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How to extract skills.txt? - LucianDK - 08-04-2003
Could anyone tell me how to extract the skills.txt from the diablo2 files? I am interested in studying it closer.
How to extract skills.txt? - MMAgCh - 08-04-2003
You're going to need an MPQ viewer along with a D2 archive file. (Rest of the post edited out because I can't host the file any longer)
How to extract skills.txt? - protoshoggoth - 08-04-2003
You may want to check out The Phrozen Keep for all kinds of utilities and aids for dealing with the mpq's. The beginner's kit is quite nice.
If all you want to do is read the txt files, once you break them out from the mpq (and you'll want to use the ones from d2_patch mpq), you can just load them into the spreadsheet or database of your choice. They're tab delimited.
How to extract skills.txt? - hakai_no_tenshi - 08-05-2003
or you could use the one already extracted on the Phrozen Keep here
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How to extract skills.txt? - Ruvanal - 08-05-2003
hakai_no_tenshi,Aug 5 2003, 03:11 AM Wrote:or you could use the one already extracted on the Phrozen Keep hereI have not noticed any changes in the .txt files for the beta2 yet, but there may be some. Doing a new extraction may be more valuable than possibly referencing a data table that has some changes in it from the beta1 patch.
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How to extract skills.txt? - adeyke - 08-05-2003
There have been numerous changes to text files. I reported some in the AB tech forum.
In skills.txt, the lines for Strafe, Bone Wall, Iron Golem, Sacrifice, Holy Bolt, Holy Fire, Charge, Vengeance, Holy Shield, Holy Freeze and Conviction have changes. I haven't looked at the details yet.
I've temporarily uploaded the output of my diff to http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~deykea/temp/d...differences.txt . This doesn't make it easy to see what the changes are, but it does show where they are.
How to extract skills.txt? - Brista - 08-07-2003
So we can use the 1.10 file list with the MPQ viewer to extract the txt files then view them in D2Xcel?
How to extract skills.txt? - adeyke - 08-07-2003
The previous 1.10 file list does work, mostly. I was, after all, able to extract the text files I needed. However, there seem to be some new unknowns in the 1.10s MPQ. An updated file list would apparently be needed for full compatibility. I don't know if the new one has been made yet, though.
How to extract skills.txt? - protoshoggoth - 08-07-2003
Yes. Extract the files from d2_patch.mpq.