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Location: D2CMP\SRC\Codec.cpp, line #1639
Expression: Error decompressing sprite=Possible corruption in data file: COTRlitWLhth
The COTRlitWLhth is the coding for one one the animation pieces for something. The coding breakdown is like this
CO= indexes monster or chracter type. Sorry, I ma not sure at the moment which it is due those files being on a currently unmounted HDD. I do know that it is not one of the player or hireling files though and should be a monster that you were just coming up on.
TR= trunk or torso animation piece. This in some cases is the only piece that exists for some monsters.
lit= usually denotes a light armor or non-armor graphic in case there can be multile forms for display.
WL=walking animation (current mode of the mob)
hth= hand to hand for the weapon type that they are employing. The usual default for most of the monsters in the game. Would be different for characters and hirelings to reflect the types of weapons or shields that they may be holding since the game needs to know how to handle the clipping of the graphics for display.
This may look like a very serious problem, but it really is not. When dealling with large files like the MPQs stored on the HDDs there is a chance now and then that the OS (Messy Slops Windoze) may on occasion accidently overwrite some HDD sectors and corrupt a portion of a file. Or one of the data bits in that section may have just not been read or maintained its state properly. The quick attempt solution to this is to try recopying the appropriate MPQ files from the orginal disks. Since I do not have the listing for what 'CO' is calling you will need to do both the orginal and exansion MPQs. These would be the d2data.mpq from the orginal disks and the d2exp.mpq from the expansion disk.
edit: Swapped out the HDDs and looked up what 'CO' is. This is the coding for one of the ambient critters you see in act 3; the snake is crawling around in some areas. You should be able to get by with just recopying the d2data.mpq file from the orginal disks.