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In the dark Times Mod, the Equipment Icon that Appeared showed a picture f the force move, instead of the Weapon itself.

how is this accomplished? Is there a tutorial that details how his is done?

Thanks
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Can I create a Self-Buff that temporaryly increases the speed of the player? Like a Force Speed?

you achieve it with this command in the odf: this refers to a model which can be found in Common\mshs.
i suppose you have to munge an ingame.lvl for your map if you want to use new models/textures for the icons.

Ah Cheers. Thanks Alot.

DarthD.U.C.K. wrote: i suppose you have to munge an ingame.lvl for your map if you want to use new models/textures for the icons.

No, not really. I always just stick the new HUD meshes in the unit's req.

Really? What does the req look like? I thought you could only load stuff like that from the ingame.lvl...

RED51 wrote:Really? What does the req look like? I thought you could only load stuff like that from the ingame.lvl...

You can load pretty much anything in a req, as long as it is new. Anything that is to be overwritten like a common model (stock detpack for example) needs to be a custom ingame.lvl.

Here's an example of my Clone Rifleman .req from my TCW mod. It uses a custom icon for the EMP grenades.

THEWULFMAN wrote:Anything that is to be overwritten like a common model (stock detpack for example) needs to be a custom ingame.lvl.

That is what D.U.C.K. was referring to in his example. In his example he used hud_lightsaber, which is a common stock model.

What is an ingame.lvl in this context? And how do I munge it?

its a local ingame.lvl with which you can override the common stock stuff. you can also add new things like cpicons to it.
you can find a tutorial for creating one here: Making a Custom Ingame.lvl (FAQ)

This is a Sample from that .req:

REQN
{
"model"
...
...
"hud_infinite_ammo_icon"
"hud_lightsaber"
"hud_force_choke"
"hud_force_saberthrow"
"hud_force_pull"
"hud_force_push"
"hud_force_lightning"
"hud_poison"
"hud_new_lightsaber"
"hud_rage"
"hud_rep_weap_defense_buff_icon"
"hud_health_regen"
}

Should I just add my New icons there? like the one in red?

yes, exactly. you should remove all other entrys though to prevent your lvl from getting unnecessarily large.
just be sure to list the new stuff you add under the right header (textures under "texture", effects under "config" etc.)

Darth Duck I love you! Thanks!

EDIT:
Ok I tryed that, but the icons are not appearing...
EDIT2:
The new Models do not appear to be munged. DO I have to run a specific batch file, or will the regualr visual Munge be sufficient?

Now to draw your attention to the second question:
Can I create a Self-Buff that temporaryly increases the speed of the player? Like a Force Speed

Slime615 wrote:EDIT2:
The new Models do not appear to be munged. DO I have to run a specific batch file, or will the regualr visual Munge be sufficient?

yes, the normal munge will do. you have to manually copy over the ingame.lvl though. to find out if the new stuff has been munged, go into _BUILD\Common\PC and look of the folder contains files named like the new assets you added.

about the speed: that cant be done through a "buff" but i guess you could use setproperty to increase a units speed...

I edited the ingame.req Located here:

C:\BF2_ModTools\data_TOS\Common

What should I have done and where should I copy it to?

that is what the tutorial is about.

Ok, I missed out adding the DC: I Think that was the problem. Testing Now.

EDIT: Nope. Still not working. It looks like they did not munge...

are they being munged or are they not?

No. For some reason they are not being Munged.

you put them in common\mshs and listed them in the ingame.req?

Ok, The icons are now munged, but Now I have a CTD:

Here is the Log, I can find no Problems....: