Iksar Animation Fixes (2HS, Archery)

[Zaela]

For some inexplicable reason, the Titanium client corrupts the Iksar male 2HS and Archery animations while loading them. The animation data itself is fine -- and identical to what came with the original Kunark CD -- and earlier clients like the Trilogy client don't have the same problem.

In short, these...
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...are not classic.

I recently stumbled onto a fix for this. Moving the animation data around in the client datafile that contains it magically makes the problem go away.

So I made a "one click tool" to do just that. (The code for the tool can be found here.)

Steps:
1) Download p99-iksar-anim-oneclick.exe from the link provided.
2) Put p99-iksar-anim-oneclick.exe into your EQ folder.
3) Double click p99-iksar-anim-oneclick.exe in your EQ folder (or run it from the command line, if that's your style).

A console window will pop up and briefly inform you of its progress, and any errors it runs into. If all goes well it shouldn't take more than 2 or 3 seconds. The tool automatically makes a backup of the file that needs to be edited (global4_chr.s3d, backed up as global4_chr.zae) before it does anything.

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The fix may also apply to the same animations for Iksar skeletons, guards and citizens, due to the way animation data is shared between models.

Troubleshooting:

* If your EQ folder is in /Program Files/ or /Program Files (x86)/, you'll need to either run the tool as admin (right click -> Run as administrator) or move your EQ folder somewhere else. The tool makes a backup file in your EQ folder to make it possible to revert the data file it edits; newer Windows versions don't let programs create files in folders under Program Files by default for security reasons.

* If you can't run the tool and it complains about a missing dll, you may need to download and run vcredist_x86.exe from Microsoft here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/downl...ils.aspx?id=29