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- MIXMAN V1.0 MIX File Manager
- (C)1995 Vladan Bato (i3100785@univ.trieste.it)
-
- First of all the disclaimer:
- Use this program at your own risk. I cannot be held responsable
- for any damage caused by this program.
-
- You should make backup copies of the files before changing them.
- (Although you have them all on the cd-rom)
-
-
- The use of this program should be quite intuitive, but here are some notes.
-
- The program is meant for extracting and putting files from and to the
- GENERAL.MIX files, but it can be used with any other mix file as well.
-
- There are two different GENERAL.MIX files ; the GDI and the NOD one.
- The program should identify them automatically and in that case it also
- displays the names of the missions and suggests a default file name when
- extracting the files.
-
- The Type column in the table indicates the type of the file :
- INI means it's a scenary description file
- MAP means it's a map
- TXT means it's a text file (used for MISSION.INI (see later)).
- PAL means it's (probably) a palette. (See later).
-
- The Index column indicates the index in the internal file directory (it's at
- the begging of the file), while Pos reflects the actual position in the file.
- Pressing "O" key will change the ordering (by Pos or by Index). I suggest
- you use the Pos ordering since the missions are much easier to find (they are
- in reverse order).
-
- The suggested filenames for the INI files are the correct ones (I hope),
- so all you have to do is put them in the C&C directory to override
- those inside GENERAL.MIX. The suggested filename for the maps is the same
- as for the corresponding mission but with a .MAP extension. However you can't
- override the default map by putting it in the C&C directory; you have to
- replace the map inside GENERAL.MIX.
-
- Note : I also added default file name for multiplayer scenarios but I am
- not shure wether they are correct. I heard their names are SCMnnEA.INI, where
- nn goes from 01 to 16, but somebody said they have different numbers
- (like 70,71). Unfortunately I can't play multiplayer so I cant check that.
- If somebody could do that for me, I would very grateful.
-
- Note about MISSION.INI :
- I don't know how many people know this, but the MISSION.INI is the file that
- contains the briefings for all missions. It's the last file in GENERAL.MIX
- (in Pos order). But it can also be overridden by putting a MISSION.INI file
- in the C&C directory. This way you can also change the briefings for your
- add-on missions. You don't have to put the briefings for all the missions,
- just the ones you changed. The other missions will be without briefing until
- you delete the MISSION.INI file.
-
-
- To Extract a file use the "E" key (it's alse in the menu on the bottom). The
- program will ask you for a filename (and eventually suggest a default one).
- If you don't want to extract the file press ESC.
-
- To replace a file (put a file inside the mix), press the "R" key, you will
- be asked to select a file. You can change your mind and press ESC or select
- a file. If the file is of the same length as the old one, the procedure will
- be almost instantaneous (maps for example are always 8192 bytes long), and
- won't need any additional disk space. If however the sizes are different,
- you will need enough space on the hard disk for two mix files. (The old one,
- and the new one). The old mix file will then be deleted. It will take some
- time (10 seconds or so) to make the new mix file.
-
-
- To view a file, select a file and press enter. The file will be shown in the
- default viewer (Text for INI files, Hex for all others). You can always
- change between the two.
- The keys you can use are :
- Up,Down : for scrolling one line up or down
- PgUp,PgDown : for scrolling one screen up or down
- Left,Right : for scrolling left or right (Text viewer only)
- Home : go to start of file
- End : go to end of file
- "W" : Toggle line wrapping (Text viewer only)
- In addition to this, if the file is identified as a palette (i.e. it is 768
- bytes long) you can press "P" to view the palette (in graphics mode).
-
- There's no map viewer in this version, but I'll probably put it in the next
- one.
-
-
- I think that's all.
-
- If you have any questions, suggestions, or comments you cane e-mail me to
- the following address:
- i3100785@univ.trieste.it
-
- (Note that I porbably won't be able to check the mail during the period
- from 21-Dec-1995 to 9-Jan-1996).
-