Battlefield 1942 Mods, Modding Tutorials & Forums

rubberduck23 wrote:Hello.
I've had an idea .
I've seen the pattern of most mods (at least for BF1942), and I have an idea of how I might be able to create this mod.
Ok, so we have a "Mods" folder. Then we have all the mods, including vanilla BF1942. My theory is (remember, you might laugh, but I'm relatively new) that
if I copy the vanilla "bf1942" in the "Mods" folder, I can replace the "Objects.rfa" with my edit of it, rename the folder, and hey presto.
Hopefully this will display as a custom game that I can use, right?

rubberduck23 wrote:Oh, ok.
So once I have the Objects.rfa ready for test: Battlefield1942\Mods\"MyMod"\Archives\"MyObjects.rfa"
What is "init.con"? Do you mean setting up the Objects file correctly or else?

Vilespring wrote: ↑Sun Sep 07, 2014 8:58 pm Now, the code you found adds the picture of the weapon in the weapon selector, thingy. (I really don't know what that's called!) When you change that, you need to change that AND this!

ObjectTemplate.addTemplate <weapon name>

Edit: I'll give you an example with my mod!

Vanilla 1942 US AT class

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ObjectTemplate.create Kit Us_AT
ObjectTemplate.setType AT
ObjectTemplate.setKitTeam 2
ObjectTemplate.geometry Kit_Allies_Antitank
ObjectTemplate.setHasCollisionPhysics 1
ObjectTemplate.networkableInfo KitInfo

ObjectTemplate.setHealthBarIcon "Ingame/Healthbar_empty_at_64x64.tga"
ObjectTemplate.setHealthBarFullIcon "Ingame/Healthbar_full_at_64x64.tga"
ObjectTemplate.addWeaponIcon "Weapon/Icon_alliesKnife.tga"
ObjectTemplate.addWeaponIcon "Weapon/Icon_colt.tga"
ObjectTemplate.addWeaponIcon "Weapon/Icon_bazooka.tga"
ObjectTemplate.addWeaponIcon "Weapon/Icon_grenadeallies.tga"

ObjectTemplate.setKitIcon 2 "kits/Icon_antitank_allies_selected.tga"
ObjectTemplate.setKitName 2 "RESPAWN_AT"
ObjectTemplate.setKitActiveName 2 "RESPAWN_ACTIVE_AT"

ObjectTemplate.addTemplate Us_Helmet
ObjectTemplate.addTemplate US_Britt_Bacpac
ObjectTemplate.addTemplate US_Hip_Pack

ObjectTemplate.addTemplate Bazooka
ObjectTemplate.addTemplate KnifeAllies
ObjectTemplate.addTemplate Colt

ObjectTemplate.addTemplate GrenadeAllies
ObjectTemplate.aitemplate AT

My US AT kit

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ObjectTemplate.create Kit Us_AT
ObjectTemplate.setType AT
ObjectTemplate.setKitTeam 2
ObjectTemplate.geometry Kit_Allies_Antitank
ObjectTemplate.setHasCollisionPhysics 1
ObjectTemplate.networkableInfo KitInfo

ObjectTemplate.setHealthBarIcon "Ingame/Healthbar_empty_at_64x64.tga"
ObjectTemplate.setHealthBarFullIcon "Ingame/Healthbar_full_at_64x64.tga"
ObjectTemplate.addWeaponIcon "Weapon/Icon_alliesKnife.tga"
ObjectTemplate.addWeaponIcon "Weapon/Icon_colt.tga"
ObjectTemplate.addWeaponIcon "Weapon/icon_m1_garand.tga"
ObjectTemplate.addWeaponIcon "Weapon/Icon_bazooka.tga"


ObjectTemplate.setKitIcon 2 "kits/Icon_antitank_allies_selected.tga"
ObjectTemplate.setKitName 2 "RESPAWN_AT"
ObjectTemplate.setKitActiveName 2 "RESPAWN_ACTIVE_AT"

ObjectTemplate.addTemplate Us_Helmet
ObjectTemplate.addTemplate US_Britt_Bacpac
ObjectTemplate.addTemplate US_Hip_Pack

ObjectTemplate.addTemplate Bazooka
ObjectTemplate.addTemplate KnifeAllies
ObjectTemplate.addTemplate Colt

ObjectTemplate.addTemplate M1Garand
ObjectTemplate.aitemplate AT

NOTE! Unlike BF Vietnam, where weapons go into the kit in the order they are added, in BF 1942, the weapon has an ID on it, and will always take that slot. I changed the Bazooka to slot 4 to allow the rifle. The kit icons do get added in the order they are added in the code. Do not add more than 1 weapon with the same ID, or BF won't like you!