I have started coding on another little program for automated conversion of files between txt & bin formats using the actual convertdata*.exe's and the correct convertdata for the files based on the pathname eg for entrenchment mods/reference files the path should contain "entrenchment" ditto for the next expansions, and for vanilla sins it SHOULD NOT contain any of the expansions names also it will work on all drives in the computer BUT does need the sins installation in the location pointed to by the registy.
it will also be able to make TXTed reference files as easily as converting an entire mod to/from bin
to make your own reference set you first COPY the program files sins folder to another location in the computer like for example 'my documents', then delete FROM THE COPY the appdata,font & sdplugins folders and the dll and exe files in the root of the copy then run the txt binner doing the entrenchment folder first then any other expansions you have and finally the vanilla sins and for each folder note which files have FAILED conversion
a more detailed overview of the program
psudo code outline
get the conversion type
get the location to convert
determine which convertdata to use based on the location (all three expansions will be supported)
scan the location to create a list of all files
for each file in the list use the convertdata to convert each file if it is NOT the type wanted, then test to see if it was converted correctly, if not list it in the failed conversion list, if it was then list it in the success list
end psudo code outline
note additional minor feature if you have a location you want to use as a sins reference files location and want it to be accessably with a single button then create a sinsref.txt in the same folder as the txt binner.exe and have as the first line of the file as the path to your sins reference location eg 'f:\sins reference' note the LACK of trailing backslash the program does not want it
the new versions of the mod updater and TXT BIN GUI use the correct version of the convertdata to do the actual convesion to text/bin eg updateing mods from entrenchment 1.01 to 1.03 the mod updater converts to text with convertdata_entrenchment1.01.exe and updates the entities, then converts back to bin with convertdata_entrenchment 1.03.exe.
I suggest not using the old version files the current is 1.1
the latest version is included in the utility pack that an be downloaded from my mod updater thread
harpo
How do I get past the registry error, then??
Really appreciate the help
Does the Converter file need to be in aspecific location for it to work? Maybe thats the issue
offhand the only thing I can think of regarding the registry error is to make sure that you have a registry entry in the HKLM>SOFTWARE>Wow6432Node>Stardock>Drengin.net>sinsrebellion(assuming 64 bit windows for 32bit remove the 'Wow6432Node') with a name of Path and a text value of the full path to the rebellion.exe.
the convertdata's should be either in the same folder as the textbin gui OR in the game installation folder (on one of my machines, I have my working copy of the sins utilities in a folder on the desktop and they work, another machine the utilities are in a sub folder of a subfolder on a seconadary hdd, and again work fine)
harpo, the tired ghost NON-subscriber
How do i check the registry entry in HKLM>Wow6432Node>Stardock>drengin.net>sinsrebellion??
1 click on start button,
2 in search box type regedit
3 in the left pane look for hklm, click on it,then look for wow6432node and click on it, then look for stardock and click on it, then look for drengin.net and click on it, then look for sinsrebellion and click on it,
4 now in the right pane look for a value labeled 'Path', the value should be the fully qualified path to the sins rebellion.exe and should exist if rebellion has been run
harpo, the ghost NON-subscriber
We this might be problematic; there is no hklm.
hklm = HKey Local Machine. (standard terms over the last 16 years)
I am beginning to suspect that you are more of a computer user than a modder/tech person.
Path___REG_SZ___C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Sins of a Solar Empire Rebellion
and not, not really a modder, yes just a computer user. (The double underspace indicates column breaks)
the value looks good, but do knot know kwhy the registry error is happening.
have even tested on my rebellion runnable machine, no registry errors (btw win7 ult 64bit w avast set to max sensetivity), but for some reason it does not seem to be actually using the convertdata or the convertdata is locking up, so I will have to do a bit more testing
harpo, the frustrated ghost NON-subscriber
I saw that you changed your signature to frustrated ghost NON-subscriber. I take it that means i'm out of luck for now?
fustrated at the utility only working in SOME of my computers and not gving th errors you have been getting in ANY of my machines.
I do knot know kwhy kthe kprogram kdoes knot koperate kon ksome kmachines kand kdoes kon kothers,
the main suspect is the vb6 runtime or vs6 installations, but until I can figure it out the best I could do is to convert the particular files in one of the machines that it DOES work on.
which file in which part of sotf do you want in txt?
harpo the pissed off & frustrated ghost -non-subscriber
I wanted the Colonial and Cylon races converted so i could change the max capital ship slots.
you use a lot of 'k's when your annoyed lol
kdanm kk kkey ksticking kwhen kfrustrated kon kprogramming kproblems.
karchiving ktxted kraces kfolder kat kthe kmoment, kwill kpm klink kwhen kuploaded.
(note the archive does NOT contain the textures sounds or movies)
harpo, the FRSUTRATED ghost NON-subscriber
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