SC4 Dat Packer

[Rayden]

Hey Stef, check this one

[wouanagaine]

Thx silvio, I planned to reply but your reply is perfect

[sheeff]

1st,Thanks to BSC!

NOW,I have one question:Did the SC4DP only can read the folder "plugins" under "system-disk(C):\...\My documents\simcity 4\plugins"? My plugins are placed in the game folder like "F:\maixs\simcity 4\plugins".Can I change the default path the soft read from starting OR whatever can I manage it to load my own plugins? Thanks again!

[wouanagaine]

No you can't change the default folder
However you can move the content of your maxis\plugins into MyDoc\plugins, run datPacker then move the result into your maxis\plugins

[Ralph]

Hi , i ahve installed the dat packer but i have a problem ,my problem is the desertic mod do not  function any more , why ?

[wouanagaine]

Hi ralph

It certainly have to do with the loading order of the files
show us your plugins folder before/after you run datpacker, and the plugins_compressed folder so I can tell you how to solve this

[Ralph]

How i do that ? I have to do a print screen ?

[wouanagaine]

yes
print screen of your explorer windows

[Ralph]

but my print screen bouton do not fonction , will sand you a picture of my plugin folder tomorrow .

[flame1396]

Well... I moved my sc4 to another computer (MY computer, not the shared one... no stupid background programs). less ram. slower processor.... and I cant load my large city tiles.... I hope this will help. As dealing with the files is exactly its problem

[john94538]

I don't know if anyone else is experiencing this, but after using the dat packer, the game interface changes, the game looks "zoomed in", ALL Maxis buildings don't have base textures, most lots I downloaded from this site and ST are brown boxes, a LOT of dependency packs are missing, and the dat packer is unable to run.

What I did was to move everything from the Plugins folder to another one, and I deleted every folder and file in the Plugins folder except "Plugins_Compressed." Did something go wrong?

[Pat]

Hi John do you still have your old plugins at all?  or did you empty the recycle bin? If you didnt then restore your folder back to the way it was.  What happend is that when loading the game loaded some stuff out of order and it can be corrected with arranging the files diffrently.  I had to do it myself.  example here of how i set up my folder prior to compressing.

• NAM
• Textures and props
• bsc files
• BLaM files

Thats an idea of how i have my folder set up and then i compressed it and made sure the end dats stayed in that order and i havent had to much troubles with brown boxes since.  but far as the zoom setting i dont know at all im sorry i cant help you there - pat

[john94538]

Hi Pat.

I rearranged the folder like you said, and the brown boxes have disappeared. The zoom issue and different interface, which looks like SC4 vanilla, hasn't changed, but it's a minor issue. All of the Maxis buildings still have no base textures, however the "missing dependencies" button isn't showing anymore.

Thanks,
John

[waway625]

hi, so it was some time since i last packed my plugins, (then went to a hiatus playing SC4)

just now, i decided to pack my plugins folder into a single DAT..

heres what i did

placed all my plugins into one folder, then ran DATpacker..BIG MISTAKE

now my plugins are deleted and were packed into one DAT dile

now is there a way to unpack them if i wanted to? (say i wanted to delete a plugin)

[Diggis]

you deleted your plugins?  Woops    Are they still in your recycle bin?  You could use the reader to remove an exemplar for a lot you want to remove, but it's not the easiest thing to do.

[waway625]

no i didnt, i put them one one folder so DATpacker would pack them as one DAT file..

i forgot that the files would be compressed and there wouldnt be any file left but the compressed file is there a program i can use to "unpack" the packed dat file?

[Andreas]

No, you can't unpack the file again, that's why it is advised to make a backup of your plugins folder first.

[waway625]

ouch sucks for me then

i should have known there was a reason why i had another plugins folder on my other drive (from when i last packed my plugins) but silly me i deleted them too

how about a program that allows me to delete a plugin in the dat?

[Andreas]

You can use the Reader for that, but it requires some knowledge about the internal structure of the DAT files.

[Pat]

Hey John im glad it worked out at least a little bit for you... far as the missing maxis textures and zoom issue im cluess on that sorry - pat