D3 At Work

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Is it possible to run the editor without actually having the game installed? I'd like to use it at work but unfortunately I cant install the game (my job is kinda funny like that) Are there certain files that I can perhaps pull off the D3CD that I can use as a D3 directoryt to get the editor to work?
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Post by CDN_Merlin »

Might just need the HOG files. Not to sure.
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funny this has come up because I was planning a little experiment myself, heheh
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Post by Topher »

Uh, look into Remote Desktop. It is your friend. :)
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Post by DigiJo »

yes you need only the hog-files, where the texture sounds objects and gams are stored in. d3.hog should be enough to run the editor.
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The last time I installed D3 on my Computer is some years ago. I have a ZIP / CD where all my fav. missions.
It is just a copy of my D3 / 1.4 / NoCD / .PLT / PPICS.HOG / reticle / missions / taunts / logo.
If I want to "install" that D3 to any computer I can jst copy all the files from that CD. You don't need to install the game.

This way you will be save and sure. AND you could even play D3 (if the firewall don't block this).
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I have also the problem, that I want do build levels at work :-]
the only thing you need is, DigiJo said it already, the editor and the d3.hog. That's all.

Checkor: I cannot play D3 at work (during nightshift for instance), because i would have to install/copy D3 over the employer's LAN - And to copy 300 Megs over a 10MBit-LAN is no fun. So I build "at work" and do the rest at home. (hehe..so my girl friend doesn't see me sitting in front of the computer and thuinks I would have some haaard work to do ;-] As I told her about 3 weeks ago that I would start to build a new level she complained about it....but yesterday - as she saw a result, she was "proud" hehe)
So I can fully understand pipsqueak!

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Oooops, I forgot something:
You need the table.gam, too :-)

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...which already is in the D3.hog.
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Post by Diti »

Do_Checkor wrote:...which already is in the D3.hog.
This is correct. But you need the file itself! So you have to extract it (with the hog-tool) befor you can work with d3edit.

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Post by Nightmare USA »

hehe I jsut copied every folder over to begin my test and it worked, however it would not play using the integrated D3QuickTest, oh well. It just kept on saying since this is the first time you have played you need to go to the setup first.
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Post by pipsqueak10 »

Thanks for all the advice but I can't load D3edit at the comp at work. Stupid Administrators won't allow the program to load.
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Looks like you will have to snag the admin Password.
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pipsqueak10 wrote:Thanks for all the advice but I can't load D3edit at the comp at work. Stupid Administrators won't allow the program to load.
Dang!
Since a few weeks I own an USB stick :-) Thru this "backdoor" I was able to put my stuff onto every computer I wanted to :-)
D3Edit doesn't need to be "installed" - it only has to be copied to a random directory.
If the admins also have blocked this way - they seem to understand their job well :-D



Nightmare: Quicktest? No, I prefer to use automn3. A tool coded by Roady (in VisualBasic)that makes it veeery easy to stitch the components together that are needed for a level and also starts D3 automaticaly for testing :-D

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Post by Nightmare USA »

If they won't let you copy certain files to the C: drive just make a folder in your 'My Documents' folder and copy D3 in there.

Lol Diti I did that too with my thumb drive. heheh I bought one that looks like a pen. I am spreading D3 like a poor mans virus. :lol:
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I'm In, I'm In, I'm In, what you said nightmare, thank you.
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Post by Interceptor6 »

All you need is d3.hog and D3edit. You don't need the actual game at all to build them, as long as you have the hog file.
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Holy thread resurrection, Batman.
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Post by pipsqueak10 »

Thats okay. I read it again anyway :)
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Kyouryuu wrote:Holy thread resurrection, Batman.
This made me laugh and reminded me again of how much I lub you KyoKyo! :twisted:
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