unzip>zip>rename to pk3 not working

[yoggy]

Hi there, I am trying to edit some of the textures in the game on osx and I figured out the deal about the pk3 file being basically a zip in disguise.

I've unzipped it and gotten access to the data folder and textures but when I rezip in and rename the extension to .pk3, then nexuiz doesn't load and I get a screen saying "you have reached this menu due to missing or unlocatable content/data, you may consider adding -basedir /path/to/game to your launch commandline" with the option to open the console or quit.

I noticed that the pk3 file is 348.2 mb before I uncompress it, and after unzipping and rezipping it, it has grown to 361.6 mb. (I didn't change anything in the data folder for this test)

So something is changing with the archive. I've tried zipping it with the BOMArchiveHelper that comes with mac os x and a 3rd party program with the same result and exact file size.

Any help? I don't need the GTKRadiant thing, do I? I just want to edit some textures like particles and stuff that is not map specific.

[KadaverJack]

osx is setting some weird option in zip files, that the zip loader in the Nexuiz engine doesn't like. Either try the hotfix or don't repack the pk3 (just extract the files you want to edit and place them in Nexuiz/data/ with the same path as in the pl3 (e.g. Nexuiz/data/textures/foo/floor.jpg)).

As for the size difference: different zip programs archive dofferent compression ratios. The official pk3 is packed with p7zip, because it offers the best compression ratio. (plus osx zip files will be larger since they contain some extra junk, which is only used by osx)

[torus]

(plus osx zip files will be larger since they contain some extra junk, which is only used by osx)

Not by much, but if you want to get rid of those, just enable view hidden items and delete them before you pack it.

[yoggy]

Hey thanks a lot man, I got it working by just placing the files in Nexiuz/data.

[divVerent]

Not by much, but if you want to get rid of those, just enable view hidden items and delete them before you pack it.

Isn't it highly unwise to delete .DS_Store?

[divVerent]

one working way to make good zip files on OS X is Terminal.app:

zip -9r ../somepk3name.pk3 .

from the extracted directory of data (with no other pk3s in it).

[torus]

Not by much, but if you want to get rid of those, just enable view hidden items and delete them before you pack it.

Isn't it highly unwise to delete .DS_Store?

Not that I know of- Mac OS just re-creates it if the directory is opened (I think)