15 replies to this topic

[Kwen]

i made a mod with new models so i know i must use the -mod command thingy... i have it all set up, the "haldir.big" is in :C:\Documents and Settings\Robert\Application Data\My Battle for Middle-earth™ II Files
and my icon has the following target: "C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\The Battle for Middle-earth ™ II\lotrbfme2.exe" - mod haldir.big

but it wont run!!!!!!!!! the game starts like normal... what did i do wrong...

[Rockon12]

Well, what is it supposed to start like? How do you know your mod isn't running?

[Kwen]

i redid the haldir model, and aded the original elven warriors to the barracks, they arent there and haldir is the same as ever

[Rockon12]

In your haldir.big, do you have Haldirs ini file as "data/ini/object/goodfaction/units/elven/haldir.ini" and your .w3d file as "art/w3d/<name given in haldir.ini>.w3d" and texture as "art/w3d/<texture name>.tga"?
If you abbreviate them to haldir.ini, haldir.w3d, or haldir.tga, I'm pretty sure it won't work. Also, if you changed the directory of Haldir, you will have to change the name or there will be two "Object ElvenHaldir"s, and if you changed the name, you will need a new playertemplate.ini file in there with the new name. I'm pretty sure you know all this but I'm just making sure.

EDIT: Ooops, just noticed this was for BFMEII modding, so things might be a bit different (I don't have it yet).

Edited by Rockon12, 29 March 2006 - 12:31 AM.

[Kwen]

the EUHaldir.w3d is in the eu subfolder, the textures are in the eu subfolder, the object is the same just edited with a new model

[Boy_suicide]

I'm pretty sure you have to tweak it to make it compatible with BFME II, although I have been too lazy to code anything in it after I unlocked the hidden textures....

[Kelso]

Dump your mod into a directory, say C:\haldir and then try pointing to it with the mod switch, like -mod C:\haldir

[Clement]

I tried with "-mod C:\mymod" and it works perfectly even with a new model, but kelso, can it work with "mymod.big" in the Application Data folder? Or it will never work?


However I have a problem with the INI code, in fact, when I put the gamedata.ini in C:\mymod\data\ini\object and I named it "datacodes.ini" and when I start the game there is much of gamecrash, and I didn't modify anything, so why?

Edited by TheDeadPlayer, 29 March 2006 - 01:31 PM.

[Deathstrike]

However I have a problem with the INI code, in fact, when I put the gamedata.ini in C:\mymod\data\ini\object and I named it "datacodes.ini" and when I start the game there is much of gamecrash, and I didn't modify anything, so why?

Put it in C:\mymod\data\ini, not C:\mymod\data\ini\object. If it still doesn't work then you've got something else wrong, since it works fine with me.

[ched]

ooh, so they fixed the gamedata problem

[Bart]

they didn't

on top of that, you can't use #include in -mod mods

Edited by 2playgames, 29 March 2006 - 09:13 PM.

[Kwen]

but i want a .big not individule folders, and if it were to be tht way iwouldnt not be ble to use my new asset.dt

[Clement]

ooh, so they fixed the gamedata problem

No, if I put the "gamedata.ini" file in the folder ini, the game starts but my modifications don't work! The gamedata isn't read! however if I put the gamedata, named to "datacodes" in the folder "object" it is read but there is some crash!... without modifying it in the last case.


"SDK Kwen : but i want a .big not individule folders, and if it were to be tht way iwouldnt not be ble to use my new asset.dt"

Ok, I tried and I succeeded, I added a new model I put the asset.dat directly in the file.big and the others: the model "art\w3d\nu\..." without skin and the code in the data folder. However I saw that you put a space between - and mod ! You must write "[...].exe" -mod haldir.big not "- mod haldir.big" !

Edited by TheDeadPlayer, 30 March 2006 - 08:55 AM.

[Bart]

but i want a .big not individule folders, and if it were to be tht way iwouldnt not be ble to use my new asset.dt

if you put your mod in C:\mymod, just put your assets in C:\mymod\asset.dat and you're good

[Clement]

Ok it's exact 2playgames, but SDK Kwen wants a .big folder, so he must do what I said, but does somebody have a solution for the gamedata.ini? And we can use #include in -mod mods!

[Bart]

yeah i know, i was going to edit my post