xeranes, do you havethe richtxt32.ocx in the same folder as the sins textbinner.exe?

all of my programs use the richtext32 messagebox for the reporting of file converstions & listing due to the standard message box being limited to 64k of data and the richtest32 doe NOT have that limit.

harpo

shuaziod, mediafire refuse to let me upload to them anymore.

but I havev already uploaded them to diplomacy (433kb),  entrenchment (6.03mb), and sins (15.6mb).

I also have been having some difficulty uloading to filefront which is why i  am currently using filefactory

harpo

Harpo, maybe you'd like to try Megaupload, otherwise I won't mind if you e-mail em to me  

But that is, if you don't mind.Thanks for the work you're doing round here, i still cant get your converter to work lol. Maybe labelled instructions from you would really help.

Would be better than using reference data from Forged Tools.

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I DID IT HARPO AND GRUNTMASTER! I DID IT!

I MADE THE CONVERTER WORK LOL!!!! I DID IT!!!!

OMG, after all the trial and error, i think i can unofficially be called the convertdata troubleshooter lol.

Btw, just fyi, none of your suggestions worked, i found out the cure to all my problems by myself lol. I DID IT MAN! I DID IT!!!

HWO DID YOU DO IT!!!

i want to know!!! or be prepared to face my mighty fleet!!! D:<

EDIT: note that i am trying to edit ONE Entity file at a time. so im trying to convert ONE enetity file at a time. not whole mods.

btw, i am forced to convert where the game is located, where the mods are it doesnt work for me. as i try to convert a whole mod folder from the Entrenchment v1.05 folder, it give me the following error:

"Convertdata not found for the expansion chosen. Looked for Convertdata?entrenchment1.05.exe here, and did not find it. please copy it into this location."

ok, thats good but as i said i cannot convert anything outside the game directory itself:

it gives me the following error: "Convertdata not found for the expansion chosen. Looked for Convertdata?entrenchment1.05.exe here, and did not find it. please copy it into this location."

now if you says that the data is REPLACED by the converted one, then why when i go back to the file that was SUPPOSED to be converted not converted? it is staying as an .ENTITY file, and not converted to a .txt file.

the program however, says that it was converted...

nope, not in txt format, all giberish

i was just trying to get helpjesus christ no need to flame me but thanks anyways...

EDIT: i still get the following error message:

Convertdata not found for the expansion chosen. looked for Convertdata?entrenchment0.exe here, and did not find it. please copy it into this location.

please note that i copied the whole sins directory to Desktop.

(i am using Entrenchment 1.05, and am trying to convert the entrenchment folder)

To: Mr Narhahahahahaahahahahahahaahahahahahahaahahahahaha.

Follow this instructions TO THE LETTER. I Mean do EVERYTHING as stated here!

Step 0: You may ignore the word SHIT/Shit/Shat that is mentioned over the course of the next few steps. You may try, but you may not succeed.

Step 1:   Download Harpo's converter's zip file WITH Diplomacy involved.

Step 2:  Make sure your game is updated. Vanilla should be @ 1.19. Entrenchment should be @ 1.05. Diplomacy should be @ 1.00.  (You may check this by heading to C:\My Documents and Settings\My Shit\Local Settings\ApplicationData\Ironclad Games\SOASE     [PLEASE NOTE THAT ITS    MY SHIT -> Local Settings -> Application Data.

Step 3:   Unzip Harpo's converter to your desktop into a Folder called "Converter".

Step 4:   Go to your Program Files/IroncladShit/SOASE

Step 5: There should be 2-3 files there that STARTS WITH   convertdata_(something).exe

Step 6: Copy those 3 files into the Converter Folder in desktop.

Step 7: Those 3 new files copied in your converter folder? add the number 0 in front of them before the .exe.

So its like    convertdata_(SOMETHING)0.exe

Step 8:   There are 3 folders in your Program Files/Ironcladshit/SOASE that are labelled GameInfo, one is in your install folder, one in Diplomacy and one in Entrenchment.

Step 9: Highlight all of them (if you can, if not use 3 windows).

Step 10: Select Copy.

Step 11: Copy them to C:\ReferenceFiles

Step 12: Launch The Converter! (I got an erection when I got to this step)

Step 13: Look at the top of it, tick "Conversion to" is set to "txt"

Step 14: Go to the folder dropdown, go to C drive, select reference files -> Gameinfo.

Step 14a: Select "3 convert this folder"

Step 14b: Select "4 convert the folder NOW GOD DAMMIT!"

Step 15: Repeat steps 14 to steps 14 for different Gameinfo folders.

Step 15a: Exit the program and smile.

Step 16: Well, there is a Step 16 because my favourite number is 16.

TIPS: Its best to convert ALL game info folders in your C drive, so you dont corrupt your originally installed game.

After you edit a file in notepad or notepad++, just copy it to your install folder or make it into a mod.

If you do copy and overwrite your original folder's gameinfo, do back it up and convert it back to Bin. (Steps 13 to Step 14 for BIN, its jsut 2 steps!)

TROUBLE SHOOTING:

1 - It didn't work Shuazoid! YOU LIED TO ME YOU FILTHY FUCK!

Ans: It works for me, it'll work you. You probably read something wrongly and didn't follow it to the letter. And for your info, I ain't never had a girlfriend and am a virgin.

2 - THANK YOU SHUAZOID!

Ans: Don't thank me, give me Karma. And tell Harpo to put this in a readme file with my name in it.

3 - Are you an atheist?

Ans: Why , yes. But I prefer to call myself a free thinker, it sets me free.

4 - Why is 16 your favourite number?

Ans: Its a special reason.

5 - I'd like to be your soulmate!

Ans: Well, im honored. But if you're gay, shove your schlong somewhere else.

shuaziod & narhar

1 the convertdata_* numbers SHOULD be the sins/entrenchment/diplomacy version numbers, eg convertdata_originalsins1.19.exe, convertdata_entrenchment1.05.exe, convertdata_diplomacy1.exe for the current versions

2 the copy of the entire game files to another folder outside of  the \program files\ IS REQUIRED before conversion

3 my utilities will work from ANY folder/drive in the computer(s) that have sins installed including usb sticks

4 the converter uses the folder name to figure out which convertdata to use, so it is a good idea to add the sins/expansion version number to the folder name after you have copied it. the reasons for this are

     a that I have found that the convertdata's only work successfully on files that were processed with the SAME version when converting FROM bin

     b when you get the next patch you will probably want to  update your mod with the latest files, and it helps when finding which fies you have changed

there is one more file to edit when updating sins and my utilities and that is the targetsinsver.txt

the structure of the target sinsver.txt is
originalsinsversion number current is 1.19
entrenchment version number current is 1.05
diplomacy version number current is 1.00
thirdexpansion version number(will remain blank unless ironclad release a MAJOR expansion for sins)

shuaziod I agree with your answers 1,3 & 5 as they also apply to me

harpo

shuaziod, 110 seconds for 878 files COPIED and updated sounds reasonable. I am thinking of adding the MB copied to the reports as my entrenchment updating with 15GB of mods takes around 1 hour on my slow development machine.

harpo

freakyman, the only error that can happen part way through the conversion is the convertdata's stopping because it can not convert the file, just click on the OK and the convert should continue with the file that the convertdata locked up on listed in the failed list and file.I have no control over the convertdata's failing to convert files, but I noticed that the convertdata for the particular release does seem to work on MOST files for the release

harpo