BV: Anybody Updating These Abandoned Mods?
nikita:
Okay, I'm not-awesome but I didn't need the hackdiff tool to tell me that. :)
I can't figure out how to run a batch scan. I can scan indiv files by running hackdiff -i SEAp2-BVdiff.txt -f whateverhack.package but whenever I try to put in the directory for my hacks folder, I get an error message.
Life preserver, someone?
flameflash:
Quote from: nikita on 2007 September 08, 18:31:09
Okay, I'm not-awesome but I didn't need the hackdiff tool to tell me that. :)
I can't figure out how to run a batch scan. I can scan indiv files by running hackdiff -i SEAp2-BVdiff.txt -f whateverhack.package but whenever I try to put in the directory for my hacks folder, I get an error message.
Life preserver, someone?
Yeah, there's a reason I've been incapable of running that myself... it doesn't even launch on my computer, so at least you're farther than I am.
Ambular:
Quote from: nikita on 2007 September 08, 18:31:09
I can't figure out how to run a batch scan. I can scan indiv files by running hackdiff -i SEAp2-BVdiff.txt -f whateverhack.package but whenever I try to put in the directory for my hacks folder, I get an error message.
Life preserver, someone?
1. Copy hackdiff.exe and SEAp2-BVdiff.txt to whichever Downloads subfolder has your hacks and mods (I recommend not scanning ALL your CC; it takes forever if you have a lot, and it choked the tool when I tried it.)
2. Open a command line window there.
3. Type in at the prompt (don't copy and paste) the following command and hit Enter:
dir/s/b *.package > hacks.txt
(This will create a file called hacks.txt with a listing of all the .package files in your hack directory and any subdirectories it may have.)
4. Now type in the following:
hackdiff -i SEAp2-BVdiff.txt -l hacks.txt > report.txt
(This will cause the tool to check each hack in the report you just created against the diff report to see if contains code that has changed, and save the results to a file called report.txt.)
5. Remove hackdiff.exe and SEAp2-BVdiff.txt from your hack directory to a secure storage location to keep things tidy, close the command window, and open report.txt in Notepad or your word processor of choice to see which of your hacks are borked.
(Optionally, I find it makes things much easier if I use Edit/Find And Replace to change the first part of the directory paths in report.txt to a blank space. i.e.:
Find: C:/Documents and Settings/Owner/MyDocuments/EA Games/The Sims 2/Downloads/ (or whatever your specific Downloads path is)
Replace with: [one blank space]
Then hit "Replace All" and you'll then have just the specific paths and files left. For instance,
Hacks/Squinge/randomalienpregnancy.package
instead of
C:/Documents and Settings/Owner/MyDocuments/EA Games/The Sims 2/Downloads/Hacks/Squinge/randomalienpregnancy.package.)
Emma:
Thanks Amber, thanks to your instructions I have checked my hacks and I am putting the report here for people to check against their installed hacks if it helps. All of Tj's and Pescados hacks are the latest version.
Oh btw for Vista users-to open a command line you need to shift and right-click. Took me ages to work it out. :P
Ambular:
Quote from: Emma on 2007 September 08, 19:24:27
Thanks Amber, thanks to your instructions I have checked my hacks and I am putting the report here for people to check against their installed hacks if it helps. All of Tj's and Pescados hacks are the latest version.
Oh btw for Vista users-to open a command line you need to shift and right-click. Took me ages to work it out. :P
Heh, sorry about that, I stilll use XP and I think I used a cheat of some kind to get a context menu item to do it...
Thanks for sharing your info. I wouldn't worry about Pescado's or TJ's hacks, though; of all the modders, they're usually the most on top of things and I know they've both been busy updating since the day BV became available. jfade, Syberspunk, Inge, Eric and Jase will also be updating as quickly as they can. This thread is mainly concerned with mods by people who are no longer actively supporting their own work.
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