Batch Files
Description: by The Evil Englishman
Categories: General Tutorials
Back in the good old days of DOS, we had batch files that let us simplify
certain tasks such as renaming a large quantity of files.
A BATch file is just TEXT, so open it in notepad or in DOS with edit.com.
There is no history lesson here, batch files are a kind of programming, for
more information check out:
--- commands ---
@echo off ; turns off echoing to the screen so that you dont see the command
being issued, only the result.
echo Hello ; when used in conjunction with @echo off it puts the text onto
the screen like this:
Hello
if @echo off is not present then you will see:
c:\echo Hello
Hello
cls ; clear screen
pause ; pauses the batch program and waits for user to hit a key
rename filename1 filename2 ; renames filename1 to filename2
copy filename1 filename2 ; makes a copy of filename1 called filename2
del filename1 ; deletes the file
You can also execute programs from a batch file, just put the name of the
program in its own line like so:
mpq2k ; will run the program mqp2k.exe
--- how to make a patch so that you can release it for public use ---
--- make a file called patch.bat and put the following 'code' inside of it ---
--- cut below ---
@echo off
cls
echo This mod was made by name@email.address
echo With this mod Diablo 2 will drop all unique weapons when a monster
is killed most of the time
pause
copy patch_d2.mpq patch_d2.old
mpq2k a patch_d2.mpq itemratio.txt data\global\excel\itemratio.txt
echo Patching complete!
--- stop cutting above ---
an explination of the code above:
@echo off ; turns off echoing
cls ; clears screen
echo This mod was made by name@email.address ; shows who made this
echo With this mod Diablo 2 will drop all unique weapons when a monster is
killed most of the time ; tells what it does
pause ; waits for user to press a key, in this time they can close the
program so that it doesnt do any patching
copy patch_d2.mpq patch_d2.old ; backs up the original patch
mpq2k a patch_d2.mpq itemratio.txt data\global\excel\itemratio.txt ; runs
the program mpq2k and imports the new file into the mpq archive
echo Patching complete! ; tells user patch is done doing its work.
--- make a file called uninstall.bat ---
--- cut below ---
@echo off
echo this will restore your original patch file and delete any 'hacks'
you have enabled.
del patch_d2.mpq
copy patch_d2.old patch_d2.mpq
del patch_d2.old
--- stop cutting above ---
Now when you want to release a mod all you have to do is release 2
batch files, an installer, and an uninstaller. Also the files that
you want to add to the users MPQ file. For my all uniques patch i
would have to release the following files:
patch.bat
uninstal_all_unique.bat
itemratio.txt
The USER MUST HAVE MPQ2K and STAREDIT in the same directory as diablo 2,
so if they do not have it, they can just download the Diablo 2 Mod Creation
Kit. Also the user must unzip the patch to their diablo 2 directory and
run it from there.
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