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New Coder Skilless
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Posted: 10th Apr 2013 14:14
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Is there anyway to rename the .pck file?

When I create a game as "alone" or "small exe with pck file", the game is created with:

Game.exe
Game.pck

Is there anyway I rename the game.pck file to "content.dat" or something, or move it to another folder? I tried doing this manually, but the game silently crashed, which is fair enough.

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Mobiius
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Posted: 10th Apr 2013 16:09
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It has to be called what it's called so the exe file can find it. It has to remain a .pck I believe.

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Hi Mobiius

I thought so, but is there any way in DBP I can tell it what to look for, so when the game runs, the EXE knows what the file is called and where to look for it?
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No. It's all or nothing. But why use the pck option? Why not just compile to exe and not use the pck at all?

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New Coder Skilless
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OK cool. No problem. Was just wondering.

I want to use a PCK so that if I patch the game:

Download the updated PCK file
Replace the old PCK with the new PCK
Execute a new instance of the EXE
Close the initial EXE

I have checked this, and it does work, but I was just wondering if renaming the PCK was an option.

Thanks anyway Mobiius
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You may be able to hex edit the exe file to look for a different pck file, but I wouldn't trust it.

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