Might as well provide n00b-proof instructions for re-packing too. I needed to figure them out, so they may be handy for someone else.
1/ First thing you need is a text file listing all the files you want to pack. This will probably be a long list, and typing it manually will be nasty and prone to error. You want a quick and easy way of doing it. It exists.
2/ Open the folder that contains the files you want to pack.
3/ Highlight
every file you want to pack.
4/ Hold down the
Shift key.
5/ Right click any highlighted file.
6/ Click
Copy as path.
7/ Open your editor. This can be the basic Notepad, or whatever you normally prefer (I use
Notepad++).
8/ Paste into a new file. This will give you a list of every file, but with the downside that it will include the folder path and quotation marks. You need to remove those, so only the file names are left.
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"C:\Users\Peter\Desktop\RRT 3\Train_skinning\A_class\NWA2664L_Truck1Couplingbar2.3dp"
"C:\Users\Peter\Desktop\RRT 3\Train_skinning\A_class\NWA2664L_Truck1Couplingbar1.3dp"
"C:\Users\Peter\Desktop\RRT 3\Train_skinning\A_class\NWA2664L_Truck1Connectingrod2.3dp"
"C:\Users\Peter\Desktop\RRT 3\Train_skinning\A_class\NWA2664L_Truck1Connectingrod1.3dp"
"C:\Users\Peter\Desktop\RRT 3\Train_skinning\A_class\NWA2664L_Truck1Bogie4.3dp"
"C:\Users\Peter\Desktop\RRT 3\Train_skinning\A_class\NWA2664L_Truck1Bogie3.3dp"
"C:\Users\Peter\Desktop\RRT 3\Train_skinning\A_class\NWA2664L_Truck1Bogie2.3dp"
"C:\Users\Peter\Desktop\RRT 3\Train_skinning\A_class\NWA2664L_Truck1Bogie1.3dp"
"C:\Users\Peter\Desktop\RRT 3\Train_skinning\A_class\NWA2664L_Truck1.3dp"
"C:\Users\Peter\Desktop\RRT 3\Train_skinning\A_class\NWA2664L_TrackPoint.3dp"
"C:\Users\Peter\Desktop\RRT 3\Train_skinning\A_class\NWA2664L_Piston2.3dp"
"C:\Users\Peter\Desktop\RRT 3\Train_skinning\A_class\NWA2664L_Piston1.3dp"
"C:\Users\Peter\Desktop\RRT 3\Train_skinning\A_class\NWA2664L_LengthPoint.3dp"
"C:\Users\Peter\Desktop\RRT 3\Train_skinning\A_class\NWA2664L_Drivewheel2.3dp"
"C:\Users\Peter\Desktop\RRT 3\Train_skinning\A_class\NWA2664L_Drivewheel1.3dp"
"C:\Users\Peter\Desktop\RRT 3\Train_skinning\A_class\NWA2664L_Couplingbar2.3dp"
"C:\Users\Peter\Desktop\RRT 3\Train_skinning\A_class\NWA2664L_Couplingbar1.3dp"
"C:\Users\Peter\Desktop\RRT 3\Train_skinning\A_class\NWA2664L_Connectingrod2.3dp"
"C:\Users\Peter\Desktop\RRT 3\Train_skinning\A_class\NWA2664L_Connectingrod1.3dp"
9/ Using the above as an example, highlight and copy the folder path, and the quotation mark, at the beginning of the lines.
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"C:\Users\Peter\Desktop\RRT 3\Train_skinning\A_class\
10/ Click Edit, then Replace.
11/ Paste into the
Find what window. Leave the
Replace with window blank.
12/ Click
Replace All.
13/ Repeat this procedure, but with a basic double quote ( " ) in the
Find what window.
14/ The result should be a list of file names, without any other crud attached.
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NWA2664L_Truck1Couplingbar2.3dp
NWA2664L_Truck1Couplingbar1.3dp
NWA2664L_Truck1Connectingrod2.3dp
NWA2664L_Truck1Connectingrod1.3dp
NWA2664L_Truck1Bogie4.3dp
NWA2664L_Truck1Bogie3.3dp
NWA2664L_Truck1Bogie2.3dp
NWA2664L_Truck1Bogie1.3dp
NWA2664L_Truck1.3dp
NWA2664L_TrackPoint.3dp
NWA2664L_Piston2.3dp
NWA2664L_Piston1.3dp
NWA2664L_LengthPoint.3dp
NWA2664L_Drivewheel2.3dp
NWA2664L_Drivewheel1.3dp
NWA2664L_Couplingbar2.3dp
NWA2664L_Couplingbar1.3dp
NWA2664L_Connectingrod2.3dp
NWA2664L_Connectingrod1.3dp
15/ Save this as a text file with the .lst suffix. Using .lst as a suffix isn't strictly necessary, but the packing gizmo is already set up for that suffix, so you might as well use it.
16/ Make sure to save this text file to the same folder that holds the files you want to pack.
17/ Copy the packing gizmo files to the same folder. There are four of them.
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PK4Pack.bat
UnitC.exe
binlist2.exe
pack4.exe
18/ Open PK4Pack.bat in your editor, and change the
pack4 <filename>.lst text to include the actual name of your.lst file.
19/ Save the PK4Pack.bat file.
20/ Open the command line thingy (
earlier n00b-proof instructions) and get yourself to the right folder.
21/ Type in the name of the packing gizmo, and hit Enter.
22/ You should now have yourself a nice new packed PK4.
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