GamePlayObjects.con mod server-side only?

[toben]

Hi all,

I'm having trouble starting a multiplayer LAN game with my GamePlayObjects.con modification. I searched the forums and found out how to replace all the vehicles in my 16 player Dragon Valley map to all Jeeps. (renaming APC/Tank vehicles in GamePlayObjects.con)

I'm able to start a server and play the map myself, but whenever my friend attempts to join he gets dropped during the verification.

Am I doing something wrong? I'm directly editing the map in my mods/bf2/Dragon_Valley/<conquest 16 player>/server.zip

Is there another way to make all the vehicles either jeeps or helicoptors and be able to play on a private LAN server (without forcing my friend to download and replace my custom server.zip)?

Thanks for your help!
Toben

[toben]

Re: GamePlayObjects.con mod server-side only?

Does anyone know the correct way to serve a GamePlayObjects.con modification for the original maps in BF2?

Tob

[toben]

Re: GamePlayObjects.con mod server-side only?

I'll try deleting the archive.md5 when my friend comes online. Please let me know if I'm on the right track! Thanks.

[SgtDuke]

Re: GamePlayObjects.con mod server-side only?

I've had similar problems. The official response I found was basically, "server-side only modding is not recommended or supported". Some changes seem to work, for some people, while others don't. I've given up and am just doing client-side modding now.

[toben]

Re: GamePlayObjects.con mod server-side only?

That's unfortunate.

Thanks for the reply. My friend was able to fill the loading progress bar before crasing to desktop. I'm going to try one more time with modifying just the lines after "if arq1=host" (?) to see if those are safe to modify.

I might just make a copy of karkand and rename it to karkand_buggies and send it to him. :T