Playing offline

[jdrou]

Re: Playing offline

If you used winrar, make sure you made the files .zip and not .rar format. If you run the game in windowed mode (edit the command line with +fullscreen 0) then you usually will get an error message that will give you some idea of the problem. Most people who try renaming maps seem to either miss a file or change a string that shouldn't be changed the first time they do it.

[dmarburg]

Re: Playing offline

thanks for your help so far guys, im crashing to desktop whenever i open any booster map now so im deleting all my modified and starting again, i just have a couple of questions if you guys have time:

1) to clarify, i extract the client and server zips to folders, rename the paths/files/etc and re-zip?
2) i just delete the MD5 file?
3) i cannot find any reference in the maps folder of:

-> objects\Effects\ambient\staticfx\e_sAmb_BurningOil Fire.tweak
-> objects\Effects\ambient\staticfx\e_sAmb_OilFire.tw eak

would this be an issue? i just figured because i have the 'complete collection' they might have slightly differing files/file structures

4) also, would it matter if i had backups of the map folders in other folders with in the Levels folder (eg: mods\bf2\levels\AF_EF_Maps\OperationHarvest\)

anyway ill start again now, thanks for your time guys

[Sars99]

Re: Playing offline

1) to clarify, i extract the client and server zips to folders, rename the paths/files/etc and re-zip?

Copy and paste the existing level folder and rename it:
example:
copy strike_at_karkand
rename the copy to anything, just no spaces

2) i just delete the MD5 file?

yes in the copied level folder only, though for SP use this might not be necessary, but i also do with my copies and never have a problem

4) also, would it matter if i had backups of the map folders in other folders with in the Levels folder (eg: mods\bf2\levels\AF_EF_Maps\OperationHarvest\)

you can leave the originals alone once you have copied them, so that folder isn't necessary, it could be whats causing the CTD.

just follow what i answered for #1 and this wont' be needed

hope that helps

p.s. i don't know about #3 sorry, hope jdrou comes on and helps

[jdrou]

Re: Playing offline

3) i cannot find any reference in the maps folder of:

-> objects\Effects\ambient\staticfx\e_sAmb_BurningOil Fire.tweak
-> objects\Effects\ambient\staticfx\e_sAmb_OilFire.tw eak

The only place those would need to be changed is in OperationSmokeScreen\server.zip . If you're renaming any other map you won't see them.