What do you guys think.

Grab it here

ghostrecon.net

Mirror

I've been trying to change the camo of each individual Ghost and all was going well until I realized the GRAW2 engine defines one camo for a set of gear and uses it for the rest of the team.

For instance, Jenkins uses Torso 2 in the game files. So does Ramirez. Jenkins' camo is set to multicam but Ramirez' is the coyote camo (slightly more yellow than standard ACU.) The torso on Jenkins is overridden by Ramirez' camo, as coyote instead of multicam.

To fix this, what I tried to do is create "new" armor pieces. There are only 2 holsters, 4 hip pieces, and 4 torso pieces. I tried to extend them to six corresponding to the character's gear, but every time I try to do it I get an error when loading a game and it crashes to the desktop. I've tried everything under the sun that the game files make clear. I point the textures to the original, made copies of the original to correspond to their number. I've linked their materials to the valid file but anything I do still crashes the game.

I've tried to reverse engineer Brettzie's mod since it uses new models, but I've had no luck trying to design mine like his.

Anyone know what to do? Help would be greatly appreciated.

you know how GRAW2 rather than have a set texture map for the characters with one camo like GRAW 1 did, GRAW 2 uses a selection system in which swatches of seamless camo are applied to a selection map.

is there a way of changing this selection map back to a diffuse and stop the swatches being applied?

i'm sorry if this made no sense to you.

thanks!

zee

Download and install Brettzies Weapon mod v3.2

Remove folders -->

Anims
gui
levels
lib
movies
sb_templates
settings
sound
strings

Remove sub-folders -->

objects/gui
objects/weapons
textures/atlas_interface
textures/atlas_weapons
units/interface
units/weapons

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

CUSTOMISE BRETTZIES SKINS

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

group_manager.xml --> friendly soldiers section (near the bottom) still referenced Bretzzies weapons
and had to be replaced with some original GRAW2 script

ghost_templates.xml --> Mission 01 to Mission 10 Character list replaced with GRAW 2 Original Script

mp_templates.xml --> form Default templates & Kit templates onward, replaced with the original GRAW 2 script

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<....................In order to use new kits.......................>>>>>>>>>>

u_multiplayer.xml

where it says...

<model file="/beings/ghost_team/ghost_team_player.xml"/><!--ghost_sf_heavy-->
<model file="/beings/ghost_team/ghost_team.xml"/><!--ghost_sf_heavy-->

change to an option found in objects/beings/ghost_team folder (an xml file with model configurations - open it to check)
(examples: ghost_sas_light.xml, ghost_merc, ghost_stalker etc)

<model file="/beings/ghost_team/ghost_sas_light.xml"/><!--ghost_team_player-->
<model file="/beings/ghost_team/ghost_sas_light.xml"/><!--ghost_team-->

u_teammates.xml

simply changed ghost_team for whichever kit I chose. Here it was for the SAS, to match the above selection

<!-- Original Ghost Uniforms-->
@teammate_ai_macro( teammate_mitchell, ghost_sas_light, teammate_mitchell_husk, sco_, mitchell_sound )
@teammate_player_macro( teammate_mitchell_player, ghost_sas_light, teammate_mitchell_husk, mitchell_sound )
@teammate_husk_macro( teammate_mitchell_husk, ghost_sas_light, sco_, mitchell_sound, MITCHELL )


lib/managers/xml/ghost_templates.xml

As far as I undersatnd it, (I don't get the holster colour changing, so leave it default) but you change head gear in this file (somehow)

"Digital Urban" WIP

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/5763/acurangergq8.jpg

I have been trying (experimenting ) with changing some of the Characters xml (Atlas.dds) files, but the changes I made do not show up in-game?! I am new to this part of modding, so I hope someone can fairly quickly/easily tell me where to look.

I have made the folders the same as how the folders in the Bundle are set up and removed all XMB files. I opened the Atlas.dds and made some changes to it in Photoshop and resaved (not renamed) the file in DDS format. One would think this is all that is needed to immediately see the changes in the game, but...nope.

Anyone can lead me in the right direction or explain why this will not work for me?

Thanks!

Spik@

I was wondering if some of you who have knowledge of this can help me out a bit. I have been experimenting with changing and adding some new groups and characters, but so far I haven't had any (noticable) luck.

Can anyone of you tell me which files I need to edit to, for instance, add a whole new character? It does not need to have it's own Diesel file of course, but how would I go about to add one and pick and choose my ow set (head, body, gear, etc)?

I have tried adding a character by using the Extra_Groups.xml and changing the Groupmanager.xml, but my characters do not seem to show up in the editor's Human list??

Thx.

I wanted to know if someone created a skin vegetata Italian army like this:

someone could create one for GRAW 2?

Would be possible to change Mitchell's helmet (Weapon Masters mod) to the default game helmet? And the same idea for some other from the ghost team. I'm trying to play the Weapon Masters mod in 3rd view mod on GRAW 2 and it's looking like this:

Only the helmet appears, Mitchell has no head.

And i want to switch that helmet to this one:

With the four skin to choose from in the original game, I have the choice very poor and somewhat boring.

This is my first time posting here, although I have been following the site for about 2 years now. I have downloaded and enjoyed hundreds of excellent mods for OGR and GRAW1&2. This is by far one of the best community out there.

I always wanted a very specific look and design for the GRAW Ghosts. IMO they looked like Regular Infantry with advanced gear. I always envisioned them as a Highly Trained SOF kind of unit, equipped with the bleeding edge technology. The Ghosts in the Future Soldier E32010 Demo came the closest to that vision...with an nice mix of future and real life.

I'd like to translate some of that character design into GRAW 2. Now I scoured the forum for a simple tutorial on how to extract a base character model, make simple additions to it and then import it back into the engine. Unfortunately I was not very successful...I couldn't make heads or tails of the terms being used and '.xml' went right over my head. A lot of the links were broken and images were not showing. In this regard I'd appreciate ANY help.

My main objective is to make simple changes to the SP Ghost models...change their rig, their armour a bit...maybe add a new helmet, monocles, Balaclava masks etc. I am hoping you guys can help with this.

TO MODS: If this topic has already been started I really apologise..but I couldn't find one. Feel free to lock the thread if that is the case, but please direct me to the links

Thanks and Cheers!

I have GRAW 2 patched to ver:5.0 & Brettzies weapons mod pack ver:3.2. Trying to changing the head gear & NVG but I can not seem to locate the XML that I need to edit in GRAW 2. I have looked in the weapons mod folder that is created when I unzipped the mod. I then went to objects/beings then into all 5 sub-folder I have been unable to locate the lines I need to edit. Can you please help this computer dummy locate the correct files? Dose not apear to be the same as GRAW 1. Thank you for any help you can provide.

Thank you

Larry

here is the type of camo i want.

or

http://www2.ttcn.ne.jp/camouflage/camo_pattern/finnish_ripstop_desert_camo.jpg

may be more suitable for the environment i am in, thanks for any help.

dont worry about the head gear so long as it has one of those patterns im not bothered

thnx.

http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs15/f/2007/039/d/d/Walting_in_the_snow____by_HaVoCMaN.jpg

http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs12/i/2006/311/e/7/US_SF___Winter_2006_by_HaVoCMaN.jpg

I've got Mitchell's gear rigged up to look almost identical (details are ######) to the pic. The other ghosts look a bit different but they all have a running SF theme.

The problem is, whenever I open the atlas.dds file, all I get is a whole lot of transparent layers and mipmaps. The normal maps show alright. I'm using GIMP with a DDS plugin. Should I get Adobe Photoshop or something? It's just that I've been using GIMP for a long time now and I'm pretty much averted from trying out other programs. xD

Anyhow, the only thing I wanted to change was the jacket; make it fleece-black; and the vest, kneepads and boots; make them khaki.

http://static3.filefront.com/images/person.../balydyybhw.jpg

http://static3.filefront.com/images/person.../haqtvmikgu.jpg

http://static3.filefront.com/images/person.../wayserxjcx.jpg

should look like:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v469/eva...STREDZONE-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v469/eva...REDZONE_1-1.jpg

If anyone's interested, I'll upload these (Though I still have some color correction to do.)

(Brett, if you read this, then where are the files for the faces? I've been looking for them but can't find find them...)

[Oversize images changed to URL's IAW Forum Rule 3.14]

Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2

Metal Gear Solid 4 Private Military Company (PMC) Skins

10/22/2008 by DerRelient

(Only for use in conjunction with Brettzie's Weapons Pack v1.4 or higher)

INSTALLATION:

Extract the "Textures" folder from the .rar into

C:\Program Files\UBISOFT\Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2\Local\bp_weapons_pack_v1.4

And overwrite files if necessary.

TERMS OF USE:

By using these skins, you agree to not modify them in any way without first getting written permission from me first.

These skins may be used and distributed in whole OR in part, as long as credit is given to me as the maker in either the readme or credits file. However, you must private message me on Ghostrecon.net beforehand.

Download link: http://files.filefront.com/Ghost+Gear+Soli...;/fileinfo.html

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g208/nek...4CEJackal-1.jpg

first is Adder pattern, more later.

For both skins, i would like it if the equipment (kevlar, bags, ammo pouches, etc) are done in a coyote brown. I would also like if the mich 2001 helmet was the color tan. Now for the Woodland version, i would like the boonie cap to be done in woodland marpat and the cap in OD green. For desert marpat, the boonie would be desert marpat and the cap would be tan.The last thing i would like to request is IF the gloves can be redone to look like green nomex gloves. I think it would give off a great finished look in the end for the skin

More images