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Offline deathspeed

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How do I install new shockwaves?
on: February 12, 2015, 09:45:18 pm
While perusing the release thread for The Antagonist, I saw that the creator suggested using nighteye's shockwaves.  That thread says "for 3D shockwaves, drop the appropriate files(shockwave3D-glow) into folder : mediavps_3612/data/maps", but my mediavps_3612/data folder does not have a maps subfolder.  Do I just need create the folder, add those, and it will work?  Or do I need to edit the MV_Effects.vp file in mediavps_3612, since that also shows several shockwaves files?

Is the installation process similar for MediaZPs_2014?

I got the actual shockwave files (including the EFF file) from this thread.

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Re: How do I install new shockwaves?
Reply #1 on: February 12, 2015, 11:19:54 pm
Quote from: deathspeed on February 12, 2015, 09:45:18 pm
That thread says "for 3D shockwaves, drop the appropriate files(shockwave3D-glow) into folder : mediavps_3612/data/maps", but my mediavps_3612/data folder does not have a maps subfolder.  Do I just need create the folder, add those, and it will work?
Yes.

Quote from: deathspeed on February 12, 2015, 09:45:18 pm
Or do I need to edit the MV_Effects.vp file in mediavps_3612, since that also shows several shockwaves files?
No. Under no circumstances edit an existing VP file to add files to it; any loose files in the proper folders will override files in the VP archives anyway.

Quote from: deathspeed on February 12, 2015, 09:45:18 pm
Is the installation process similar for MediaZPs_2014?
Should be, AFAIK.
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Re: How do I install new shockwaves?
Reply #2 on: February 13, 2015, 06:44:22 pm
Awesome; thanks!!  Hope to play with this some more tonight.
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