DATPacker and JDATPacker on Windows 10 [SOLVED]

[LironTheChick 20]

Hi Y'all!

Yes, I have returned and I'm pretty much a grandmum now in ST terms. So as y'all have known a lot of things have changed since the last time I was active here (2012ish) and you pretty much get Win 10 when purchasing new computers. Anyway, I'm having issues using both DATPacker and JDATPacker and I'm not sure if it got anything to do with Windows 10 or not. I'm trying to install CAM and installation failed so I opted for the manual process which failed as well because I cannot seem to use datpacker and jdatpacker.

For datpacker, it just gives me a dialogue box saying that a log file has been created. 

For jdatpacker, it finishes 'datpacking' but it actually didn't do anything at all. Sim_City1.dat and the other .dat file are still separate and not packed. Ya know what I mean? 

I've never had these issues before using older operating systems and I seriously won't take "get a new OS" or "downgrade to an older OS" as answers. 

 

Thanks in advance for those who will help. 

 

RtC

[rsc204 21,805]

I wonder if this is simply a permissions issue? To my knowledge neither of the DAT Packer applications should have any issues running under Windows 10. But, files in the program files directory and other places can be locked by Windows, preventing you or applications modifying them.

So try moving the files to DATPack into a temporary folder, for example a folder named "Temp" on your desktop. Then see if you can DATPack them successfully from there.

In the case of JDATPacker, obviously you need to have a suitable version of Java installed. In the case of DATPacker, make sure you've installed any .dll files required by the application, should be listed on the support/download page or readme.

[vortext 573]

9 hours ago, rick the chick said:

For jdatpacker, it finishes 'datpacking' but it actually didn't do anything at all. Sim_City1.dat and the other .dat file are still separate and not packed. Ya know what I mean? 

Yeah this happened to me a lot as well,  mainly because Jdatpacker is a bit unusual in the sense that the 'source directory' needs to be set one level above the actual directory you wish to dat-pack. Or to put that another way, it does not recognize single .dat files within the source directory but rather only the folders it contains, which in turn contain the actual .dat files you want packed.

So in your case, try to create a new folder within the plugins folder called 'CAM' first of all and put simcity1.dat & CAM files in there. Now open JDatpacker, set the source directory to the plugins folder and run it. Barring any Java issues it should have created a new .dat file called CAM inside of the plugins folder. 

 

[LironTheChick 20]

On 8/1/2016 at 10:18 AM, vortext said:

Yeah this happened to me a lot as well,  mainly because Jdatpacker is a bit unusual in the sense that the 'source directory' needs to be set one level above the actual directory you wish to dat-pack. Or to put that another way, it does not recognize single .dat files within the source directory but rather only the folders it contains, which in turn contain the actual .dat files you want packed.

So in your case, try to create a new folder within the plugins folder called 'CAM' first of all and put simcity1.dat & CAM files in there. Now open JDatpacker, set the source directory to the plugins folder and run it. Barring any Java issues it should have created a new .dat file called CAM inside of the plugins folder. 

 

Thanks! It works now. How did I not figure that out?

ALSO!!! I was able to get Datpacker to work as well and the solution was very simple and frustratingly unnecessary: run the program as administrator. I still don't understand why Windoze 10 had to be this overly protective but I guess protecting the user from themselves is now a trend.

Issue with Jdatpacker resolved.

RtC

  Edited August 3, 2016 by rick the chick  
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