change CONFIG.BIN

[andersson]

I want to edit the CONFIG.BIN file. There must be a way but I dont know how.
I have tried different things with ofpmanager and binarize but with no sucess.
Thankful for help.

[Tomb]

don't touch the orig config man! take a copy and make a dummy OFP gamefolder,
preferrably put all of it on another hard drive (i.e. "E:" and not "C:")
then use the avaliable tools (like the manager) to convert it to a .cpp and
make whatever addons, but man... don't you edit the orig. one used by the 'real' ofp engine!   :noo:


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...besides....(if you play MultiPlayer)   ...this just dropped in my mailbox   :

(From the brand new ofp patch 1.90)
 Fixed: Resource cheating now shows "Modified config" message.  

[andersson]

No MP cheating!!
I am trying to change all original weapons with REDÂ's (the best addon, thank you RED).

Its no problem to extract and change the CONFIG.BIN using the ofp-manager BUT I dont know how to reencode... What tool can do that?

[Baphomet]

I don't know why so many people think that if you want to edit original stuff you must be a cheater. I would LOVE to modify some bits of code from the original config.bin or at least make a mod that overwrites some of it. The amount of flares you can carry mainly. You can't carry enough. Would I use it in MP?. Sure. Not without distributing the same thing to the others I play with. I don't play via dedicated servers over the internet so I don't have to worry about people cheating. If  you do. Well hell, thats a chance you take with every game.

If someone was cheating in a game I was playing I would know who it was and where they live... So I don't worry. =P

By the way. With OFPmanager when I decompiled a .bin file (not the main one, from someone's mod). It didn't decompile perfectly. It was missing all the header stuff... #defines, etc.
So it was pretty useless to me. Is there any way to perfectly decompile a .bin file?

[Tomb]

the cheat comment I posted was just a short sidenote,
actually I don't do MP myself, so I don't give a peach to be honest  

  My main reason for replying was this :

What if ya upload a mission, using customized ORIG. units...
wouldn't this cause serious sh`t for all the ppl who wanted to play the mission  

I mean... just like if the mission included an addon you didn't have?!  

If this is true (its just a guess, I dunno for real..) then you're screwed  

That was my point !!!   forget about the other part, m8

[andersson]

I am only interested in playing the original campains with different weapons and maybe different vehicles.
I see no reason to change the config if you can use addons, as you say it would cause serious s**t if people had there own config.

But in this case its for my own single-play. I would have the original config backed-up ofcourse.

So if anyone know how to reencode the file please let me know..

[M_S_Holder]

andersson,

I've been trying to do that forever.  In fact, I also tried to change the config.bin to be very similar to the RED weapons pack.

After trying for too long, I just figured out how to make my own addon version of each weapon in the game, inspired by RED weapons.

I can't even use the game's original units anymore--they just suck.  Rather than edit the config.bin, I suggest that you make an addon for each weapon system in the game.

By the way, if you don't know this already, you can use the RED weapons pack for any addon you download.

For example, I downloaded the Tiawan SAWS, depbo'ed them and the RED pack, inserted the Tiawan SAW model name in the RED M249 config.cpp file, and then I had a real-looking SAW that fired correctly.

And I agree, RED weapons is one of the best (but underrated) addons for the game, but the MGs still have too much recoil and shoot WAY above the heads of the targets, but that's easy to fix.

[andersson]

I have the same "problem" as you (M_S_Holder). I cant play a mission or a campain before I changed every addon to use RED.
Yes I know already and I change every addon that I use...

If I understand you right it is possible to make addons that the game will use instead of the original units in the campains and missions?

If you have such addons is it possible for me to get them or can you give me some help making my own? IÂ'm used to make changes in the config.cpp by now but help is appreciated.

I have change many weapons and vehicles the same way that you have change Taiwan SAW. If you have a vehicle with good sound and characteristics you can use that config.cpp and sound in another addon (example "real-mtb" addon->winter and desert).

But I dont think that REDÂ's mgÂ's have to much recoil..

[M_S_Holder]

I think that there is a utility called "cpp to bin" somewhere out there, but I think that is for people that want to binarize their own addons.  I have no idea what would happen if you try to reincode the game's data with it, though.

Someone warned me a while back that editing the main code would activate fade.  Be careful.  

You can do it with Satchel's sound pack, or it least I know that you used to be able to.

The sound pack changes the main Config.bin to a .cpp file, but the game reads the new .cpp file like it was the original .bin file.  Alot of cheaters took advantage of this, and I think that changes were made to the sound mod.

It might still work, however.

[andersson]

Thanks for the Satchels sound pack idea. Im going to try that.
I dont care if Fade activates. I reinstall the game if its not playable anymore. Have the original cdÂ's.

I have tried binarize with no success and the same with cpp2bin. With cpp2bin I get an error message, something about cfg model..

What tools did you use when you tried to change the config?  And did you have addons that changed the original units?

[Tomb]

sorry to interrupt again, lads (   I know, I know  ;D ) but do remember a few things here!!

• ALWAYS (when modifying an addon for private use) remember to put a note about it in the .cpp and preferrebly, keep a copy of the ORIG. addon.zip/pbo in a "OFPbackups/_Addons" folder  
• NEVER upload customized addons or missions using them unless you have permission by the real authors!

Again, might sound like an ol' dog here but it is important - also for yer own sake  

Imagine you (by time) forgot which addons you have modified...
  This would/could lead to numerous annoying error messages for you or other ppl
if you download/upload stuff (missions w. addons or just addons) that were modded  :hmm:

In short: make a tiny NOTEPAD and include it in the .pbo's reading when and what
         you have modified in this addon!

aah, well - I'm just trying to push the addonMaker community in a sober direction   :thumbsup:
I fear it will end up in a chaos, making it impossible to be able to
upload as little as a goddamn mission some day!   hope I won't live to see the day!

Take care m8s - all in the name of EASY GAMING, right  

CHEERS  :cheers:

[andersson]

To everone reading this topic;

I change addons ONLY for my own private purposes. If I play MP with my friends I tell them that the addons are private (they dont make missions or addons anyway).
I respect the addonmakers. A big thanx to you all!!!
If I am going to use any addon officially I am going to follow the authors rules and if necessary contact that person first.

And to Tomb. I agree with you that its important to respect the addonmakers AND not to make a addon chaos.
When I release my "mission" for the community It will only use official units. Its so frustrating to figure out what addon is missing...

[DeadMeatXM2]

The tool you want to use is cpp to bin, it works, but only if the cpp is complete, I tried decompiling the config.bin with ofp manager, but it never does the whole config properly, there will allways be bits missing, or de-coded incorrectly, your safest bet is to grab the cpp from a-lone-wolfs site (which is here: http://web.quick.cz/fholesinsky/OF/index.html) and re-do your changes

then use cpp to bin, and it will work properly...

[andersson]

Thank you!!! IÂ'll try that.

[M_S_Holder]

Let me know if it works.

If it does, then it would be possible to make a *real* mod for the game, where the weapons actually preform like real weapons.

On modifying addons:

EVERY SINGLE ADDON that I download, I modify for personal taste.  If I can't modify it, I won't use it.  I do this for the educational aspect of learning how to make my own addons.

Someone modified Kegety's RPG7, and now the RPG is even better.  I modified the modification and it is better still.  As a result, I learned alot about rocket launchers, and then I made an excellent version of the LAW and Carl Gustav for myself.

Addon making is a learning process, and I don't pass around my modifications w/o permission.  I just can't stand it when addon makers binarize thier addons.

The only thing that I could possibly steal is the models, and I won't dare do that.