Battlefield Modding Tutorials BFMODS

Hey guys, I am new to modding. I've read the tutorial here (for the modding of BF1942 but iirc BFV has the same game engine) and have made a simple patch file for BFV's con thien map, but I have no idea what to do with the patchfile once I have it. If I put it in the levels folder I get a "data differs from server" error, like the tutorial said I would, and if I leave it somewhere else, it doesn't appear to work.

I suppose my first question is, what do I do with the patchfile so that my server will know how, and where, to look for it and load it!? The tute says it can be anywhere but that doesn't seem to be the case, and if it is, how does the server look for it!? Because my server apparently isn't looking for it.

Secondly, I would like to add a few observation towers here and there, I've seen this done on other servers for BFV and I was wanting to do something similar with the map editor. Can anyone point me in the right direction for this? Am I even on the right track?

Many thanks.

i can answer some of the general Qs...i'll wait for the BFV guys to chime in on the bfv specific stuff.

The patch file should be in your levels folder with all the other maps. Just make sure you don't have the modded file in YOUR levels folder on your computer. I would do that again and see what happens. If you get some sort of error, or crash connecting to the server, you did something wrong, and should probably post your code here. If nothing works, and its in the right place, I would check the file structure of your patchfile.

Is you server a rented/purchased one, or is it running from ur computer?

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Actually it's running from my computer here, this exact same one. I didn't think that would be an issue really...is there any way to make it work running it from this computer? The server itself has always ran fine on the same computer I've played it on, so there hasn't really been a problem with the server itself being on the same comp, at least not on this machine, but will if have any affect on my ability to mod it?

Well, did you copy your whole game and run it as server and play with another? Or are you playing the server? If you haven't done that to mod it you need to. Copy your battlefield vietnam folder to somewhere else, call it like "Battlefield Vietnam Server" or something. Run the server from that one. Then play your original game to join it. To mod it, take your patchfile and put it in the game your using as server's levels folder. It should work then.

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