[Guide] Extracting pack.loc and editing watermark

[Kreeate]

Firstly, I need to explain where the text files are.

In your client folder -> data\packs ... there you will have a lot of .pak files.
The one we are interested in ( for the English pack ) is called LocPack.eng

A. Download Total Commander here : Total Commander - home

B. Download ao-tools here : http://forum.ragezone.com/f745/tools...4/#post6813973

C. Run Total Commander and do steps 1-10.







Now we need to prepare for Extracting and Recompiling.

D. To makes things easier, copy these files and folder from ao-tool, to your folder where pack.loc was extracted.



E. Now we need to run the extracter.exe

Goto a command prompt and change directory like so :



Now type : loc.extracter.exe pack.loc F:\Games\Allods\Working_Folder\pack

and press Enter. ( It will take a minute or so to extract )

You should see this now:


Now you should have a "pack" folder in your Working_Folder.

F. Navigate to this file :
F:\Games\Allods\Working_Folder\pack\Client\Watermark.txt

Edit this file as you like, for example :


When you are done, save the file and close it.
Once you have finished changing all the files you like, follow these steps to re-compile.

G. Delete the original pack.loc file from your Working_Folder

Goto a command prompt and change directory like so :

F:\Games\Allods\Working_Folder

Now type : loc.compiler.exe F:\Games\Allods\Working_Folder\pack pack.loc

and press Enter ( nothing will happen for a while, just leave it )

You should see this now:


You will now have the recompiled pack.loc in your Working_Folder.

H. Go back to Total Commander.

I use a dual view to make things easier.




Click on OK
Click on Overwrite
Close Total Commander

When you log into your game, your updated text will now be visible.




I am not a Total Commander expert, so please use Google
to find out how to use it. For any other questions, please feel free to ask.

[MentaL]

[kingzxc]

lol i use this way
but the problem is cant compiler it
couz i folder
i try many way to compiler all is fall

and another thing
\Client\Watermark.txt
i dont find this file in client
or i create it ?

[kingzxc]

done i extract perfect and find the file watermark.txt

the problem now cant compiler all folder to (pack.loc)
and compiler folder (LocPack) to (LocPack.eng)
i wait your test & answer

[Kreeate]

Removed

[kingzxc]

nice
but can say me the way you compiler it
i will test with you

just try save the file in (utf-8) by note
i think the text gone couz this

[kingzxc]

yeah
and me i try 1000 way
all is failed

[kingzxc]

when i press f5 in Total Commander
he just copy the file to target
and not dump any thing

plz i hope add full guide as soon as

[Maxcom]

I does some things for compile:
1) Launched compiler from succesfull folder
2) Worked with decompiled files in 'extracted' folder(inside folder of tools).
3) Zipped all with total commander tool.
And it's working.

[RapidBlue]

thanks for the guide this helped a lot

[kingzxc]

Kreeate i wait the full guide :D

[Kreeate]

Full guide finished. Please see first post.

[starzhm]

Why I pack file it hints mistake, should how to solve?
F:\>\wscn\loc.compiler.exe f:\wscn\pack pack.loc
Allods Online pack.loc file compiler v0.5 by gsomgsom and kosh.
usage: loc.compiler <patch> <file.loc>


Warning: filesize(): Stat failed for f:\wscn\pack/ (errno=2 - No such file or di
rectory) in loc.compiler.php on line 1
Compiling 1 file...

Warning: file_get_contents(res:///PHP/f:\wscn\pack\): failed to open stream: No
such file or directory in loc.compiler.php on line 1
Done.
Worktime: 0.006 sec.
F:\>

[Kreeate]

Why I pack file it hints mistake, should how to solve?
F:\>\wscn\loc.compiler.exe f:\wscn\pack pack.loc
Allods Online pack.loc file compiler v0.5 by gsomgsom and kosh.
usage: loc.compiler <patch> <file.loc>


Warning: filesize(): Stat failed for f:\wscn\pack/ (errno=2 - No such file or di
rectory) in loc.compiler.php on line 1
Compiling 1 file...

Warning: file_get_contents(res:///PHP/f:\wscn\pack\): failed to open stream: No
such file or directory in loc.compiler.php on line 1
Done.
Worktime: 0.006 sec.
F:\>

Try to remove the word in red. Then try again.
Please let me know if it still does not work. I will try to help you more.

[starzhm]

Thank you

[Kreeate]

Thank you

You are very welcome.