When a Skin install goes wrong....

endgame · 03-26-2003, 04:43 PM

Alright, I don't mean anything's wrong with the skin. I mean when someone like me (inexperienced in mods) gets his hands on one.

I use Winzip and have it configured to extract all the files and keep the folder names, which has worked perfectly well until something unusual happened with Cuss16's excellent skin in a recent download and extraction.

When prompted to overwrite an existing file I should have been suspicious but instead just hit the yes to all button and then I ended up with a curious mixture of the default blue engine and Cuss's work. Thought I'd screwed the pooch for good.

In any event, I tried using Norton utilities to recover the files from protection and the mix still didn't get me where I wanted to be: back to the original state. So, using the OOTP5 setup file I simply reinstalled the original files knowing they would overwrite the errors with no question and then reinstalled the patch.

This is just an FYI for relative new guys like myself to make sure you're either backing up your files or have read somewhere how to correct an error once it occurs. Remember these skins should have their OWN folders and not be overwriting anything in the OOTP Graphics folder proper.

And to all you skinmakers. Great work. You're alright. Cuss, the green alien atmosphere lends itself to some real interesting solo play in the wee hours.

adventureran · 03-26-2003, 06:04 PM

One other thing to keep in mind, is that most skin creators include a readme file that includes information about the skin including what files to backup, overwrite, etc. It's wise to read this file before unzipping the whole package. Of course, this goes for most things we download and install.

03-26-2003, 04:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
endgame Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 10,771 Thanks: 893 Thanked 756x in 429 posts	When a Skin install goes wrong.... Alright, I don't mean anything's wrong with the skin. I mean when someone like me (inexperienced in mods) gets his hands on one. I use Winzip and have it configured to extract all the files and keep the folder names, which has worked perfectly well until something unusual happened with Cuss16's excellent skin in a recent download and extraction. When prompted to overwrite an existing file I should have been suspicious but instead just hit the yes to all button and then I ended up with a curious mixture of the default blue engine and Cuss's work. Thought I'd screwed the pooch for good. In any event, I tried using Norton utilities to recover the files from protection and the mix still didn't get me where I wanted to be: back to the original state. So, using the OOTP5 setup file I simply reinstalled the original files knowing they would overwrite the errors with no question and then reinstalled the patch. This is just an FYI for relative new guys like myself to make sure you're either backing up your files or have read somewhere how to correct an error once it occurs. Remember these skins should have their OWN folders and not be overwriting anything in the OOTP Graphics folder proper. And to all you skinmakers. Great work. You're alright. Cuss, the green alien atmosphere lends itself to some real interesting solo play in the wee hours.

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03-26-2003, 06:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
adventureran Major Leagues Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 447 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	One other thing to keep in mind, is that most skin creators include a readme file that includes information about the skin including what files to backup, overwrite, etc. It's wise to read this file before unzipping the whole package. Of course, this goes for most things we download and install.