Please help with .res files

[johnnyskid]

I know that this is not a map site. But I must ask the dod pros! I have resgen but I do not know the comand line to put in to create res files. does any know?

Thanks guys

[|OnEHiTwOnDeR|SoCal]

there is no command. you simple take the .bsp file and drag it onto the ResGen icon and it'll generate it

[johnnyskid]

I am such an idiot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you so very much!

[=|[76AD]|= TatsuSaisei]

there is no command. you simple take the .bsp file and drag it onto the ResGen icon and it'll generate it

HOLY HELL !!... this is horribly untrue ... there are MANY flags that can be used with RESGEN ... and creating a batch file is by far the best way to go to get what you want done ...

dragging the map onto the exe is just a simple way of using the default settings on one map... what would you do if you had 800+, drag them on one by one? what would you do if you had 800+ maps but had some done already but you want to overwrite those existing res files ? What if you wanted to verify the files actually existed on your pc ?? All of these scenarios are possible through the use of the command line...


RESGen version 2.0.2, Copyright (C) 2000-2005 Jeroen Bogers and Zero3Cool
RESGen comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details
use the command line switch '-w'. This is free software,
and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain
conditions; see the 'gpl.txt' file for details.
Command line parameters:
-h Displays this help screen
-c Displays credits
-w Show the extended copyright screen
-v Puts RESGen in silent mode (little console output)
-s Display the status line
-i Display found maps while generating map list
-j Display found resources while generating resource list
-g Display contents of generated .res files and missing resources
-d [folder] Process entire folder
-r [folder] Same as -d, but processes subfolders too
-f [map] Process this map
[map] Same as -f
-x [map] Exclude map from res file generation (use with -d or -r)
-o Overwrite existing res files
-a [rfafile] Adds the rfa file to generated res files
-l Convert res entries to lowercase
-m Match the file case with the resources on disk (use with -e)
-e [modpath] Check for resource existance
-p Do not check for resource existance in pakfiles
-u Parse WAD and MDL files for external textures (use with -e)
-b [rfafile] Excludes resources from [rfafile] from generated res files.
-k RESGen will not wait for a keypress to exit in verbal mode
Example:
resgen -f boot_camp -d . -r ../mappack -e hlds_l/cstrike
Read RESGen.txt for more information!

[|OnEHiTwOnDeR|SoCal]

if u got 800+ maps all u do is highlight all and drag all onto exe and it'll create 800 of them at one time

im not saying tats is wrong but thats how i always done it and it has never failed me.

[=|[76AD]|= TatsuSaisei]

if u got 800+ maps all u do is highlight all and drag all onto exe and it'll create 800 of them at one time

im not saying tats is wrong but thats how i always done it and it has never failed me.

I agree you CAN drop all 800 onto the exe file itself... IF you want the default settings.. but there are options... thats all I am getting at...

[johnnyskid]

my issue is the path when I do the copy short cut and go into properties.

[WARDOG]

Copy the RESGen.exe, paste it into your map folder with the .bsp, drag the bsp into it, then delete the RESGen.exe copy.

[johnnyskid]

Thank you all for such great help.