[Tutorial] How to change map names

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needed tools:
hexiditor (look for your own)
(kcm hight iditor(you find it on this form)
opl iditor (same))
or (maplex if you have this tool and know how to work with it or right your own crc changer :))
calculator with hex (if your cant count in hex ;) )


let take map 29 28.kcm
open it with hexiditor
than you see this:

if you change the red values to the new name you whant .
what i mean with it is 1D standing for 29 1C standing for 28

so if you whant change name tot 30 31 you change 1D to 1E and 1C to 1F ( this is why you need a calculator with hex than you can calculate your values )
1= 01 2= 02 3= 03 4= 04 5= 06 7= 07 8= 08 9= 09 10= 0A 11= 0B 12= 0C 13=0D 14=0E 15=0F 16= 10 17= 11and so on if its to hard use calculator to calculate your values
than save your changing open it with kcm hight iditor and save it again why? becaurs your kcm map have a cind security code and you need to regenerate it white that tool :)

and for opl you do the same only you open en save it with opl iditor ^^ gl have fun

ps yes i know you can make now total new maps it isnt so hard -_- (no i dont explane you look it outh for your self :) )

sorry for my bad englishe but i think its good enof for understandig ;) (for this ****) :)

i know some ppl know this but it is for other ppl ho dont know it ;)
 
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Re: [Guide]how to change map names

Or you could use maplex instead of KCM editor for CRC fix.

Can you help out a bit because I am not sure if it is ME or if I have a bad program.

In the maplex archive there are two files:

maplex.exe
msvcr80.dll

Yet when I run maplex.exe I get:

Error: could not open input stream.

So I am not sure how or what parameters to pass to this program. No documentation came with it NOR is there any posted when you released this program.

Any help is welcome.

Cheers!
 
Re: [Guide]how to change map names

As far as I remember I used cmd. Than C:/..../maplex.exe filename , than you edit the file and repeat the first process.
 
Re: [Guide]how to change map names

As far as I remember I used cmd. Than C:/..../maplex.exe filename , than you edit the file and repeat the first process.

Well I got a bit farther, I had to move my files to a root folder (ie: c:\maplex) I had them on the desktop before.

Anyhow when I do the following:

C:\maplex\maplex n_035_027.kcm and press enter I get:
Checksum: 879ff6cd

How do I edit??? Is it supposed to kick me into some sort of editor because after doing the above I just get back to the C:\ prompt and thats it.

Cheers!
 
Re: [Guide]how to change map names

It's not an editor it's just a CRC changer in header of file. After you did this step you can edit it with whatever you want and afterwards you do maplex.exe filename again.
 
Re: [Guide]how to change map names

I think its not nessessary to use a hex calculator in this guide :) i just gave my opinion.
 
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