editing the res file

The Carnivores Text Resource file is a file located in the HUNTDAT folder that defines the base characteristics of all ambient and hunt able characters and weapons in the game. It is only found in Carnivores 2, Ice Age, and Carnivores Community Edition. You can edit this file with any standard text editor to create basic modifications to the game.

Tools required

• Windows Notepad or any standard text editor

Where is it?

The Resource file is located in {carnivores installation path}/huntdat/_res.txt. You can simply double-click the file in Windows Explorer to open it for editing in notepad.

How to edit (Carnivores 2 and Ice Age)

The file is quite simple to change. There are two categories of resources - Weapons and Characters. Each category is enclosed in squiggly brackets ("{" and "}"), and each contains sub-items for each weapon and character in the game.

In addition, there is a file category after weapons and characters that defines the menu prices for each item and maps.

In each weapon sub-item category, you will find a collection of characteristics written as 'characteristic = "value"' (such as: name = "a name"). Below is a list of all available characteristics and their possible values.