SC4 Dat Packer

dioangel · January 29, 2007, 05:52:31 PM

wouanagaine I have something to say....

THANK YOU SOOO MUCH YOU ROCK!!!!!!!!!
Just test it right now and I was stunned having so much corrupted files I didn't even know! An of course.... It didn't crash!

wouanagaine · January 29, 2007, 11:47:58 PM

Menotyou => thx

Dioangel => great news, did you find any glitches/differences when playing the game ? I want to be sure the less RAM feature did not introduce side effect. ( On my pc, using that option or not make the packed files the same size, so it seems ok, I just want to be sure

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dioangel · January 30, 2007, 10:33:05 AM

The game play is wonderful pretty fast.. the loading time is somewhat takes somewhat 4 minutes. I think I found something weird... When I start the game showing the picture taking taking a looong time to load.. even before the EA logo. ~~At least I rest I could re-build my huge city (named after Dani's Band) Cradle Of Filth town!~~

Even thought... I tried it the second time an it's in normal speed.

I defrag the computer but nothing works..

Ajax · February 02, 2007, 09:01:47 PM

This tool is great! I am experiencing all the positive benefits that everyone has been raving about, but I am having a problem with the BSC Parks. The path texture I have chosen (Grey Rock) works on all the BSC Park lots except the original SG lots they were based on. I didn't have this issue prior to using this tool. I have the most up-to-date version of the DatPacker tool. Any ideas?

wouanagaine · February 03, 2007, 12:04:41 AM

DioAngel, the EA logo appear 2min after I run SC4, then 10sec and I'm in region view. I think you do not have enough RAM, and nothing can help you

Ajax, a new version is near to be finished, check also that you have remove other optional base textures files for the park. SG Base set has been updated if I recall correctly

Pippolo · February 03, 2007, 03:28:56 AM

WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND MANY MANY MANY THANKS
I've download it and it's incredible I can zoom in and out and don't crash!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For me this is the better tool for the game.

Pippolo · February 03, 2007, 08:26:35 AM

First of all excuse me for my English.
It's me again, and I have a problem, every 10 minuts the game crash. The problem isn't SC Dat Packer cause it do it also yesterday, every 10 min. the program crash and turn me to the desktop.
My computer have 1 year Windows XP Media Center Edition Service Pack 2 Pentium 4 CPU 3.00GHz RAM 1Gb
Is there anyone that can help me? Thanks

Ajax · February 03, 2007, 10:41:18 AM

Thanks for the help, but I have removed all the other texture files, and I have the BSC Parks updated versions of the SG lots. As a last resort, I guess I could revert back to my original installation of the BSC Parks. Thanks again for this amazing tool!

wouanagaine · February 03, 2007, 01:37:37 PM

Pippolo, my guess is that you have a mod that cause that bug

Ajax, Worth the try

running naked in the snow · February 04, 2007, 11:47:50 AM

Hello all

I have a issue with this program... I don't think it is anything to do with wouanagaine's programming capabilities... In fact, I think it is related to the OS I have.

Every time I run this program, I get this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "datPacker.py", line 1, in ?
File "zipextimporter.pyo", line 78, in load_module
File "datPackerApp.pyo", line 1, in ?
File "zipextimporter.pyo", line 78, in load_module
File "wx\__init__.pyo", line 45, in ?
File "zipextimporter.pyo", line 78, in load_module
File "wx\_core.pyo", line 4, in ?
File "zipextimporter.pyo", line 91, in load_module
ImportError: MemoryLoadLibrary failed loading wx\_core_.pyd

I searched through the readme for any program that I may need that Vista is missing, and I have no clue. Also, I tried the BSC Cleanitol program and the same errors shows up there.

I tried running the program as an Administrator in Vista (they're picky about it now) with no success; I also tried running it in XP SP2 Compatibility Mode-- also with no success.

Any advice would be more than appreciated here! I'm looking forward to using such a great product.

-RNitS

wouanagaine · February 04, 2007, 12:06:34 PM

I think it is related to MSVCP71.DLL
google for it to have a link and put it in the installation folder

you may also need gdiplus.dll

Let me know if you can find them for Vista

running naked in the snow · February 04, 2007, 01:12:16 PM

Yes, you were correct. Upon researching and making sure it does not interfere with any vista operations, I downloaded those .dll files and after downloading two of them the programs suddenly worked. So, there you have it-- you do need both of it.

I have an zip folder of the two files needed, and tried to post it with this attachment as an token of gratitude, and i couldn't attach it (it was 1.4 MB or something)...PM me if you still want it (It is fairly easy to get through Google, but for ease...)

Many thanks for a swift resoultion to this. It has done wonders for me!

-RNitS

wouanagaine · February 04, 2007, 03:02:00 PM

Thx for confirming 'running naked'

Can you post the url here, I think I can't enclose the dlls in the installer due to stupid copyright or EULA.

If you put the url, I can add them to the readme.

Thx

EDit : here the links for those who need those files : http://www.dll-files.com/

search for mscvp71.dll and gdiplus.dll

dioangel · February 04, 2007, 04:06:29 PM

Quote from: wouanagaine on February 03, 2007, 12:04:41 AM

Ajax, a new version is near to be finished, check also that you have remove other optional base textures files for the park. SG Base set has been updated if I recall correctly

Yes download cleanitol which helps me alot too. :-) Can't wait to try the new one! :-)

Pippolo · February 05, 2007, 01:58:20 AM

I'm going crazy I've increase my RAM now is 1.5 G This is the Exception Report of yesterday evening after a crash. If someone can help me.... Thanks

Exception time: 02/04/2007, at 23:31:01.
Exception code: 0xC0000005 (-1073741819) ACCESS_VIOLATION.
Current thread ID: 3368 (0x00000d28).
Version information:
Application/module path: C:\Programmi\Maxis\SimCity 4 Deluxe\simcity 4.exe
Application/module version name: SimCity 4
Application/module version: 1.1.610.0
System version: Windows NT 5.1
System memory: 1504 Megabytes total, 648 Megabytes free.

Exception module: C:\Programmi\Maxis\SimCity 4 Deluxe\simcity 4.exe.
Exception address: 0x0045e65b. Section:Offset: 0x01:0x0005765b.

Registers
EAX: 00000000
EBX: 106af6d4
ECX: 00000001
EDX: 16eb0014
ESI: 0000000e
EDI: 0e679014
CS:EIP: 001b:0045e65b
SS:ESP: 0023:0012fc70 EBP:0fbb80d4
DS:0023 ES:0023 FS:003b GS:0000
Flags: 00010203

Loaded Modules
Address Size Module Path
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
0x00400000 8158830 simcity 4.exe C:\Programmi\Maxis\SimCity 4 Deluxe\simcity 4.exe
0x7c910000 745472 ntdll.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll
0x7c800000 1044480 kernel32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll
0x77f40000 700416 ADVAPI32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\ADVAPI32.dll
0x77da0000 593920 RPCRT4.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\RPCRT4.dll
0x71a50000 40960 WSOCK32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\WSOCK32.dll
0x71a30000 94208 WS2_32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll
0x77be0000 360448 msvcrt.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\msvcrt.dll
0x71a20000 32768 WS2HELP.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2HELP.dll
0x77180000 684032 WININET.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\WININET.dll
0x77a50000 610304 CRYPT32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\CRYPT32.dll
0x77d10000 589824 USER32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
0x77e40000 290816 GDI32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\GDI32.dll
0x77af0000 73728 MSASN1.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSASN1.dll
0x770f0000 573440 OLEAUT32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\OLEAUT32.dll
0x774b0000 1298432 ole32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dll
0x77e90000 483328 SHLWAPI.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHLWAPI.dll
0x7c9d0000 8503296 SHELL32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll
0x73e80000 376832 DSOUND.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\DSOUND.dll
0x76b00000 188416 WINMM.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINMM.dll
0x77bd0000 32768 VERSION.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\VERSION.dll
0x5f140000 835584 OPENGL32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\OPENGL32.dll
0x5c8a0000 135168 GLU32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\GLU32.dll
0x736d0000 299008 DDRAW.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\DDRAW.dll
0x73b30000 24576 DCIMAN32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\DCIMAN32.dll
0x75df0000 135168 MSVFW32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSVFW32.dll
0x5d4d0000 618496 COMCTL32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\COMCTL32.dll
0x76340000 118784 IMM32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMM32.dll
0x773a0000 1056768 comctl32.dll C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.2600.2180_x-ww_a84f1ff9\comctl32.dll
0x6bd00000 53248 SYNCOR11.DLL C:\WINDOWS\system32\SYNCOR11.DLL
0x76bb0000 45056 psapi.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\psapi.dll
0x76ea0000 245760 rasapi32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\rasapi32.dll
0x76e50000 73728 rasman.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\rasman.dll
0x5bc70000 344064 NETAPI32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\NETAPI32.dll
0x76e70000 192512 TAPI32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\TAPI32.dll
0x76e40000 57344 rtutils.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\rtutils.dll
0x5b180000 229376 uxtheme.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\uxtheme.dll
0x76bf0000 188416 WINTRUST.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINTRUST.dll
0x76c50000 163840 IMAGEHLP.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMAGEHLP.dll
0x20000000 2969600 xpsp2res.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\xpsp2res.dll
0x0ffd0000 163840 rsaenh.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\rsaenh.dll
0x76980000 737280 userenv.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\userenv.dll
0x77f10000 69632 secur32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\secur32.dll
0x76590000 77824 cryptnet.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\cryptnet.dll
0x76f20000 184320 WLDAP32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\WLDAP32.dll
0x4d530000 360448 WINHTTP.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINHTTP.dll
0x72240000 20480 SensApi.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\SensApi.dll
0x72c90000 36864 wdmaud.drv C:\WINDOWS\system32\wdmaud.drv
0x72c80000 32768 msacm32.drv C:\WINDOWS\system32\msacm32.drv
0x77bb0000 86016 MSACM32.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSACM32.dll
0x77ba0000 28672 midimap.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\midimap.dll
0x73e50000 16384 KsUser.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\KsUser.dll
0x77230000 647168 urlmon.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\urlmon.dll
0x59e60000 659456 DbgHelp.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\DbgHelp.dll

Call stack:
(Debug information (.pdb files) appears to be absent).
0x0001:0x0005765b C:\Programmi\Maxis\SimCity 4 Deluxe\simcity 4.exe.

Stack data: (ESP is 0x0012fc70)
0x0012faf0 00000000 000000f0 03400000 00000000 00000000 000000f8 03400000 00000000
0x0012fb10 00000000 0000f03f 00000000 00000000 00000000 00804240 00000000 00000000
0x0012fb30 2f000000 00000000 33040000 00000000 00000000 00404240 00000000 00000000
0x0012fb50 00000000 00000000 0000002c 6a2ee33d 00000000 00000000 ffffffff ffffffff
0x0012fb70 cd35bad6 122de33d cd35bad6 122de33d 00000000 00404240 00000000 00000000
0x0012fb90 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0x0012fbb0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0x0012fbd0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0x0012fbf0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0x0012fc10 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0x0012fc30 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0x0012fc50 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0x0012fc70 1d000000 70476e00 ffffffff 1d000000 1890670e 14e8d10f 4211ef99 4cfd1200
0x0012fc90 00000000 ffffffff 1d000000 0e000000 01000000 1e000000 00000000 c0a9b400
0x0012fcb0 ffffffff ffffffff d4f66a10 0000c0b5 f8ab9043 f803e843 22db7f41 f82b9943
0x0012fcd0 0000f043 4cfd1200 3484fd08 00000000 d480bb0f db449202 00000000 08417200
0x0012fcf0 00000000 b0f09720 36497200 00000000 b4f09720 ed8d6e00 cc80bb0f 01e8d10f
0x0012fd10 00000000 b8f09720 3484fd08 b9768b00 14e8d10f 3c84fd08 1484fd08 4c84fd08
0x0012fd30 14f09720 00f19720 14f19720 e404fd08 14ae0317 00000000 00000000 74fd1200
0x0012fd50 196c8b00 14e8d10f 9cc8b929 1400fe08 d0c8b929 f5440800 00000000 14e8d10f
0x0012fd70 a0fd1201 a0fd1200 d3a48700 9ad40000 6cc9d177 1400fe08 00000000 94c8b929
0x0012fd90 d0c8b929 d4c8b929 18b7fd08 34131f09 c8fd1200 37a58700 9ad40000 6cc9d177
0x0012fdb0 1400fe08 f8fd1200 16938700 dcfd1200 00000000 00000000 f8fd1200 29938700
0x0012fdd0 14000009 1400fe08 0090fd7f 3a010700 00020000 00000000 d401c801 c0784700

Instruction data: (EIP is 0x0045e65b)
0x0045e5db e9 d2 fe ff ff 8b 44 24 04 83 f8 01 74 3c 3d 9a 93 bd c9 74 35 3d d4 a3 fd e4 74 05 32 c0 c2 08
0x0045e5fb 00 85 c9 74 13 8b 54 24 08 8d 41 04 89 02 8b 01 ff 50 04 b0 01 c2 08 00 8b 54 24 08 33 c0 89 02
0x0045e61b 8b 01 ff 50 04 b0 01 c2 08 00 8b 54 24 08 89 0a 8b 01 ff 50 04 b0 01 c2 08 00 48 38 89 48 3c 89
0x0045e63b e9 94 ff ff ff 8b 44 24 04 8b d1 8b 4a 1c 8b 52 38 d3 f8 56 8b 74 24 0c d3 fe 8d 04 40 8b 04 82
0x0045e65b 66 8b 04 70 5e c2 08 00 08 89 0a 8b 01 ff 50 04 b0 01 c2 08 00 83 ec 10 53 55 33 c0 56 8b 74 24
0x0045e67b 24 57 8b f9 8b 4c 24 2c 89 44 24 18 89 44 24 1c 8b 44 24 24 8d 14 08 8b 4c 24 30 89 54 24 10 8d
0x0045e69b 1c 0e 8b 4f 1c 4a 8b e8 d3 fa d3 fd 3b ea 75 28 8d 53 ff 8b ee d3 fa d3 fd 3b ea 75 1b 8b 57 38
0x0045e6bb d3 f8 d3 fe 5f 8d 04 40 8b 04 82 66 8b 04 70 5e 5d 5b 83 c4 10 c2 10 00 3b 44 24 10 8b d0 89 54

wouanagaine · February 05, 2007, 02:01:57 AM

No one can't help you with this unfortunatly ( only the maxis developers could )

Try remove all your plugins and see if this help
Then put your plugins back half by half to locate which one cause the bug

if it crash without plugins, then reisntall SC4

chaz · February 05, 2007, 09:33:22 AM

where can i find the DAT packer to download it?? I searched it on the BSC L. E. and i didn't find it...

Grneyes · February 05, 2007, 11:15:44 AM

What is BSC Cleanit? And where can I find it?

With the newest version of the DatPacker, will I ned to get rid of the first version? And exactly which files should NOT be packed? Right now, the only thing not packed is the new cheat downloads.

MaryBeth

Ajax · February 05, 2007, 11:48:19 AM

Well, wou, I went back to my original installation for BSC Parks and that didn't work. So, I removed all the files and re-installed them. That didn't work either. I have no idea what is going wrong, but it doesn't appear to be DATPacker. I guess it's something I did, but what, I have no idea. #?¿?¿?$ Anyway, I just thought I'd let you know I don't think it is the DATpacker.

wouanagaine · February 05, 2007, 11:55:23 AM

Grneyes => it can be found on the LEX, click on 'Most popular' you'll get it

Ajax => Can you try with only the BSC park in your plugins ?