This could be useful.

I have emailed it to my BETA team, so depending on any problems that might be found, and or any alterations to the program within the next fortnight is my hope

harpo

just some further info

the utility is designed and restricted to updating the ENTITY files with the changes from an earlier version to a later version WITHIN the same expansion eg sins 1.15 > sins 1.16 > sins 1.17 XOR entrenchment 1.00 > entrenchment 1.01 > entrenchment 1.02 > entrenchment 1.03, and can NOT update mods from BEFORE sins 1.15 because there is no practical way for the program to know which set of instructions would be needed to update a mod from sins 1.01-1.14 to later sins as each of the sins versions did have differences in the entity files and also the 1.10 had a change in the texture channels functions.

within these limitations I designed the program to help ALL sins players & modders on and just after patchday(s) to

1 copy the files from the older version mods folder to the current mods version folder (eg sins 1.15 to sins 1.17)

2 update the mods that are in the mods version folder to the ENTITY file changes for that version (converting to txt if nessacry checking to see if it needs the update, and then if the entity was a bin converting it back to bin with the CORRECT convertdata exe)

3 report on all files that were copied, the files updated AND the files that could not be updated as they could not be converted to txt to do the update, so that the players can bug the modder to use the correct convertdata exe and update the mod by hand

by the way modders please use the convertdata_entrenchment.exe for entrenchment mods and the convertdata_originalsins.exe for sins mods, as all of my utilities use the correct convertdata for the expansion

harpo

kyogre there is an easy way to beat the wait.

join the beta team by pming me an email that can receive a 50kb rar

harpo

the actual program is behaving well, just with a issue involving the convertdata*.exe's stopping working when worked too hard as the mod updater does on mods in bin.

th updater works perfectly with mods that are txt as it does not have to convert the file(s) to txt to do the actual update

I intend to continue support of the mod updater as long as sins and it's expansions are getting updates.

 the program will ONLY update mods WITHIN a given expansion ie sins to sins current, entrenchment to entrenchment current, and each of the future expansions, AND WILL NOT UPDATE any mods from before versioned mod folders ie entrenchment's release.

I am also inserting in the program a sins version check to prevent stuffing up mods for users, ie at present the program will update to sins 1.17 & entrenchment 1.03 and will require the sins 1.17 on the computer for BOTH the convertdata*.exe's AND the sins exe.

the reason for the version checking is that later patches will as usual break mods & save games, probably by adding additional lines in the entities, and I do not want to cause any additional problems for users that do not update their sins, but attempt to use the later mod updater, which would then BREAK the mods for the older sins.

another adjustment to the program is that the destination folder will default to the latest version mods folders ie mods-v,modes-entrnechment v, etc...

harpo

here  is the links for the mod updater v1.0.0

games fanatics http://www.gamingvault.net/index.php?automodule=downloads&req=idx&cmd=viewdetail&f_id=121 closed

file planet  http://www.filefront.com/14016225/harpos-sins-mod-updaterv1.0.rar/

media fire http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=b70e23d4568339f600d27174b47c6657e04e75f6e8ebb871

this version is no longer available

harpo

mystic did you extract ALL the files to the same folder?

I had tested it on sins computers running from a usb key WITH ALL the files that are in the rar.

the program does use the targetsinsver.txt file to locate the default copy to locations.

just out of curosity which mods did you want to update?

harpo

was the stronger capitals mod for any version of entrenchment or sins after 1.15? or is it from old sins?

could you point me in the direction of the mod tread /download so I ca ncheck it out?

harpo

argh the guy who made the mod put it offline

http://realcapitalships.impulsedriven.net/article/344100/Real_Capital_Ships_for_Entrenchment_released

http://realcapitalships.impulsedriven.net/article/345064/Temporary_last_update_for_Real_Capital_Ships

I still got it on my harddrive.

Btw, dunno if it helps but i'm running XP 32 bit service pack 3.

mystic,

I am primarily developing my utilities on xp sp3 32bit, but I test them on vist 32bit,vist 64bit,win7 32bit & win7 64bit, the only points in the program that use arrays are the list of files, the actual files during updates and the actual instructions for conversion. I also have just tested the real capitals entrenchment, but had a convert to txt problem that I worked around with the OLD convertdata_entrenchment.exe from 1.02, so I am going to recommend against downloading the mod updater untill I can re-write the conversion code to look in the programs lcation for the correct convertdata version.

belerphon,

there ARE THREE links in the OP near the bottom for each of the download locations consisting of the site name with a link that opens a new tab/window and the actual text of the link to the page on each line, but I suggest waiting for the next version which will be larger but include the convertdatas from all the versions that I can support

harpo

which mod or mods were you trying to update, and I am in alpha testing for the next version of the mod updater that will include the convertdatas from sins 1.15,1.16 & 1.17 AND entrenchment 1.01,1.02 & 1.03, and would like to test against the mods that are most troublesome

harpo

I actually found out what the cause of the incompatibility for the convertdata's is.

each of the convertdata's is for THAT version of sins it was released with and later versions do the encoding differently, so to convert BACK to txt you have to use the SAME version of the convertdata, and if you try to use a different version to the version that encoded the file then there is a chance of the converter locking up and failing to convert the file.

my suggestion for modders is to keep a copy of their mods in txt to speed up the updating and just release a binned version after updating.

the 1.1 version in ALPHA test sofar has NOT failed to update ANY mods including the 7deadly sins 2.5A which would not update properly with the version 1 program due to the version incompatibility between the convertdatas.

the only problems with the 1.1 version is the NEED to release it WITH the convertdata's which BUMP the file size to 4.5MB from 120KB.

harpo

did you have the ocx in the same folder?

harpo