[Entrenchment] Mod crash when applying changes (sorted)

Hard crash when changing defense platform weap. ranges.

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I copied the following files from my ForgeTools3/reference/Entrenchment/Gameinfo folder to my mod folder (WD-Mod/Gameinfo)...

PLANETMODULE_PHASEORBITALMISSILEDEFENSE.entity
PLANETMODULE_PIRATEORBITALGAUSSDEFENSE.entity
PLANETMODULE_PSIORBITALBEAMDEFENSE.entity
PLANETMODULE_TECHORBITALGAUSSDEFENSE.entity

...disabled read only access and doubled the weapon ranges for each. Went to apply the mod in Entrenchment v1.051 (that's what I've used since buying and starting to mod the game) and woah.. hard crash! Doesn't like it. Couple of questions for anyone in the know;

1. Are weapon ranges for some things hard coded?
2. Should I be modifying the weapon ranges from some other file or files?
3. Should I be using the entity files in ForgeTools3/reference/Gameinfo, instead of Entrenchment/Gameinfo?

These reference entities are editable in notepad, that's how I changed them.

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

No. 3 is most likely your problem, as the forge tools reference files are out of date.

What you need to do is make a copy of the Entrenchment install Gameinfo, and any other folder you intend to make modifications, paste them in a different location- Say make a new folder called "Sins Reference" somewhere. Then you will need to convert the files from bin to text. You can use 1 of the utilities provided by community members to do this.

Harpo99999 has made a good 1. In fact I believe that he has provided files that are already converted for down load.

Check out this;

{utility release} GUI for convertdata to automate the conversion of files in folders between BIN & TXT

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

*Facepalm* Sorry. It's one of the first things I should have done but after 20 successful changes I assumed the forgetools reference files were current. Doing the conversion to txt from game files right now so I don't have any more problems like this, thankyou!

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