you post your addme script the answer could lie there.
Also are you adding a map to the game because if your not you don't need:
"ZCMc_con"
"ZCMg_con"
in your mission.req

That sucks. Do you know anyone who has an prior knowledge about this? I've sent you a beta of the mod I was working on before my hard drive crashed. It works fine, but it's still not perfected and the only way I can continue that mod is if I fix this.

I think this may be the reason why as well. I completely forgot about the addme till now. But I don't know what changes to make to it. I don't plan on adding a map, I had no idea that would remove it. Thanks

WHOA!!! Theres your problem. That is not what the addme should look like.
The tutorial above gave an example which I will post here (copy and paste over your addme): Now this was for mygeeto I'm sure you can edit it for geonosis.
Make sure you change the * symbols though.
Example change to (notice the * changed to a c which stands for clone wars) Do the same to all *s in the new addme except for when there are
three stars in a row *** change that to your three letter map name.

I REMEMBER THIS!

Starting to add all modes, eras, and missions to this. Localization, side changes, and skin changes should work after completion. I'll let you know if It doesn't work (Highly doubt it wont)

Thank you Nedarb7!