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Cobaltian
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posted 25 January 2002 20:01     Click Here to See the Profile for Cobaltian        Reply w/Quote   
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
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posted 26 January 2002 00:06     Click Here to See the Profile for jbouley   Click Here to Email jbouley        Reply w/Quote   Visit jbouley's Homepage!
Don't know if they have to be...but mine are capitalized....

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Axalon
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posted 26 January 2002 00:09     Click Here to See the Profile for Axalon   Click Here to Email Axalon        Reply w/Quote   
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

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Apocalypse Demon
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posted 26 January 2002 00:11     Click Here to See the Profile for Apocalypse Demon   Click Here to Email Apocalypse Demon        Reply w/Quote   
No, mine are upper case "A" and it works just fine.

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Axalon
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posted 26 January 2002 00:14     Click Here to See the Profile for Axalon   Click Here to Email Axalon        Reply w/Quote   
And my a's are lower cased, and they work fine ... so I guess it works either way

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Apocalypse Demon
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posted 26 January 2002 00:17     Click Here to See the Profile for Apocalypse Demon   Click Here to Email Apocalypse Demon        Reply w/Quote   
WEll, you said that your way was the way it "should" be when it wasn't.....

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Axalon
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posted 26 January 2002 00:27     Click Here to See the Profile for Axalon   Click Here to Email Axalon        Reply w/Quote   
No ... I said this is an example of how it should ... I didn't say it was the ONLY way!!

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DigiBO
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posted 26 January 2002 05:19     Click Here to See the Profile for DigiBO   Click Here to Email DigiBO        Reply w/Quote   Visit DigiBO's Homepage!
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?

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Axalon
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posted 26 January 2002 06:21     Click Here to See the Profile for Axalon   Click Here to Email Axalon        Reply w/Quote   
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?

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jbouley
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posted 27 January 2002 01:38     Click Here to See the Profile for jbouley   Click Here to Email jbouley        Reply w/Quote   Visit jbouley's Homepage!
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.

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- Or for old stuff (for classic D2), visit my orignal mod site at www.planetdiablo.com/sanctuary

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Myhrginoc
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posted 27 January 2002 13:13     Click Here to See the Profile for Myhrginoc   Click Here to Email Myhrginoc        Reply w/Quote   
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
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posted 27 January 2002 15:29     Click Here to See the Profile for Axalon   Click Here to Email Axalon        Reply w/Quote   
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

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gorothon
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posted 27 January 2002 15:39     Click Here to See the Profile for gorothon   Click Here to Email gorothon        Reply w/Quote   
LOL axalon well try both A or a and if they work keep it at that and apocolypse demon This is a suggestion

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