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I have a little problem with my rep.lvl file. It's 400MB large. But my rep folder is only 150MB! My common folder (not the side) is only 40MB, and my common side is only 4. What's happening?

theres alot in your req for the rep side. delete the unused entrys to your .req then you will have a smaller .lvl size

errr...

ummm...

thats reaaallly weird.

Everything in my req is used. This is for a side mod.

Delete any unused models and .tgas from the sides MSH folder. Those take up the most space, just becareful on what you delete though, its time consuming but it cuts down drastically on the size- I reduced the all.lvl from 100,000+KB to around 24,000KB using this method for a racing side I made.

That's not the problem - as I said, my rep folder is only 150MB. There's something weird going on.

EDIT: I think I might have it figured out. For every req file, it makes new copies of the same files. I've tried to use the Conversion Pack spawn names for the different Clone Commandos, for example, but I used one plain gray texture for the lot. It copied it over and over again, making the size larger. Am I right?

Do you have 4 different .reqs calling each Commando? If so that may be it. Just make a custom side, name it something like RC.lvl or Commando.lvl and set up the commandos in there and write a RCBasic.req calling all the commandos in one req. Then do the whole addunitclass thing in the .lua.

Alternatively you could just add all the commandos into one .req in the REP/REQ folder. Same as the above .req but everything stays in the REP side.

Either method should work.

I deleted the extra commandos, leaving "rep_inf_commando", and the REP file shrunk by 100MB. So far, so good. Thanks!