FPR files

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Josan12

Vault Senior Citizen
Ok guys, im getting nowhere with this,
so i need to ask for help:

How do you insert FPR files into Framanimator?
I'm editing existing game FRM's, and recompiling
them again. Therefore, isnt it true i dont have to
do the frame offsets for these new FRM's as all that
info is in the FPR file?
 
Yes thats true,and when you dont use the animator, for mcp armor mod you will take twice time as usually!
 
Thanks mr wolna, but can you tell me how i do it?

I have another embarrasingly noob question:

Im using Datexplorer - and i want to replace
the initial HMWARRXX FRM's with my new ones
to test in-game. But i cant figure out how to
use Datexplorer to overwrite the default files
in critter.dat!!

Do you have to unpack the entire critter.dat,
overwrite the files and then repack it into a
new .dat file? i cant figure out how to repack
it!! help!
 
Gizmo_Iz_Slug said:
Just place it in the appropriate folder in DATA.
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Oh! so you mean i don't even need to unpack the critter.dat
file? are you sure as i was told i'd need datexplorer to do this.
Or am i missing something? im totally new to this aspect of
FRM's

Gizmo_Iz_Slug said:
You may have to rename or move PATCH000.DAT though.
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Im using 1.0 FO2, so there isn't a PATCH000.DAT file. This
is normal, right?
 
Well, the way the game loads files, its kinda complicated.

Lets just give an example.

Say you have a file(well call it masterb8.msg) First, when the engine is looking for this file,it will look in PATCH000.DAT. If its not found in this it will look in the DATA folder for it. If its not there it will look in MASTER.DAT for it. When the engine does find it, it quits looking. So if you have HMWARRXX in DATA\ART\CRITTERS or wherever it goes then it will have dominance over the one in Critter.DAT.

There is an article on file read order here on NMA, but I cant find it. Ill keep looking, though.
 
Gizmo_Iz_Slug said:
Say you have a file(well call it masterb8.msg) First, when the engine is looking for this file,it will look in PATCH000.DAT. If its not found in this it will look in the DATA folder for it. If its not there it will look in MASTER.DAT for it. When the engine does find it, it quits looking. So if you have HMWARRXX in DATA\ART\CRITTERS or wherever it goes then it will have dominance over the one in Critter.DAT.

There is an article on file read order here on NMA, but I cant find it. Ill keep looking, though.
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RIght on man. I'll give it a try. Thanks for the help.
Can you help me with my first question?
(see above)
 
http://modguide.nma-fallout.com/#Engine002

In fact, that whole modguide is the best friend to all new modders(It helped me immensely when I first started.)


Josan12 said:
How do you insert FPR files into Framanimator?
I'm editing existing game FRM's, and recompiling
them again. Therefore, isnt it true i dont have to
do the frame offsets for these new FRM's as all that
info is in the FPR file?
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You might find your answer in the graphics section:
http://modguide.nma-fallout.com/#Graphics001
But I really dont know. Ive never tried to edit FRMs at all.
 
Gizmo_Iz_Slug said:
http://modguide.nma-fallout.com/#Engine002

In fact, that whole modguide is the best friend to all new modders(It helped me immensely when I first started.)
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Thanks for posting that. I did have a
good read through Wild_Qwerty's FRM
guide but couldn't find anything on
incorporating the FPR files you find in
the unpacked FRM files. Any ideas?
 
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