****Toadvision released!****

[toadpeon]

You begged for it, well here take it:

http://www.sharemation.com/toadpeon/

This link wil only be up for a short while until the server uploads it.

[toadpeon]

Oh i forgot to say what it does, it is a new reskin hack for all maps including RtR maps as well as the De-Fog.

[Magic8Ball]

lol Toad, you da man! lol I've been struggling for the last hour or two to get your hack working for rtr. Thanks, but I'd still like some info on how to do this right.

[Ecstacy]

would extracting the dc texture.rfa and move it to texturesets/dc/ then override the files with your hax then change the path in the maps to texturesets/dc/map make this hax work with DC

[Maliki]

AWSUM Toad ! I just PM'ed you for some help right before i seen this post. Thank you man,,,,, need anything let me know :)

[chilli]

toadpeon in your readme.txt you say that fog has been removed in each map. what do you mean by that? you set the visibility to some value or what?

[NastyImp]

ty toad these are great

[toadpeon]

Originally posted by chilli
toadpeon in your readme.txt you say that fog has been removed in each map. what do you mean by that? you set the visibility to some value or what?

It does not say fog removed in every level, it says fog hack for every level.

So it just gives you better visability and pushes back the fog a ways. When I set the values I kept computer performance in mind, so on some levels the visibility is not as good as others.

[Magic8Ball]

I can't seem to get the skin hacks to work for RtR. I see you put them in your new release, but none of them seem to work. I followed your readme to the "t" too. Works great for bf but having trouble with rtr.

[toadpeon]

Are you running the most current Merc mod?

Meet me on AIM and ill help ya.

[juroz]

Toad nice work man and i hope you dont mind i've change your work a little!!!

I've made your skins complete green or red because i prefer that and i also made all the skins work for desert combat and all the tanks and the apache invisble from the inside like you did.

[toadpeon]

Great, I don't play DC but alot of ppl have been asking for that.

And yes that's cool about the skins, it's all preference. I just try to keep the original game as intact as possible. It's kinda cartoonish when you have complete green/red models hoping about.

Also I don't think your package is going to work with RtR. Does it? Im not sure. And It wont patch the RtR skins the way you are doing this too.

[piesfinder]

THANKS
too bad skins dont work for me.. :(

[braincooler]

OK, thanks Toadpeon.. it works great.. all of it.. almost..
Just one thing on some servers there is an error message like:
"corrupt data" and therefore its not possible to connect.
Are u familiar with this issue?
or
Anyone else?

Anyway I am happy, cause now I dont need to use the Art Moneytool for taking fog away..



Cheers to U and I just wonder what moore tweaks/cheats that would be possible to make?..

:cool:

BC

[toadpeon]

Im glad that you were able to get all of it working. That means I have not messed up and the other ppl that are complaining can't follow directions.

There has nothing been done in this mod that would create a "corupt data" error. Are you using a no-cd? Perhaps reinstalling the game would help.

I have more cheats, but before I release anymore I would like to see others post their cheats here as well.

Im tired of hearing about the Kentuckey Fried Mouse - get it?

[braincooler]

Hi Toadpeon!
Ok, 2 things:

1. I didnt have the folder xpack1, so i had to make that (maybe its the same for all, but my impression from your description was that this folder exists and that u just exchange whats inside)

2. I dont have RtR and therefore I didnt make these xtrafolders (ofcourse)

Could something of this **** up connections with some bf servers?

My BF1942 installation is with a cd key that I bought and I dont use any NO-CD patch..

Ofcourse its understandable that U want something back before u give.. yeah it sucks when u become aware of how many hours u spend in coding, understanding and developing this kind of solutions in a game like BF. It does not get better when suckers reply like: "whats the point in telling us about it if u dont share it? give us the cheat or shut the **** up!!" Most of these people need to at least trye..use the tools..extract..exchange..experiment..and U WILL GET SO MUCH RESPECT for solutions like This hack from Toadpenon.

And

Its not that much work when u become familiar with the tools and how the game works.. but that means many hours in understanding..

Cheers BOYZ'nGIRLS and especially Toadpenon

:=)

BC

[braincooler]

Yes.. I know its Toadpeon and nothing else.. :=)

BC

[Holy]

juroz what u mean with ROOT OF BATTLEFIELD
which folder is this then
hope u can write it (exp c://program files/ea..........
caus im noob and i need help :bunny:

and i dont need to install topheads hack first so yours will work right

[Tech5]

Toadpeon your newest skins" and more" worked great! np with the install and im with you i just like the helmets colored, I like the way the game looks without the full body colors. god job man.

Oh and to Holy, the root to battelfield is :

C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 1942

[Holy]

ok thank u

can i just cut and patse the texture rfa?
or do i need the rfamake or rfa extractor to do it?

and it says in readme
move your texture_xxx.rfa from bf1942/mod/bf/archive or so to root
but i looked and i dont have that xxx one
just a texture_001.rfa

[toadpeon]

braincooler, if you do not have rtr than there is no need to make the folder called xpack1.

This will still work just fine with the standalone bf1942. I assume you are using 1.3 patch version. Just do everything in the instuctions except for things that ask you to modify the init.con in the expack1 folder and creat new rtr map folders.

[braincooler]

Ok, I did it any way with a init.con file so.. it works perfect, but ok got your point there.. This evening I will investigate more possibilitys using the ArtMoney tool in BF:s memory, Toadpeon do u have any experiences in doing that or do you use some other good tool?

BC

[Supazxpres]

Originally posted by Holy
ok thank u

can i just cut and patse the texture rfa?
or do i need the rfamake or rfa extractor to do it?

and it says in readme
move your texture_xxx.rfa from bf1942/mod/bf/archive or so to root
but i looked and i dont have that xxx one
just a texture_001.rfa

the texture_001.rfa you have to extract with your rfaextractor and rename to texture_001.bak

[Supazxpres]

Originally posted by braincooler
Ok, I did it any way with a init.con file so.. it works perfect, but ok got your point there.. This evening I will investigate more possibilitys using the ArtMoney tool in BF:s memory, Toadpeon do u have any experiences in doing that or do you use some other good tool?

BC

Artmoney works great!! just search all integer values 100 and then change the distance to 85 and sleeve all the results to less. the value your seaching for has 4 bytes

[Holy]

ok
i extratced the texture.rfa and the texute_oo1.rfa with the rfa extrator to the bf foler
all the extracted files are in a new folder now called
texture
caus when i opned the texture.rfa to extract it, it went to loads of files so
so now i gotta reanme that folder which is in my bf folder to texture.bak
and then put the texture.zip in my bf foler?

hope it works :confused:

hmmm the texture.zip is in the bf foler
but in game nothin changed :confused:

[braincooler]

Supazxpres .. yeah I know its a good tool and i've already done the thing with fog and and integervalues and its not needed anymoore since Toadpeon came out with his excellent work. I was more of interested in other possibilitys with tools like ArtMoney and BF 1942. Do u know any?

BC

[Magic8Ball]

Finally figured out what I was doing wrong. I was "adding" what you had to the init file instead of replacing what was already there with what you had. Works great now. Thanks Toad. Awesome work again!

[toadpeon]

Wow, hey that's my bad. It does say "copy to" and "add to"..lol.

Ill have to change that right away...thanks.

[Holy]

please some1 help me :(

[Magic8Ball]

lol no big deal. I'm just glad I got it working!

[SmokeDookee]

are these "no-fog cham skins"?

[6ƒ33†ÚnÐ3®]

The lastest version of Merciless Mod 3.7 says its for 1.2 ...does it work for 1.3 now??

[juroz]

Originally posted by Holy
ok
i extratced the texture.rfa and the texute_oo1.rfa with the rfa extrator to the bf foler
all the extracted files are in a new folder now called
texture
caus when i opned the texture.rfa to extract it, it went to loads of files so
so now i gotta reanme that folder which is in my bf folder to texture.bak
and then put the texture.zip in my bf foler?

hmmm the texture.zip is in the bf foler
but in game nothin changed :confused:

i know your a noob so i try to help you....

you need to extract the rfa files to the root of battlefield so there is created a new map called \texure

now you have to extract the texures.zip file with the help of winzip in your the battlefield directory so that the texures flies places automatic in your new \texture directory and it overwrites some of the texure files.

once you have done that you have to rename the rfa files you have extracted to you battlefield\texure directory so the game doesn't use those files but start looking at your new texure directory

just keep trying!!! and you will finaly come there

[6ƒ33†ÚnÐ3®]

Being that im new to this forum but have read old posts in here..
I downloaded toads rar file and its pretty easy to follow once i installed merc 3.7 with all options check (even tho they dont work yet for 1.3).Anyways im looking at all your posts in here and dont see anywhere in his readme about extracting that file to the root.Did i miss something or did toad edited his file and resubmitted his download after you all posted here.Here is his readme as follows as of 2-12-03

1) Replace the following into your init.con located in bf1942/mods/bf1942:
game.setCustomGameName BF1942
game.addModPath Mods/MC1942_Crosshair/
game.addModPath Mods/MC1942_TexSet/
game.addModPath Mods/BF1942/MC1942_BloodFX/
game.addModPath Mods/MC1942/
game.addModPath Mods/BF1942/
game.customGameFlushArchive 0
game.setCustomGameVersion 1.3
game.setCustomGameUrl "http://www.battlefield1942.com"
Game.setMenuMusicFilename "music/slaughter4.bik"
Game.setLoadMusicFilename "music/vehicle4.bik"
Game.setWinMusicFilename "music/vehicle3.bik"
Game.setLoseMusicFilename "music/menu.bik"
Game.setCampaignLoseMusicFilename "music/theme2.bik"
Game.setDebriefingMusicFilename "music/briefing.bik"

2) Replace this into your bf194/Mods/XPack1/init.con:
game.CustomGameName XPack1
game.addModPath Mods/MC1942_TexSet/
game.addModPath Mods/BF1942/MC1942_BloodFX/
game.addModPath Mods/MC1942_Crosshair/
game.addModPath Mods/MC1942/
game.addModPath Mods/XPack1/
game.addModPath Mods/BF1942/
game.customGameFlushArchive 0
game.setCustomGameVersion 1.3
game.setCustomGameUrl "http://www.battlefield1942.com"
game.setCustomGameInfo "XPACK1_INFO"

Game.setMenuMusicFilename "music/slaughter4.bik"
Game.setLoadMusicFilename "music/vehicle4.bik"
Game.setWinMusicFilename "music/vehicle3.bik"
Game.setLoseMusicFilename "music/menu.bik"
Game.setCampaignLoseMusicFilename "music/theme2.bik"
Game.setDebriefingMusicFilename "music/briefing.bik"

3) Replace the folder AND all of it's contents with the folder (same name) that is included with this ****. It is called: MC1942_TexSet. Put this frigging folder in BF1942/mods mods directory ---replace the one the Merc Mod put there---
4) Go to your bf1942/TextureSets/bf1942 directory and make six (6) new folders. Next RENAME those folders after the new RtR maps (like anzio, baytown....). If you screw UP here this stuff wont work.
5) Take my skins located in this archive and PASTE them into every folder, both the original map folders and the new rtr map folders that you just created.

THATS Frigging IT
sorry toad i edited the bad words hehe didnt want to get ding again by MODERATOR.

[NastyImp]

no if u follow toads directions exactly u do not need to extract that file to the root. and it does work with 1.3 if u make ur init con files say exactly what toad said to put in there. u have road to rome right? cuz if u dont all u gotta do is change ur init con file and then drop the textures into the map u want it on

[Holy]

hmmmm
everything is white now?
or most things
why is that
i renamed the rfa files in mod/bf/archive to xxx.bak

but in my new texture foler in bf i dont have any .raf files
i have LOADS of files in there because i extracted it with rfa extractor

[juroz]

Originally posted by Holy
hmmmm
everything is white now?
or most things
why is that
i renamed the rfa files in mod/bf/archive to xxx.bak

but in my new texture foler in bf i dont have any .raf files
i have LOADS of files in there because i extracted it with rfa extractor

thats good holy!!! now all you have to do is rename the texure_001.rfa and the texure.rfa

do you also have a texure directory in your battlefield root?

[Holy]

yes i have
but i renamed the texture.rfa (both) in the bf/mod/bf/archive folder
but like i said i dont have both the files in the texture folder in bf
just loads of other files
caus when i extract it with the rfa extractor tboth the files go like in hundreds of other files
?????????????
so still nothin

[juroz]

Originally posted by NastyImp
no if u follow toads directions exactly u do not need to extract that file to the root. and it does work with 1.3 if u make ur init con files say exactly what toad said to put in there. u have road to rome right? cuz if u dont all u gotta do is change ur init con file and then drop the textures into the map u want it on

in this file there is a texures.zip file that you have to extract in the root, when you do that your have complete green and red skins and desert combat support

such as complete view in the apache

(i'm sorry in my first attachment was a little mistake)

[toadpeon]

Hey all, I decided to update Toadvision abit.

I have included some weapons tweaks, which do the following:
1. Sniper Rifle in non-zoomed mode now has aiming sights.
2. Increased view distance in binocs.
3. Increased View distance in all other weapons.

The view distance was only increased slightly, as making all the weapons into sniper rifles dramatically reduces performance. But the point is that you will see the enemy first, which is what this is all about.

So re-download and install it over again, if you want the weapon tweaks.

[6ƒ33†ÚnÐ3®]

Thanks NastyImp i guess i should be clearer i have toads pack working no problems i meant that the merc mod as stated on their site doesnt work all the way for 1.3 they say they are working on textures still.Weird cause his gun sights are working fine for me.Anyways Toad great job on that pack.. parachutes are kewl easier to see when they are in clouds.I can see that i have a degrade in performance tho so i dont know how long i will used it.Toad is the merc mod causeing the game to load slower.I have noticed the progress bar on loading screen has change in texture.I didnt know if that was your pack or the merc mod.If it is Merc's then i want to change that screen back to normal maybe that might help.I used to be the first one in game being on a T3 and a fast AmD but now im like 7th :( I must say the merc mod gun sights gave me a 15% better kill ratio tho.Toad maybe there is a way to unlock the camera view of when you died.I dont know if this is server side i think it may not be cause when i died i can fly around map and recon base to see if anyone is in there.If this was server side i would think it would lag server out cause it would be a speed cheat and teleporting at the same time and you all know that would seriously lag out server.If it is not maybe i can get under the hood and see if it can be hotkey in.I would call it "sat view" lol.That being said i would try to take it further and look at trying to increase distance of nades cause you have a ret on that view which means i should be able to get exact position on map xyz cordinates and maybe send nade to that area.What you guys think is it server side??

[toadpeon]

6ƒ33†ÚnÐ3®, I don't think I understand what you want.

[Holy]

i got it to work now
finnaly
but juroz
it says no fogg
well in stalingrad i had the feeling there was still fog?

and juroz does your hack work for rtr?

bzw
juroz and toad u shud work together and make a SUPER HACK :classic:

[toadpeon]

Holy there is still fog. There is no way to get rid of it. You can only push it back, and I chosen values that would still perform well on almost all systems.

Now on my computer I have changed the values ALOT, and you really do not see much fog. But if I handed this mod out like that many ppl would have major performance problems.

OABTW, I work alone. And juroz next time make your own create your own thread so we do not have as much confusion OK???

[6ƒ33†ÚnÐ3®]

Poor grammer skills otay..I was answering IMP and following this topic.I dont know what you mean about my grammer.. in order for me to meet forum requirements and without double posting i made it short and sweet.If you dont understand what i wrote then dont worry about it.I speak several languages and know short hand maybe that comes out alot but my grammer skills dont need any tweaking.It is not important to use words, grammar and punctuation correctly in a forum.I believe that as long as the general meaning is conveyed that is alright.If this was a forum for proper grammer we would all fail lol.I just ask you about the loading of the game and why it is slower was it merc mod or your file pack?
Thanks Toad
P.S.
Yes i agree there was 2 different subjects in here and i was trying to merge them in my post sorry for confusion and good job on your mod.

[Maliki]

There never seems to be a stand alone 3rd person view on foot mod. Is this a common easy to do procedure ? would be nice to have it back as in the early days.

[juroz]

Originally posted by toadpeon
And juroz next time make your own stuff or atleast create your own thread so we do not have as much confusion OK???

I didn't make my own stuff because yours was great and i'm not that skilled i only change it the way i liked it more and shared it for the people that also use desert combat...

But i wont post it again in a same post because i agree it makes people confused

[juroz]

Originally posted by Holy
i got it to work now
finnaly
but juroz
it says no fogg
well in stalingrad i had the feeling there was still fog?


I havent got rtr yet but when i do i'll send it to you by mail ok? i'm :classic: that you got it to work finaly.... you dont need my help anymore then??

[Holy]

thanks mate
u own juroz
see u in msn soon :classic:
dont need help anymore

i have rtr, but when i had it installed the hack didnt work by me
so im not sure if it works with rtr now :confused:

[da suffa killa]

wow great work now is the game even more crap thanks to you good job.toad gij dikke vuile kloot stopt ne keer met die reteheats te make ***** ge verkloot gewoon da spel.LOLLOLOLOL:classic: :classic: :cheeky: :cool:

[Holy]

we know the made the game much better now and we know he did a good job u son of a bitch

[toadpeon]

Originally posted by Maliki
There never seems to be a stand alone 3rd person view on foot mod. Is this a common easy to do procedure ? would be nice to have it back as in the early days.


Here you go, a stand alone 3rd person. It works with Toadvision too.

[piesfinder]

DUDE
THANKS A LOT

[braincooler]

da suffa killa is certainly a true looser, just listen to his crap (I assume its he and not a she..) The simple truth is:
If u enjoy what u do, U dont complain - U see the positive in your surroundings.
If U dont enjoy what U do, U complain about others because U dont enjoy your life and what U do.. so Mr ****up da suffa killa..U really suffer.. u got your name and it certainly true to u.. and we are not interested in your history, just Shut the F U and go therapy..that your ugly mom will hopefully pay.. :=)

This site is for more evolved and flexible people.. when people like Toadpeon share his knowledge its just a possibility and not a problem.
****ups and retarded beings like u belongs to other sites please stay there and dont give us this false laughter like "LOL LOL LOL" when u dont know the real quality of true laughter.!!!

Get lost and burn U MaddaFakka!!!

:=)

BC

[Tech5]

I have a Idea... Fuk U !

just felt that needed to be said. even though i agree with what your saying, theres just something about that " U' thing 10 times ... maybe its just me.

[braincooler]

Tech5! Hmm.. did i miss your punchline? I assume u act out of confusion, cause if U are moore interested in spelling and grammar..then U (hehe there it comes again..) seem to be very much retarded and I will Not comment U moore.

so SFU

[Grahf]

Toad,

Cheers for your fantastic work! It's much appreciated!

[Lag-Me-Do]

toadpeon you seem underaprietated by some but i myself thank you for your efforts & time devoted to BF, unfortunatly i seem to have missed the toadvision ftp download window and can't pm you (being a n00b ect) so ermm, argh, can't download it.

Good work anyway .....

:paranoid:

[Lag-Me-Do]

umm...should really have run that message through a spell checker, ahh-wellls ce la ve ect.

[davyboy]

Hi toadpeon.

I must have missed d/loading your trainer.

Any chance of still getting it?

Keep up the great work.

Davyboy

[Anach]

awesome, MC are releasing new versions soon. I guess you will update your hack?
Also there are some other very popular maps out there, any chance of doing the minimal fog edit for those, like "a bridge too far" "caen" etc.. there are a couple more.. but just the ones used on popular servers.

I guess i could look into it myself, but would be better to get them all at once from one source.

I dont bother with the other skins, they take the fun away, but i like the fog distance adjustments.

[toadpeon]

Yes MC 4.0 will be out soon (4.0?) and I will be releasing my newest version at that time. The new version will have many more features.

Bridge to Far...Yeah, this time I will have support for those maps aswell as for the DC game.

[Anach]

cool dude. just if you ever decide to use an installer, make sure you can choose your components.
I'm only using the low fog maps, not all the other stuff.
Cool idea though with mines and nades.. but i like the realism idea more. ;)

[BFer]

alright toad. cant wait for that new hack of urs!

[TJ __]

hey toad,
i have tried everyone elses attempst at game hacks for bf
and by far yours are the best.i have all your skins in 1.31 already,the only thing i cant get to work is the no fog part?
and you say new features ? i cant wait to see them!!
again thanks a buch for all your hard work:bunny:

[Hobo]

I havnt been reading much on these forums, though i was curious about your hack. I tried it, and followed the readme as it was written. Though some of my textures and models are white. I wasnt sure if this was the hack, because some things are hard to see, i mean i cant really tell whos on my team. As well as the sky textures being white i cant see the planes flying overhead. If it isnt to much trouble, please tell me what i might of done wrong... if i did anything wrong at all. ...thanks

[toadpeon]

Hobo, it would be my pleasure to help you figure out what is wrong.

Please contact 1-800-who-cares ext. IDNT, where i have consumer support attendents online 24-hrs a day.

Good day!

P.S. You did something wrong, nothing should be white. Let me guess, you extracted your main textures.rfa and put my skins in there?

Tip: get my newest version, the install is alot easier and is down to 2 steps.

[Hobo]

I was expecting sarcasim :\

[WTF]

where can i get "the lateste merc?"

[coollink_tnp]

Hey Toad, i need some help bro, i cant get the DC one you made with maxpower to work, can you give me some help or give me your AOL sign in name, if you wanna do that, email me at coollink_tnp@hotmail.com, or reply to this tread.

Thanks ahead of time.

[maSon]

thanks alot!

[toadpeon]

max_power has full control of that hack, i don't play DC.

I suggest you come to MC and ask him personally.

[Hellen Keller]

I am sorry but i can't find where to dl your hack

[toadpeon]

Originally posted by Hellen Keller
I am sorry but i can't find where to dl your hack

UC until somehere starts hosting my hacks.

[Spontaneous]

Hey toad, I keep having problems stayying logged in at UC so I am just posting here. The radar part of 1.31, it dont work for the new tanks in rtr. It works for older vehicles but not for the newwer ones. Could you please fix that. Otherwise great work.

[Nox74]

Ok i know this make me sound like a complete nOOb, but then again i am to Cheating/hacking thingys :cool:

Do i have to have this Merc mod to get your fix to work toadpeon ? and if yes where can i get it

my problem is i doesnt seem to have the bf1942/TextureSets/bf1942 directory ??

Any help would be greatly apriciated (Spelling ?)

*A little later*
Oh did a search on the forums.. found it on Merciless creations...
now off to see if i can get it to work

[Nox74]

Weee it works..
Especially like the Red/Gren Nates , helmets n so
very nice work Toadpeon
Many thx....

[Hellen Keller]

what the heck is UC

[Spontaneous]

UC= UnknownCheets.com but replace the 2nd e in cheets with an "a". Reason is they filter the actual word cheats. That site allows a lot more in their posts then here. Only problem is for some odd reason, everytime I login, the next page I visit to, I am no longer logged in. Its very weird.

[toadpeon]

you have to cookie yourself.

there is an option on the bottom of the page (on the uc site) that does this, then everything works fine.

[Spontaneous]

toadpeon, dude I done logged in several ways like 50 different times. Its like the sec I go 1 page in, my cookie is expired. Everything with my cookies work just fine at other sites. UC is the only place I have this problem. After I login into UC, it brings me up to the main forum index and it shows I am logged in. Then I try going into any forum, and bam I am logged out. If I am logged out, I cant see any of the threads but the sticky one saying to login. I try logging in again over and over, same thing happens everytime.

[toadpeon]

O I know the problem then, you need to go to Tools/Settings/temporary net files, click on settings and then choose "every visit to the page".

Problem solved?

[Spontaneous]

Nope, still happens. I even tried clearing all my cookies and tried.

[Orgus]

you have to go to internet explorer options, then privacy, then allow all cookies. Also making sure that if you have a firewall, that its not blocking them as well.