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Wyvern
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posted 31 January 2002 01:15     Click Here to See the Profile for Wyvern   Click Here to Email Wyvern        Reply w/Quote   
Ok to insert your patchstring thing and txt file do you just add the bin file with your patch_mpq?

Also what method you ppl use to store ur bin files so u don't gotta delete them

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Wyvern
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posted 31 January 2002 01:50     Click Here to See the Profile for Wyvern   Click Here to Email Wyvern        Reply w/Quote   
read that help me stupid guys forem. And saw that bat files r also generated? How do i get these to generate.

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Dragon Warrior
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posted 31 January 2002 01:58     Click Here to See the Profile for Dragon Warrior   Click Here to Email Dragon Warrior        Reply w/Quote   
pack your txt files into the D2_patch.mpq using mpq2k, then create a data\global\excel in your Diablo 2 dir (ex. c:\Program Files\Diablo II). Copy the txt files to the data\global\excel folder. Then run the game in -txt, or -direct -txt, open a character, save, exit, and check the data\global\excel folder for the bin files. Copy those files into your mpq2k dir and pack them into your D2_patch.mpq (or you can just run the game in -direct -txt mode.

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jbouley
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posted 31 January 2002 01:59     Click Here to See the Profile for jbouley   Click Here to Email jbouley        Reply w/Quote   Visit jbouley's Homepage!
You don't generate a .bat file from D2

You create a .bat file from scratch (and a .txt file to go with it) to make mpq2k load and function.

or did you mean .bin file?

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Wyvern
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posted 31 January 2002 02:02     Click Here to See the Profile for Wyvern   Click Here to Email Wyvern        Reply w/Quote   
ok was wondering about bat thing confused me lol. My problem is my bin stuff patch and such don't seem to be inserting into patch_mpq is there away to tell?

thx guys you guys help out alot =)

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Dragon Warrior
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posted 31 January 2002 02:04     Click Here to See the Profile for Dragon Warrior   Click Here to Email Dragon Warrior        Reply w/Quote   
Sorry confusion is a horrible thing, as can be being overeager. Sorry again. Just ignore me.

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Wyvern
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posted 31 January 2002 02:07     Click Here to See the Profile for Wyvern   Click Here to Email Wyvern        Reply w/Quote   
hehe np type anything =)

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jbouley
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posted 31 January 2002 02:09     Click Here to See the Profile for jbouley   Click Here to Email jbouley        Reply w/Quote   Visit jbouley's Homepage!
well, hopefully someone else can help out between now and when I'm back online...its 3 a.m., I have to be at work by 9 a.m. ...so it's off to bed with me.

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Wyvern
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posted 31 January 2002 02:15     Click Here to See the Profile for Wyvern   Click Here to Email Wyvern        Reply w/Quote   
np didn't need the info tonight gonna sleep too soon i hope =)

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Wyvern
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posted 31 January 2002 02:20     Click Here to See the Profile for Wyvern   Click Here to Email Wyvern        Reply w/Quote   
oh, jbouly answer this any time.

Does the data file you make work with all
versions or does bliz change locs?
The problem is my table editor is in mostly
small and got few in caps which really sucks
lol. Is there a way to change the caps of
the file types on the editor. If not i will have to take the time to edit the data myself heh to fit this table editor =(

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Dragon Warrior
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posted 31 January 2002 02:23     Click Here to See the Profile for Dragon Warrior   Click Here to Email Dragon Warrior        Reply w/Quote   
Are your txt files inserting into D2_patch.mpq?
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If you need to make a bat file you open notepad type mpq2k s "textfile" (where textfile=install.txt in idiots guide tutorial) then save the file as install.bat.
The bat file will read from the txt file to tell mpq2k what to do.

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Wyvern
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posted 31 January 2002 02:27     Click Here to See the Profile for Wyvern   Click Here to Email Wyvern        Reply w/Quote   
ya did that is that all there is to it? its possible i did it right i just cannot tell at all gonna try it with armor now see if i can change the ac of a cap

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Wyvern
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posted 31 January 2002 02:44     Click Here to See the Profile for Wyvern   Click Here to Email Wyvern        Reply w/Quote   
god i did it! lol was doing it right it dosen't tell ya a thing. Damn this is cool now i can start moding tomorrow. Sorry i posted inserting part now. Problem now is storing those darn bin files i hate having to delete them all the time =(

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Wyvern
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posted 31 January 2002 15:35     Click Here to See the Profile for Wyvern   Click Here to Email Wyvern        Reply w/Quote   
Dang my mods r working fine if i don't delete my data folder. So that means my patch is not getting the files inserted how do i do this?

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posted 31 January 2002 17:58     Click Here to See the Profile for Help Me Im Stupid        Reply w/Quote   
hmm... maybe you should try NOT deleting the BIN files? they usually just generate after actually PLAYING the game...

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Wyvern
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posted 31 January 2002 21:35     Click Here to See the Profile for Wyvern   Click Here to Email Wyvern        Reply w/Quote   
if i want a fresh start think i wanna clean out the folder

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Wyvern
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posted 31 January 2002 22:44     Click Here to See the Profile for Wyvern   Click Here to Email Wyvern        Reply w/Quote   
totaly lost now tried everything to insert my files dunno whats wrong. my mod don't work without my txt. files in my data\global\excel folder pls help
thx

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Wyvern
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posted 01 February 2002 01:32     Click Here to See the Profile for Wyvern   Click Here to Email Wyvern        Reply w/Quote   
read the arrow crap and now it makes no sense to me.( the inserting part)I am trying to make armor changes. This is what i have done so far.
made install.txt i put in it
(O Patch_d2.mpq
a armor.txt data\global\excel\armor.txt
a armor.bin data\global\excel\armor.bin
a patchstring.tbl data\local\LNG\ENG\patchstring.tbl
C patch_d2.mpq)
Then i made a install.bat and put (mpq2k s install.txt) in it

i put these in my data\global\excel folder along with my edited patchstring, armor.txt and my mpq2k program. Then i am using game.exe short cut with -direct -txt method. I run d2exp threw the game.exe shortcut and enter a game and find my changes but name of my item from patchstring. I look into my excel folder and find bin files. Then i click on my mpq2k program with patch in excel folder. Then move my data folder to check if my file was inserted and i find just normal d2exp with no modification. Also my mpq2k does not make any errors when running or pauses. I need some really clear directions plz. What am i doing wrong sombody help =(


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Myhrginoc
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posted 01 February 2002 16:42     Click Here to See the Profile for Myhrginoc   Click Here to Email Myhrginoc        Reply w/Quote   
I am not sure what you mean when you refer to d2exp...the mpq? you should not be changing that file at all!

If you can run your mod fine in -direct -txt mode, the error is in how you pack your mpqs. mpq2k is a fairly unperceptive DOS program that only sees things in its current directory. So make sure you have all of these items together when you run your batch program:

mpq2k.exe
staredit.exe
storm.dll
lmpqapi.dll
install.txt
install.bat
patch_d2.mpq <---an unmodded one, unless you are expanding or changing a mod
armor.txt
armor.bin
patchstring.tbl

Then the resulting patch_d2.mpq goes to your game directory. (Be sure you have a copy of the Blizzard-released patch_d2.mpq safely archived!) After that, you should be able to play in the usual way.

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Wyvern
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posted 01 February 2002 21:41     Click Here to See the Profile for Wyvern   Click Here to Email Wyvern        Reply w/Quote   
thats very close to what i been doing but i just left all the bin files that generated in my folder. Maybe i am not running mpq2k right part i am confused about is "packing" now. Thx for clearing some stuff up. I tried it in a new folder this time with patch didn't do anything =(

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Wyvern
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posted 02 February 2002 03:26     Click Here to See the Profile for Wyvern   Click Here to Email Wyvern        Reply w/Quote   
do i gotta use note pad or text document work? I am using text document cause i have no note pad

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posted 02 February 2002 13:57     Click Here to See the Profile for Myhrginoc   Click Here to Email Myhrginoc        Reply w/Quote   
Any simple text editor that doesn't add formatting should work. You can use programs like Wordpad, but only if you remember to save in (MS-DOS) Text format.

On D2 data files, it's better to use a spreadsheet-type program, again remembering to save in Text format. Excel will work for most files. Some (like Runes.txt) are very picky. Use D2Excel for these files, works fine and does most of what you would want.

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Wyvern
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posted 02 February 2002 20:45     Click Here to See the Profile for Wyvern   Click Here to Email Wyvern        Reply w/Quote   
I got it now apoc helped me out. I was saving as install.bat also was just renamed the file. What i didn' know i had to do was save it as .bat then rename it to install.bat. Never heard of bat untill i tried to mod this game

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Wyvern
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posted 02 February 2002 20:50     Click Here to See the Profile for Wyvern   Click Here to Email Wyvern        Reply w/Quote   
oh and text editing doesn't do half of what i want to do =(. Gonna have to do alot of hex editing too =(.

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Wyvern
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posted 02 February 2002 20:50     Click Here to See the Profile for Wyvern   Click Here to Email Wyvern        Reply w/Quote   
damn i lagged again sigh. My internet sux at wepages but ok at games. I don't lag or get droped out in games lol but lag when loading wepages. I gotta get my cable back soon heh =(.

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