ENTITY files not working

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I tried to post this earlier but for some reason it didnt work.

I got Silents intor thing, and I did what he said to do. When I went to open any of the ENTITY files in note pad is gave me a lot of letters, numbers and other symblos in big paragraphs. It looked nothing like it is supposed to. Please help....

 

How do I fix this?

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
That is because it is in binary not the text form like people like to see...

The code used to be text, but it was changed...now you need a program from the forge tools to translate it..don't know which one because none work aside from Galaxy forge or at least for me...


Lemme' guess, you're new around here aren't you...or at least haven't posted much...There is a time-lag on all posts...I don't know if they have to be approved by a mod or if the server is just laggy, but that's the way it is...
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
Oh and just so you know, the mod guide is outdated...it is made for 1.00 not 1.05 so it won't be the best anyways...
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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
well, I can open them files now, thanks........but ya none of the tools for that fourge work for me either, other then the galaxy fourge.......they realy need to fix that.
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
I hear it has to do with having .net 2.0 which I don't think I have, but when I tried downloading it, it didn't work said it wasn't compatible but yah, I have a thread devoted to that so yah shutting up now before this turns into spam...
Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top
The forge tools require .NET 2.0 to run. If you cannot install it, what OS do you have, and are there any other .NET versions listed in add/remove programs?
Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top
I have Vista, and I have no other version of net to unistall...I have Netwaiting and Network Play Patch.

It wotn let me install it either(Net2)...
Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top
You might also give 3.0/3.5 a shot then, also available on Microsoft's website.
Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top
Also, make sure you're running the other tools from the root Sins install directory. They have to be run from the same folder as where Sins of a Solar Empire.exe is located, if I remember right. Definitely the case with the developer .exe.

Or see this thread if it complains about a missing dll.