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[Whiskey_Sierra_972]

Just a small discussion/request....

We have a batch called static.ini checker that search for missing objects in our static.ini....

Could a similar batch be done to read inside the load.ini and search if we have all the needed textures?

Testing maps textures is a time consuming task as each textures missing need to restert the game....

Thanks in advance for the reading of this post!

Eternal reconoscence for pointing me to a released batch or for the future batch!

[Uzin]

I guess you want more than what shows Shift_Tab ?
Something batchwise ?

[FL2070]

We have a batch called static.ini checker that search for missing objects in our static.ini....

Could a similar batch be done to read inside the load.ini and search if we have all the needed textures?

Well, it wouldn't be a batch file, because you'd need to search through SFS files, which batch files can't do. It'd need to be an in-game code change that dumps all of the missing texture names into the log or something when a map is loaded, or something like that.

[Vampire_pilot]

The way the game shows the first missing texture in the log is basically okay.

I do not know if the game could be made to try a number of times before aborting and then plot all missing textures in a log, instead of just the first. No idea if a java class/mod could be constructed that triggers such a behavior.

[Frankiek]

the problem is that the game stops loading the map at the first error so you would need to tell the game to keep loading the map notwithstanding the errors   

[Whiskey_Sierra_972]

Infact I was thinking similar to the static checker.....but with maps is different , checker compare 2 files static.ini and actors.static....

The map doesn't have the textures available and doing such instrument should involve the whole game engine or a dedicated classfile with the instruction....

[Frankiek]

the load.ini is the file mentioning the textures to be used  unfortunately we don't have an equivalent to the static.ini that mentions all the textures stored in our game

[Uzin]

What about MODS/MAPMODS/MAPS/_Tex/ folder ?

[Frankiek]

Is not complete many map textures are inside sfs files

[Whiskey_Sierra_972]

What about MODS/MAPMODS/MAPS/_Tex/ folder ?

Yes I thought about to relate to it but the dump stops when first textures is missing....

[genXgamer]

I can't see why this couldn't be implemented, it would be time consuming for someone initially but after that easy.

All that is needed is the complete _Tex folder in B.A.T. then someone or someones list every texture found within giving a .tga extension.
Then it's just a matter of having a program that can compare the load.ini to this text file with a script telling it to only search for entries with .tga extensions.

Each time a map builder or re-texturer makes a map available any new texture is accompanied with an entry to be added to the texture list.
This all relies on people keeping their list up to date.

Whether all this is needed well you can decide, but I think it's doable.

[Vampire_pilot]

All that is needed is the complete _Tex folder in B.A.T. then someone or someones list every texture found within giving a .tga extension.

Nobody has that information. Those files are inside numerous and countless sfs files. Only the game itself can sift through that.