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[Topaz]

I want to change some blocks in  vamemi01.bcs. Those blocks are only present in the bcs file added by tactics, not in the biff bcs. If the player has not installed this vamemi01.bcs trough tactics, I just want to copy over the whole bcs file. (Yay! stay true too the weidu philosophy)

How do I 'introduce' the

COPY_EXISTING ~vamemi01.bcs~ ~override/vamemi01.bcs~
REPLACE_BCS_BLOCK ~take.baf~ ~replace.baf~ command

to make sure the file needed to be patched is in the override?

I know of REQUIRE_FILE ~override/file~, but this will end the install if the file ain't there.

So is there something like HAVE_FILE ?

Also since COPY_EXISTING copies from the biff, I guess it is a bit stupid to copy it to the override, especially if the file you want has been placed in the override by a previous mod. Then weidu will give an error since the blocks aren't in the COPY_EXISTING bcs. Is that true?
(most of the info about this came from http://www.shsforums.net/index.p...lace_bcs_block)

[Rastor]

COPY ~mymod\myscript.bcs~ ~override~
UNLESS ~tactics.bcs~

COPY_EXISTING ~script.bcs~ ~override~
REPLACE_BCS_BLOCK ~replace.bcs~ ~script.bcs~
IF ~tactics.bcs~

[Topaz]

Must...refrain...from asking... trivial stuff (and make it bombastic ).

(hehe tactics.bcs doesn't exist)

The REAL problem is that vamemi01.bcs is in the tougher vampire part, and that 's optional. So it isn't 100% sure it'll work via IF ~some other file~, I presume.

[Idobek]

Look at IF_SIZE_IS or ACTION_IF FILE_SIZE.

[MagusWizardo]

Or, ofcourse, ACTION_IF FILE_EXISTS .

[Topaz]

Thanks for the posts on this small matter.

I've did it like this:

ACTION_IF NOT FILE_EXISTS ~override/vamemi01.bcs~
OR ( FILE_SIZE ~override/vamemi01.bcs~ 509 )
THEN BEGIN
COPY ~garl/baf/vamemi01.bcs~ ~override~
END

ACTION_IF FILE_EXISTS ~override/vamemi01.bcs~
AND ( FILE_SIZE ~override/vamemi01.bcs~ => 27001 )
THEN BEGIN
COPY_EXISTING ~vamemi01.bcs~ ~override/vamemi01.bcs~
REPLACE_BCS_BLOCK ~garl/baf/take.baf~ ~garl/baf/rep.baf~
END

For this syntax I got inspired by tactics.tp2. When installing it, weidu says that '=' is near the text. Where do I put '=>'?

Is this a correct use of values? Yeah so I think hmm FILE_SIZE ~override/vamemi01.bcs~ gives a number that can be compared with my specified value. The weidu readme however says that 'Offsets are values'. Can values and their multiplication etc. only be used in a offset context?

[Topaz]

People your research period has ended! Can someone please tell me what to do with these equations? thx

[Idobek]

I don't think FILE_SIZE takes '=' or '>' or any value expressions. Another way to go might be to look for a variable specific to Tactics in vamemi01.bcs, 'xyxInitialized' will probably do the job. Try this:

COPY_EXISTING ~vamemi01.bcs~ ~override/vamemi01.bcs~

   ACTION_IF NOT FILE_CONTAINS ~override/vamemi01.bcs~ ~xyxInitialized~

   THEN BEGIN

      COPY ~garl/baf/vamemi01.bcs~ ~override~

   END

   ACTION_IF FILE_CONTAINS ~override/vamemi01.bcs~ ~xyxInitialized~

   THEN BEGIN

      REPLACE_BCS_BLOCK ~garl/baf/take.baf~ ~garl/baf/rep.baf~

   END

[FredSRichardson]

Are you using the file size to make sure the file is the correct version? A somewhat better way to do this is using:

FILE_MD5 filename md5sum

In order to use this, you need the md5sum of the version of the file you expect to find. To get this, run the command with "md5sum" set to some bogus number like 0. Then check the log file for the md5sum value WeiDU finds for your file (it's prints this out).

[Idobek]

To get this, run the command with "md5sum" set to some bogus number like 0. Then check the log file for the md5sum value WeiDU finds for your file (it's prints this out).

Thanks Fred, I've been wondering how to find this.