jjz - I can't check since I'm on Windows 7 Beta and it won't install, but I've released a Mod Tool GUI that combines the ConvertData/ConvertXSI GUI's into one and is nicer than them, if you'd like to put that into the pack instead of the seperate ones

Also, for those of you who are interested in helping, here is a list of templates KitKun created for Sins Editor. 

If anyone feels like adding to that list (In the exact same format used by KitKun, where "TemplateEntrenchment" is added to the file name if it is a template for an entrenchment version of the file, and "TemplateVanilla" is added to the file name if it is a template for a vanilla version of the file.

http://sinseditor.blacklotushq.com/Pre%20Release%20Files/Main%20Entity%20Templates.zip

http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/5660/sinseditordefeditorii9.jpg

The first part of the editor is complete.

Just to inform you folks, because the values.def editor is more of a developer tool than a regular uesr tool, it won't have all the nifty drag / drop, right click menu, file menu stuff. It works by double clicking on an entry or value and directly editing it.

To insert/add a sibling you press "INS". To delete, you press "DEL".

To add a child you press shift+INS.

To have the changes persist, you press OK. This will save them to the harddrive as well as refresh sins editor with the new values.

Sorry, the keys won't be rebindable. I don't want to spend time adding usability features to the editor when I never intended to actually make one in the first place. The only reason I am making one is so people can add/remove definitions easily. I rapid-developed the editor, something I wanted to complete in one day. It is already finished. Today, I am going to now integrate the values into the input dialog for editing entries and values.

Right now, I am working on something at the moment that might really help with finding all possible values of everything in entity files. I will see if my algorithm works correctly shortly.

Teaser shots of the value lister working with values.def from my other thread:

i made it i made it i broke the editor

i guess i just had to don,t open the player.entity wit ...

If you were trying to say you broke the editor using playertech.entity or something similar... how? I just tried editing playertech.entity, which is one of the largest entity files. It is working absolutely fine for me under v1.0.1

I just tried opening playerphase.entity and playerpirate.entity. The editor was able to open them just fine.

Did you modify something in there? Like mess with a tab spacing or delete the "TXT" line or something...?

Try with the files from Forge Tools 1.1 gamereference folder. I have a feeling you modified the file in some weird way so that the editor is not able to parse it correctly.

Thanks. You might want to wait until tomorrow, since I will release v1.0.2.

well i clearly messed around wit the phase for my mod

but i tryed what you said to open a clean version of it  but it does the same thing

Forgive my ignorance, but you have two items you are building jjz? The sins editor and the value lister?  Or am i confusing part of the editor with the editor?

Sorry to sound stupid, the tool sounds wonderful, but i didn't know which to get, i mod fairly regularly, but have done everything manually up til now. Your tool would be a great help and much much quicker.  

Thank you,

-Teal

Teal, the value editor is built into v1.0.2 dev. edition. It is not a separate program. Basically, it is designed to allow a power user of Sins Editor to add or remove values and entries that are used by the Sins Editor autocomplete system that is present in v1.0.2 and will be present from that version onward. It also lets you associate files to open with a certain value. For example, something in an entity file that references a research subject, you can associate with that research subject file.

Of course, using DefGen.exe (which will be included as a tool in v1.0.2), you can generate a complete list of entries/values for whatever mod you want (the files have to be in text format). The generator will automatically associate a value with a filename, if such a file exists. 

I will include an entrenchment values.def which should contain 99% of what anyone would need.

The DefGen.exe program was just for my own easy generation of values.def files used by Sins Editor. I released it because I thought people would find it useful even if they do not use Sins Editor.

Kitkun, yeah, I tested it on an entire folder as well. It opens files just fine, although with that many files, it can take 10 seconds or so to open everything. This is a limitation with the .net tabcontrol. I can make it a lot faster by limiting the number of tabs visible at a time and dynamically adding and removing tabs as the user scrolls through tabs; however, I am hesitant to even bother, since I cannot see a time when someone will be editing more than 10-20 files at once.

Well, no one else has had any issues opening files. Kitkun opened over 1000 (as have I), with no issue.

I know what that error is, and where it is happening; however, it should not occur with any entity file.

It is a result of the custom control I use having issues with files that have more than 500 lines.

I might switch controls, if more people get this error; however, one person getting this error is not going to make me spend the hours it would take to find a new custom control with the functionality I want, and then integrate that control into my program.

Try doing a repair install from Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel.

If that does not work, send me the "jjz Productions" folder under Program Files in a .zip or .rar file. I will test it.

If it works on my system, then you are SOL.