Battlefield Modding Tutorials BFMODS

Hi all,
First off many THANKS go out to this forum and all the help the posts & tuts provide!

I just finished up modding El-Al to add more vehicles & planes.
Nothing too fancy just extra assets.
Added two spawns at the northern structures using an MI8 & a MH53.
(Idea grabbed from this site...)
Used .inc files to keep it organized. (that's a sweet way to SSM the maps.)
Works great in CQ mode. no burps or hiccups.
So I thought for kicks I'd just copy the modified files into the CTF folder,
re-pak and be off to the games... -not....
CTF load bar gets to about 3/4 and then CTD.

I thought I had seen something in all the posts I've perused but I can't
find any reference to this problem.
I can't even begin to zero in on what is causing this or where to start debugging.
The packed size of the final file is 314kb.
I used the packer in MDT WinRFA 2.05. the Col's keep corrupting.

Running it on a dedicated server, DC Final .7.

TIA,
_mr

what files are modified? what modded files are in your patch file?

What iced earth said, Give us exact details lol

when you finished modding your map files,
did you put back your fresh map copys in your levels folder?

The "CQ" version is working fine. CTF doesn't load - CTD
Here's a list.
The only difference I see in the files is that \CTF has "ControlPointTemplates.con"
and "CQ" doesn't.

I only edited ObjectSpawns.con & ObjectSpawnTemplates.con with the
statements for .inc files located in ObjectSpawnTemplates.con

The el_alamein_701.rfa file then goes onto the server in DCFinal levels folder.

(Format would be better if I knew how to make BB keep the 'spaces')
=============================================================

(*) Files left Original (unedited)

.|..\bf1942
. |
. |..\levels
. |
. |..\El_Alamein
. | Conquest.con*
. | Coop.con*
. | Ctf.con*
. | Init.con*
. | Init.con.backup*
. | objects.con*
. | PreCache.con*
. | StaticObjects.con*
. | tdm.con*
. |
. |..\Conquest
. | SoldierSpawns.con*
. | SoldierSpawnTemplates.con*
. | spawnPointManagerSettings.con*
. | ControlPoints.con*
. | ControlPoints.con*
. | allied_base_mods.inc
. | axis_base_mods.inc
. | nos.inc
. | ObjectSpawns.con
. | ObjectSpawnTemplates.con
. | uh60_healer.inc
. | veh_center_base.inc
. | veh_misc.inc
. | veh_ne_base.inc
. | veh_north_base.inc
. | veh_nw_base.inc
. | veh_south_base.inc
. |
. |..\Ctf
. | ControlPointTemplates.con*
. | ControlPoints.con*
. | SoldierSpawns.con*
. | SoldierSpawnTemplates.con*
. | spawnPointManagerSettings.con*
. | allied_base_mods.inc
. | axis_base_mods.inc
. | nos.inc
. | ObjectSpawns.con
. | ObjectSpawnTemplates.con
. | uh60_healer.inc
. | veh_center_base.inc
. | veh_misc.inc
. | veh_ne_base.inc
. | veh_north_base.inc
. | veh_nw_base.inc
. | veh_south_base.inc
. |
. |..\GameTypes
. | Conquest.con*
. | Ctf.con*
. |
. |..\Menu
. init.con*

Oops I did edit the root init.con
I added to both sides.
Works in CQ...
(/me scratching head raw...)


game.setTeamSkin 1 IraqSoldier
game.setKit 1 0 US_Sniper_hvy
game.setKit 1 1 Iraq_Assault
game.setKit 1 2 Iraq_AT
game.setKit 1 3 Iraq_HeavyAssault
game.setKit 1 4 Iraq_Support
game.setKit 1 5 Iraq_SpecOps

game.setTeamSkin 2 USSoldier
game.setKit 2 0 US_Sniper_hvy
game.setKit 2 1 US_Assault
game.setKit 2 2 US_AT
game.setKit 2 3 US_HeavyAssault
game.setKit 2 4 US_Support
game.setKit 2 5 US_SpecOps
rem

Could you post the files? Either copy and paste their contents or attach them for download. We can help you 99% of the time if you post the files. I will say though, I don't know of anything that works in CQ and not in CTF...

_________________

Narrowed it down.
CTF doesn't seem to like the mi8 & the mh53 spawners for the northern area.
Tried to follow the tut > tutorial.php?page=adding_spawnpoints.html
but I must have messed up something for CTF.
Works fine in CQ though.

rem'd out all changes in ObjectSpawnTemplates and then put them back one at a time.
I put this in last edit for the spawners and then CTD on the client.

ObjectTemplate.create ObjectSpawner Technical_RecoillessSpawner
ObjectTemplate.setObjectTemplate 2 MH53_Passenger3_PCO
ObjectTemplate.setObjectTemplate 1 Mi8_Pass1
ObjectTemplate.MinSpawnDelay 1
ObjectTemplate.MaxSpawnDelay 2
ObjectTemplate.SpawnDelayAtStart 0
ObjectTemplate.TimeToLive 3
ObjectTemplate.Distance 40
ObjectTemplate.DamageWhenLost 10



That's the problem area. If I take that out, re-pack it, it runs fine.
The file ControlPointTemplates.con is different than the CQ version.
For CTF the main bases are removed. hmmmmm.....

Looks like it's choking on the 'Technical_RecoillessSpawner' entity.
I remove all references to it and CTF is running fine.
Put back in the stock original Technical_RecoillessSpawner specs and it CTDs.
Why would it suddenly choke on Technical_RecoillessSpawner???

here are the listings for the two files: