SNETT: How to pack a data file

Hi, I have noticed a few posts inquiring how to pack Snetterton into a data file, so i have put together a simple instruction set, i hope it helps. Firstly, you will need the two utilities, Pack.exe & Unpack.exe.. Copy all the files out of your GPL\Tracks\Snett folder into a temporary folder, i called mine: Snettemp Now you have to use a text editor, like , Notepad, to make up a "PCK " file, which holds all the file names that are to be included into the "snett.dat" file.. Also, you will need to add up the file names you include in the "PCK" file and insert that number into the "PCK" file, like in the example i have made below. Or if you are too lazy to make up your own "PCK" file, then you could just use my "PCK" file i made up for myself and included here for reference. The first line of your "PCK" file MUST be: "snett.dat" without the rabbit ears, and the following line has to be the number of files you have included in your "PCK" text file.. TAKE NOTE, if you use my "PCK" file, i deleted all the default setups from the "Snett" folder, so if you wish to retain the default setup files, the files that read: "setup.lo1", "setup.lo2", "setup.lo3" etc etc, you will need to add them to my "PCK" file.. ( don't forget to add the revised number to the "262" ) However, those setup files are not needed, as GPL defaults to a standard default setup if there are no setup files located in the specific track folder and i prefer to make my own setups anyway... So to continue, using the text editor, open up a new text file called: "snett.pck" and add all the file names in the "snettemp" folder to it, other than the following files, don't add these.. cntr_lod2.mip cntr_wall1.mip cntr_wall2.mip maxrace.lp minrace.lp pass1.lp pass2.lp pit.lp race.lp record.ini track.ini The above files are best left in the GPL\Tracks\Snett folder. Don't try packing or including files\filenames into your "PCK" file that have 8 digit or longer file names, you will be most upset at the resulting errors that you produce.. :) Below is the first few lines from my "snett.pck" file, to give you an example of how to start it.. snett.dat 262 8treea.3do 8treea1.mip The "262" is the total ammount of the files that i wanted to pack into my "snett.dat" file after i repacked it. The number "262" has to add up to the total ammount of file names you have entered into the "snett.pck" txt file, don't count the first line "snett.dat" or the "262" line in your total file count... After you have entered all the filenames into your "snett.pck" file, add up the ammount of filenames you have in your "snett.pck" file and enter that number where i have my number of "262", then save it into the "snetttemp" folder you just made up and exit from Notepad. Make sure you have the file "Pack.exe" in your path statement, or copy it into the "snetttemp" folder before you go to the next step. Open up a dos shell and go to the "snettemp" folder and type: pack snett.pck [ENTER] That will pack all the files that you added to the "snett.pck" file into a file called: snett.dat. Now, go to the GPL\Tracks\Snett folder and delete all files from that folder except for the following, these should remain in the GPL\Tracks\Snett folder: cntr_lod2.mip cntr_wall1.mip cntr_wall2.mip maxrace.lp minrace.lp pass1.lp pass2.lp pit.lp race.lp record.ini track.ini When you have done that, copy the file "snett.dat" that you just created, from the "Snettemp" folder into the GPL\Tracks\Snett folder. You should now have a total of 12 files in your GPL\Tracks\Snett folder, rather than the 260 odd you did have.. Hope that helps a bit. Cheers, Ron Snett.pck 2K Download

Hi Ron, Thanks for the information! I can't wait to try this out! Jason.

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> Hi, > I have noticed a few posts inquiring how to pack Snetterton into a data > file, so i have put together a simple instruction set, i hope it helps. > <snip> > You should now have a total of 12 files in your GPL\Tracks\Snett > folder, rather than the 260 odd you did have.. > Hope that helps a bit. > Cheers, > Ron

-- 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)

Anyone ever told you that you're a wonderful human being, Ron? :-) Thanks mate....now I can tidy my Snett folder! -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Ron Ayton <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:01bf9843$399d3ca0$0100007f@ronayton... > Hi, > I have noticed a few posts inquiring how to pack Snetterton into a data > file, so i have put together a simple instruction set, i hope it helps. > > Firstly, you will need the two utilities, Pack.exe & Unpack.exe.. > > Copy all the files out of your GPL\Tracks\Snett folder into a temporary > folder, i called mine: Snettemp > > Now you have to use a text editor, like , Notepad, to make up a "PCK > " file, which holds all the file names that are to be included into the > "snett.dat" file.. > Also, you will need to add up the file names you include in the "PCK" > file and insert that number into the "PCK" file, like in the example i > have made below. > > Or if you are too lazy to make up your own "PCK" file, then you could > just use my "PCK" file i made up for myself and included here for > reference. > The first line of your "PCK" file MUST be: "snett.dat" without the > rabbit ears, and the following line has to be the number of files you > have included in your "PCK" text file.. > > TAKE NOTE, if you use my "PCK" file, i deleted all the default setups > from the "Snett" folder, so if you wish to retain the default setup > files, the files that read: "setup.lo1", "setup.lo2", "setup.lo3" > etc etc, you will need to add them to my "PCK" file.. > ( don't forget to add the revised number to the "262" ) > However, those setup files are not needed, as GPL defaults to a > standard default setup if there are no setup files located in the > specific track folder and i prefer to make my own setups anyway... > > So to continue, using the text editor, open up a new text file called: > "snett.pck" and add all the file names in the "snettemp" folder to > it, other than the following files, don't add these.. > > cntr_lod2.mip > cntr_wall1.mip > cntr_wall2.mip > maxrace.lp > minrace.lp > pass1.lp > pass2.lp > pit.lp > race.lp > record.ini > track.ini > > The above files are best left in the GPL\Tracks\Snett folder. > > Don't try packing or including files\filenames into your "PCK" file > that have 8 digit or longer file names, you will be most upset at the > resulting errors that you produce.. :) > > Below is the first few lines from my "snett.pck" file, to give you an > example of how to start it.. > > snett.dat > 262 > 8treea.3do > 8treea1.mip > > The "262" is the total ammount of the files that i wanted to pack > into my "snett.dat" file after i repacked it. > The number "262" has to add up to the total ammount of file names you > have entered into the "snett.pck" txt file, don't count the first > line "snett.dat" or the "262" line in your total file count... > > After you have entered all the filenames into your "snett.pck" file, > add up the ammount of filenames you have in your "snett.pck" file and > enter that number where i have my number of "262", then save it into > the "snetttemp" folder you just made up and exit from Notepad. > > Make sure you have the file "Pack.exe" in your path statement, or copy > it into the "snetttemp" folder before you go to the next step. > > Open up a dos shell and go to the "snettemp" folder and type: > > pack snett.pck [ENTER] > > That will pack all the files that you added to the "snett.pck" file > into a file called: snett.dat. > > Now, go to the GPL\Tracks\Snett folder and delete all files from that > folder except for the following, these should remain in the > GPL\Tracks\Snett folder: > > cntr_lod2.mip > cntr_wall1.mip > cntr_wall2.mip > maxrace.lp > minrace.lp > pass1.lp > pass2.lp > pit.lp > race.lp > record.ini > track.ini > > When you have done that, copy the file "snett.dat" that you just > created, from the "Snettemp" folder into the GPL\Tracks\Snett folder. > > You should now have a total of 12 files in your GPL\Tracks\Snett > folder, rather than the 260 odd you did have.. > > Hope that helps a bit. > > Cheers, > Ron

kewl - I was wondering if I could put everything into a .dat, just hadn't got around to trying it, now I know, thanx one question tho' - why leave the three .mip files out of the .dat - does it slow things down or cause an error - just curious since it seems none of the other tracks have any external .mip files On Mon, 27 Mar 2000 23:15:43 GMT, "Ron Ayton" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > >------=_NextPart_000_01BF9897.0B50EDC0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Hi, >I have noticed a few posts inquiring how to pack Snetterton into a data >file, so i have put together a simple instruction set, i hope it helps. > >Firstly, you will need the two utilities, Pack.exe & Unpack.exe.. > >Copy all the files out of your GPL\Tracks\Snett folder into a temporary >folder, i called mine: Snettemp > >Now you have to use a text editor, like , Notepad, to make up a "PCK >" file, which holds all the file names that are to be included into the >"snett.dat" file.. >Also, you will need to add up the file names you include in the "PCK" >file and insert that number into the "PCK" file, like in the example i >have made below. > >Or if you are too lazy to make up your own "PCK" file, then you could >just use my "PCK" file i made up for myself and included here for >reference. >The first line of your "PCK" file MUST be: "snett.dat" without the >rabbit ears, and the following line has to be the number of files you >have included in your "PCK" text file.. > >TAKE NOTE, if you use my "PCK" file, i deleted all the default setups >from the "Snett" folder, so if you wish to retain the default setup >files, the files that read: "setup.lo1", "setup.lo2", "setup.lo3" >etc etc, you will need to add them to my "PCK" file.. >( don't forget to add the revised number to the "262" ) >However, those setup files are not needed, as GPL defaults to a >standard default setup if there are no setup files located in the >specific track folder and i prefer to make my own setups anyway... > >So to continue, using the text editor, open up a new text file called: >"snett.pck" and add all the file names in the "snettemp" folder to >it, other than the following files, don't add these.. > >cntr_lod2.mip >cntr_wall1.mip >cntr_wall2.mip >maxrace.lp >minrace.lp >pass1.lp >pass2.lp >pit.lp >race.lp >record.ini >track.ini > >The above files are best left in the GPL\Tracks\Snett folder. > >Don't try packing or including files\filenames into your "PCK" file >that have 8 digit or longer file names, you will be most upset at the >resulting errors that you produce.. :) > >Below is the first few lines from my "snett.pck" file, to give you an >example of how to start it.. > >snett.dat >262 >8treea.3do >8treea1.mip > >The "262" is the total ammount of the files that i wanted to pack >into my "snett.dat" file after i repacked it. >The number "262" has to add up to the total ammount of file names you >have entered into the "snett.pck" txt file, don't count the first >line "snett.dat" or the "262" line in your total file count... > >After you have entered all the filenames into your "snett.pck" file, >add up the ammount of filenames you have in your "snett.pck" file and >enter that number where i have my number of "262", then save it into >the "snetttemp" folder you just made up and exit from Notepad. > >Make sure you have the file "Pack.exe" in your path statement, or copy >it into the "snetttemp" folder before you go to the next step. > >Open up a dos shell and go to the "snettemp" folder and type: > >pack snett.pck [ENTER] > >That will pack all the files that you added to the "snett.pck" file >into a file called: snett.dat. > >Now, go to the GPL\Tracks\Snett folder and delete all files from that >folder except for the following, these should remain in the >GPL\Tracks\Snett folder: > >cntr_lod2.mip >cntr_wall1.mip >cntr_wall2.mip >maxrace.lp >minrace.lp >pass1.lp >pass2.lp >pit.lp >race.lp >record.ini >track.ini > >When you have done that, copy the file "snett.dat" that you just >created, from the "Snettemp" folder into the GPL\Tracks\Snett folder. > >You should now have a total of 12 files in your GPL\Tracks\Snett >folder, rather than the 260 odd you did have.. > >Hope that helps a bit. > >Cheers, >Ron >------=_NextPart_000_01BF9897.0B50EDC0 >Content-Type: application/octet-stream; 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Well, now you can add that to the list :-) -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Ron Ayton <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:01bf9912$42a47b40$0100007f@ronayton... > > Bruce Kennewell <[email hidden]> wrote in article > <[email hidden]>... > > Anyone ever told you that you're a wonderful human being, Ron? :-) > > Thanks mate....now I can tidy my Snett folder! > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Bruce Kennewell, > > Canberra, Australia. > > --------------------------- > > > > I have been called a lot of things in my time Bruce, but believe me, "a > wonderful human being" has never been one of them.. :)) > > Cheers, > Ron >

Bruce Kennewell <[email hidden]> wrote in article <[email hidden]>...

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> Anyone ever told you that you're a wonderful human being, Ron? :-) > Thanks mate....now I can tidy my Snett folder! > > -- > Regards, > Bruce Kennewell, > Canberra, Australia. > --------------------------- >

I have been called a lot of things in my time Bruce, but believe me, "a wonderful human being" has never been one of them.. :)) Cheers, Ron

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> kewl - I was wondering if I could put everything into a .dat, just > hadn't got around to trying it, now I know, thanx > > one question tho' - why leave the three .mip files out of the .dat - > does it slow things down or cause an error - just curious since it > seems none of the other tracks have any external .mip files >

Hi Ben, The mip files i left out of the PCK file, all have longer than 8 character names, hence the packer will not work with them. You will gaet an error if you try to pack them into a data file. As there are only 3, i didn't worry about fixing them, as 3 mip files extra in the folder are better than 260 odd.. :)) Cheers, Ron