Re: MTG Image Renamer
Posted: 08 Oct 2010, 13:20
Problem is symlinks won't work under Windows XP. I still use XP on 1 machine, and I bet lots of others do as well.
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I plan on revising the application and having multiple options, options include methods such as "move", "copy", "link". As well as offer the ability to go from the folder structure of "SET -> APP" or "APP -> APP" (with a slight bit more description this is just an example). That way you can use which ever method you wish.Cursor wrote:Problem is symlinks won't work under Windows XP. I still use XP on 1 machine, and I bet lots of others do as well.
Wagic pics go in "WTH013_1\PSP\GAME\WTH\Res\sets", e.g. WTH013_1\PSP\GAME\WTH\Res\sets\2ED\2ED.zip. Inside each pics folder is a dat file that can be read with a text editor. Sample contents:woogerboy21 wrote:Do you have any documentation on how the wagic application uses picture, the folder and file structure etc? I downloaded the application but didnt see any pictures.
[meta]
author=Wagic Team
name=2nd Edition
year=1993
[/meta]
[card]
primitive=Air Elemental
id=691
rarity=U
[/card]
[card]
primitive=Ancestral Recall
id=692
rarity=R
[/card]
[card]
primitive=Animate Artifact
id=693
rarity=U
[/card]
[card]
primitive=Animate Dead
id=645
rarity=U
[/card]
[card]
primitive=Animate Wall
id=829
rarity=R
[/card]
Two questions, I noticed you have a zip file in your path listing. Are all the images contained in a zip file or is that just a fluke? Also taking a look at the .dat file it appears to have the image names but does all sets listed in the sets folder have all the images for each set or are not all cards in a set supported?Huggybaby wrote:Wagic pics go in "WTH013_1\PSP\GAME\WTH\Res\sets", e.g. WTH013_1\PSP\GAME\WTH\Res\sets\2ED\2ED.zip. Inside each pics folder is a dat file that can be read with a text editor.
Great! I downloaded the app and will have to try and getting things working so I can better understand how its structure works.frwololo is going to give me a list of Set/Card name/Card ID and you'll get it as soon as I do.
Also doing a bit more research windows xp does have a similar solution (or I should say the ntfs filing system does). They are called junctions. However I don't believe I will be implementing junctions to link folder locations on a windows xp machine for 2 reasons. 1.) Its a NTFS feature and though many have used NTFS for a filing system in windows for some time now there will be others that don't use it. 2.) Unlike links when a junction is removed using windows explorer the contents that is linked using the junction is also removed (and to further add insult to injury its removed with no restore possibility). So for example, say you have multiple applications that use one source folder for images that are junctioned together and you decide to no longer use magic album (why would you choose to never use this fine application only you would know). You go into file explorer and delete the magic album folder. Since the images folder contains junctions to your image content guess what? They are now gone. That would be bad.Cursor wrote:Problem is symlinks won't work under Windows XP. I still use XP on 1 machine, and I bet lots of others do as well.