3.2.5 Stock ODFs Archive

[DOCa Cola]

posted on October 10th, 2011, 10:53 am

Last edited by DOCa Cola on October 10th, 2011, 7:16 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Here are the stock ODFs from version 3.2.5 in a solid 7-zip archive.

Mediafire Link
(post if the link goes dead)

Compression method: LZMA
Solid Blocks: 1 (completely solid)
Size: ~3MB

7-zip file manager available for free here (or just google 7-zip).
as alternative if you already have it, WinRar can also extract 7zip

posted on October 10th, 2011, 12:27 pm

Thank you Miles for this, it's much appreciated. 

Oh by the way, winrar also can extract 7-zip archives.

posted on October 10th, 2011, 12:34 pm

though i see nothing wrong with that, isn't FPQedit enough to get the odfs?

posted on October 10th, 2011, 1:17 pm

Thank you Miles for this, it's much appreciated. 

Oh by the way, winrar also can extract 7-zip archives.

no problem, several programs have support for the 7-zip format. i listed one that's free. winrar isn't free.

though i see nothing wrong with that, isn't FPQedit enough to get the odfs?

this is the reason for the archive:

I unfortunately had nothing but problems with the odf archive and program since it's introduction. Crash after crash. It doesn't matter if I extract one odf or the lot. It has really slowed down my odf modding and I have focused mainly on modelling and texturing work.

maj couldnt get fpqedit to work for him, maybe other people have crashes too. plus there are a few other marginal advantages:

- smaller size archive, i dont run fleetops or have fleetops installed on my laptop, but keeping a copy of the odfs handy for looking up numbers is useful. modders might also make mods on a computer they dont actually play the game on.
- the fpqedit program isnt to everyone's taste, with a widely supported archive format people can use the file manager they are used to.

posted on October 10th, 2011, 1:29 pm

it is nice to have them all in one folder.  it is some times dificult to manage a bunch of open text documents, and then fpq edit when all I am doing is looking for a specific line of code.  Thanks myles.

posted on October 10th, 2011, 2:38 pm

interesting. found an issue on extracting, but seems only to occur on my xp test machine. i'll investigate and fix that bug. also fixed some other minor annoyances with fpqedit for the next version.
btw. it is still possible very easy to edit files in the fpq archive. just open a file, edit it and save. fpqedit will monitor if a file has been changed and asks whether to update your change back to the archive.

posted on October 10th, 2011, 4:31 pm

I tested fpqedit on win7 64.

Maybe it's just xp. Majestic were you getting the crashes on xp?

Does fpqedit use any third party redistributables such as .net framework? Maybe the xp version of something like that is bugged.

posted on October 10th, 2011, 5:26 pm

nope, xp seems to handle some window messages differently. that part of fpq edit was still WIP anyway, i just finished up writing a better version of the extraction routine.

posted on October 10th, 2011, 5:50 pm

thanks for the info, i've added a bug to the table that fpqedit sometimes crashes when extracting on xp machines. i've put it in as "fixed" cos im assuming the new better version of the extraction routine will fix the bug.

posted on October 10th, 2011, 10:47 pm

I had a lot of problems extracting more than one file at a time with the fpqedit program.  I think I finally figured out that it doesn't work if you already have the destination folder open.

I'm using Windows 7.

posted on October 10th, 2011, 11:02 pm

Don't get me wrong the program is a good idea it just pretty unusable for me due to the crash problem. If the program gets developed more I would like to see the odfs in alphabetical order as well as this crash fixed!

it is still possible very easy to edit files in the fpq archive. just open a file, edit it and save. fpqedit will monitor if a file has been changed and asks whether to update your change back to the archive.

But not when you're doing a total conversion and got new odfs. I rarely do small mods I am usually doing full race or total conversion mods and as such editing existing odf's it's much of an option for me. I either have to open up a odf from the archive and copy the contents to a blank odf or search through my temp files to find the odfs. Either way is a long and painful way of doing it.

I tested fpqedit on win7 64.

Maybe it's just xp. Majestic were you getting the crashes on xp?

No as I use Vista Ultimate 64Bit.

posted on October 11th, 2011, 10:03 am

Don't get me wrong the program is a good idea it just pretty unusable for me due to the crash problem. If the program gets developed more I would like to see the odfs in alphabetical order as well as this crash fixed!

the version deployed with 3.2.5 should sort files in alphabetical order, you can also sort by other categories, too. but yes, earlier versions lacked this feature.

the fix should work with vista, too. on my other xp virtual machine this didn't occur, so it seems to be very system dependent. there was definitively a crash bug in it. i am sure i have got this resolved now. i'll see if i can deploy an updated (beta) version later on for everyone to test.

[DOCa Cola]

posted on October 11th, 2011, 10:08 am

Last edited by DOCa Cola on October 11th, 2011, 10:34 am, edited 1 time in total.

the fix should work with vista, too. on my other xp virtual machine this didn't occur, so it seems to be very system dependent. there was definitively a crash bug in it. i am sure i have got this resolved now. i'll see if i can deploy an updated (beta) version later on for everyone to test.

That is great news about the crash bug being resolved, I look forward to the next version.

posted on October 11th, 2011, 10:40 am

cleaned up the thread a bit from vista bashing

I had a lot of problems extracting more than one file at a time with the fpqedit program.  I think I finally figured out that it doesn't work if you already have the destination folder open.

I'm using Windows 7.

yes, this confirms it, that this is heavily system dependent problem and not directly OS related.
Thanks everyone for your reports, we'll see if the test version helps later on.
anyway, if anyone find a bug in FO, even if it is in FPQEdit, feel free to open a thread in 'technical stuff'.

posted on October 11th, 2011, 3:36 pm

I'll edit the bugs table when I get home. Even my droid smartphone can't make editing large tables easy.