compmaniac

So do you think I should learn programming first or Photoshop first? I won't be really able to contribute with programming here...

kraw, can't you use portableapps or http://www.meebo.com for instant messaging if you can't install anything? Also, I have Photoshop, Visual C++ 2005 and Visual Basic 2005, and I intend on learning at least two of them... I have books on Visual C++ and Basic 2005 (it might be .NET...I have to check)... Since Photoshop is probably the easiest, do you think that I should learn Photoshop first, then learn Visual Basic, then if I possibly have time (probably never), Visual C++ 2005? Cuz isn't Visual Basic easier than Visual C++? And if I learn photoshop, I can actually contribute, because lots of the downloads here require photoshop, and not really any advanced programming? So which should I learn first? And then which of these should I learn first: Visual C++, or Visual Basic? Maybe if I read the book, I could ask less questions in a year. Also...how come you can't just ADD teams? Why do you have to REPLACE teams if you want to make a new team?

What are you talking about? This? http://mvpmods.com/Downloads/details/id=2153.html

I kind of understand it, though the code is confusing... Also, why can't I just use system("")? Doesn't it do the same thing? And kraw, could u get IM, or something like it? And truthfully, kraw, do you think that my constant question barraging is getting annoying? Truthfully, do you think I should work on something else instead of programming, because I just can't understand it this quickly?

Why don't you get one, please? I find this a bad place to converse back and forth so frequently. Also, can I use those batch file commands in C++? Do I use the system("text you want to type");?

You said %%F stands for the filename...how does it know which filename...I'm really confused...if you ever have time, do you use AOL Instant Messenger or something like that? I think it would be easier to communicate there, because I'm like flooding the thread, and I still don't get what you're talking about...could you PM me your IM sn? I'm in school right now, so I can't talk on AIM, and I can't talk for the next like 14 hours either.

What are the &&'s and ~'s? They're the variables? Why are they declared like that? Also, is that the exact code I would type? I'm just clueless when it comes to C++...if it were possible (I know that it's annoying and takes too much time), could you explain the code line by line? Also, is the image tool better than imagemagick, in your opinion?

Could I use it as a command-line program?

what do tgas do? and what about the ord to o? will you explain that?

Me too. Would that be difficult? Also, how does the program work? (How does it retrieve the file name?). So I can just use the variables later in any command? Sorry for my stupidity, but I'm just not that C++ literate...what does the argument (void) in a function do? How would I call the function and/or use it?

Could I make a tool to atuomate that process? And is there a command-prompt pogram for editing loc files?

Would you use the same method to create a NEW team? How do you know that much C++? Also, how would I use it?...just use the return value of the function? And just exactly how does it work?

so i can just use eazip to decompress ord and orl?

I don't undersatnd that code at all. Is it C++? And is there any easier way to do it?

Problem fixed. So how do I decompress? Using fifaFS? So how would I have the user copy the .ord and .orl files into a folder, and select those two files? (I could only think of wildcard...)

Well, could you respond to me on the other thread what to do with the wildcard problem?

So how do I decompress? Using fifaFS? So how would I have the user copy the .ord and .orl files into a folder, and select those two files? (I could only think of wildcard...)

What do you mean by generic stadium installer? Like what ChicagoCubs requested in the other thread?

How? And my problem is that when I convert the .o file into .ord and .orl, the .ord is too big (like 200MB), and the .orl is 0kb...

stadium files after extracting jacoday.big with gfxpak

How come when I use ord2o, the file sizes stay relatively the same, but when i use o2ord, the ord file is like 200 MB or even more?

That would be pretty damn easy to make, wouldn't it!!! Would there be any point?

I used fifafs, and gfxpak... but in either one of them, how come I can't use *.big instead of test.big? It doesn't work... For fifaFS, I used: fifafs -e *.big cram32.fsh cram32.fsh It should get the cram32.fsh out of the big file, but it doesn't. However, fifafs -e test.big cram32.fsh cram32.fsh Why?

I figured it out. Thanks. How do I do the following command in fifafs instead? gfxpak -u test.big cram32.fsh mstadium.orl mstadium.ord removable.orl removable.ord

In pirate's OEdit tutorial, he says that I need to unpack a stadium .big file using this: gfxpak -u jacoday.big cram32.fsh mstadium.orl mstadium.ord removable.orl removable.ord and then I should delete the mstadium.orl and mstadium.ord, and rename the removable.orl and removable.ord to mstadium.orl and mstadium.ord. What do these files do, and what is the purpose of deleting them and renaming the others to take their place? Why can't we just not create those files in the first place? PS, DJEagles, I'm just posting this here because it was already started...after this question, I'll start posting in the Modding help thread.