How to remove guardian/war hero award effects (FAQ)

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cjs283 wrote:I was never able to find how to do this on gametoast and eventually figured it out myself. I thought I would contribute the way to do it because it's very easy and I would guess that I'm not the only one that hates the effects that go off once you earn these awards.

It comes down to munging a new global ingame.lvl with a very slight modification.

1. Create a new world
2. Go to your world's directory once it is finished munging and find ingame.req in the Data_xxx/Common folder
3. Open ingame.req using Notepad and scroll down until you find "com_sfx_buffed_defense" and "com_sfx_buffed_offense" ... delete both of these!
4. Munge
5. A new ingame.lvl will now be found in the _LVL_PC folder of your map's directory...copy it, then replace the ingame.lvl found in the _LVL_PC folder of the actual Battlefront 2/GameData/Data directory (backup the old one just to be safe)

Voila! No more stupid blue halo and red lightning. You'll still earn the awards just as before, you just won't see or hear any effects when you do so. I hope this is helpful.



This is actually pretty pointless..
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Post by Hebes24 »

Actually no, it isn't. For some people, those effects make the computer lag like a [diet dr. pepper]. (like me, for example.) Thanks cjs283!
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-_- wrote:This is actually pretty pointless..
-_-, that was rude!

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Post by The_Emperor »

:D 'Snot that rude :P but it's not really pointless. Just a bit :P
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This is actually really awesome news. I've spent a long time trying to fix this. Then I fixed it up with my own shell but that was because I disabled the ability to earn points. So.......that sucked.
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This is helpful info indeed, the Guardian and War Hero awards are easily earned, and the effects from these awards are very annoying.
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Ya if you are making a video and you pick up ammo, it's kinda weird to have the thigs just float up around you. Thanks!
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Nice, this is real helpful, especially with glamour shots and the like. Thanks.
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Whatever. Linus, remember what I said about Junior Moderating and posting useless posts. Sawyerdk9, If I remember right, I've pmed you about the avatar problem.
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Post by cjs283 »

-_- wrote:This is actually pretty pointless..
No, the award effects are pointless. As the people that have already posted in this thread pointed out, there a handful of solid reasons for wanting to get rid of them. This was a rude thing to say, and not very encouraging for a new poster like myself.
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Post by Qdin »

Sorry -_-, but the kiddo's got a point.

what IS annoying is that he was trying to get a last word to his defence even though - as he clearly stated as well - many people have said how useful it can be.

Both should be ashamed! :evil:

But yeah - I'm getting annoyed by those awards as well :lol:
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sorry but i really dont no how to do this please help! :(
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RE: help

Post by The_Emperor »

What part (from the 1st post) is the problem then?
Could you be more specific in what bit you can't do :P
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i dont understand anything! nothing at all :(
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Post by Hebes24 »

Do you have the mod tools? If not, you can't do this, and you won't understand. :?
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Post by Caleb1117 »

Soooo does this mean that some kind wonderful person could mod the game to get rid of the Guardian/war hero effects completely?

please... :D
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no i dont have any mod tools, can you tell me where i can download them?
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Post by cjs283 »

I'd be happy to post the modded version of ingame.lvl if someone could let me know how to post files.
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msn?
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Post by Hebes24 »

You upload it to Filefront, or savefile, or any other File hosting site, then post the link to the download page here.

@sundell - Star Wars Battlefront II Mod Tools

After you have downloaded it, run the .exe and install to the C: drive. (or, whichever drive BF2 is on)

Then, after installation, Go to C:\BF2_ModTools\documentation and read the Getting Started.doc located there. It will answer most of your questions about....Getting Started (*shrugs*).
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