Long explanation of how to find new dats (Sorry Its update time and imma bored!)
If you have altana viewer, What i do is go to the altana viewer folder. then go list > PC > Mithra. then open the file Main.csv in a text file program like notepad or notepad++ and then at the end add something like this (Notice you have to close and re open Altana View to see anything you alter):
Code:
@New Dats 296-300
296/0-127, 296 Seekers New Stuff
297/0-127, 297 Seekers New Stuff
298/0-127, 298 Seekers New Stuff
299/0-127, 299 Seekers New Stuff
300/0-127, 300 Seekers New Stuff
308/0-127, 308 Seekers New Stuff
This will let you search all dats in folders ROM/296 thru 300 and then folder 308 for Main Hand Weapons.
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@New Dats 296-300 = The heading you would find in the drop box on the left under "Main:" Whats normally here is (None), Hand to hand, Dagger, ect...
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296/0-127, 296 Seekers New Stuff (breakdown of what it means)
296/ = the "296" folder in the "ROM" folder.
0-127, = dats 0-127 within that folder (there are only ever 127 dats in a ROM folder)
296 Seekers New Stuff = The headings for each dat you would find in the drop box on the right under "Main:" Whats normally here is specific weapon names such as Patas, Bone Patas, Poison Cesti, ect... With this (Because its a range of dats instead of a single one) all the dats will be labeled the same except they will have a - # at the end (notice #1 will actually be dat 0). At the end of the dats called "296 Seekers New Stuff" will be a section of dats called "297 Seekers New Stuff." This is the next dat folder. I like to do them in sections of 5 folders.
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Now open Altana Viewer and pick the PC tab, select mithra as your race and under the Main: pick the first drop box. With what i gave you above There should be a selection under Polearm entitled "New Dats 296-300." Pick that option. Now in the drop box to the right of that will be a listing of every dat in ROM/296 thru ROM/300.
I usually like to hit "Play" at the bottom of Altana Viewer in the "Action" to play a random weapon skill animation so its easier to see the weapons in the correct spot for your race (otherwise if its floatin not in your hand it is most likely another race's dat.). Also if you are searching for a specific weapon, its best to select a Weaponskill of that weapon type (example: play wasp sting if you are lookin for a dagger).
Ok so now youve played a WS, choose the drop box on the right under "Main:" and i just push the down arrow on my keyboard til something pops up on my model. (NOTE: Anything can pop up, Armor dats, Weapon dats, Monster dats, ect...). Keep scrollin til something that looks like what you want pops up then slowly scroll down til one lines up properly in your model's main hand. Take note of that dat address in the bottom "status bar" of Altana View.
In what I gave you here the first thing that pops up is in folder 300 dat 104. It appears to be a helmet. Keeping in mind we are usin the weapon model section that helmet will not be in the correct place on your model. Alas There are no weapons in these first 5 folders.
Onto Folder 308s contents! BOOM! Right off the bat is a weapon. dat 0 appears to be the Camaraderie Wand! It isnt in the correct spot however so it is prolly not mithra's. dat 4 appears to be in the correct spot and is a dagger (sometimes other races will appear in the correct spot. this is a good time to go thru every WS for that weapon and make sure the weapon stays in your hand in each one, even then sometimes its the wrong race. This dagger appears properly in every WS except Exenterator) Dats tend to be grouped either all the same weapon for each race, or a series of items for one race followed by the same series of items for the next race.
Finally dat 31 is a dagger that animates correctly for every dagger WS. This must be the mithra section of these dats! As you scroll thru these keep in mind they may not pop up in the correct place (your hand) until you change to a WS of that weapon type. The mithra section appears to go until dat .39
Ok so Lets enter that dagger into the list where it goes! select that dagger in Altana View and you will see it listed at ROM/308/31.dat. Open that Main.csv file in the mithran folder again and find the Heading "@Dagger." at the bottom of that section put a line that says:
Code:
308/31, Camaraderie Dagger
Now the next time you open up AltanaView When you select Daggers in your main hand at the bottom will be Camaraderie Dagger. For 1 hand weapons there is also a dat for the sub hand so be sure to find that as well. But put that one in the Sub.csv file instead.
After these series of weapons, it looks like the Ice Lion WKR armors are up. dat 87 and 88 appear to be the head and pants for mithra, so you can add these dats to the head.csv and legs.csv in the mithra folder. The last Dat 127 appears to be a white Ixion model mangled over your model.
Ok, so for the Example i gave above, that searches everything in those 6 folders. Basically what i do is open up my playonline folder and seek out the folder "ROM." Then i find the highest numbered folder and put what i gave you above except use the highest number you found for the folder number. then open altana viewer and scroll thru the list til you find something. Once you found the dats and enter them into the proper file for their armor slot you can erase the code i gave above until you need to search again.
Hope that helps and lemme know if i confused you!
PS. ochu hat is at folder 318 dat 110. alluvian stuff starts about 318 dat 123. incursion stuff starts at 320 dat 81.