Hey all,

Was wondering if anyone know a way to remove/expand map boundaries and raise the flight ceiling via .lua or if anyone has done it already. I want a bit more room to move on maps with aircraft.

EDIT: This is a beta so if you try it out and like it, or don't like it, please let me know why and what could be improved. Please focus on the fun factor or relative power compared to other republic units, I know the reps are overpowered compared to CIS right now and an overhaul for the CIS to match is in the works.

Hey all,

Here is a little something i've been working on for the last few months. This is a total unit re-design and combat balance overhaul meant to, above all else, make each unit in every faction unique and fun to play. So far i've only finished the republic but I thought i'de put this out there to see what you guys think.

Without further ado, here are the changes i've made:
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Faction wide changes
-Blasters use energy packs instead of ammo. Regenerate and overheat but no need to reload
-Republic troops do not carry ammo and hence never drop any
-Republic troops regenerate slowly after being wounded thanks to bacta packs in their suits
-Republic troops often drop bacta packs when killed, these do not heal droids but can
   be used by other republic troops.
-Blaster accuracy is best when not moving and firing in short bursts
-Overall dps is lower but accuracy (when still) is better than CIS


Units:
Clone Trooper:
Role- Point Defense
Weapons
   -Carbine: Decent rate of fire infantry weapon, accuracy becomes bad with sustained fire
      or when moving. Takes a long time to cool off, don't overheat!
   -EMP grenades: non-bouncy sticky grenades with a 2s explosion delay. Good against droids,
      deadly against shields, useless against everything else. Disable vehicles for 2s
      on stick.No concussive blast
   -Bacta Canister: Drop a high power bacta canister, +200 health (half of your health), doesn't
      refill except from ammo droids.

Arc Trooper
Role- Vehicle Defense + Fire Suppresion
Weapons
   -Particle Cannon: very inaccurate medium range weapon with medium damage and heavy kick. Builds up
      heat slowly but dissipates it even slower. 10s to cool off if you cook it so be careful
   -Charge Rounds: limited capacity anti-vehicle/shield rounds for the particle cannon. Knock
      targets around and deal with droidekas.Lethal vs turrets.
   -Landmines: 3X same as vanilla.
   -Detpacks: 10s cook time bombs. Triggered by stepping on them or shooting them or time runs out.
      Epic damage + big shockwave. Effective vs vehicles.
Marksman
Role- Long range fire + orbital artillery support
Weapons:
   -Rifle: Good damage, fast projectiles, fairly accurate. Hold down to fire a high explosive round
      that instantly kills weaker infantry and knocks others around. AOE. Cooks your rifle.
   -Pistol: slightly buffed compared to vanilla, can be overcharged for more powerful shot
      that is highly damaging to shields
   -EMP grenade: 3x
   -Orbital Stike Drone: once per minute deploy and take control of an orbital strike drone.
      Its main job is its secondary attack which calls down artillery on its position.
      Massive damage to everything.

Clone Pilot
Role- medic + mechanic + support
Weapons
   -Pistol: see marksman
   -Fussion cutter: same as vanilla
   -Shield drone: drop a shield drone on your position with a flickering shield that can
      be fired out from but not in to. Can be used once per minute and lasts 30 seconds.
      Shield is droideka strength and can be broken. Doesn't protect from grenades.
   -Bacta Packs: x5, see clone trooper
Jet Trooper
Role- attack, attack, attack, attack, and blow stuff up
Weapons
   -Carbine: see clone trooper
   -Pistol: see marksman
   -3X concussion greandes: super bouncy sticky grenades with a long cook time and big push
      effect. Force push, now available in grenade form. Very effective against turrets
      but not much else.
   -3x thermal grenades: short cook time, non bouncy non sticky. Anti-infantry
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Download link:
http://www.swbfgamers.com/index.php?action=downloads;sa=myfiles;u=7599

How to install:
-Unzip the downloaded file, it should contain a readme and rep.lvl
-navigate to your BF1 install directory/ (ex: Star Wars Battlefront\GameData\Data\_LVL_PC\SIDE)
-create a backup copy of the existing rep.lvl found here and then overwrite with my file
-load up a vanilla map and enjoy!

Credits for assets:
[spoiler]
Detpack mesh- republiquecmndr
Drop shield- MileHighGUy
ARC trooper particle cannon- RepublicCommando
Snub Pistol- Sereja
[/spoiler]

A few notes:
-The new mechanics i've added for the republic will be unique to the republic, the other factions will get their own tricks
-I used the droideka as the point of balance in this mod, everything in the republic is balanced 1v1 against the droideka and hence overpowered against the rest of the vanilla CIS. When I design the CIS I'll balance them to match the droideka in power as well though so the final product will be balanced.
-I know many of the weapons don't have names, I can't fix this because the localization tool doesn't work on my computer, sorry. If someone could help me out with that and make a localization file for me that would be great.

Hey all, quick request.

Does anyone happen to have the original maps but with more units and or reinforcements modded in? I think 300 isn't quite enough, the matches end before you can make one or two tactical plays. I would be ok with either a replacer or a standalone, don't really care as I don't play online.

Would do it myself, seems simple enough just a few .lua edits but BFBuilder doesn't work on my computer....

Quick question, does anyone know how to get the Multi-Language tool to work in this toolbox? BFBuilder pro does not work on my computer so i've been using the side.lvl mungers alone instead. Right now I can load up the program and "create" a new language called english, which is what it looks like all the other maps use, but when I try to add a scope or key the program crashes. Any ideas?

Hey all,

I'm currently working on my side overhaul and am trying to come up with a fun overhaul for the pilot classes. I figure their role should be Team Fortress 2 Engineer style with deploy-able turrets, shields, heal drones, ect depending on the faction. The problem is that the AI never use any of the new toys I give them which ends up making pilot types useless unless used by the player. Is there a way force the AI to use a certain weapon under certain conditions? If not does anyone know what the default behaviors for pilot class are so that I can try to implement my gadgets within those constrains?

Here is my current design and what the AI does with is:

Clone Pilot:
200 health,
7.5 speed
Primary:
1) Charge up heavy pistol, at full charge fires a shield breaking EMP round.
-AI will usually only charge the pistol half way so EMP's are rare
2) Fusion cuter
-Works fine

Secondary:
1) Drop shield from milehighguys released assets
-AI never uses it, its implemented as a dispenser class object with no TargetFiendly or TargetInfantry type lines since the powerup dispenser doesn't have those either.
2) Bacta Grenade
-AI never uses it even though its based on the haywire detonator which they will use just fine. I changed the target lines to target friendlies and am currently working on how to actually make it heal them, right now it does nothing.
-Bonus question if anyone knows: can explosions add health? I tried SoldierHealth and AddHealth as well as negative damage values, none of them did anything.

The particle effects editor is refusing to work on my computer so could someone please make me a grenade explosion effect that resembles a dispersion of bacta?

Basically like the concussion grenade effect but blue-green and with some misty particle effects around the middle.

Quick question, anyone know if its possible to make two weapons share heat? I'm looking at making a trooper that carries two copies of the same weapon one of which fires in bursts and the other in semi-automatic. Both rifles are heat based but I don't want him to be able to switch fire modes to get around an overheat.

Does anyone know a way to implement this?

I am having some issues getting BFBuilder Pro working on my computer. I am running intel i5 windows 7 64 bit. The application launches but nothing works, I get script errors as soon as I hover over the project button. It looks like some of the application data isn't getting initialized because the error is claiming that "MenuButtonOver" is null or undefined.

I can get a bit further with regular BFBuilder, it will get as far as making a new project and then I get a similar script error that says that the value for 'NewWorld' is null or undefined. I'm not really sure what the issue here is.

I downloaded the repackaged version from this site by Led.

Is there a tutorial for how to do all of this manually? I think the issue may be endemic to windows 7.

edit: I am in the correct folder before anyone asks: c:\LucasArts\BFBuilder

Hello all,

A while back I used to write quite a few SWBFII mods (my best one was The Corellian Resistance) , then university happened and my computer had a nasty run in with a spilled beer keg. Long story short I lost all my assets and all my time for making new ones so I haven't been around for a few years.

I'm finishing up soon so I thought i'de pick up my old hobby again and this time I think i'll stick to SWBFI modding (I don't like a lot of the more "gamey" features in 2 like vet awards, playable heroes, ect.

I generally lurk so I won't be posting much but its good to see that the modding community is still around.