If you guys come up with something yourself with what I am going to teach you, post it. If I haven't made myself clear yet, this will no longer be me. Give me a little time to get 2142 and this community content thing running, Meth's ][ Element gun done, and that'll be my first thing to do. Ps: If you need help bad enough, I won't be on 2142 probably until Monday, as it's giving me errors, but if you see me on Xfire, send me a voice chat invitation and I can walk you through this.Īnti, I can do that. IF YOU ATTEMPT TO USE IT ONLINE, BE IT ON TTP OR ANYWHERE ELSE WITH THE INTENT TO CHEAT, YOU MUST ACCEPT THE CONSEQUENCES. Post a screenshot of the problem you're having, or just an explanation, and I''ll do my best to help.įile manipulation and editing will come, but *later*.
Believe me, it's better to use the space instead of accidently changing your actual "bf2142" folder.
zip files you can delve into when you start editing. One as a backup somewhere you CAN'T mess it up. More on actual manipulation, later.īut first, create backup copies of ALL of the. Okay, now you've just created a singleplayer mod. I'm pretty sure Vista can open them by right clicking and selecting "Explore." In fact, I've found that not using a. This step isn't really needed, but it speeds things up. You should see things like,"Common_bp1_client.zip" If so, you are in the right place Inside the folder, open the "Objects" directory.
Go back to your "C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Battlefield 2142\mods\(insert name of your mod here)" or its equivalant. Now rename the shortcut to something like "shortcut to my mod," so you can keep track of it. "C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Battlefield 2142\BF2142.exe" +modPath mods/mod +menu 1 +fullscreen 1 "C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Battlefield 2142\BF2142.exe" +modPath mods/mod So once you've added that, it should look something like +modPath mods/(whatever you named the folder which contains the mod.
But we need to add a couple of things.Īfter the quotation marks, add a space and then type "C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Battlefield 2142\BF2142.exe" In the 'shortcut' tab of 'properties' of your shortcut, you will see a box with "Target:" next to it. Change the icon to something else so you know it is your mod. Right click on the shortcut you are going to use for the mod. Warning! Attemptting to play online with your mod will generate the modified content error! Simply using the standard 2142 shortcut will not get you in. Important! You must use the shortcut to enter your mod. Put it on your desktop, or wherever you keep shortcuts.
Go back to the main 2142 folder that contains the folders "mods" "admin" "pb" etc.Ĭreate a shortcut. Rename the folder "copy of bf2142" to whatever you want. Depending on your OS, and I'm doing this on Win XP, you should now have 'bf2142' and "copy of bf2142.' Once this is done, you should have two folders. Open the folder in the directory named "mods." Unless you have another mod installed, you should only see a folder named "bf2142." Depeding on the speed and type of your hard drive, this next step may take a while.Ĭopy the "bf2142' folder in "mods", and paste it to the "mods" folder. If you see folders by the names," admin" "mods" "pb" "profiles" "python" "redist" "settings" and "support" you're in the right area. In the main 2142 directory, there are a lot of files, and folders. This is not the Battlefield 2142 folder in your My Documents, or its equivelant. Go to C:\ program files, or wherever you have 2142 installed to. You need at least 2-3 gb of hard drive space extra to continue. Instructions for creating a 2142 singleplayer mod for weapons develpment Warning.
Homing ammo is now open for use.Īnd, if anyone would like, I can make a post in this thread on how to create your own singleplayer 'mod' and teach you basic weapons editing.