Duke levels

[bignukeguy]

How do i get the origional duke levals (Hollywood Holocast-Area 51)out of duke.grp and be able to build in them or is it illegal or impossible or something. images/icons/confused.gif

[Kef Nukem]

What are you mocking Roger.. it works fine. What else did you want then? A windows prog where you can drag files from the group into a dir? Man you know Duke is old and you don't need it anyway.. Kextract just works fine. If not.. make us a better one please images/icons/wink.gif

[alejandro]

Kextract is easier than any windows program, you only have to type one line!... But ok, if you don't understand the DOS prompt then a windows program will be easier for you images/icons/tongue.gif

[Carger2000]

Theres nothing wrong with Kextract. If you dont want to use it, then good luck with extracting .Grp files..

[Bruce Hamilton]

Originally posted by Carger2000:
If you dont want to use it, then good luck with extracting .Grp files..<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">There are other ways, like Group File Studio, if you can still find it... I think DukeRoch does it as well.

[alejandro]

Just copy all the files from the build folder from your Duke3d cd to your Duke3d folder and type:

"kextract duke3d.grp e?l?.map"

e?l? is the name of the map, for example Hollywood holocaust is e1l1.map, or Area 51 is e4l11.map

[Roger]

Kextract is crap.

[Guest]

Kextract and Kgroup are one of the best of their kind, simply because they are command-line based. On my computer I prefer to use DOS to make directories, delete stuff, move files between directories etc. Its better than using Windows.

[Joe Siegler]

Originally posted by Roger:
Kextract is crap.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Really? Then tell me how, if it was so "crap", it was able to create the game Duke Nukem 3D. A lot of people tend to slag the utils, but what they are failing to realize is that these are the same tools we used to make the game with. If they were so crap, how could they have produced the game that you obviously like so much because you're into modding it?

[Rott King]

Kextract works perfectly, If you want to extract maps just go into the dos prompt, go into the duke directory, and type: Kextract duke3d.grp *.map and if you want to extract EVREYTHING, just type: Kextract duke3d.grp *.* Simple.Much easier than backing up original cons. images/icons/tongue.gif

[bignukeguy]

Kextract WORKS that is all that matters. images/icons/wink.gif
besides kextract is all that you have. images/icons/rolleyes.gif

[Roger]

I say kextract is crap because it doesn't work for me. I couldn't get it to work if my life depended on it.

[Phoenix]

Originally posted by Joe3DR:
If they were so crap, how could they have produced the game that you obviously like so much because you're into modding it?<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Keyextract is not crap. But in today's operating systems it is cumbersome to use. No one questions the superior game 3D Realms produced. Yet on numerous occasions 3D Realms and you yourself stated in this forum that Duke Nukem will not be upgraded into modern operating systems. Since hardly anyone uses DOS anymore and Microsoft makes difficult to use it, it is not surprising people tent to say this or that program is crap, they simply don't know any better.

Originally posted by Roger:
I say kextract is crap because it doesn't work for me. I couldn't get it to work if my life depended on it.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Join the club Keyextract did not work for me either. You can use DukeRes (http://ca.geocities.com/dukesunrise2002/html/files.html). It is uploaded on my little SST File site for download.

[Guest]

I Could Make A Batch File That Extracts Any File You Want! But It May Take Me A While. If You Want One, Reply.

[alejandro]

That's easy to do...
1) Open a new file in notepad
2) Write: kextract duke3d.grp %1
3) save as... like "extract.bat"

And now you can type "extract *.map", or *.art, etc... anyway a batch file like this is not needed I think...

[ 03-18-2002, 08:34 PM: Message edited by: alejandro ]

[Guest]

It's MUCH Better Than That! It Has A Cutom Made Input Command Buit-In! Beat That!

[alejandro]

Do you mean the "multiple choices"?
If not then i don't get it... images/icons/confused.gif images/icons/smile.gif

[Guest]

Just Run The Prog, Type The Mapname And It Extracts! Currently You Can Use duke3d.grp And Extract .map Files. I Will Work On It More So You Can Choose The Group File And The File Extention. images/icons/grin.gif

[Guest]

It's Done! images/icons/grin.gif Due To Limits In Dos, There Is A Small Bug That Makes The Program Go Back A Step. It Doesn't Hurt The Program, It's Just A SMALL Inconvenience. images/icons/cool.gif If You Want The Program, E-mail Me At Jcw87@go.com With Kextract In The Subject So I Don't Get Confused And Think It's Spam (Stupid Pointless Annoying Messages)! images/icons/smile.gif