alright, i edited my map, went to VM and munged. I tried running bf2, but all i got to was the loading screen, which is the first screen you ever see when loading bf2, then it crashes to desktop.... i have a feeling its the bf2 mod stuff thats making this happen. i placed the bf2_modtools folder under lucasarts/battlefrontII/gamedata. anyone know what caused this?

what did you edit in your map? its more likely that then the mod tools, most of the time.
also, i woudn't recommend putting it in gamedata. i'm not sure what that does, but definitely move it outside, it can just be in the lucasarts folder, thats where mine is. do all your other maps crash aswell?

sampip wrote:also, i woudn't recommend putting it in gamedata. i'm not sure what that does, but definitely move it outside, it can just be in the lucasarts folder, thats where mine is.

It helps to learn why things happen. What you can't have is the ModTools folder to be within a directory that has spaces in it. Yours works because the LucasArts folder is is not in a directory with spaces in it, such as "Program Files". The GameData folder is a fine place to put it if the full directory doesn't have spaces in it.

The reason that the directory can't have spaces in it is because the munge batch files mess up when dealing with spaces.

Frisbeetarian wrote:

sampip wrote:also, i woudn't recommend putting it in gamedata. i'm not sure what that does, but definitely move it outside, it can just be in the lucasarts folder, thats where mine is.

It helps to learn why things happen. What you can't have is the ModTools folder to be within a directory that has spaces in it. Yours works because the LucasArts folder is is not in a directory with spaces in it, such as "Program Files". The GameData folder is a fine place to put it if the full directory doesn't have spaces in it.

The reason that the directory can't have spaces in it is because the munge batch files mess up when dealing with spaces.

Really? Interesting! I didn't know that.

I guess you learn something new every day...

Superm9 wrote:
Really? Interesting! I didn't know that.

I guess you learn something new every day...

true that...

isnt it easiest to just keep the ModTools in this directory
c:\BF2ModTools?
that way you know there is no mistake, and it makes browsing for it easier.

Sorry.

@Faceman2000
The only thing you have similar is the fact that the game is crashing. This is its own separate unrelated problem. Deal with the errors from your munge, and if there are none, then the errors in your BFront2.log. If you still can't solve it, make a new topic instead of hijacking this one.

so what should I do? where should i move my mod tools folder.... oh and i went to battlefrontII/gamedata/addons/*insertmymodlvlnamehere* and my folder was empty except it had an addme.script.... im really not sure whats going on...

Three questions:
What is the full directory in which the ModTools folder resides?
Have you ever had another map that worked fine?
How fast is/was your first munge?

alright im new to modding, this is my first "munge"... my mod tools folder sits under/programfiles/lucasarts/starwarsbattlefrontII
thats all i can really tell you at the moment....

oh btw, do i need to be running the latest bf2 mod? i believe i am running on 1.0... if i was needed to switch i would probably need a patch switcher...

Reinstall the mod tools to C:\BF2_Tools. Like Frisbee said you can't have spaces in the install path.

Warfare32 wrote:alright im new to modding, this is my first "munge"... my mod tools folder sits under/programfiles/lucasarts/starwarsbattlefrontII
thats all i can really tell you at the moment....

oh btw, do i need to be running the latest bf2 mod? i believe i am running on 1.0... if i was needed to switch i would probably need a patch switcher...

youre on 1.1 otherwise i wouldnt be able to play online with you

alright i just posted that my bf2 still doesnt work, but now it does. i kept on launching it from xfire which xfire launching does NOT work... thats when it crashes to desktop after it loads its very first loading screen. but if i launch by double clicking on shortcut on my desktop, everythign works fine. anyone know why my xfire isnt launching it properly?