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DatMaker: Creates a DiabloHacker dat-file of a Diablo mod.
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Version 1.1 (11 Jan 2000)


USAGE
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This program need to be run from a DOS-promth, or clean DOS.
It's quite self-explaining, but it goes like this:

DatMaker [Diablo] [Mod] [Dat] [Desc]

Diablo: The original Diablo exe
Mod:    The modified exe
Dat:    The dat-file to create
Desc:   Description of the mod/dat

Say your modified exe is called 'cool.exe' and the original Diablo
is called 'diablo.exe'. You want the dat in a file called 'cool.dat'
with the description "CoolMod v0.9"
Then the command would look like this:
(we assume that all files are in the same directory)

D:\Diablo> DatMaker diablo.exe cool.exe cool.dat "CoolMod v0.9"

You can also write a batch-file so you don't need to type everything
each time. A sample .bat file is included in this package.


LIMITATIONS:
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It works only with Diablo 1.07
No nice, graphical fronend (like if I care)


CREDITS:
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Charlie
(don't know his last name, but he's a regular in alt.games.diablo)

Came up with the idea that mods can be run from dat-files.
He did testing and researches to proove it. To do that, he had to
write the V&K mod as .dat _by_hand_!

He got an excellent web-page with lots of on modmaking.
Too bad his site is down now.
He also made his own mod, Retribution, which is pretty well done.

Most of all, he showed us that we CAN play mods on the battle.net!

Thanks to his work, I was able to write this program.


PACKAGE CONTENT:
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DatMaker.exe	The program
DatMaker.txt	Short documentation (this file)
makedat.bat	Sample batch-file
datmaker.c	Source code of the program


LAST WORDS:
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Sorry for such a short document.

If you find any bugs, please let me know.

Have fun! :)

--
Willy Nyland, aka Soul Toucher (st78@online.no)
