write protected files?

[Pharaxes]

Hi everyone,

I have several write protected files in my Istaria folder and I wonder, if they're all still needed to be write protected:

icon_1.png
icon_2.png
icon_3.png
icon_4.png
icon_5.png
icon_6.png
UIChatWindow.def
UICoreControls.def
ResourceMeta.def

I think the icon and chat windows is for the Chat mod which gives me 20 tabs instead of only 10. but the other ones I dunno. Map pack I think for at least one file? Any ideas?

[Tzael]

Other than the ResourceMeta.def that as you rightly point out is kept write-protected to prevent map pack changes being overwritten during patching, I don't think the rest need to be read-only.

There was a while where I had UICoreControls.def write-protected because I was using a version from an early release of the game in an attempt to recreate older functionality that has been retired. That was a special case though, and what I'd recommend is to double-check all game modifications you have installed to see if any of them will be affected if you remove the read-only status from those files.

[Pharaxes]

hmm ok finally found a download link for chat mod again. all the other files but the ResourceMeta-file are used from the chat mod.

I don't even know if it's still needed, but I guess we still only have 10 chat tabs at once, right?

[Tzael]

Oh is it ten? I thought it was eight tabs per window but it's been a long time since I checked!

[Pharaxes]

the mod gives me 20 chat tabs. 10 above and 10 below the upper line. and they are needed. I'm in 7 channels alone all the time. then theres group chat tab. and of course main chat tab