[GBR2]

Is there a way to display the old DOS style status bar when EDuke is played vs. the minimal status bar that comes up?

In the DOS version there was a User.con file that could be modified. Is there a similar way to do this in EDuke?

[High Treason]

Pressing + and - keys should get you to that HUD. User.con is still present, but you may need to extract it from the Duke3d.grp file, you could use kextract from your cd to do this and then edit it or I think Roma Loom's grpviewer will allow you to extract it - and it has a GUI: http://loomsday.com/..._04_08_2010.zip

[GBR2]

I downloaded and ran GRPViewer but the resultant grp file would not be recognized by EDuke. This is what I did. Copied the duke3d.grp file to a folder, opened GRPViewer, Opened the grp file, extracted the User.con file to a folder. Used notepad to change one item (as a test - health from 100 to 150), saved file. GPRViewer was still open with the grp file. I removed the User.con file, then inserted the updated User.con file. I then clicked the save button and the file was saved.

I then replaced the old grp file with the new one, ran EDuke and when the startup screen came up, no grp file was found. Put the old grp file back in, ran EDuke and it found the file no problem.

So question is did I do this right? Should I have saved the grp file after removing the User. con file and then inserted the new one? Or did I do everything right and for whatever odd reason it just didn't work??

Thanks.

[OpenMaw]

GBR2, on Apr 26 2010, 07:53 PM, said:

I downloaded and ran GRPViewer but the resultant grp file would not be recognized by EDuke. This is what I did. Copied the duke3d.grp file to a folder, opened GRPViewer, Opened the grp file, extracted the User.con file to a folder. Used notepad to change one item (as a test - health from 100 to 150), saved file. GPRViewer was still open with the grp file. I removed the User.con file, then inserted the updated User.con file. I then clicked the save button and the file was saved.

I then replaced the old grp file with the new one, ran EDuke and when the startup screen came up, no grp file was found. Put the old grp file back in, ran EDuke and it found the file no problem.

So question is did I do this right? Should I have saved the grp file after removing the User. con file and then inserted the new one? Or did I do everything right and for whatever odd reason it just didn't work??

Thanks.

Yeah, you broke the group file by replacing the file inside. All you have to do to run custom user cons is drop them in the same directory as the exe/grp or you can put them in a sub-folder and have eduke32 check that for custom files via the start-up window.

[GBR2]

Ah, didn't realize that I essentially broke the file. So all I have to do is put user.con (modified) in the EDuke folder and that should be good to go. Makes sense as in the DOS game not only is the grp file in the game folder but so are several .con files, one of which is User.con

Learn something new everyday, thank you.