Single Player 64 Player Sized Maps

[vizorg]

hello all,
i like many of you wish there was an option to play the 64 player maps you find on multiplayer battlefield 2 in single player mode. i believe i may have found a way, so far i have managed to get the red restricted area enlarged to the full 64 player size, but unfortunately getting the spawnpoints for vehicles, humans and bots set up is a bit more difficult.
i have come on this forum because i think this information will be useful, and hopefully someone will be able to crack it and get proper single player 64 player maps working. try as i must, it is pretty tough for me,especially with my extremely limited knowledge on the subject (i have never fiddled with a games config files etc up until now.)

anyway.
to make the sp maps full 64 person size you must do the following...

1.)go to the C:\<Folder Location>\Battlefield 2\mods\bf2\Levels\ directory

2.)open the level you wish to edit (eg.Dalian_plant) and navigate through 'server.zip' to 'GameModes'

the folders within 'GameModes' vary a bit, but are pretty similar and should be easy to figure out.
on Dalian_plant you will find 2 folders; gpm_cq (the multiplayer config folder) and sp1 (single player)

3.)open 'gpm_cp' and then '64'

4.)open 'GamePlayObjects.con' in Notepad. you will be greeted with a lot of confusing text.

run to the bottom of the document where you will find a huge string of co-ordinates that look like this:

CombatArea.addAreaPoint 967.399902/37.950439
CombatArea.addAreaPoint 961.353760/209.736328...
.................................................. ..................
...CombatArea.addAreaPoint 965.218384/23.202881
CombatArea.addAreaPoint 966.771606/29.814331

5.)copy all the 'CombatArea info' (only the 'CombatArea.AddAreaPoint info') and only from the bottom set of 'CombatArea info' where it starts with this;

CombatArea.create CombatArea_101_64
CombatArea.min 0.000000/0.000000
CombatArea.max 0.000000/0.000000

6.)now that that is copied go back to the 'GameModes' folder and this time go to the 'sp1' folder and though the '16' folder also.

***NOTE: you should most certainly backup the 'GameObjects.con' file in this folder before proceeding***

7.)now open this 'GamePlayObjects.con' and head to the bottom of the document once more. you may notice that there is only one set of 'CombatArea info' in this .con incomparison to the multiplayer one, i am not sure what this means but i assure you this will work despite it only having half the set.

8.)paste the set of co-ordinates you copied earlier over the ones here.

9.)you will not be able to save over the document as it is compressed in a zip, so instead save to desktop as 'GamePlayObjects.con'. if it adds a '.txt' to the end, delete the '.txt'

10.)delete the 'GamePlayObjects.con' from the GameModes/sp1/16/ folder and move your new one from the desktop in its place.

you are now ready to play the map.



heres where im stuck - to get the spawnpoints working seems to be a huge issue, i figured you could simply copy and paste the multiplayer 64 .con info into the sp and then replace the obvious differences in wording ie. the 'object.layer #' and 'DP_64' with 'DP_SP16' but its not that simple. you see, when adding spawnpoints there are extra steps you have to take. go into the 'GameModes/sp1/16/ai' folder and open StrategicAreas.ai to see what i mean. each spawn point requires its own co-ordinates, which at the moment seems to me like guesswork. iv experimented a bit but havent gotten it to work yet (and dont think i will without help from you guys.)

anyway. i couldnt find this elsewhere so i figured i may be the first one, but then again, the internet is a huge place and maybe i was looking in the wrong places. try this out, it will work. the spawnpoints and stuff are upto you fellas.

[Senap]

well, I figure you can't make the bots move out of the 16 player area anyway since there is no way to edit the pathmaps.. or is there?

[vizorg]

good point, but im not sure.

im pretty certain someone out there would be able to do something with this though. putting the additional vehicle spawn points in would good for instance, and that seems possible. ps, do you know if this has been brought up before?

[HicRic]

There are at least two mini-mods already out there which run single player on larger maps. Most maps do not have bots that go outside the original 16 player area, however.

With any luck, the Single Player Editor will be out soon and we can do proper pathmaps for the big maps in SP. :)

[Viathon]

LOL, or you could just download my mod.

http://www.shadowreaver.net/~bf2sp64/index.htm

or just Google for BF2SP64

[Dukemantee]

File dosen't run on my computer, just says:

Battlefield 2 was not found and this patch will not install.

and I do have windows script 5.6, however my BF2 is on my D: drive, I wonder if the file only looks in C: ?

[Viathon]

Really should not make a difference but I have only had a very few number of complaints like this. Do you have the executable BF2.EXE in your game folder?

[Dukemantee]

Yes I do, and I tried installing from the root and dir. of BF2.

My Luck,:(

It could be that my BF2 isn't in the default dir. "D:\Battlefield 2"

[Viathon]

In version 1.03 there are only two things that would give you that error message. First the path to Battlefield 2 is gathered from the registry and second the exsistance of the BF2.exe file in that location. Either of those two factors being false would generate that error.

What does the value in the Registry for HKLM read for:
SOFTWARE\Electronic Arts\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\InstallDir

[Dukemantee]

What I did is copy your path to my reg file and made the InstallDir key to the dir. that my BF is installed on, why that path is missing I don't know? My OS is Winxp pro.

In any case, Thank you very much Viathon for helping me and taking the time to make this Mod for the game, it works great. Take Care.

[Viathon]

Glad to help. I think I now know the cause of the issue and I will have to investigate more on this. Have fun with it. :D

[Macrame_God]

What I did is copy your path to my reg file and made the InstallDir key to the dir.

:confused: Yikes...laymans terms please. I'm having the same problem you see.

[Viathon]

No worries Macrame_God, I expect to have 1.04 out sometime soon. I have already developed a fix for this rare issue. :)

[Macrame_God]

Merci vous. :D

[Hound_Dawg]

yeah i can't run the 64 player mod and i have no idea what is wrong.

[Viathon]

You can now get periodic updates from my new site:
http://www.shadowreaver.net/~bf2sp64

[overdose]

thx 4 ur mod 4 bf2 Viathon but how do i get the same thing for special forces:confused: ive tried myself ive got the 64sp map available 4 selection but it does`nt load the map:confused: plz help :)