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Topic: install.txt files
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Cobaltian Knight

Posts: 84 From: coatesville,pa,usa Registered: Jan 2002 |
posted 25 January 2002 20:01
in the install.txt file do the o's ,a's ,c's have to be capitalized or lower cased

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jbouley Forum Admin.
    
Posts: 4907 From: Portland, Maine, USA Registered: Jan 2001 |
posted 26 January 2002 00:06
Don't know if they have to be...but mine are capitalized....------------------ - JEFF "A hero is no braver than anyone else. He is only brave five minutes longer." For my latest mod (for LoD/expansion), download Version 1.1 of Sanctuary in Chaos - Or for old stuff (for classic D2), visit my orignal mod site at www.planetdiablo.com/sanctuary

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Axalon Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 2243 From: New England, USA Registered: Dec 2001 |
posted 26 January 2002 00:09
An example of how it should be:O Patch_d2.mpq a armor.txt data\global\excel\armor.txt a armor.bin data\global\excel\armor.bin C Patch_d2.mpq O = Open, capitalized a = add, lower case C = Close, capitalized ------------------ "To dream a life, or to live a dream ... only through desire shall the sleeper awaken."

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Apocalypse Demon Moderator
   
Posts: 4023 From: Mississauga, Ontario Registered: Oct 2001 |
posted 26 January 2002 00:11
No, mine are upper case "A" and it works just fine.------------------ God gave me a brain to use but I miserably failed to use it to my advantage

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Axalon Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 2243 From: New England, USA Registered: Dec 2001 |
posted 26 January 2002 00:14
And my a's are lower cased, and they work fine ... so I guess it works either way ------------------ "To dream a life, or to live a dream ... only through desire shall the sleeper awaken."

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Apocalypse Demon Moderator
   
Posts: 4023 From: Mississauga, Ontario Registered: Oct 2001 |
posted 26 January 2002 00:17
WEll, you said that your way was the way it "should" be when it wasn't.....------------------ God gave me a brain to use but I miserably failed to use it to my advantage

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Axalon Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 2243 From: New England, USA Registered: Dec 2001 |
posted 26 January 2002 00:27
No ... I said this is an example of how it should ... I didn't say it was the ONLY way!!------------------ "To dream a life, or to live a dream ... only through desire shall the sleeper awaken."

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DigiBO Moderator
   
Posts: 1413 From: Bulgaria,Varna Registered: Jan 2001 |
posted 26 January 2002 05:19
Some people just don't read readme files/manuals.Let me explain... It all depends on the MPQ2k version you use - 1.xx or 2.x In version 1 to compress the file when you add it you had to use capital "A".The lower case "a" added the file uncompressed. In version 2 compression is handled in a different way.Capitalization doesn't matter and both ways work.To compress a file you have to add "/c" after the line or "/wav" for wav files. Compression doesn't matter much because when you zip the mpq file it becomes as small as if it were compressed.And compressed mpqs don't change size when zipped. BTW when you are closing the mpq file you can use just "c" instead of "c patch_d2.mpq".Doesn't matter  P.S. Jeff does this clear things a little? 
------------------ You can't learn to be kewl or leet.It comes from inside and it's in everyone.You just have to reach it,but not by looking at the others - look at yourself.Be kewl.Be leet.Be yourself.

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Axalon Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 2243 From: New England, USA Registered: Dec 2001 |
posted 26 January 2002 06:21
Hmmm ... Ok, there are three file inserters at 'The Tool's of the Trade' ...v0.4 DarkAngel's Mod Maker v1.0 MPHG's MPQMax v1.0 MPQ 2K So, DigiBo, When you say v2.0 which one do you mean? I would assume MPQMax would be v2.0 ... but it says v1.0 ... for clarity's sake I'd like to know ... so when I give advice to a newbie, it's the correct advice ... maybe we should just have the best 'one' there for all to use ... so we don't get confused ... yes?  ------------------ "To dream a life, or to live a dream ... only through desire shall the sleeper awaken."

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jbouley Forum Admin.
    
Posts: 4907 From: Portland, Maine, USA Registered: Jan 2001 |
posted 27 January 2002 01:38
MPQ Max is a front-end tool to make MPQ2K easier to use...the "foundation," MPQ2K is still the same with MPQ Max if I recall.What DigiBO is talking about, I think, is if you got your hands on a different version than the one here. I think the most recent version is here...and it probably replaced the old one that Phrozen Keep probably used to have. However, I've only been an admin here a relatively short time, so I'm just guessing. ------------------ - JEFF "A hero is no braver than anyone else. He is only brave five minutes longer." For my latest mod (for LoD/expansion), download Version 1.1 of Sanctuary in Chaos - Or for old stuff (for classic D2), visit my orignal mod site at www.planetdiablo.com/sanctuary

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Myhrginoc Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 1326 From: Percussion U Registered: Dec 2001 |
posted 27 January 2002 13:13
MPQ2K has a version 1.x and a version 2.x. The one available here is 1.x. Version 2.x uses a newer staredit.exe available only with recent versions of Starcraft. And no, I have not been able to find a copy of that staredit if you don't have Starcraft (I don't).I have heard that either version will read a Blizzard D2 mpq, but if you mod one with either version, the other version can't read the modded mpq. In version 1.x, I thought lower case 'a' added files compressed and upper case 'A' adds files uncompressed. When I look at the changed file sizes in Windows Explorer, that's how the increases behave. [This message has been edited by Myhrginoc (edited 27 January 2002).]

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Axalon Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 2243 From: New England, USA Registered: Dec 2001 |
posted 27 January 2002 15:29
Ok, this dance with the 'A' 'a's needs to be clarified ... looking through various tutorials at the Keep, some have 'A' and others have 'a' ... giving no reason for the difference ... which contradicts from 'tut' to 'tut' ... I'm using the latest MPQ 2K available from the Keep, which says v1.0 ... I've been using 'a's for the last two months, covering pretty much all aspects modding ... and the 'a's always worked fine for me ... now we have compression and decompression from 'A' to 'a' ... so when we tell a newcomer to 'A' or to 'a' ... is there or isn't there a difference when they ask which one to use? As in real world modding for a newbie ... hmmm ... now I'm confused  ------------------ "To dream a life, or to live a dream ... only through desire shall the sleeper awaken."

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gorothon Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 1318 From: usa loudon New Hampshire Registered: Aug 2001 |
posted 27 January 2002 15:39
LOL axalon well try both A or a and if they work keep it at that and apocolypse demon This is a suggestion  ------------------ One of many Butchers you will face in my mod becareful!! If you r just starting out don't face him alone or at all or u will be sorry!!! FLASHBACK MOD Coming soon!!!!

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