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Help Im confused

July 28, 2011 4:37:59 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums

I'm trying to edit the CAPITALSHIP_TECHBATTLESHIP.entity file but when I open it in notepad ++ I cant edit it unless I save it to a text file. I also tried this in regular notepad but It just saves as text file. Im new at modding this game so can some one please guide me through this. Thanks.

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Reply #1 July 28, 2011 4:52:54 PM
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Is it in text in the first place?

if it is, then it doesn't matter as long as its name is CAPITALSHIP_TECHBATTLESHIP.entity. It really is text, with just a different extension.

If you can't even see it, then you need to run ConvertData. I recommend Dekhranic's mod tool.

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Reply #2 July 28, 2011 5:11:51 PM
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Ok my file is under this loacation. C:\Users\KORTA\AppData\Local\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Mods-Diplomacy v1.31\Mymod\GameInfo.  And when I go into game and turn on the mod I dont see the changes. I made the unit less expensive. The file is CAPITALSHIP_TECHBATTLESHIP.entity which is a human cap ship right.

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Reply #3 July 28, 2011 5:15:09 PM
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Quoting KrdaxDrkrun,
reply 1
It really is text, with just a different extension.

2 types of modding files, BIN and TXT.

Bin is optimized and TXT is for editing. In the case of entity files BIN and TXT will both have the same extension (.entity). The very top of the file will state either BIN or TXT.

First, do not edit the base game files. You can download the set of files already converted or use someone's GUI to help you or the original way which uses a DOS window (Convert Data Tutorial).

Start a mod to place your edited files into, then in-game, enable the mod and test with the DEV.exe's
http://soase.weebly.com/modding-basics.html to start modding
http://soase.weebly.com/developer-exes.html for testing

Also trying to save files that are located in the Program Files directory usually are semi protected and you must be an Administrator but again, DO NOT edit the base game files.

Lots of other modding help at SoaSE.weebly.com

 

EDIT: Ahhh pretty quick.
Yes that file is the KOL capital ship.

Can you paste in the lines of code that you changed?

Also it needs the .entity extension and NOT the .txt extension.

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Reply #4 July 28, 2011 5:57:14 PM
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I cant edit this. I did all the way up to converting the file to a txt file. It even says its a txt file. File is on my desktop.

 

TXT
entityType "CapitalShip"
ability:0 "AbilityGaussBlast"
ability:1 "AbilityFlakBurst"
ability:2 "AbilityAdaptiveShield"
ability:3 "AbilityLastStand"
ability:4 ""
defaultAutoAttackRange "GravityWell"
defaultAutoAttackOn TRUE
ect
 
THanks for the help so far.
 
Edit: I can edit it on my laptop so Ill just do it there.
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Reply #5 July 28, 2011 6:12:21 PM
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If the file is converted to txt which I see it is and it is on your desktop and you have Notepad++, I do not see how you can't edit the file and save it. When you change a value and try to save what does it do exactly? Only thing I can think of is it is "Read Only", right click the file and check the properties and uncheck Read Only if it is on.

Quoting Kira101010,
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I made the unit less expensive.

You are really confusing me here. You did or did not edit and save? 

 

I would not even use the desktop, place the file in the mods GameInfo folder and edit and test from there.

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Reply #6 July 28, 2011 6:14:58 PM
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I can edit it on my laptop must be something with security.

 

edit: it was there it just dint let me edit it so I thought it was cause of the computors security. Sorry

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Reply #7 July 28, 2011 6:51:36 PM
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THanks I got it to work.

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