No C:\~\Defcon\Data Folder

[Yan]

Not sure if this should be in this forum or the modding forum but i looked for my C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\defcon\data folder as i woz interested in making small mod and i couldnt find it. A search for the various files e.g. russia.bmp turns up nothing and i dont understand how defcon can work if it doesnt have a data folder. i've enabled hidden folders and i still can t see anything. the folder i'm looking in is the same one that defcon saves screenies to and it contains the .exe, a folder called "mods" and a folder called "reslists". i dont know if i'm looking in the wrong place or if my particular installation is weird and if thats the case, wud reinstalling it off steam help?
thanks,
Yan

[Pox]

Defcon stores the stock game data in a single binary file. I know at least in the Linux version it's called main.dat. I'm not sure if you can extract it to get at the data.

[Yan]

but surely to mod, i need to get at the maps and sailable areas. i realise that i cant get at the hard source code coz IV haven' t released it yet, i'm saying that i hav no \data folder inside my C:\~\Defcon folder which according to Montyphy's guide found at http://forums.introversion.co.uk/defcon/viewtopic.php?t=3884 is where i should be able 2 find the editable material.

[KingAl]

As you'll see elsewhere in Montyphy's guide, game data is stored in '.dat' files, which are really '.rar' files, and as such can be extracted by programs such as WinRAR.

[Yan]

you triggerd something in my brain, stupid Winxp was showing .dat files as a movie clip, so i disregarded them as something to do with the scrolling background. as a stab in the dark i tried extracting them with 7-zip and it worked. thanks v. much guys.