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Toolbag

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WINRAR (http://www.download.com/WinRAR/3000-2250_4-10007677.html)

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EditPlus (http://www.editplus.com/)

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COD4/5 Modding Tools (http://www.infinityward.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page)

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FileZilla (http://filezilla-project.org/

 

Basic Modding concepts:

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Mods are kept on the client PC in the folder C:Program
FilesActivisionCall of Duty 4 - Modern WarfareMods

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Mods are kept on the server in the folder C:Program
FilesActivisionCall of Duty 4 - Modern WarfareMods

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Every Mod has 3 basic files.  An .iwd file, a mod.ff file and a
server.cfg.  A Mod can have more files than these but these are the minimum.

o   The .iwd file
contains all the Mod graphics, sounds and weapons.

o   The mod.ff is a
compiled file and not editable

o   The server.cfg
contains all the server setup information

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Other .iwd files that come with a mod can/will contain editable
files

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Maps are kept in C:Program FilesActivisionCall of Duty 4 -
Modern Warfareusermaps on the client and the server.

o   There are
normally 3 files in a map folder, an .ff, a load.ff and iwd.

o   Each map must
be in a unique folder whose name matches the common name of the 3 files
mentioned above.

 

All about .iwds:

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.iwds are where the graphics, weapons and sound are located for
the mod.  All game characteristics that are not in the Mods .iwd file or compiled
into the mod.ff are located on the local PC in C:Program FilesActivisionCall
of Duty 4 - Modern Warfaremain

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All .iwd files are basically zip files, so use Winrar to open
them.

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You will usually find 3 folders in an .iwd file:

o   images =
contain .iwi files (graphics)

o   sounds = in
game sounds

o   weapons/mp =
the modded weapons

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You may find other folders, but most of the changes you will want
to make are in these 3 folders

 

Editing .iwds:

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To edit an .iwd, first open it with WINRAR then extract it to a
working location of your choice.

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To replace a sound, image or weapon, simply replace/overwrite
that file in the .iwd.  The name must match EXACTLY to the file you are
replacing

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To edit weapons files, go to weapons/mp in the .iwd file and
extract the weapon you want to edit.  Open the file in EditPlus and make the
appropriate changes.  This is where you can change the characteristics of the
weapon (recoil, power, sway, hip accuracy, fire rate, etc.)

 

Editing Graphics:

You will need to
download and install the following from the BAD website:

Iwi2dds.exe

dds2iwi.exe

dds.8bi

 

Copy  the DDS
plug-in into your Photoshop plug-in directory (Plug-InsFile Formats)

 

Drag the iwi file
you want to modify onto the iwi2dds.exe it will create a new file with .dds
extension. You can then load that file into Photoshop (after you have installed
the DDS plug-in of course), and modify it however you want.

 

When you go to save
the file, make sure you save it in the original format (see imagelist.htm), and
select No Mipmaps.

 

Now drag the
modified dds onto dds2iwi-cod4.exe and it will output your new modified iwi.
Now all you have to do is rename it back to the original and put it in your
iwd.

 

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