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Deranged_xx
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From: Hemet
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posted 04 February 2002 13:13     Click Here to See the Profile for Deranged_xx   Click Here to Email Deranged_xx        Reply w/Quote   
Ok I finally got the experience txt edited but when I put it into my patch and run the game the mod doesnt take affect ... ive read in the help section that you need to have bin files ... ive tried doing what the help tells me but I cant get it to work at all... lol its getting me mad.. all I need is help on getting the experience txt and bin file into the mod so it will work when I play can someone help me Plz?

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Axalon
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posted 04 February 2002 20:38     Click Here to See the Profile for Axalon   Click Here to Email Axalon        Reply w/Quote   
After you modded your experience.txt file, did you generate a new experience.bin file from the .txt file and inserted them both into your Patch_D2.mpq file?

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Apocalypse Demon
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posted 04 February 2002 23:15     Click Here to See the Profile for Apocalypse Demon   Click Here to Email Apocalypse Demon        Reply w/Quote   
You need to create a directory in your D2 directory which is data\global\excel, then after you alter your txt files, run the mod in -txt method, go into a game, exit the game and the bins should generate in your data\global\excel directory.

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Deranged_xx
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posted 05 February 2002 13:04     Click Here to See the Profile for Deranged_xx   Click Here to Email Deranged_xx        Reply w/Quote   
So if I edit the exp txt. and put it back in the patch and run the game in -txt. format I should get the bin files in the dir? And if so do I have to do anything with the bin file besides putting it back into the patch? Also would the edited exp.txt be my moded one?

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Axalon
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posted 05 February 2002 14:59     Click Here to See the Profile for Axalon   Click Here to Email Axalon        Reply w/Quote   
You put a copy of your modded exp.txt file in your data\global\excel folder ... there should be no other exp.txt files or exp.bin files in that folder ... only your newly edited exp.txt file ... then in your mod folder which contains the MPQ 2K program, put your edited exp.txt file along with your Patch_D2.mpq and run the install.bat .. then

Enter the game by -txt format ... then save and exit the game ... a new exp.bin file should now have been created in your data\global\excel folder ... put that new .bin file into your mod folder and insert it into your Patch_D2.mpq by running the install.bat again ... now your Patch_D2.mpq file has been modded with the changes you wanted to make ... in this case, your experience.txt file ... enter the game and you should see your results in effect

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