26-May-2017, 4:23 PM
The file structures are the same, it's just that the original CHIPS.EXE will only read a file named CHIPS.DAT, and I'd assume Chuck's tool specifically checks for a dat file (though I haven't verified this and it could just work).
CCEdit 1.0 defaults to .ccl, as does CCDesign. CCEdit 2.0 defaults to a .dat file. ChipEdit predates the .ccl standard.
Personally, I say leave the extensions as they are. Everyone has their own list of levelsets and if they wanted to only add ones they didn't have from such a database, then they would end up with duplicates. As an example, say I already had DanielB2. It's a .ccl file. I decide to get every set I don't already have from the database, by copying it into my sets folder and saying no to any replacements. Now I have DanielB2.ccl and DanielB2.dat, with the only difference being a needlessly changed file extension.
CCEdit 1.0 defaults to .ccl, as does CCDesign. CCEdit 2.0 defaults to a .dat file. ChipEdit predates the .ccl standard.
Personally, I say leave the extensions as they are. Everyone has their own list of levelsets and if they wanted to only add ones they didn't have from such a database, then they would end up with duplicates. As an example, say I already had DanielB2. It's a .ccl file. I decide to get every set I don't already have from the database, by copying it into my sets folder and saying no to any replacements. Now I have DanielB2.ccl and DanielB2.dat, with the only difference being a needlessly changed file extension.
My CC1 levelsets: (25, 150, 149, 149, 149, 149, 60, 149, 43, +2 = 1025 total)
25 levels.dat | Ultimate Chip.dat | Ultimate Chip 2.ccl | Ultimate Chip 3.dac | Ultimate Chip 4.zip | Ultimate Chip 5 | Ultimate Chip 6 | Walls of CCLP4 | i^e
IHNN-Ultimate: 147 of my best levels (through UC5), plus 2 entirely new ones. May be overhauled soon.
My CC2 levelsets: (100, ???)
IHNN1 | IHNN2
My CC score tracker. Has lots of cool automated features!
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25 levels.dat | Ultimate Chip.dat | Ultimate Chip 2.ccl | Ultimate Chip 3.dac | Ultimate Chip 4.zip | Ultimate Chip 5 | Ultimate Chip 6 | Walls of CCLP4 | i^e
IHNN-Ultimate: 147 of my best levels (through UC5), plus 2 entirely new ones. May be overhauled soon.
My CC2 levelsets: (100, ???)
IHNN1 | IHNN2
My CC score tracker. Has lots of cool automated features!
Twitch | Youtube | Twitter