How do I??

[GSH]

If you're running vista, C:\program files\... is protected against changes. As it should be.

Try installing BZ2 to c:\users\<LOGINNAME>\Documents , i.e. the root of your MyDocs folder. Then you can modify things all day long. Doing that helps w/ broken mods, too -- ones that assume they can write to the BZ2 folder.

-- GSH

[xSSx Grizzly]

Well I saved them outside of that folder then replaced the files that wouldn't save with the ones that are edited and now my teams are still Red and Blue in MPI 

[General BlackDragon]

well fungleberries...

[xSSx Grizzly]

I honestly have not got a clue.

[Red Spot]

when you edit localprefs files, DONT use 'save as'.

open it in notepad, make the changes, the close without clicking save. A dialog box will appear, click 'save changes'. Notepad tries to create a .txt type file if you use save as, and it cant write to a read-only directory.

only if you put .txt behind the name, if you put .ini or .odf or .[....] than it will be a different format. I'm sure about it as thats how I edit 1/2 the files, edit the original, save under a different name with the same extention.


Griz, your are running Vista arent you, do you try to edit those files in the programs file folder ? <- Didnt see GSHs reply ...

[xSSx Grizzly]

only if you put .txt behind the name, if you put .ini or .odf or .[....] than it will be a different format. I'm sure about it as thats how I edit 1/2 the files, edit the original, save under a different name with the same extention.


Griz, your are running Vista arent you, do you try to edit those files in the programs file folder ? <- Didnt see GSHs reply ...

Yeah did that m8 saved onto desktop and then removed old files replace with others can you tell me if this is right?

[Red Spot]

What I find strange in that screenshot is that the .odf file has its extention shown, the .ini files do not ... are you sure they are still .ini's?

Is that the only edit you made there as I will do the edit for you and post the file on my server, so you could try that ...

[xSSx Grizzly]

What I find strange in that screenshot is that the .odf file has its extention shown, the .ini files do not ... are you sure they are still .ini's?

Is that the only edit you made there as I will do the edit for you and post the file on my server, so you could try that ...

If you would that'd be very cool cheers m8. Yeah they are defo .ini cos when I put .ini at the end it says this already exisits would you like to replace.

[Red Spot]

try this: http://members.ziggo.nl/red_spot/LocalPrefs.ini

[xSSx Grizzly]

got this now:
---- Battlezone II Log File ----
//=====================================================
App version: Patch 1.3TechAlpha5 Apr 23 2009 13:36:08
Windows version: Windows Version: 5.1.2600 'Service Pack 2' PlatformID=2

Last few battlezone.log lines (may or may not be relevant):




(done)

Exception code: C0000417 An invalid parameter was passed to a C runtime function.

Message :  Unhandled Exception
Error occurred at 5/1/2009 21:55:48.
C:\Program Files\Battlezone II\bzone.exe, run by StewartLiam.
C:\Program Files\Battlezone II\bzone.exe, run by StewartLiam.
CPU: 4 processor(s), AMD Phenom(tm) 9750 Quad-Core Processor
     x86 Family 16 Model 2 Stepping 3
Process Memory :   1701 MB free out of   2048 MB total
Physical memory:   2096 MB free out of   3326 MB total
Page(swap) file:   5496 MB free out of   6848 MB total
This exe is using 67 MB, peak use 67 MB

Fault address:  6AB8FEF2 01:0002EEF2 C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.vc90.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.1_none_e163563597edeada\MSVCR90.dll

Registers:
EAX:004CF3A0
EBX:00000000
ECX:00000000
EDX:00000000
ESI:00000000
EDI:00AF91FC
CS:EIP:001B:6AB8FEF2
SS:ESP:0023:004CF674  EBP:004CF6B8
DS:0023  ES:0023  FS:003B  GS:0000
Flags:00200216

Call stack:
Address   Return    Function            SourceFile
6AB8FEF2  00000000  009AC90A  fprintf+0x00000034
009AC90A  00000000  009971AF  NetManager::GetChatLogfile+0x000000C2
009971AF  00000000  009AB462  NetManager::ChatManager::FlushThreadMessage+0x000000CC
009AB462  00000000  00918392  NetManager::Process+0x0000007C
00918392  00000000  00A8D53F  ShellHandler::Process+0x0000001E
00A8D53F  00000000  00A8D9D4  RunCodes::Process+0x000001BF
00A8D9D4  00000000  00909644  Main::MessagePump+0x00000064
00909644  00000000  00909343  HandledMain+0x000003F6
00909343  00000000  00906BDF  HandledMain+0x000000F5
00906BDF  00000000  00A3B90F  WinMain+0x00000059
00A3B90F  00000000  760D4911  fabs+0x00000191
760D4911  00000000  779CE4B6  BaseThreadInitThunk+0x00000012
779CE4B6  00000000  779CE489  RtlInitializeExceptionChain+0x00000063
779CE489  00000000  00000000  RtlInitializeExceptionChain+0x00000036

[Red Spot]

well this is the entire file what I posted on my server ... dont know why that would cause a crash ...

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// The following are settable by the user. They are assigned to the
// default values, as if this file was empty. Comments above them
// should indicate what possible settings are available.

// Note that only things that cannot affect game synchronization are
// in here (views, etc).

// User's changes should be placed in this file, below the
// [UserPrefs] line below.

[UserPrefs]

// And, for teamplay (i.e. team strat or MPI) games, the teamcolors.
// TeamA is used for teams 1..5, and TeamB is for teams 6..10
TeamColorTeamA = "235 100 121 255" // Griz-black
TeamColorTeamB = "108 108 228 255" // Griz-green

edit: try setting the 'read only' option, perhaps Vista doesnt like it if you can actually edit a file ...(%$!@^$$^VISTA!!! )

[xSSx Grizzly]

Causes crash but, the one you show on here look much larger (lot more words) in notepad

[Red Spot]

Ok, just tried your colors and they work for me. I'll show you a screenshot in a moment, but it surelly isnt black and green, more like washed out red and blue ....

edit: try again, I uploaded my own file, sorry ... :s (changed now)

[xSSx Grizzly]

Here look still red  Damn game 

[Red Spot]

Like I already mentioned, the colors you chose are just a bit more washed out that the original colors.

For really black, try 0 0 0 255 and see the difference
(I would try something in between, like 150 50 60 255 for a much darker red-ish color)

Not sure if you know this but this is the RGB-code, basicly just means the first entry is Red, 2nd Green, 3rd Blue - RGB
255 = white/full color
0 = black/no color

255 255 255 255 would give you pretty bright ships
0 0 0 255 would give you pretty dark ships

Go into word or excel or whatever other program you have on your system that allows you to select colors, pick a custom color and check its RGB values. Its a lot easier than rebooting the game 10 times.