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Xarshi
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can dbc enter zip files to retrieve media needed for the game? like .rar files or .zip

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I doubt it. There might be a dll though...


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Xarshi
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Posted: 7th Jan 2006 00:56
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k.thanks

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You might want to wait a while for more answeres. There might be a way to do this.


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Dodic
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Posted: 7th Jan 2006 02:51
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it`s hard , but you have .pac files aldo (dbc can make them)



(it might be possible , but you would have to read the whole zip and find out the part of it that contains media and somehow use it -,but if that`s the only way...i wouldnt try it...)


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Posted: 7th Jan 2006 04:31 Edited at: 7th Jan 2006 04:33
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I have two theories.
Theory 1: Maybe you could use a .zip as a pack file and unload it using a code like this:

or something to that effect (maybe even read dirblock). This is untested, but I'll try it soon and get back to ya, but it's worth a shot

Theory 2: They're might be a .dll file there somewhere

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Sven B
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Posted: 7th Jan 2006 13:24
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Or try to figure out how zips are constructed and decompress it withing DB.

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Have a problem, solve the problem, and have a new problem to solve.
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Grog Grueslayer
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Posted: 7th Jan 2006 13:53
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Yup... but it's easy to find out with the internet.

I go here:
http://www.wotsit.org/default.asp

I've attached the text file I downloaded from that link about .zip format.


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BearCDPOLD
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Posted: 7th Jan 2006 17:44
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Somebody's already written a dll that will allow you to access a zip archive. I believe it was Walaber(at least that's what Google tells me), unfortunately his site is down, maybe somebody here has the download still?


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Posted: 7th Jan 2006 20:02
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You can read and even write to them(with full password protection) by using the expansion pack.
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Dodic
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Posted: 7th Jan 2006 20:31
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to zip ??? - great thing , really great !

THat would probably reduce the game size much , but that would make game work slower (or atleast slower loading) and if you need smaller file for like internet uploading and so , then you can make installation or zip up the whole game..


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BearCDPOLD
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Posted: 8th Jan 2006 10:16
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Epimetheus what the hell are you talking about?

If you've found something cool then please let us in on it.


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Quote: " You can read and even write to them(with full password protection) by using the expansion pack. "


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