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.