Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Rate This Thread
Hop To
#4264123 - 05/26/16 01:04 PM Randomly named TPC Files to PCX, and back.  
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 13,341
Col. Gibbon Offline
A nobody
Col. Gibbon  Offline
A nobody
Veteran

Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 13,341
In all the tools we have, have we got anything to convert a batch of randomly named TPC files to PCX?

I thought we had a windows version of Picpac, but I've not got a copy, and I don't know, if it will do Batches, or just one at a time.

I can DIR a list of the files, but the format of a DIR list does not have the information in a usable way.

Any ideas, without writing an old fashioned Batch file for each 3dz?

A converter going the other way, working from PCX to TPC would be good too.

smile


Supports EAW 1.29.exe, Drop in and Play Technology. wink

1.29 download
Inline advert (2nd and 3rd post)

#4264148 - 05/26/16 02:12 PM Re: Randomly named TPC Files to PCX, and back. [Re: Col. Gibbon]  
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 12,497
MrJelly Offline
Veteran
MrJelly  Offline
Veteran

Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 12,497
Montagnac, L'Herault, France
Picpac converts PCX to TPC/PIC etc, and not the other way.

"gpmTpc2Pcx.exe" is the program that converts things back to TPC

I have a program that does this by first making a batch file from the selected PIC/TPC etc files, and then running "gpmTpc2Pcx.exe".


Fly EAW online at GameRanger: GameRanger Site

FaceBook Pages
UAW 160 downloads
EAW Club

Mark Twain: I am quite sure now that often, very often, in matters concerning religion and politics a man's reasoning powers are not above the monkey's.

I am now of an age at which I no longer need to suffer fools gladly
#4264154 - 05/26/16 02:35 PM Re: Randomly named TPC Files to PCX, and back. [Re: Col. Gibbon]  
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 4,859
Rotton50 Offline
3DZ / campaign designer
Rotton50  Offline
3DZ / campaign designer
Senior Member

Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 4,859
Cape Charles, Virginia, USA
"gpmTpc2Pcx.exe" is the program that converts things back to TPC to PCX.

It does batch file conversions by default. First any existing pcx files in the folder get sent to a subfolder called "pcxbak". Then anything in the folder that you highlight in the main window will get converted to PCX. In fact, if you highlight a file that isn't a .TPC file the program will still make a PCX version. To be clear, it won't BE a PCX file.

The only drawback to the windows version is that it doesn't remember the last folder you worked in so every time you open it you have to drill down to the correct folder. Minor inconvenience.


Heck, even paranoids have enemies.
#4264168 - 05/26/16 03:04 PM Re: Randomly named TPC Files to PCX, and back. [Re: Col. Gibbon]  
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 12,497
MrJelly Offline
Veteran
MrJelly  Offline
Veteran

Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 12,497
Montagnac, L'Herault, France
I use the word 'things', because it converts PIC, MPC, TER and TPC files back to PCX






This was originally a PIC file not a TPC


Fly EAW online at GameRanger: GameRanger Site

FaceBook Pages
UAW 160 downloads
EAW Club

Mark Twain: I am quite sure now that often, very often, in matters concerning religion and politics a man's reasoning powers are not above the monkey's.

I am now of an age at which I no longer need to suffer fools gladly
#4264169 - 05/26/16 03:09 PM Re: Randomly named TPC Files to PCX, and back. [Re: Col. Gibbon]  
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 12,497
MrJelly Offline
Veteran
MrJelly  Offline
Veteran

Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 12,497
Montagnac, L'Herault, France
...and here is a ".TER" file it just converted;


Fly EAW online at GameRanger: GameRanger Site

FaceBook Pages
UAW 160 downloads
EAW Club

Mark Twain: I am quite sure now that often, very often, in matters concerning religion and politics a man's reasoning powers are not above the monkey's.

I am now of an age at which I no longer need to suffer fools gladly
#4264182 - 05/26/16 03:55 PM Re: Randomly named TPC Files to PCX, and back. [Re: Col. Gibbon]  
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 13,341
Col. Gibbon Offline
A nobody
Col. Gibbon  Offline
A nobody
Veteran

Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 13,341
OK Tony, I forgot about the gpmTpc2Pcx.exe.

It'a a long time since I did any conversions of TPC's, but I had a request on how to make a SPT file, and it got me wondering, if we had a better way to convert TPC/PCX's.

So, where do I get a copy of your program?

It will Batch convert everything in a folder? Or, do I do it one at a time?


Supports EAW 1.29.exe, Drop in and Play Technology. wink

1.29 download
#4264245 - 05/26/16 06:27 PM Re: Randomly named TPC Files to PCX, and back. [Re: Col. Gibbon]  
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 12,497
MrJelly Offline
Veteran
MrJelly  Offline
Veteran

Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 12,497
Montagnac, L'Herault, France
Email sent with zipfile smile


Fly EAW online at GameRanger: GameRanger Site

FaceBook Pages
UAW 160 downloads
EAW Club

Mark Twain: I am quite sure now that often, very often, in matters concerning religion and politics a man's reasoning powers are not above the monkey's.

I am now of an age at which I no longer need to suffer fools gladly

Moderated by  RacerGT 

Quick Search
Recent Articles
Support SimHQ

If you shop on Amazon use this Amazon link to support SimHQ
.
Social


Recent Topics
Carnival Cruise Ship Fire....... Again
by F4UDash4. 03/26/24 05:58 PM
Baltimore Bridge Collapse
by F4UDash4. 03/26/24 05:51 PM
The Oldest WWII Veterans
by F4UDash4. 03/24/24 09:21 PM
They got fired after this.
by Wigean. 03/20/24 08:19 PM
Grown ups joke time
by NoFlyBoy. 03/18/24 10:34 PM
Anyone Heard from Nimits?
by F4UDash4. 03/18/24 10:01 PM
RIP Gemini/Apollo astronaut Tom Stafford
by semmern. 03/18/24 02:14 PM
10 years after 3/8/2014
by NoFlyBoy. 03/17/24 10:25 AM
Copyright 1997-2016, SimHQ Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.6.0