FH2 Modding Q&A

[gamerjer]

ah alright  i thought u guys were a team of french guys who came to bring the french into forgotten hope 2  i hope there well be someone in the near future to help modding a map then, because im afraid the fh2 devs still have enough work on the eastren front but the idea of more countries in fh2 is ofcourse a nice idea

[Mudzin]

How can I set "end result" camera?

[0utlaw]

move to the area you want to see on the map, while in the level editor scroll down the right side, and click the 'set camera before spawn'

[Mudzin]

Ok, thanks! 1 more question. Is there any other cobble spline apart this from st.vith, which has empty stripe in the middle (I bet to imitate the snow)?

[Harmonikater]

Any chance I can get my hands on a uncompiled artillery.pyc?
Either the decompiler can't read it, or if it can then the file has erros, which I can't seem to fix.

[Mudzin]

Can sb tell me where Wirbelwind texture is stored? Haven't found it in the typical for other vehicles direction...

[Mudzin]

Why I can't find in the editor some undergrowth textures, for example - grass_mix3_wehe?

[Ts4EVER]

Can sb tell me where Wirbelwind texture is stored? Haven't found it in the typical for other vehicles direction...

It uses the PanzerIVH texture.

[Mudzin]

Can sb tell me where Wirbelwind texture is stored? Haven't found it in the typical for other vehicles direction...

It uses the PanzerIVH texture.

Yeah, already solved with a little help from Matt Baker

[Turkish007]

Hello guys, how can I change the name of a faction in BF2?

Another one, how can I edit the map description?

[Stubbfan]

Faction names are likely to be found in the localization files, unless you plan to put in a new one.

Map description is also in the localization files unless it's a custom map. You'll find the references in levels/mapname/info/mapname.desc

[Turkish007]

Yes, I looked into Localization files. I found out that it is in English.txt, and I changed all "USMC"s to the faction name I want for it to appear, but the faction's name is still USMC in the kit select menu.
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What now?

[Stubbfan]

Pretty sure that that text is captured from the localization files. But just to be sure, show a picture of what you mean.

[Turkish007]

In a tutorial I read I should change the English.txt and maybe English_patch.txt in this directory:

EA Games/Battlefield 2/mods/*my mod*/localization/english

I changed all USMC's in those .txt's to the faction name I want it to appear, but it still shows up as USMC on the spawn screen:

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...or is it not even possible to change faction name? Do I have to create one from scratch? 

And also I have came up with another question. Can someone tell me the method to changing the background movie? Is there a special format that it needs to be in, or a specific length of the clip?

[Turkish007]

Is there anyone who used Bink Video Converter before? How can I convert to .bik? It doesnt appear to be on the list.

EDIT: oh, nevermind. got it.