i know this an extremely noobish problem, but I need help. I took Jawaraider's battlefront 40k skin assets and put them in the C:\BF2_ModTools\data_WHM\Sides\sidename\msh (WHM is my map's 3 letter abbreviation) folder, but the shipped skins appear when I try to play the WHM map under Instant Action. And I've munged all the imp, all, cis, rep, and jed sides, and VisualMunged it as well. I think the problem might have something to do with the Manifest file, but I have no clue how to update it. ANY help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Jediguy wrote:i know this an extremely noobish problem, but I need help. I took Jawaraider's battlefront 40k skin assets and put them in the C:\BF2_ModTools\data_WHM\Sides\sidename\msh (WHM is my map's 3 letter abbreviation) folder, but the shipped skins appear when I try to play the WHM map under Instant Action. And I've munged all the imp, all, cis, rep, and jed sides, and VisualMunged it as well. I think the problem might have something to do with the Manifest file, but I have no clue how to update it. ANY help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Did you add "dc:" in the LUA? If you didn't it'll read the default sides.

No I didn't. Where can i find the LUA? (And thanks for the help.)

data_***/common/scripts/{mod id}

Thanks. I found the scripts folder, but I'm not quite sure what to do now.( Sorry, i'm just not very good at this.)

here's what i was going to post as culvar posted:

you have to go to the Common folder not in your sides folder. Hit scripts. Then hit the folder in the top left that has the three letters for your map name. then hit whichever era/gamemode you're modding. An example is "ABCc_con" which is clone wars conquest for a map that ahs the letters ABC

open it up the lua and scroll down to where it says something like

ReadDataFile("sound\\yav.lvl;yav1cw")
ReadDataFile("dc:SIDE\\rep.lvl",
"rep_inf_ep3_rifleman",
"rep_inf_ep3_rocketeer",
"rep_inf_ep3_engineer",
"rep_inf_ep3_sniper",
"rep_inf_ep3_officer",

just type dc: where i have mine at. should solve your problem

Yeah, unfortunately it says Windows Cannot Open the file, but I can browse to choose what program to open it with. How do I open it?

Use Notepad.

Alright, did that. Thanks for the advice. Here's what the LUA files for each era look like now. I didn't do dc:\\tur.lvl. And the level still has shipped sides.

ReadDataFile("sound\\yav.lvl;yav1cw")
ReadDataFile("dc:SIDE\\rep.lvl",
"rep_inf_ep3_rifleman",
"rep_inf_ep3_rocketeer",
"rep_inf_ep3_engineer",
"rep_inf_ep3_sniper",
"rep_inf_ep3_officer",
"rep_inf_ep3_jettrooper",
"rep_hover_fightertank",
"rep_hero_anakin",
"rep_hover_barcspeeder")
ReadDataFile("SIDE\\cis.lvl",
"cis_inf_rifleman",
"cis_inf_rocketeer",
"cis_inf_engineer",
"cis_inf_sniper",
"cis_inf_officer",
"cis_inf_droideka",
"cis_hero_darthmaul",
"cis_hover_aat")
ReadDataFile("sound\\tat.lvl;tat2gcw")
ReadDataFile("dc: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("SIDEdc:\\imp.lvl",
"imp_inf_rifleman",
"imp_inf_rocketeer",
"imp_inf_engineer",
"imp_inf_sniper",
"imp_inf_officer",
"imp_inf_dark_trooper",
"imp_hero_bobafett",
"imp_fly_destroyer_dome" )

Jediguy wrote:ReadDataFile("SIDEdc:\\imp.lvl",

dc goes before side, should be

ReadDataFile("dc:SIDE\\imp.lvl",


EDIT: Is that all one script?

Ah, thanks for the catch, but that was the only side where I had SIDEdc instead of dc:\\SIDE, and no that's just part of the CW conquest script and the GCW conquest script. Still can't get those custom sides to show up.
I have 1.9 of the conversion pack if that makes a difference. Oh, and how do I update the Manifest file?