argent77 Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 I’m using the command COPY_EXISTING to copy and rename files which I need for my area files. It works fine most of the time, but for some reason it doesn’t work on WTSWAM.TIS which is located in DATA/ARMISC.BIF. This is the TP2 code: Installing [Test Mod] Copying 1 file ... BIFF may be in hard-drive CD-path [F:\Games\Baldurs Gate II\CD5\/DATA/ARMISC.BIF] BIFF may be in hard-drive CD-path [F:\Games\Baldurs Gate II\CD4\/DATA/ARMISC.BIF] BIFF may be in hard-drive CD-path [F:\Games\Baldurs Gate II\CD3\/DATA/ARMISC.BIF] BIFF may be in hard-drive CD-path [F:\Games\Baldurs Gate II\CD2\/DATA/ARMISC.BIF] BIFF may be in hard-drive CD-path [F:\Games\Baldurs Gate II\CD2\/DATA/ARMISC.BIF] BIFF may be in hard-drive CD-path [F:\Games\Baldurs Gate II\CD1\/DATA/ARMISC.BIF] BIFF may be in hard-drive CD-path [F:\Games\Baldurs Gate II\/DATA/ARMISC.BIF] [F:\Games\Baldurs Gate II\/DATA/ARMISC.BIF] 1739005 bytes, 5 files, 45 tilesets ERROR: BIFF [F:\Games\Baldurs Gate II\/DATA/ARMISC.BIF] has tileset entries 0--44, cannot extract tileset at entry 31 (this BIFF and your KEY file don't match) ERROR: BIFF [F:\Games\Baldurs Gate II\/DATA/ARMISC.BIF]: unable to extract tileset 31 ERROR locating resource for 'COPY' Resource [wtswam.tis] not found in KEY file: [./chitin.key] Stopping installation because of error. I have checked the existence of the file in Near Infinity and DLTCEP which have no trouble displaying or extracting it. Is there a way to make it work? If possible I don’t want to include that file in my mod package. Link to comment
argent77 Posted July 24, 2010 Author Share Posted July 24, 2010 Hmm, it’s getting stranger. The command partly works now, although I haven’t changed anything. It extracts the file as specified, but the error message persists. It looks like that now: Installing [Test Mod] Copying 1 file ... BIFF may be in hard-drive CD-path [F:\Games\Baldurs Gate II\CD5\/DATA/ARMISC.BIF] BIFF may be in hard-drive CD-path [F:\Games\Baldurs Gate II\CD4\/DATA/ARMISC.BIF] BIFF may be in hard-drive CD-path [F:\Games\Baldurs Gate II\CD3\/DATA/ARMISC.BIF] BIFF may be in hard-drive CD-path [F:\Games\Baldurs Gate II\CD2\/DATA/ARMISC.BIF] BIFF may be in hard-drive CD-path [F:\Games\Baldurs Gate II\CD2\/DATA/ARMISC.BIF] BIFF may be in hard-drive CD-path [F:\Games\Baldurs Gate II\CD1\/DATA/ARMISC.BIF] BIFF may be in hard-drive CD-path [F:\Games\Baldurs Gate II\/DATA/ARMISC.BIF] [F:\Games\Baldurs Gate II\/DATA/ARMISC.BIF] 1739005 bytes, 5 files, 45 tilesets ERROR: BIFF [F:\Games\Baldurs Gate II\/DATA/ARMISC.BIF] has tileset entries 0--44, cannot extract tileset at entry 31 (this BIFF and your KEY file don't match) ERROR: BIFF [F:\Games\Baldurs Gate II\/DATA/ARMISC.BIF]: unable to extract tileset 31 [wtswam.tis] loaded, 30720 bytes Copied [wtswam.tis] to [override/A7water.tis] Link to comment
Jarno Mikkola Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 This is the TP2 code: COPY_EXISTING ~wtswam.tis~ ~override/A7water.tis~ Apparently you cannot use COPY_EXISTING... This is because the file is too large... you could probably use COPY_LARGE. Link to comment
argent77 Posted July 24, 2010 Author Share Posted July 24, 2010 Apparently you cannot use COPY_EXISTING... This is because the file is too large... you could probably use COPY_LARGE. Thank you! It works perfectly now. I didn’t know that a 30kb file would already exceed the size limit of COPY_EXISTING. Or does that limit apply to the BIF archive too (which is about 1.7MB in my case)? Link to comment
the bigg Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 The limit is around 16 MB, and BIF files are exempt from the size limit. Link to comment
argent77 Posted July 24, 2010 Author Share Posted July 24, 2010 Looks like I have cheered too soon. Now I’m getting this error message: WeiDU v 21800 Log setup-testmod.exe [./CHITIN.KEY] loaded, 590551 bytes [./CHITIN.KEY] 182 BIFFs, 41793 resources [dialog.tlk] loaded, 8692747 bytes [dialog.tlk] 74107 string entries [./Autorun.ini] loaded, 1452 bytes [./baldur.ini] loaded, 3909 bytes Possible HD/CD Path: [F:\Games\Baldurs Gate II\] Possible HD/CD Path: [F:\Games\Baldurs Gate II\CD1\] Possible HD/CD Path: [F:\Games\Baldurs Gate II\CD2\] Possible HD/CD Path: [F:\Games\Baldurs Gate II\CD2\] Possible HD/CD Path: [F:\Games\Baldurs Gate II\CD3\] Possible HD/CD Path: [F:\Games\Baldurs Gate II\CD4\] Possible HD/CD Path: [F:\Games\Baldurs Gate II\CD5\] [./Keymap.ini] loaded, 5615 bytes [./Mplaynow.ini] loaded, 230 bytes [setup-testmod.exe] Using scripting style "BG2" [dialog.tlk] claims to be writeable. [dialog.tlk] claims to be a regular file. Install Component [Test Mod]? [i]nstall, or [N]ot Install or [Q]uit? Installing [Test Mod] Copying 1 file ... ERROR: error copying [WTSWAM.TIS] Stopping installation because of error. ERROR Installing [Test Mod], rolling back to previous state [testmod/backup/0/UNSETSTR.0] SET_STRING uninstall info not found Will uninstall 1 files for [TESTMOD/SETUP-TESTMOD.TP2] component 0. Unable to Unlink [override/A7water.tis]: Unix.Unix_error(20, "unlink", "override/A7water.tis") Uninstalled 1 files for [TESTMOD/SETUP-TESTMOD.TP2] component 0. ERROR: Unix.Unix_error(20, "stat", "WTSWAM.TIS") PLEASE email the file SETUP-TESTMOD.DEBUG to some@email.address Install Component [Test Mod]? [i]nstall, or [N]ot Install or [Q]uit? Saving This Log: NOT INSTALLED DUE TO ERRORS Test Mod WeiDU Timings OUTER_INNER_PATCH 0.000 READ_* 0.000 load TLK 0.000 Parsing TP2 files 0.000 DEFINE_PATCH_MACRO 0.000 DEFINE_ACTION_MACRO 0.000 parsing .log files 0.000 saving files 0.000 INCLUDE 0.000 process_patch2 0.000 DEFINE_PATCH_FUNCTION 0.000 eval_pe 0.000 COPY_LARGE 0.010 loading files 0.020 Parsing TPA files 0.020 tp2 uninstall 0.020 unmarshal KEY 0.040 unmarshal TLK 0.070 stuff not covered elsewhere 4.330 TOTAL 4.510 My complete code of the TP2 file: BACKUP ~testmod/backup~ AUTHOR ~some@email.address~ BEGIN ~Test Mod~ COPY_LARGE ~WTSWAM.TIS~ ~override/A7water.tis~ I guess I have to include the TIS file in my mod for now until I find a reliable way to extract it from the BIF archive. Link to comment
Miloch Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 I don't think there's a COPY_EXISTING_LARGE though maybe there should be (or just drop the _LARGE stuff entirely from WeiDU and increase the size limit). But I would question the benefit of using the exact same .tis as an existing area. Maybe you should extract it to your mod folder, change it a bit with DLTCEP (usually involves extracting it to a .bmp, messing with it in a graphics program then reimporting it to a .tis) then install it with your mod using tisunpack. Link to comment
the bigg Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 or just drop the _LARGE stuff entirely from WeiDU and increase the size limit Sure, why not. French programmers are so lovingly open to the idea of majorly altering their code to fix restrictive limitations. Link to comment
argent77 Posted July 25, 2010 Author Share Posted July 25, 2010 I’ve been testing a bit with my area files again and it looks like I don’t really need to copy the TIS file in question into the override folder. The game loads fine without any crashes when loading my new area. I guess that the ARMisc.bif or its references in the CHITIN.KEY have some issues, because everything else is working perfectly with COPY_EXISTING (as long it is <16MB). Link to comment
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