SC4 Dat Packer

[wouanagaine]

Yes Pat is right.
A memory error occurs when the tool try to merge a too big subfolder. So far my biggest subfolder is without surprise BSC and it is 745 Mb which compress to 678Mb. I have 2Gb of Ram so it may help.
However you can't have a dat file bigger than around 1.5gb because of the internal format

Follow Pat advice and break your subfolders into more subfolders

[KyNYC]

they are.  i have documents/sc4/plugins/creators/(names of creators)/(names of bats,lots).  thanks...i'll go and use the program for a portion of the files at a time.

i did a search for config.ini and couldn't find it.

[wouanagaine]

the config.ini is located into your SC4DatPacker installation folder ( by default c:\Program Files\SC4DatPacker )

Try also to check the 'Use less ram' option, it may help

[KyNYC]

oh, ok.  unfortunately, i'm at work...i'll have to wait til i get home to do all this!  arghhhh!  i'm so eager to try this out! 

New MessageOK, I was able to break down my folders even further, ran the program...it worked!!!!!  Thank you!

[superchad]

i used it the sc4dat packer, and when i started the game it got half way throught the ea games logo flipping and then it crashed to desktop.

[wouanagaine]

del everything in your plugins_compressed and rerun the tool to see if it happens again

[superchad]

i fixed the problem with a reboot, but i forgot to edit that i did that.

[superchad]

im just gonna add this real quick, but i think the datpacker might cause some compatibiltiy issues with the Network Addon Mod, ill editor or post when i do some more tests but i would recommend checking it out.

[wouanagaine]

ok, just post, I'rm interested
I pack everything and I do not see any bug
I will correct everything wrong

[superchad]

there is no problem with the nam, slight misunderstanding with nam  (thought you press home, end to switch stuff, not tav), though you can have a combination of regular folders and plugin_compressed folders, i keep the NAM in a regular folder so i can quickly and easily change traffic settings, also if you remove the plugins_compressed folder, then you can add new folders and plugins, run dat packer, put the files from the old plugins compressed into the new folder, and you have a faster, easier, way of adding plugins.

[BarbyW]

I am completely

[Pat]

Dont worry Barby im following suite 

[wouanagaine]

Not sure, due to my poor translating abilities, but I think there is no problem in fact, isn"t it ?

[superchad]

heres what i typed without all the other stuff if you remove the plugins_compressed from plugins, then you can add new folders and plugins, run dat packer, put the files from the old plugins_compressed into the new one, and you have a faster, easier, way of adding plugins, without moving all of your old plugin folders back into plugins.

[Serkanner]

Hmmm ... now I am  too

[wouanagaine]

heres what i typed without all the other stuff if you remove the plugins_compressed from plugins, then you can add new folders and plugins, run dat packer, put the files from the old plugins_compressed into the new one, and you have a faster, easier, way of adding plugins, without moving all of your old plugin folders back into plugins.

Why Select Old plugins, CTRL-X CTRL-V is so hard ?
And if you add plugins subfolder with the same name how do you manage that ?

[superchad]

i said nothing about old plugins, i said the old plugins_compressed folder, the one you moved out of plugins to make the new one, then you select the files in it and put them in the new one, another use of dat packer, is packing files before they are downloaded, BSC should make a Super Pack with all there dependancy files, removing the need to download several diffrent ones, plus the installer scans for older dependancies that are in your plugins folder. P.S. i most of my plugins in folders labed like MMM/DD/YYYY so if i get a problem i have to do less work to fix it.

[Jim]

I don't know if somebody have asked this quesiton before but when i installed the DatPacker, it (sc4datpacker) can not work on the unknow bats from other sites than Simtropolis or Sc4 devotion.
I loosed also a few of dependencies...

How to use those loosed plugins without removing them one by one from my "emergency plugins floder"?

[BigSlark]

wouanagaine,

Whenever I compress my plugins, datpacker always stalls on "writing all entries to...", regardless of the folder name or the size of the folder.

Does it actually finish compressing and just not stop? Or is there something else strange afoot?

Thanks,
Kevin

[wouanagaine]

if it is finished, the 'close' button is active, the 'close' button is grayed while compressing, else there is a bug

A new version will be uploaded with 'flashing' when finished soon