Lately i have been getting frustrated when i only needed to update a script, but i had to build everything. I have alot of custom textures in use and it takes a bit to build it. That's why i made a simple batch script that builds the images only.

Just copy the code below and save it as a batch file, open your text editor and save as: yourbatchname.bat
Put the batch file in your root/mods/mapname folder

@echo off
set IWDNAME=images.iwd
if exist %IWDNAME% del %IWDNAME%
..\..\bin\7za a -r -tzip %IWDNAME% images
for /f "delims=" %%A in ('cd') do (
set foldername=%%~nxA
)
xcopy /s /y "%CD%\%IWDNAME%" "%appdata%\..\Local\Activision\CoDWaW\mods\%foldername%"
pause

Lately i have been getting frustrated when i only needed to update a script, but i had to build everything. I have alot of custom textures in use and it takes a bit to build it. That's why i made a simple batch script that builds the images only.

Just copy the code below and save it as a batch file, open your text editor and save as: yourbatchname.bat
Put the batch file in your root/mods/mapname folder

@echo off
set IWDNAME=images.iwd
if exist %IWDNAME% del %IWDNAME%
..\..\bin\7za a -r -tzip %IWDNAME% images
for /f "delims=" %%A in ('cd') do (
set foldername=%%~nxA
)
xcopy /s /y "%CD%\%IWDNAME%" "%appdata%\..\Local\Activision\CoDWaW\mods\%foldername%"
pause

or just work from the scripts in the IWD in your appdata instead. Then you only need to click "save" and run your mod

just remember not to build mod in launcher or youll over write your changes with your old stuff again

or just work from the scripts in the IWD in your appdata instead. Then you only need to click "save" and run your mod

just remember not to build mod in launcher or youll over write your changes with your old stuff again

Or compile images in different .IWD via new mod and add that .IWD in your mods folder

or you could zip the images and replace the extension with iwd and edit the gsc/csc files in appdata without having to build iwd again. been doing this for two years since i found the launcher does it too damn slow.

That's all extra effort, why would i even edit them in appdata. I really don't see the point in all your different ways lol.

coz its the files that the game is actually loading? No need to compile or anything?

Good for on the spot testing

Compile goes fast enough, and then i don't have to copy the files back again when i'm done. And for final compile i remove all my scripts from the iwd and build them directly in the fastfile. But that's just me i guess 

Compile goes fast enough, and then i don't have to copy the files back again when i'm done. And for final compile i remove all my scripts from the iwd and build them directly in the fastfile. But that's just me i guess 

its all preference

working from the IWD occasionally ive built mod like a muppet and overwritten my work. So ups and downs i guess

That's true, but i love how everyone came in with their own method hahaha. I guess the tutorial became more advanced

That's cool man thanks... I work in the iwd too, all the time actually. So much quicker when trying to tune something. The other bonus to this method though, I guess, would be if you didn't include these scripts in your mod folder, but have them in raw/maps instead, they won't be in your iwd. So this method would save time that way then.

So if I understand this correctly, you don't select images anymore when you build you rmod, you just run this bat file and it does it for you, when you need images updated? So if you would have images in there that you don't have checked it will run them too right? Just making sure I understand is all.

Edit: I just tried it. Did not work for me . Looked like it worked, but when I loaded game, new iwi was not in it. So I looked in my mod and there was an images iwd, but my images are in nazi_zombie_orbit iwd/ images folder. So I removed the images from that iwd, and I think that worked. Thanks!

It will compile all your .iwi files in your images folder.