Rooftops 2 Campaign file

Rooftops 2 is a passion project created by a single person. It's an unplanned and spontaneously created campaign which was slowly built up based on ideas and inspirations over the years.

A lot of hard work and love has been put into making this campaign, so please give a second thought before judging it negatively.

It's a massive project that was extremely difficult for one person to manage and ensure everything was perfect to the last detail.

So, in the very likely case you bump into small details that make you think "this could have been better", I should let you know, I've gone through this thought process tons and tons of times. It was impossible for me to keep trying and making things perfect. Both because of the non-profitable nature of the mod, and because of how time consuming fixing each little thing is.

After all, it’s a free amateur project.

GAMEPLAY

=== Difficulty ===

The mod is not balanced for harder difficulties. It is not advised to try any difficulty harder than Regular.
You are given the option but you're not encouraged. If you chose to do so, do it at your own risk.

=== Cinematics ===

The campaign tries its best to bring new and innovative cinematic mechanics and scripted sequences in the experience. A lot of emphasis and hard work has been put on the cinematic moments of the mod as well as the action parts.

=== Dialogues ===

There will be long dialogues, but before they become too long, they will be interrupted by gameplay. However, the best part is that after you finish the story once, you will have the ability to skip most long dialogue sequences.

=== Menu ===

The game menu is entirely reconstructed from the bottom up to change the whole feeling and atmosphere. Everything is redesigned from scratch to give a new and refreshing look that is based on later MW games. Please don't neglect to explore the menu and all its aspects, as a lot of hard work has been put into it.

=== Progression ===

There is a new progression system that tracks down your progress in the mod. Besides the actual level completion, there are also plenty of bonus stuff players can look for. When players reach 100% other bonuses can be unlocked.

=== Achievements ===

A new achievement system has been implemented. This aims on reviving the satisfaction players get when collecting steam achievements.

The whole system is made with in-game code, and it entirely relies on the progression system itself. You get one achievement for completing each level, and there are plenty more secret ones.

Some of the secret achievements are simple and easy to find, others may require some extensive exploration.

All count towards 100% completion.

=== Collectables ===

The mod has three types of collectables. Audio tapes, biography books, and gold bars. The first two give you access to extra content that expands the lore and provides some backstory for the campaign. Gold bars are there just for the satisfaction of having them collected.

There are counters and indicators both in-game and in the menus as for how many and which type of these exist in each level.

Some are very easy to find, and you will surely stumble upon them while regularly playing. A few of them, however, require serious exploration. The levels aren't too open however, so if you really look closely, you will most likely find them.

=== Secrets ===

Besides the level, achievement, collectables, and progression, there are little secrets scattered through the mod, from stuff as minor as a movie or game reference to bonus content.

STORY

The story picks up right after the first Rooftops Campaign ended. SPi, Loz, Pan, Alex, and the rest of their team are back in their base, preparing to stop General Romanov from accomplishing his evil plans.

The stakes are high, the characters have conflicts both external and internal, and the overall setting is way more polished than the prequel.

The story isn't meant to be realistic, innovative, or not following clichés. It is how it is because, like mentioned before, it's a spontaneous passion project.

There are a lot of obvious influences and references to other games or movies.
Yes, they are all intentional.

It's not a rip off. It's inspiration.

KNOWN BUGS

1) Player viewmodel and NPC models will flicker when tons of AI are close to eachother and player due to engine limitations.
2) Most weapon animations will have minor glitches on high FOV.
3) The electricity generator effect in level 7 will cause framedrops.
4) Sometimes player camera may clip through walls during first time transitions.
5) Some of the night-time levels may have wrongly lit objects due to engine limitations.
6) Player progress may be transfered to other profiles when switching profiles.

HOW TO INSTALL

There is a video included on how to install,
but just in case you want to read the steps in text from,
here it is.

======= WARNING =======

Your single player must be version 1.5, otherwise the mod will not work.

You must download and install the official Call of Duty 4 patches to update the game.
Either retail or steam version, you need to download and install the patches yourself.
The Steam version does not update single player.

To see your single player (iw3sp.exe) game version,
go in the main menu, enable console in game options,
open console using the ~ key located above TAB and left of number 1.
And the version should be shown there.

I cannot provide further support on how to update the game.
And I in no way can provide you the updated game itself as it wouldn't be legal to do so.

======= ENGLISH VERSION =======

1) Extract the contents of this package. WinRAR or 7zip are examples of softwares to use.

2) Copy the folders MAIN, MODS, and ZONE, and the files Rooftops2.cmd and rooftops2.ico.

3) Paste them in your Call of Duty 4 root directory.

4) When the copy is done, double click Rooftops2.cmd and the mod will start.

5) You can make a desktop shortcut of Rooftops2.cmd and apply the rooftops2.ico provided.

======= NON-ENGLISH VERSION =======

If you have a non-English version that doesn't have Latin characters,
you need to follow some additional steps for your mod's text to look normal.

- Follow steps 1, 2 and 3 for the English version.

- Go in your Call of Duty 4/mods/Rooftops2/non_english folder.

- Copy mod.ff

- Paste it in Call of Duty 4/mods/Rooftops2, and replace or backup the mod.ff that was already there.

- Delete or backup fonts.iwd file.

To backup these files you can make a new folder and paste them there.

- Go to Call of Duty 4/zone and you should see two folders. english and [yourlanguage] folders.
Copy everything inside english folder and paste them in [yourlanguage] folder.

- Follow steps 4 and 5 of the English version.

CREDITS

This project was designed and developed entirely by SPi.

The development process included:

===== Mapping =====
map design
map coding
effect editing

===== Modding =====
mod file management

===== Porting =====
texture porting
texture editing
model porting
minor model editing
minor animation editing
one frame pose animation
weapon file porting
character asset porting

===== Menu & U.I. =====
The entire menu system of the game is written from scratch.
HUD and pause menu were also changed.

===== Sound =====
sound editing
sound mixing
voice file editing (over 1250 voice files were edited)

===== Cinematics =====
Planning cinematics
Designing cinematic scenes ingame
Coding a new camera system
Recording ingame clips
Editing clips
Rendering clips

========== Special Thanks ==========

There were a few individuals who contributed to this project
by offering critical information and/or tools and assets that I was in need of.

Those epic people are:

Bogdan Konstantinou
Scillman

Further Special thanks to:

Damage96 & Red Mist for ingame effect editing help.

Maciej 'Ray' Zaremba for I.D. Pass animation.

MCh2207Cz for I.D. Pass Model & Call of Duty 2 Models.

Erik for Star Destroyer model.

Ryaku5 for revising dialogues.

Bogdan Konstantinou & Marcomix for skybox help.

Most ports are done with Greyhound Tool by DTZxPorter & Scobalula
along with guidance from The Stig & Bogdan Konstantinou.

For original Call of Duty 4 Weapon & Character Model Skins
Thanks to the following people whom skins I used.

Koene007
Quaddamage
GuMNade
ChacalVEVO
SpaceMan
x3vyx
TRaFi
Grabps

Those skin edits were individually downloaded, adapted
and re-edited by SPi from various modding sites.

Big thanks everyone who offered voice acting work for the project.
Either volunteers or actual voice actors who helped to bring the roles to life.

Ryaku5
Elijah Ramsey
Joe 'Josephus' Constable
Sebastian Stag Agner
SPi
Snipi
Nrank
Alexander 'O2chevsky' Kirgizov
Nick Gikas
Groovy
Chris Onyx
Specter604
Haubibban
Pidrofus
Killersmail
Kirill Nalimov

Thanks to the mod's testers

yoyo1love
Snipi
Liserd
Lightning
xkejj
pviper
qw0_dpid
RezTech
Xanaguy
vgripps
Bogdan Konstantinou
MCh2207Cz
Cayden Berry
Nrank
Stendby
Chooch
Marcomix
The Stig
Jerry4LT
Matyi
samfisher3000
Vikmor

Finally, thanks to all of you who supported me over
these years and motivated me to finish this project.

I really hope this mod will be fun to play and bring joy to anyone who's playing it,
and that it will stay as a very fun and enjoyable experience in their memory.

Because that's my reward for making all this.

-SPi