Using F4ResTool to add custom squadron patches

[Halcyon]

I’m stuck.
I’m following this guide -> https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?8850-Tutorial-Creating-and-Adding-Squadron-Patches-to-your-Install

…and I get everything up to the point where it says to “Save/Pack the patches.idx file”

Ok, how exactly?

I’m choosing the f4restool/patches folder where I extracted patches.idx as my work path since I added a custom patch .tga image and edited the patches.irc file.
When I try to pack back to patches.idx using that work path, it either doesn’t change anything in patches.idx or it shrinks the file so it’s missing over 80% of it’s patch data.

What’s the secret to making this work? Does the method described in that guide not work for 4.33?

[Halcyon]

Bueller?

[Arty]

Get one patch out and look at the size. It must be the exact same, else u get what u got.

Sent from TapaTalk

[Halcyon]

@Arty:

Get one patch out and look at the size. It must be the exact same, else u get what u got.

Sent from TapaTalk

Arty, the patch I made is 96 x 96 in 16 bit format, as the guide instructs.

[Arty]

hmmm

F4ResManager by Monster what u seek is. Right tools you use must.

http://docs.sakgiok.gr/manuals:f4resmanager:home

hmmmmmm

http://sakgiok.gr/downloads

May the force be with you.

[Halcyon]

Thanks Arty!