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KuCoru
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posted 21 January 2002 05:44     Click Here to See the Profile for KuCoru        Reply w/Quote   
Ok I am kind of new to Diablo II graphics editing, but I am very experienced in editing games. I am currently using D2:LOD version 1.09d. I started out by downloading CV5 from the Phrozen site. I then downloaded the a few animation plug-ins. I spotted the "yetis become cain" plugin and tried it out. I got a pretty good laugh out of it. I then came up with something more of a riot. I wanted to replace Cain with the gargantuan beast.

So, I started out by extracting my d2data.mpq onto my hard drive for fast access. I VIEWED the gargantuan beast and deckard cain .dcc files and found which ones were appropriate to replace. I renamed the files to what they were supposed to be and put them in my d2_patch.mpq file. I then ran the game and saw a gargantuan beast wandering in town. After a few seconds, the game crashed.

I then downloaded the "tried of old wrinkly cain?" plug-in that replaces deckard cain with some dude from Baldur's Gate. I placed them appropriately in my d2_patch.mpq and the game crashed once again.

Ok after that I figured that it had to do with the number of sprites in the .dcc's. But, apparently, the CV5 version that I have doesn't allow you to save bitmaps or other graphic formats as .dcc files. Am I doing something wrong with CV5, or have I downloaded a crappy version? Please someone help me!

[This message has been edited by KuCoru (edited 21 January 2002).]

[This message has been edited by KuCoru (edited 21 January 2002).]

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Apocalypse Demon
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posted 21 January 2002 05:56     Click Here to See the Profile for Apocalypse Demon   Click Here to Email Apocalypse Demon        Reply w/Quote   
You need to edit the frame count for that animation you are replacing in animdata.d2 with a hex editor.

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KuCoru
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posted 21 January 2002 06:27     Click Here to See the Profile for KuCoru        Reply w/Quote   
Yeah I forgot to mention that I had tried that. My main question is why does my version of CV5 not allow me to save other graphics as .dcc files.

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Novus
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posted 21 January 2002 07:56     Click Here to See the Profile for Novus   Click Here to Email Novus        Reply w/Quote   Visit Novus's Homepage!
I was having the same problem too... try downloading the lastest DCC.dll from their website. It took a while but I finally got it working. Don't give up, it does/will work eventually.

Good luck

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KuCoru
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posted 21 January 2002 16:11     Click Here to See the Profile for KuCoru        Reply w/Quote   
Hey thanks for the help. Now I'm bustin' out .dcc's like a factory. This site is a great resource for both advanced and amatuer Diablo II editors. Keep it up!

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