How to run paxploded mod from .\data\ folder?

[marco75]

I'm just getting started with OpenBOR; I tried the instructions in Getting Started (for beginners).html and
http://caskeys.com/arc/games/openbor/wiki/index.php?title=OpenBOR_Manual#Playing_paxploded_PAK:

When I extract a .pak to .\data\, then run .\OpenBOR.exe, it loads graphics window with error message:

NO MODS IN PAKS FOLDER!

Apparently, in order to run an uncompressed mod from .\data\, I need an empty .\paks\My Pak.pak. I tried makepak.bat while the .\data\ folder is empty, creating a .\My Pak.pak (1 K size), but when I move it to .\Paks\My Pak.pak and run .\OpenBOR.exe, the engine crashes, dumping the below ouput into .\logs\OpenBorLog.txt:

Total Ram: 2147483647 Bytes
Free Ram: 1880719360 Bytes
Used Ram: 2113536 Bytes

debug:nativeWidth, nativeHeight, bpp, Hz  1366, 768, 24, 60

0 joystick(s) found!
OpenBoR v3.0 Build 4153, Compile Date: Apr 22 2015

Game Selected: ./Paks/My Mod.pak

FileCaching System Init...... Disabled
Initializing video............
'data/video.txt' not found.
Initialized video............. 320x240 (Mode: 0, Depth: 8 Bit)

Loading menu.txt............. Done!
Loading fonts................ Done!
Timer init................... Done!
Initialize Sound..............
Loading sprites.............. Done!
Loading level order..........
********** An Error Occurred **********
*            Shutting Down            *

Error loading level list from data/levels.txtTotal Ram: 2147483647 Bytes
Free Ram: 1871302656 Bytes
Used Ram: 14376960 Bytes

Release level data........... Done!
Release graphics data........ Done!
Release game data............


Release game data............ Done!
Release timer................ Done!
Release input hardware....... Done!
Release sound system......... Done!
Release FileCaching System... Done!

**************** Done *****************

Error loading level list from data/levels.txt

What am I doing wrong? How do I run paksploded mod so I can experiment without packing the mod every time?

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

 

[CRxTRDude]

Here's a more better step.

Firstly, make a notepad file with nothing on it (0 KB), save it and rename it as "whatever.pak" and then place it on the PAKs folder.

Check the contents of your data folder for missing files (or in your case, check if it's empty), if it's missing stuff or is empty, go ahead and unpack the mod again and place it on your data file.

Finally check the mod again and play it.

Here's some tidbits too:
- Make sure the data folder is not 'nested', AKA. A data folder into itself:

  OpenBOR
  |-Data
      |-Data
        |- ...

It should be one folder named data.

- Check the contents of your mod, always check your models.txt and levels.txt. These both files are mostly the errors that newbies make.

- Use

when dumping your logs. this will make your post a bit easier to focus on.

For that I shut up.  :-X

 

[marco75]

Thanks Dude, that worked

 

[CRxTRDude]

No prob.