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Topic: Modding on a Mac
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Sontel Serf
Posts: 5 From: Victoria, Australia Registered: Dec 2001 |
posted 11 December 2001 04:33
Is there any way to create mods on a Mac?As I understand it there is no way to convert the .txt files into .bin files on the Mac. So I'll have to install D2X on a PC to make a mod. Anyone have an easier solution? ...Sontel.

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Forsaken Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 397 From: Dutch guy in France Registered: Sep 2001 |
posted 11 December 2001 05:26
Virtual Windows? Won't run great, but its cheaper than buying a pc on the side...------------------ So much bandwidth, so little time

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Kobu Lord
 
Posts: 105 From: Tokyo Registered: Dec 2001 |
posted 11 December 2001 05:42
-direct -txt doesn't work on a Mac?

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Sontel Serf
Posts: 5 From: Victoria, Australia Registered: Dec 2001 |
posted 11 December 2001 12:59
Thanks for the replies!I have tried installing D2X into Virtual PC and it doesn't run. It doesn't even get as far as the splash screen. I rather think the CD copy protection might bomb out on the emulated CD drive, but can't be sure what's going wrong. I might try installing again just to be sure. And the Mac does not have a command line, so there is no way of passing the required parameters into the game. One thought though. The Mac version of D2 has a very primitive implementation of the Windows registry concept (i.e. preferences and settings stored as a name/value pair). Is there a registry setting to turn -direct and -txt on permanently? If so, I could try manually adding this to the preferences. Might just work! ...Sontel.

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Apocalypse Demon Moderator
   
Posts: 4023 From: Mississauga, Ontario Registered: Oct 2001 |
posted 12 December 2001 17:08
Well, does it work. You messaged me on d2.net to set up a mod to test out why Balrog blades as well as other swords cannot get cruel. Oh, I can't set up the mod you suggested to me because I've been very busy, maybe next week but hopefully your mac will make it work so you don't need me to do it and we can compare our results. And now that Ruvanal has "dropped" out of the testing and oneko isn't there as well as Jarulf, I guess I'll have to try to figure it out myself as to why Balrog blades and other swords like Phase Blades can't get cruel from the 3 chipped recipe.------------------ God gave me a brain to use but I miserably failed to use it to my advantage

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Sontel Serf
Posts: 5 From: Victoria, Australia Registered: Dec 2001 |
posted 12 December 2001 17:26
Heh, we'll have to stop meeting like this or people will start to talk  No, I can't get it to work on the Mac. I can use MPQView and mpq2k in Virtual PC, but I have no way of generating the .bin files from the .txt files on my Mac. So I can't start working on the test mod until I get a PC that can run D2X. Or unless someone knows how to make Mac D2X run in -direct -txt mode. Maybe I'll send an email to Blizzard tech support  ...Sontel.

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Apocalypse Demon Moderator
   
Posts: 4023 From: Mississauga, Ontario Registered: Oct 2001 |
posted 12 December 2001 17:34
Hmm, sorry about that, guess you'll have to get a new computer.  ------------------ God gave me a brain to use but I miserably failed to use it to my advantage

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Sontel Serf
Posts: 5 From: Victoria, Australia Registered: Dec 2001 |
posted 12 December 2001 18:26
Oh, I have a PC here that can do the job. But it's running Linux at the moment and I want to install Windows and D2X on a different drive.But I've lost the spare hard drive I want to use! I'm moving house this weekend so maybe I'll find it when I unpack everything. Besides, doing it all on my Mac will be so much cooler. ...S.

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Forsaken Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 397 From: Dutch guy in France Registered: Sep 2001 |
posted 13 December 2001 05:13
Hey, you could still chop a couple of gigs of the linux partition, turn it into fat(32) or whatever you want to use, install Windows, and tell Linux to keep check of the dual-booting. Saves you the trouble of finding the other harddisk...------------------ So much bandwidth, so little time

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Sontel Serf
Posts: 5 From: Victoria, Australia Registered: Dec 2001 |
posted 13 December 2001 13:38
Heh, except I've only got an old 1GB drive in there for Linux. So you don't know of a registry entry that causes D2X to run in -direct -txt mode? I can see one in there called: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\Diablo II\UseCmdLine which currently contains "0000000400000001". Perhaps twiddling those values might make it behave differently. ...Sontel.

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