y bother with a back up

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y bother with a back up

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its weird i make aa back up copy of a map put in it on my desktop but somehow it gets moded.
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maybe its because u r modding the the one u put on ur desktop and not the one in the map folder
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ok

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well somebody doesnt think im smart :roll:

i noticed this becuz i wanted to c the orginal bitmaps for a map so i replaced it with the back up but it was also upgraded
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yeh, that could be a problem..lol
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it is a problem cuz now i dont know if the barricade bit map was even there in the 1st place (in death island)
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yey, that is a real problem..lol
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u responded preety fast can u tell me what the bit map for the barricade in death island is?
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i wouldn't know off the top of my head and I don't have halo installed on this machine...
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o ok then my search contiues 8)
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Post by rossmum »

Well, if you accidentally edited the backup, make a new one from the disc.
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Post by HunterXI »

and designate a folder for backups, and be sure not to mod anything in that folder...
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u guys are not reading what im typing i didnt touch the back up it was like i was moding both maps at the same time but i will do what u guys suggested but if u could just do me the favor of finding the bit map for the barricade in death islan i would appreciate it
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shibbyman wrote:u guys are not reading what im typing i didnt touch the back up it was like i was moding both maps at the same time but i will do what u guys suggested but if u could just do me the favor of finding the bit map for the barricade in death islan i would appreciate it
stuff like that doesn't happen. you must have modded it by accident.
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no becuz then i wouldnt c the upgrade when i test the map & i test the map frequently so explain that
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shibbyman wrote:no becuz then i wouldnt c the upgrade when i test the map & i test the map frequently so explain that
well, what are you doing? bitmap/sound/ui stuff? or just plain BG (or whatever map) stuff?
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well

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im workin on the insanty island mod, im building a city on the island i made the back up after i got the panals in & when i put the back up back in all the buildings were there
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shibbyman wrote:im workin on the insanty island mod, im building a city on the island i made the back up after i got the panals in & when i put the back up back in all the buildings were there
and you're sure you replaced the appropriate map?
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i only have one back up file
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shibbyman wrote:i only have one back up file
and you just overwrote the modded map with the backup? insteaad of vice versa?
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Post by shibbyman »

i rename the back deathisland.map.map so i can tell them apart then once i take the other map out i rename it to its original.
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