Aloys wrote:Very cool, I'm eager to test the binaies whenever they'll be available.
I put up the binary(well, bytecode anyway) at Sourceforge, but it's really easy to compile with Netbeans, you just open and run. I never bothered making it pretty, or making many adjustable options on the GUI, so you may just want to use Netbeans to set things.
Here's a quick tutorial, that I haven't actually tested, but unless I forgot something, will work. Some Ages may crash with this method, since it skips the SDL and python files, but I know it at least works with this Age.
Binary only(will only work if you're using Windows and have a d:) note: the previous sequence of glyphs is not a smiley face with a ballcap!
*Download the binary: DrizzlePrp.jar on Sourceforge
*Create the folder D:/a/leftoff/output/ (if you don't have a d:, you'll have to go the source code route)
*Run it (you'll need Java)
*Make sure the 'absolute' option is selected in the radio buttons.
*Use the 'Select' button to select the file 'GuildPub-Writers_District_Pub.prp', wherever you keep it.
*Click 'Recompile Prp'
*You should now have the modified form of the prp in D:/a/leftoff/output/
*Do the last 3 steps with all the other prp files for that Age(i.e. GuildPub-Writers_District_Textures.prp and GuildPub-Writers_District_BuiltIn.prp)
*Copy these new prp files, along with the .age and .fni (unmodified) to your Pots /dat folder.
*Follow the steps you normally do to update the .sum file and link to the Age.
*Cross fingers
From source with Netbeans(recommended):
*Download the source (it's in the DrizzlePrp folder of the zip file on Sourceforge)
*Open with Netbeans
*Set the paths near the start of Gui.java(There are 3 of them, the moul folder(read only), the output folder(read/write) and the pots folder(read only, optional) This is also all you have to do to let it run in Linux.
*Run it
*You can either a)click the 'moul' radio button and select 'GuildPub-Writers_District_Pub.prp' from the dropdown list or b)click the 'absolute' radio button and click 'Select' to point to the file manually.
*Click 'Recompile Prp'
*You should now have the modified form of the prp in the output folder you set above.
*Do the last 3 steps with all the other prp files for that Age(i.e. GuildPub-Writers_District_Textures.prp and GuildPub-Writers_District_BuiltIn.prp)
*Copy these new prp files, along with the .age and .fni (unmodified) to your Pots /dat folder.
*Follow the steps you normally do to update the .sum file and link to the Age.
*Cross fingers
Let me know if this works or doesn't work for you. I'm leaving town in about 2 hours, though, and won't be back until Monday.