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Title: Working with object2.pak
Post by: mikeva1 on July 20, 2015, 09:00:29 pm

I have not been able to figure out how to work with the object2.PAK file. I tried opening with notepad and got his for a header:

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That's not the complete header but it shows what I am talking about.

Title: Re: Working with object2.pak
Post by: magic on July 21, 2015, 03:20:09 am

Ignore object2 file, its obsolete.

Title: Re: Working with object2.pak
Post by: mikeva1 on July 21, 2015, 11:46:09 am

I guess that your tutorial needs updating then. I will edit object2.pak out in my re-write noting that it is obsolete.

Title: Re: Working with object2.pak
Post by: wolfman-x on July 21, 2015, 12:05:15 pm

pak files are very application specific compressed files that can not be opened with a text editor.
  :eek:

Title: Re: Working with object2.pak
Post by: mikeva1 on July 21, 2015, 12:42:51 pm

What do you use to open and work with pak files? I have the open office suite so I can work on Excel type files and such.

Title: Re: Working with object2.pak
Post by: wolfman-x on July 21, 2015, 02:43:46 pm

None of this; it is obsolete as Magic stated already.

Title: Re: Working with object2.pak
Post by: mikeva1 on July 21, 2015, 03:09:55 pm

yes I realize that objects2.pak is obsolete - but there are a LOT of  other .PAK files in both data/sound, data/objects, and data/missions. Knowing how to work with them would be useful

Title: Re: Working with object2.pak
Post by: Mad Bomber on July 22, 2015, 08:58:48 am

The .PAK files in data/missions are the actual map geometries and such, and are messed with via EditRel.exe.

Title: Re: Working with object2.pak
Post by: mikeva1 on July 22, 2015, 05:57:11 pm

So of course I can do nothing with them on my laptop. EditRel.exe does not work on my laptop (WinXP) but it does work on my desktop (Win 7)