Changing the Menu

Here i will explain how to change the menu.. I will be doing this in parts...First i will show you how to change the color of the menu screens then changing the words then adding a class.
You will need to have photoshop 7 or equivalent program. OK ...first this has to be done as a mod.So create your mod now you need to extract the menu.con from the battlefield archives folder and save it in a folder for later use Now you need to extract the menu.con from your mod (in the c:/drive i made a folder named bf menu and extracted to there) now go to where you extracted it to and open it and the first folder you will see is the menu folder..open that and you will a textures folder..open it and in there you will see these folders ammo folder debreifing folder kits folder menu folder soldier folder weapons folder Briefing folder ingame folder minimap folder vehicle folder Now the folder we will be messing with is the Menu folder now i used DC for my mod and in the menu folder there is only 1 file.(backgound tga)..you need to open the battlefield menu you extracted and in the menu folder you need to copy and paste these into your menu folder menu_addserver_512x128.dds menu_creategame_list_256x512.dds menu_creategamex1_512x512.ddsmenu_overalldif_rubr_256x32.dds menu_profile_512x256.dds menu_serverinfo_rubr_256x32.dds menu_creategame_karta_256x128.dds menu_creategametype_256x128.dds menu_multipl_rubr_1024x32.dds menu_playerinfo_rubr_512x32.dds menu_serverinfo_mitt.dds menu_singleplayer_levellist_256x256.dds now you need to make a singleplayer folder in the menu folder and put these .dds files in there menu_campaign2_tab_512.32.dds menu_skirmish_tab_256x32.dds menu_campaign1_tab_512x32.dds menu_campaignxl_512x512.dds (you can just copy and paste these from the BF menu/singleplayer to your singleplayer folder now after your all done copy and pasteing the .dds files you need to change the color of them
Changing the color with Photoshop 7 Now you want to add a different color to the menu screen...heres how open photoshop and then direct it to where you extracted your menu.con to and then go to menu/textures/menu (where you put the menu.dds files a minute ago) and then select all of them and open in photoshop...when it asks to show mip maps select NO now you should see all the different menu boxes now select the Rectangular tool and choose the color you will be using...now choose a .dds to color and go to the bottom corner of the picture ,hold left click and make a square over the whole picture thats showing... now it will color it as a solid color...right click on it and a window will open..select blending options...there is 2 settings in there..blend mode and fill opacity..set them to how seethrough you want the color Now adjust the underlying layer until its how you want it when your done in the top left in photoshop select file/save as...now save it as a .dds format and it will say its a copy..now select the origional name and copy it over it...then close the .dds you just did and it will ask to save again select no...now move on to the next .dds file to paint... when your all done you can check this by repacking using gmakerfa and replace the menu.rfa in you mod/archives folder...start the game ..activate your mod and see the newly colored menu screen
Changing the words..coming soon
Adding a Class..coming soon