Noob Questions - *.Cat Extraction

[Oscar 0]

Greetings to All:

 

I'm just getting started with SF:P1. Great FlightSim..BTW. I've been reading about "extracting *.cat files to get to *.ini" files. After some research, I found the Cat Extractor over at CheckSix, installed it and began exploring.

 

So, I thought I'd give it a try, using MontyCZ's "Crater Mod". I extracted the "ParticleSystem.ini" made the changes and ran the game. I didn't see the new effect but I did go back verify each line change in the *.ini file so I'm pretty sure its right.

 

The question I have at this point is: There are now, 2 "ParticleSystem.ini" files in the ../Flight directory - one in the FlightData.cat file and the extracted one. Shouldn't there be only one file? Does the game know to use the extracted one - or - does it always go and use the one in the *.cat" file regardless. If this is the cases, why not just extract the entire *.cat file and remove the cat file?

 

Any assistance is appreciated, since this appears to be a major step in modding the game.

[+Monty CZ 209]

The game uses extracted files first and when it is unusable (something wrong is in it) then it has second file in CAT archive so dont delete cat file :-)

remember you must have crater.tga file placed into flight directory (name must be the same as in particlesystem.ini file)

[Oscar 0]

Thanks Monty.

 

Obviously then, something is dorked in the *.ini file. I'll check it again.

[Guest Ranger332]

you can get Montycz ctarer file made complet by bunyap here in the download section

 

http://www.biohazcentral.com/modules.php?o...load&file=index

[Oscar 0]

Thanks, got it. I want to run a compare on the ParticleSystem.ini files and see where I went wrong.

 

Again thanks to all.......