Some noob questions

[Lt.TyTy]

Hey guys! I heard about this awsome site so im givin it a try. I have 2 problems with bf2. First i cannot join any server because i have "invalid CD-Key" wtf is that mean??? Also, my bro just got this game and were bummed that we can only play each other. Is there any way that we could make bots to play against or with?????

thanks alot

[Talus]

Re: Some noob questions

Moved to support.

Firstly, do you each have your own copy of BF2 each with their own unique CD key?

[Lt.TyTy]

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yeah, i recently uninstalled bf2 due to some technical problems. do i need to reinstal it??? what do u mean moved to support?

[Talus]

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Yeah, the invalid CD key error can be quite common.

See this thread:

http://www.totalbf2.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45788

...and how do you plan on playing BF2 with it uninstalled anyway?

[Eden]

Re: Some noob questions

Hey guys! I heard about this awsome site so im givin it a try. I have 2 problems with bf2. First i cannot join any server because i have "invalid CD-Key" wtf is that mean??? Also, my bro just got this game and were bummed that we can only play each other. Is there any way that we could make bots to play against or with?????

thanks alot

Are you both useing the same CD key? if so youll need two CD keys.

[Lt.TyTy]

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hahaha thankx for your help. one more thing. is there any way i can host a local server and have bots playin with me and my bro?

[unwiredone]

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hahaha thankx for your help. one more thing. is there any way i can host a local server and have bots playin with me and my bro?

YES!
Start a single player game and then have your brother enter your IP. Now you got bots.

[Lt.TyTy]

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how do i get that ip? and how does he enter that ip??? hahaha im such a noob. ty for your help

[Lt.TyTy]

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what if i wanted to have more bots in singleplayer??? could we play there also. is there a way to make more bots in singleplayer then???

[knghtwhosaysni]

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what if i wanted to have more bots in singleplayer??? could we play there also. is there a way to make more bots in singleplayer then???

yes, but it will start lagging the computer...hold on a sec and i'll find the file
it's D:\Games\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\mods\bf2\AI\AIDefault.ai
be sure to make a backup (copy it and paste on your desktop or somewhere safe)
you use notepad to edit it, and there should be instructions on how to change the # of bots in there.
hers what you should change it to if you want 32 bots :

echo ************************************************** ***************************************
echo AIDefault.ai ************************************************** **************************
echo ************************************************** ***************************************

aiSettings.setNSides 2
aiSettings.setAutoSpawnBots 1

rem aiSettings.setMaxNBots 64
rem aiSettings.maxBotsIncludeHumans 1
rem aiSettings.setBotSkill 0.4

rem To spawn more than 15 bots in SP, use the following lines instead of the three lines above.
rem Note that this is totaly unsupported, it will affect your system's performance
rem and may even crash your game. That being said, you will most likely be able to run a lot
rem more bots than 15 on your system.

rem Example for 32 bot game with expert bots

aiSettings.overrideMenuSettings 1
aiSettings.setMaxNBots 32
aiSettings.maxBotsIncludeHumans 0
aiSettings.setBotSkill 1.0

run BotNames.ai

aiSettings.setInformationGridDimension 32


run AIPathFinding.ai

rem EOF

if you want to play on normal BF2 servers again, you will have to copy+paste that backup copy back in and overwirte the modified file

[Lt.TyTy]

Re: Some noob questions

man u guys r the best!

[Lt.TyTy]

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So all i have to do is make a backup copy, then delete those 3 lines and put those 8 lines in?

[Lt.TyTy]

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what does the rem mean in front of some of the lines mean

[knghtwhosaysni]

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what does the rem mean in front of some of the lines mean

just keeps the BF2.exe from reading those lines with "rem" before them. Lots of files will use "//" for this, but I guess the Bf2.exe is designed to look for "rem." It's usually used to put notes in about how the file works.