Snetterton - How can I pack mips into 1 DAT file?

Hello everyone, I'm trying to setup my dedicated server and I can't start Snetterton. I upped the FILES=255 entry in config.sys, defragged the HD. Loaded the small 3DO file and it still hangs. It works fine on my P3/550 128mb computer, but on my dedicated P200 64mb computer it doesn't :-( I'm thinking the number of separate files to open might be the problem. Do you know how I can pack the separate files into 1 DAT file? Please help so I can get my "You be the Boss" server started with all 49 tracks! :-D Thank you, Jason -- Jason Monds "Insert Witty Remark Here" theCLAPPER in Kali http://www.proracingclub.com - Pro Racing Club! (N3, GPL) http://members.home.net/stuff.mondsj/csp - Car Sim Project (Remove 'no spork' when replying)

Hey Jason, You need the pack/unpack utility, available from the uspits http://www.theuspits.com/ Remco Jason Monds <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Hello everyone, > >I'm trying to setup my dedicated server and I can't start Snetterton. I >upped the FILES=255 entry in config.sys, defragged the HD. Loaded the >small 3DO file and it still hangs. > >It works fine on my P3/550 128mb computer, but on my dedicated P200 64mb >computer it doesn't :-( > >I'm thinking the number of separate files to open might be the problem. Do >you know how I can pack the separate files into 1 DAT file? > >Please help so I can get my "You be the Boss" server started with all 49 >tracks! :-D > >Thank you, >Jason >-- >Jason Monds "Insert Witty Remark Here" theCLAPPER in Kali >http://www.proracingclub.com - Pro Racing Club! (N3, GPL) >http://members.home.net/stuff.mondsj/csp - Car Sim Project >(Remove 'no spork' when replying)

"Bruce Kennewell" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Is that WINMIP, Rem? I thought it would only re-pack a DAT that's been >opened and had a PCK file created during that process. The Snett package >doesn't appear to have that PCK file. Maybe WINMIP does the same, I don't know, it has been a while. The Pack/Unpack tools are MS-DOS based, and I believe they also use a .PCK file. But IIRC that PCK file is just a TXT file which contain all the files what should go into the DAT file. Remco >> >you know how I can pack the separate files into 1 DAT file?

I don't think it will work - some of the files have names more than 8 characters long. When I pack them with my own tools the resulting DAT doesn't work, and I don't believe its a bug in the tools. Cheers Nigel Bruce Kennewell <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Oh....okay. I must admit to preferring to have everything neatly tucked > away in the DAT file. This is simply because if any updates/enhancements > come along they can just be dropped into the folder and then stand outlike

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> the proverbials. > > -- > Regards, > Bruce Kennewell, > Canberra, Australia. > --------------------------- > > Remco Moedt <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > "Bruce Kennewell" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > > > >Is that WINMIP, Rem? I thought it would only re-pack a DAT that's been > > >opened and had a PCK file created during that process. The Snett

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> > >doesn't appear to have that PCK file. > > > > Maybe WINMIP does the same, I don't know, it has been a while. The > > Pack/Unpack tools are MS-DOS based, and I believe they also use a .PCK > > file. But IIRC that PCK file is just a TXT file which contain all the > > files what should go into the DAT file. > > > > Remco > > >> >you know how I can pack the separate files into 1 DAT file? > > > >

Is that WINMIP, Rem? I thought it would only re-pack a DAT that's been opened and had a PCK file created during that process. The Snett package doesn't appear to have that PCK file. -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Remco Moedt <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > > > Hey Jason, > > You need the pack/unpack utility, available from the uspits > > http://www.theuspits.com/ > > > Remco > > > Jason Monds <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >Hello everyone, > > > >I'm trying to setup my dedicated server and I can't start Snetterton. I > >upped the FILES=255 entry in config.sys, defragged the HD. Loaded the > >small 3DO file and it still hangs. > > > >It works fine on my P3/550 128mb computer, but on my dedicated P200 64mb > >computer it doesn't :-( > > > >I'm thinking the number of separate files to open might be the problem. Do > >you know how I can pack the separate files into 1 DAT file? > > > >Please help so I can get my "You be the Boss" server started with all 49 > >tracks! :-D > > > >Thank you, > >Jason > >-- > >Jason Monds "Insert Witty Remark Here" theCLAPPER in Kali > >http://www.proracingclub.com - Pro Racing Club! (N3, GPL) > >http://members.home.net/stuff.mondsj/csp - Car Sim Project > >(Remove 'no spork' when replying) >

Thanks Nigel. Ummm, guess I have have to start tinkering :) Jason. Nigel Pattinson wrote:

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> > I don't think it will work - some of the files have names more than 8 > characters long. When I pack them with my own tools the resulting > DAT doesn't work, and I don't believe its a bug in the tools. > > Cheers > Nigel >

-- Jason Monds theCLAPPER in Kali http://www.proracingclub.com - Pro Racing Club! (N3, GPL) http://members.home.net/stuff.mondsj/csp - Car Sim Project (Remove 'no spork' when replying)

Oh....okay. I must admit to preferring to have everything neatly tucked away in the DAT file. This is simply because if any updates/enhancements come along they can just be dropped into the folder and then stand out like the proverbials. -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Remco Moedt <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > "Bruce Kennewell" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >Is that WINMIP, Rem? I thought it would only re-pack a DAT that's been > >opened and had a PCK file created during that process. The Snett package > >doesn't appear to have that PCK file. > > Maybe WINMIP does the same, I don't know, it has been a while. The > Pack/Unpack tools are MS-DOS based, and I believe they also use a .PCK > file. But IIRC that PCK file is just a TXT file which contain all the > files what should go into the DAT file. > > Remco > >> >you know how I can pack the separate files into 1 DAT file? >

Thanks Nigel. It's no great drama....I'm just a neatness nut! -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Nigel Pattinson <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8bk48h$nm0$[email hidden]... > I don't think it will work - some of the files have names more than 8 > characters long. When I pack them with my own tools the resulting > DAT doesn't work, and I don't believe its a bug in the tools. > > Cheers > Nigel > > Bruce Kennewell <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Oh....okay. I must admit to preferring to have everything neatly tucked > > away in the DAT file. This is simply because if any updates/enhancements > > come along they can just be dropped into the folder and then stand out > like > > the proverbials. > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Bruce Kennewell, > > Canberra, Australia. > > --------------------------- > > > > Remco Moedt <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > "Bruce Kennewell" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > > > > > >Is that WINMIP, Rem? I thought it would only re-pack a DAT that's been > > > >opened and had a PCK file created during that process. The Snett > package > > > >doesn't appear to have that PCK file. > > > > > > Maybe WINMIP does the same, I don't know, it has been a while. The > > > Pack/Unpack tools are MS-DOS based, and I believe they also use a .PCK > > > file. But IIRC that PCK file is just a TXT file which contain all the > > > files what should go into the DAT file. > > > > > > Remco > > > >> >you know how I can pack the separate files into 1 DAT file? > > > > > > > > >

Well, I finally got Snetterton to work. I created a single DAT file with most of the mips using Ron Ayton's fanastic instructions, but it still failed. The solution was to install my Voodoo1 card! It still takes about 15 seconds to load the track but at least it works :-D Watch for my "YouBeTheBoss" server up this weekend! Jason. Jason Monds wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I'm trying to setup my dedicated server and I can't start Snetterton. I > upped the FILES=255 entry in config.sys, defragged the HD. Loaded the > small 3DO file and it still hangs. > -- Jason Monds http://www.proracingclub.com - Pro Racing Club! (N3, GPL) http://members.home.net/stuff.mondsj/csp - Car Sim Project (Please remove 'no extra spork' when replying)