Buck Yaldy Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 I know there are plenty of wonderful tutorials etc. that teach the fine points about MODS. My question is once I start using MODS does that have an affect my version of CMBB? Can I still play PBEM against someone with a "clean" vesrion of CMBB when I have all these MODS installed? Thanks in advance! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParaBellum Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 Mods, either sound or gfx files are only affecting your copy of CM, since the mods are only stored on your harddrive. You will always only see (or hear) what is in your bmp/wav folder, no matter what mods your PBEM partner is using and vice versa. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zitadelle Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 Originally posted by Buck Yaldy: I know there are plenty of wonderful tutorials etc. that teach the fine points about MODS. My question is once I start using MODS does that have an affect my version of CMBB? Can I still play PBEM against someone with a "clean" vesrion of CMBB when I have all these MODS installed? Thanks in advance! MODS only affect the bitmap (*.bmp) or sound (.wav) files used by the game to generate the user-viewed battlefield. They do not affect the game engine which is hardcoded and cannot be modified. Thus, the players will always be using the same engine and it will not matter which MODS you have installed versus the ones installed by your PBEM opponent. In fact, I would argue that it is very unlikely that two PBEM opponents have exactly the same MODS installed on their PCs (I know that I frequently make minor changes to bitmap files to reflect how I want the vehicles modelled). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck Yaldy Posted February 10, 2004 Author Share Posted February 10, 2004 Great! Thats exactly what I wanted to hear. Before I start MODing away. Are there any last pieces of advice or recomendations such as MOD organizers etc. By the way Zitadelle, I'll see you guys downtown at 6 on Thursday. Is there a codeword or secret handshake? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParaBellum Posted February 10, 2004 Share Posted February 10, 2004 If you haven't done so already head over to Combat Mission HQ and check out the CMMOS section. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldblood Posted February 11, 2004 Share Posted February 11, 2004 When we´re on the MOD thread, I can just ask: If U use a MOD will it replace the real file, or can u use a MOD without trashing the original file? Thnx. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pakfan Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 Originally posted by Oldblood: When we´re on the MOD thread, I can just ask: If U use a MOD will it replace the real file, or can u use a MOD without trashing the original file? Thnx. You're right, the Mod replaces the original file. But you can look at the filenames of the mod and backup the files from your original, or use a mod manager, or backup the whole bmp folder if you like 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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