On Mar 28, 1997, Wes Newell wrote:
 JS> Format 2:
 JS>   SQPACK  [area1 area2 ... arean]
 JS> Then again, I always use Format 1. ;)
 WN> Since I have about 400 passthru areas feeding dwonlinks, I
 WN> always use format 2. And for it to work properly, and not
 WN> process the passthru areas, one must have a current area
 WN> data file. Running silt with the -2a param whenever you
 WN> add/remove message areas will create this for you. I then
 WN> simply execute sqpackp area.dat
Many moons ago I realized that what you say can be a problem.  My solution 
was to create and use a separate directory for the passthru areas.  This way, 
they're never touched by anything other than Squish itself.  (Also keeps the 
message base directory from being cluttered up with passthru dupe files.)
But... I have to ask, why not just use Max 3's MAREA?  If I were going to go 
that route, I'd use SQPACK(p) D:\Max\Marea.  Or is there a bug in SqPack that 
I'm not aware of?
 -JrS
  ogre@nashville.com
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