file/mod comparing

Lemmy · #1 May 21st, 2001, 10:11 AM

A while ago on another forum someone mentioned that a program that could compare mod's would be quite useful.
I never read anything here about it so i assume no one made this program.

The reason i'm asking is because i started working on such a program in the weekend and i was just wondering if i'm the only one, and of course if there is a need for such a program.

I'm already working on a program to compare the components.txt files, it doesn't compare weapons yet just the components. I anyone wants it i'll post it when it also compares weapons, the end of this week maybe.

Lemmy · #2 May 21st, 2001, 11:04 AM

it seems Dubious posted a program to compare files in the mod section, i'll take a look at them and see if my program can add anything useful to it.

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Lemmy · #3 May 21st, 2001, 03:39 PM

oops...that went wrong

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Lemmy · #4 May 21st, 2001, 03:39 PM

i downloaded that other program and decided that i will continue working on my own comparing program, even though no one replied.

capnq · #5 May 21st, 2001, 04:33 PM

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i downloaded that other program and decided that i will continue working on my own comparing program, even though no one replied.

Lemmy, your first post and this one are only 5 1/2 hours apart. I rarely ever check these Boards more than once a day, and I'm sure people who, unlike me, actually Have A Life, check even less often.

That said, since the mods are just .txt files, there are lots of standard utilities that can do text comparisons which are sufficient for most people's use. I myself haven't done enough modding yet to need more than opening multiple copies of Notepad or Wordpad and rearranging the windows. Custom comparing programs are only of interest to people who aren't satisified with the tools they already have.

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Cap'n Q

The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the
human mind to correlate all of its contents. We live on a placid
island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was
not meant that we should go far. -- HP Lovecraft

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Lemmy · #6 May 21st, 2001, 04:36 PM

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Lemmy, your first post and this one are only 5 1/2 hours apart

hehe, yeah i was a bit impatient, that's what happens if you don't have a life i guess