object file extraction

[greyhawk 8]

I am just curious. When you extract the object files. i copy the files inot another directory. Extract them. then edit the files how i want to. Now? how does the original object files, which are still in the strike fighter folder get the info from the other file?

[FastCargo 412]

The way the sim works is it looks for files outside of the CAT files first. It then looks for files within the CATs. Any duplicates it finds are overridden by the files outside of the CAT directory.

 

An example: If you have a FLIGHTENGINE.INI file within your mod folder, the sim will load that file first. As the sim continues to load, it will find the FLIGHTENGINE.INI file within the CAT file. It will disregard this file, because it already found one in your mod directory.

 

FC

[greyhawk 8]

Thanks a lot it explains it complely.