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1/1/00 12:00am
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Awesome, thanks. I've had a skin idea in mind for a while now.
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1/1/00 12:00am
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Yay skins! Be nice to add some more spice to ac!
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servian Posts: 12
Registered: 2005-10-7 17:55:01
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1/1/00 12:00am
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doesn't dereth explorer "update maps" button give you latest map with all green landblocks that were changed? Seems like it does it for me.
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1/1/00 12:00am
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Dereth Explorer does have an update map feature yes, but it only updates the map as Gawa (the dev of DE) updates his map on his server. The update feature contacts his server for the maps. I like being able to pull them myself as then I can complete the map and not have any green spaces as long as I continue to explore all the green areas. Green areas are places you've never been, or places that have been updated since the patch.
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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update!
i've fixed some bugs in the dat writing code which prevented new files from being written properly in certain difficult-to-explain situations (the bug would be triggered if your new file ended up in certain specific places in the btree directory structure). also, i've added support for file deletion. also also, I've added a few more comments in some of the more difficult-to-follow parts of the source code, for those who have any interest in looking at the source.
I have not, however, gotten around to packaging all the datutils into a single zip file. so, you will have to download all the files individually again (except for AC.Utility.dll, which didn't change).
I STRONGLY RECOMMEND YOU RE-DOWNLOAD THE FILES IF YOU ARE USING WRITEDAT.EXE !!!
-ken
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servian Posts: 12
Registered: 2005-10-7 17:55:01
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1/1/00 12:00am
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there an update map feature that scans your client_cell_1.dat file and creates map of all landblocks you havent visited or that were changed in last update.
The Default map is one that is downloaded, the standard map is the one that is gotten from doing the scan of your cell dat.
There more then 1 map that can be displayed in dereth explorer.
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1/1/00 12:00am
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Is there a utility for extracting updated maps for Dereth Explorer? http://vnboards.ign.com/ac_utilities/b5432/98046357/p1/
You posted the exact same thing on that thread Servian, however, if you go back and look at it now, you'll see that Gawa_Ibn_Edwas the creator of Dereth Explorer posted right after you, telling us all he needed to get the updated map himself, so we could download from his server, the updated map. Now this isn't the only thing these Dat Utilities are used for, so lets give some other people a chance to post about other features  |
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1/1/00 12:00am
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To avoid confusion: Dereth Explorer has four maps: Default, Standard, Height and Black & White.
Only the default map comes with the update function, the other three maps can/must be updated with the 'map extraction' function in Dereth Explorer. It scans your cell file, extracts the landblock data and uses this to generate the maps. It is not possible to download the other three maps with the updater, you must update them yourself.
The difference between Default and Standard map is that the default map has a different color setting and removes any ugly spots (unused portions of land mass) from the map. For details on how to switch maps in DE, go to http://www.direlands.net/derethexplorer/documentation/ and click on 'Map options toolstrip'. |
Chazcon  Title: FOR THE VITAE!
Posts: 524
Registered: 2001-12-11 13:57:12
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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Oh god, now I'll be putting new skins together every night...
THANKS A LOT!
just kidding, seriously, thank you kgober
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Chazcon - Aluvian swordsman
You say, "FOR THE VITAE!"
Ru tells you, "CHAZ!"
Simply Red tells you, "I am SO not recovering your body!"
-- Good times.
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1/1/00 12:00am
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Wow,
My bad there Gawa and very sorry Servian, I hadn't a clue. I just started using DE a few days ago and love it already, but damn, woulda never thought it extracted landblocks on it's own with that update feature. That post you made on the thread I linked to made me think that all the more too, LOL. Damn fine program!
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