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joshriot posted 08-02- 08:36 PM CT (US)
how could i make an icon lead to my d-mod? i now you could do some shit like that with dos but i dont know how.
Gerben posted 08-03- 01:59 AM CT (US)
This might be a really stupid answer, because I have not understood your question correctly. But I think this is what you want.
Edit a file called (In wordpad):
DMODNAME.bat
Now put these lines in that program
cd\
cd dinksm~1
dink.exe -game DMODNAME
I hope you know enough about dos to find the correct directory. I just assumed the game is in the Dink Smallwood directory on your hard drive.
Now all you have to do is to make a new shortcut on your desktop which runs the dmodname.bat program.
Sorry if this isn't what you needed.
Gerben posted 08-03- 02:03 AM CT (US)
Use the line dinkedit.exe -game DMODNAME
If you want to start the editor.
It might also be easier to copy the dink.exe and dinkedit.exe files into you dmoddir and just making a shortcut to those on your desktop. That would actually be much easier :-)
joshriot posted 08-03- 08:35 AM CT (US)
i put the crapage in dmod.bat and then made an icon leading to it. all it does is open the text file.
joshriot posted 08-03- 08:35 AM CT (US)
i put the crapage in dmod.bat and then made an icon leading to it. all it does is open the text file.
Gerben posted 08-04- 02:24 AM CT (US)
Did you check to see if Edit didn't add the .txt extension ? Making it dmod.bat.txt
Otherwise try editing the properties of the icon and instead of making it start dmod.bat don't add the extension just make it start dmod .
And you can also try copying dink.exe and dinkedit.exe to your Dmod directory and then drag their icons on your desktop and rename them.
redink1 posted 08-04- 08:33 AM CT (US)
BAT(ch) files require an MS-DOS prompt, which sucks. Here is a better way.
1. Right-click on the Win95/98 desktop, select New, then Shortcut.
2. Click the browse button, and go into your Dink Smallwood directory, and double-click on dink.exe. DO NOT HIT NEXT
3. Now you should have something like "c:\program files\dink smallwood\dink.exe" in the command line box. Make it like this (with the quotes, and dmod as your D-Mod name):
"C:\program files\dink smallwood\dink.exe" -game dmod
4. Hit next and follow the rest of the instructions. Once you're done with the dialog box, double-clicking on the icon should start up your D-Mod.
You can also do this with Dinkedit. Just replace Dink.exe with dinkedit.exe in the above steps.
joshriot posted 08-05- 03:07 PM CT (US)
yea that worked but its a shortcut, so it has that frickin arrow on the icon which makes it look like rubbish.

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Author	Topic: icon
joshriot	posted 08-02- 08:36 PM CT (US) how could i make an icon lead to my d-mod? i now you could do some shit like that with dos but i dont know how.
Gerben	posted 08-03- 01:59 AM CT (US) This might be a really stupid answer, because I have not understood your question correctly. But I think this is what you want. Edit a file called (In wordpad): DMODNAME.bat Now put these lines in that program cd\ cd dinksm~1 dink.exe -game DMODNAME I hope you know enough about dos to find the correct directory. I just assumed the game is in the Dink Smallwood directory on your hard drive. Now all you have to do is to make a new shortcut on your desktop which runs the dmodname.bat program. Sorry if this isn't what you needed.
Gerben	posted 08-03- 02:03 AM CT (US) Use the line dinkedit.exe -game DMODNAME If you want to start the editor. It might also be easier to copy the dink.exe and dinkedit.exe files into you dmoddir and just making a shortcut to those on your desktop. That would actually be much easier :-)
joshriot	posted 08-03- 08:35 AM CT (US) i put the crapage in dmod.bat and then made an icon leading to it. all it does is open the text file.
joshriot	posted 08-03- 08:35 AM CT (US) i put the crapage in dmod.bat and then made an icon leading to it. all it does is open the text file.
Gerben	posted 08-04- 02:24 AM CT (US) Did you check to see if Edit didn't add the .txt extension ? Making it dmod.bat.txt Otherwise try editing the properties of the icon and instead of making it start dmod.bat don't add the extension just make it start dmod . And you can also try copying dink.exe and dinkedit.exe to your Dmod directory and then drag their icons on your desktop and rename them.
redink1	posted 08-04- 08:33 AM CT (US) BAT(ch) files require an MS-DOS prompt, which sucks. Here is a better way. 1. Right-click on the Win95/98 desktop, select New, then Shortcut. 2. Click the browse button, and go into your Dink Smallwood directory, and double-click on dink.exe. DO NOT HIT NEXT 3. Now you should have something like "c:\program files\dink smallwood\dink.exe" in the command line box. Make it like this (with the quotes, and dmod as your D-Mod name): "C:\program files\dink smallwood\dink.exe" -game dmod 4. Hit next and follow the rest of the instructions. Once you're done with the dialog box, double-clicking on the icon should start up your D-Mod. You can also do this with Dinkedit. Just replace Dink.exe with dinkedit.exe in the above steps.
joshriot	posted 08-05- 03:07 PM CT (US) yea that worked but its a shortcut, so it has that frickin arrow on the icon which makes it look like rubbish.