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Article #94192Re: Duct tape mod
From: Inglo
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 22:59
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 22:59
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On 12/19/2005 12:29 PM StreetMedic brightened our day with: > "Davlo" <davlo@cox.net> wrote in message > news:I4Epf.31455$Mi5.10621@dukeread07... > >> I downloaded and installed the duct tape mod, but it doesn't work. Anyone >> know how to do this properly so it will work? Thanks. >> > > > it seems that, in order to get them to work, don't follow their instructions > in their READMEs quite the way they say: > > add the mod to the \base folder, as usual, but first rename it so its .pk4 > file is one higher than the highest one already there. it needs to be "the > last one in line," or else it won't load right. > > ie: if 005 is the highest one you find already there, rename the mod to 006. > > > It's better to rename "whaterveritis".pk4 to z"whateveritis".pk4 to avoid conflicts with possible later releases from id. Any mod file that is named pak00*.pk4 is just foolish. Those file names are too commonly used for official releases. -- "I did not have misleading relations with those facts" George W Steve ¤»Inglo«¤ www.inglostadt.com
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