Where should you unpack civ4 art files?

[LordFireclaw]

I'm currently working on a modmod for Civ4's History of Three Kingdoms and need to unpack the FPK file. I have PakBuild but I'm not sure where I should unpack the art files...

My question is, where should I unpack the art files so it doesn't mess up the mod itself? And do I have to place the files manually into the different directories of the "Assets" folder or do they automatically unpack there?

This is an example of the code from the Civ4ArtDefines_Leaderhead folder:

Spoiler :

<LeaderheadArtInfo> <Type>ART_DEF_LEADER_GONGSUN_DU</Type> <Button>art/LeaderHeads/GONGSUN_DU.dds</Button>
<NIF>art/Interface/LeaderHeads/GONGSUN_DU.dds</NIF>
<KFM/>
<NoShaderNIF/>
<BackgroundKFM/>

 

[The_J]

Just unpack it to wherever you're working, and leave the mod itself alone .

 

[embryodead]

You could unpack them to the mod's Assets folder, but it's better to unpack them elsehwere, like to your Desktop... Then you can move them to the Assets folder and make sure you don't overwrite any updated files (unpacked files are generally newer than packed ones).

Properly packed FPK files (and HotK are indeed packed properly) retain all folder structure so there's no need to manually move different files, unless you want to move only the files you actually need.

 

[tesb]

You could unpack them to the mod's Assets folder

i highly advice to not do that, because it will skyrocket the loading time for cIV. they are packed for a reason.

 

[embryodead]

i highly advice to not do that, because it will skyrocket the loading time for cIV. they are packed for a reason.

He wants to unpack these files for a reason as well, and you can always, like, pack them back, when you're releasing the mod Also, we're talking about HotK not Civ4 files, it's about 100 MB, it won't skyrocket.