This doesn't work for mod files?

harpo

Works fine for my mods.

Maybe the mods Im trying to change to txt aren't compatible then. It says complete, yet nothing happened. Either to the originals or to the destination folder. Tried multiple times double checking everything each time.

which mods are you using the converter on?

perhaps the mods ARE already in text mode

and after the mods are converted TO text you can open the .entity files with notepad or preferably notepad++ or any other TEXT file editor, but do NOT use word or wordpad as they will corrupt the files.

harpo

The only mod that I downloaded that doesn't need data conversion is SoA 2. The rest are all GIGO when I open the .entity files in Notepad.

then either bcxtremes or my textbin gui can convert the files in the other mods between bin mode & text mode.

harpo

Right, but when I input the file to be converted, it sets of fine and then nothing shows up in whatever the output is selected to be. In place conversions don't do anything either. It tells me the conversion is successful, so the only thing I can figure it that the output is going someplace unexpected or something else is amiss.

or you are not using the correct converter, the diplomacy converter outputs different results in the entity file compared to the vanilla and entrenchment., btw my gui was designed to process an entire mod or even an entire Mods-expansion v version number between text & bin, and to use the correct convertdata based upon the folder names AND version numbers in the path to the files for each file, so it can AND does convert all the files in a copy of the entire sins of a solar empire game without generating errors( and this was done to help with the making of reference file sets ie just ONE copy of the game folder to another drive( as an example) run the text binner over the folder, then archive the folders that are converted into a archive and upload(which is what I do when I make my reference file sets)which is why I could have the references being uploaded within an hour of updating the game.

harpo

Which version of Windows are you using?

Vista

Every time I try to convert something, it give me a debug error. It is extremely frustrating, and I am royally pissed off at it. I'd like to know how to make it work like it did the first time I used it!

EDIT: Nevermind, I just use the 1.2 version now.

I have the same prob, the converter says it has sucsessfully converted, but theres nothing.
Plus, i cant really klick on "include subfolders" or "bin to txt", when i click, the field gets blue for a millisecond and turns back white (altough when i select a folder and click on "include subfolders", it opens the new field where i could exclude subs, so it seems to work regardless of the gui-feedback.)
I have this problem with both the 1.2 and the 2.0 beta, on a
win7 x64 ultimate
intel q6600
Sins Trinity is installed from DVD
.net is 4.0 

I ran mine as administrator and in compatibility mode for Win7 64 bit and it corrected the issues for me.

So it's been a while since I've attended to this page.  I'm going to put out an update for this beta that includes a rough diagnostic logging feature so I can get some more information about the problems a few people are having.  This should allow me to figure out why the conversion is silently failing for some people.

@Hausser0815:  If you're still having the GUI problems you mentioned, are you using WindowBlinds or any other desktop customization software?

Nice to see you again.  After using it successfully for quite awhile , I have had a total meltdown now in Win 7 and can't use it at all.

It tries to convert and then loops endlessly and crashes.  I have to kill process with WinPatrol to stop it.

Ouch, that's got to be the worst report yet.  Somehow I get the feeling that all these issues are being caused by the same problem, hopefully the logging tool will help me figure out what it is.  And hopefully I'll have that up for everyone very soon.

More than happy to test it for you--it's been an awesome tool for me.  And the behavior I described above is consistent as of about a month or so ago.  Worked fine before  after I ran as admin and in compatibility mode.

The amount of time I've been able to dedicate to this is dwindling, as I'm getting ready to leave for college next month.  Rest assured, I will be bringing all my development project files with me, including this tool.    But things will probably slow down a bit.

I'd be curious to know what compatibility settings you are using.  That's another bug in itself, because you shouldn't need to use compatibility mode.

I ran it in administrator mode and that seemed to make it go.  After, to be redundant, I ran compatibility mode through for Windows XP service pack 2.  I just changed it to 3 and tomorrow I'll give it a spin and let you know what happens.

Obviously, college took up a lot more of my time than I expected.  This took way longer than I intended, but I have an updated beta, v2.0.1 out there, that includes a diagnostic logging feature.  It can log one conversion and save the file to the desktop.  To anyone that's experienced a problem with the conversion process in the beta, please reproduce it in the new beta with logging enabled, and then send me the output file.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Awesome timing seems how we have a lot of new people around. I always did like your little tool. It made me sad when it wasn't updated.

I completely missed this.  Hi there (if you can still hear me).  Going to get it now.

Great tool here for those new players who might have missed it.

Just curious if your working on updating this for rebellion? it saves massive amounts of time on mods, love the tool, been looking forward to modding some of rebellion...