How can I mod bf2?

[Homey-G-Funk]

Hey guys...i need some help.
im trying to do just a uber basic mod....pretty much i just want to mod bf2 by like....adding custom skins and what not, real simple stuff.

so like when you create a new mod in the bf2 editor....what do I do to convert everything from bf2 to my mod?

[Xaritix]

Re: How can I mod bf2?

Try making a copy of the BF2 mod file, rename it, and edit the skins by going into the DDS files and changing its color and stuff

[imported_CDNCommando]

Re: How can I mod bf2?

Don't do that you will run into a million problems and have a mod that is gigantic in size for no reason. Things in normal BF2 automaticly appear in your mod.

[Jacky]

Re: How can I mod bf2?

Ok heres a skin tutorial By Sir. Sphox

You will need:[LIST][*]Photoshop or similar editing program.[*]The DDS plugin -[URL="http://developer.nvidia.com/object/nv_texture_tools.html"]http://developer.nvidia.com/object/n...ure_tools.html[/URL][*]A brain.[*]Bf2editor [URL="http://www.ea.com/official/battlefield/battlefield2/us/downloads.jsp"]http://www.ea.com/official/battlefie.../downloads.jsp[/URL][/LIST]Ok - Skinning is basically photoshop, change what you wan't, make it look cool.
Start off by install the plugin. All this plugin does is make you view the DDS file, common in most games for skin.

 Now when your skinning, is most cases you will need the _c dds file, as its the view. Make sure you have the correct filename. 

Now head to here: \Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\mods\bf2\Objects_client.zip -> Keep it mind it may take a while to load. To make it easy, click vehicles.

You should see this:
[IMG]http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/5471/image45tn.jpg[/IMG]

To make it easy, click the category your skin fits into, copy that folder to say where its suitable, I chose My documents.

Eg. I want a car. Copy Land Vehicles to My Documents.

Now its off to Photoshop. Run it and then you'll need to find the car name your looking for. This make take a while. Try and remember from Ingame as this is the same.

Ok, So I've chosen the Mec FAV.
When I open it, you'll see how it comes together. It will look like a bunch of messed up parts, some will look familar, some wont.
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The Important Bit.

What I did now is goto Singleplayer and took screenshots of the MEC FAV from every angle, Basically, if I didn't recoginize a apart, I'd used the screenshots. 

[LEFT] Basically, now all you do is edit the parts you want, It depends on your photoshop skill, Use the Brightness and Contrast a lot for a nicer look and mess with the color range, Make anything you wan't all upto you !

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Ok, So now you've finished your skin, Time to see it in action  !.

Open up the Bfeditor.exe you installed.

Creating the Mod:

Open up the editor, create a new mod and wait for it to make it, then close the editor. Make the mod any name.

Now go here: \Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\mods
Double click on your mod and goto the Objects folder.
You should see the same sort of thing you saw in the object zip before, this time, all the folders are empty.

Click on the vehicles folder.

[IMG]http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/1525/image68zt.jpg[/IMG]

You will see nothing. Now do this. Create a folder called "Land" without brackets. Its going to be like what you pasted in My Docs.

Now, goto my documents and copy the folder vehicles you edited, the whole thing. Including textures mesh and all, the whole folder eg. jep_faav.

Copy it and go back to your Mod folder in the Bf2 Mods Directory and shove it in there, in the Land folder.


Now for your skin.. Find the skin you've saved in photoshop, goto your Bf2 Mods folder and goto the Land folder, then the folder you pasted, goto textures and Look for the dds you edited in Photoshop. Save it over the one already. Make sure its got the same name.

DONE !

Using the editor.

Ok. Load up the editor Again. Goto your mod, and Load it, Not the bf2 mod.
After its done loading, its time for the skin.

Click on the little + sign, and goto Load Resource.[IMG]http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/4208/image82zf.jpg[/IMG]

Your mod will show up, Ignore it, goto the bf2 tab.

[IMG]http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/1974/image108it.jpg[/IMG]

Now its time to locate the vehicle you've changed.
[IMG]http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/333/image128ou1.jpg[/IMG]
Find the name, and open the tab up. Double click on the .con file.
[IMG]http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/9360/image144qf.jpg[/IMG]

Your editor should say something down the bottom, thats good.
Goto the left and double click the con again.
Guess what ? YOUR SKINS LOADING *******. :D 

[IMG]http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/1870/image54rb.jpg[/IMG]

Editor Navigation:
Scroll wheel on mouse - move camera around.
W,A,S,D - move your view around.
Mouse scroll up and down - rate of speed of which you move.

You can drive your skin too, Goto the right and click enable physics/input/free, and play around.


To play it ingame, Complie the Mod, In the top Bar.

[IMG]http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/2204/screen7238jq.jpg[/IMG]

Important links/people:
Sir. Kain - thanks for teaching me how to do all this stuff.
[URL="http://www.bf2editor.org/"]http://www.bf2editor.org/[/URL] - Check out their forum for help !

REMEMBER WHEN SAVING DDS - Save the texture as DXT5 (select it in the dropdown when saving in Photoshop)! Otherwise, your whole car/object will be really shiny.
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Hope this helps. I putted it between code tags to make it not to big

[Homey-G-Funk]

Re: How can I mod bf2?

for that tutorial you posted, it dose help but at the end where it says, "to play in game, Compile mod in the top" what dose that mean?