3DS can't find TGA files
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With DOS 5 and up, you can make IFLs easily by doing a DIR command such as
"dir name*.tga /o:n /l /b > nametgas.ifl". Voila! That's all that's needed
unless you want to have some of them appear for more than one frame (in which
case you would use DOS EDIT or some other editor to edit the file — if you
want each file to appear for two frames, you can do a simple Find ".tga" and
Change All to ".tga 2", for instance).
Translation: "Give me a DIRectory listing with mask NAME*.TGA, sorted in
/Order by Name, listed in /Lower case with just the /Bare filename.ext info (no
file size or last-modifed date and time info), one file per line, and >redirect
the result to NAMETGAS.IFL."
If you want to make an IFL out of several series of .TGAs (or other file
types), do this:
dir grpa*.tga /o:n /l /b > group-a.ifl
dir bgrp*.tga /o:n /l /b > b-group.ifl
copy group-a.ifl + b-group.ifl final.ifl
On the COPY command, you can leave off the last filename and just let it
append "b-group.ifl" to the end of "group-a.ifl" if you want.
Jeez, MAKEIFL.EXE is a LOT easier, since it lets you make backwards sequences
as well. All you have to do is type the first and last filenames in the
sequence and it'll do it.
(note that makeifl.exe ships in the box with 3DSr3)
But hey! Whatever! <g>
– G
you can make backward sequences with dir, too. Just use the /o-n
switch to reverse the alphabetic order. The only advantage I can see
with makeifl.exe is that the files don't have to exist – this is an
advantage of dubious merit, IMHO.