Any tool for this exists?

PauloMorfeo · Post by **PauloMorfeo** » 10 Oct 2005, 12:20

If i want to modify/create a pack of units (like XTA, etc), i can decompress it into a folder and go change the simple text files on it with, for example, notepad.

Is there any known tool to help with that? There are plenty of mods/packs. What have people been using so far? Notepad brute force?

Kuroneko · Post by **Kuroneko** » 10 Oct 2005, 12:57

there used to be a program called fbied, or something like that.

I use EditPlus tho (notepad on steroids)

FizWizz · Post by **FizWizz** » 10 Oct 2005, 16:44

Hail to the King, baby: TA UNIT Editor. It does the unit and weapon files without you having to decompile/recompile. It's a spreadsheet form. From what I remember though, it crashes when you do a certain thing or do (like closing a file and then opening another or some non-essential thing like that).

NOiZE · Post by **NOiZE** » 10 Oct 2005, 16:50

that's a nice proggy!!

Gnomre · Post by **Gnomre** » 10 Oct 2005, 23:49

Guess I'm just old fashioned...

NOiZE · Post by **NOiZE** » 11 Oct 2005, 10:17

works great however when i try to edit something i get this error:

However the change does take place.. It's just a little annoying

NOiZE · Post by **NOiZE** » 11 Oct 2005, 13:51

i wish there was a program that could load all fbi's into excel. And then after editing paste them back into the fbi's

Maelstrom · Post by **Maelstrom** » 11 Oct 2005, 14:51

Ill see what I can whip up in the way of macro's. Dont expect anything to flash (dont expect anything at all, I might forget to do it...), but Im happy to have a go at it. We will see...

Warlord Zsinj · Post by **Warlord Zsinj** » 11 Oct 2005, 15:38

Just stubborn, Gnome

NOiZE · Post by **NOiZE** » 12 Oct 2005, 11:10

Maelstrom wrote:Ill see what I can whip up in the way of macro's. Dont expect anything to flash (dont expect anything at all, I might forget to do it...), but Im happy to have a go at it. We will see...

something like that would really rock my day :D

FoeOfTheBee · Post by **FoeOfTheBee** » 12 Oct 2005, 16:58

maybe fbi vales should be loaded from a csv file, rather than an fbi file. that would make editing a snap.

Maelstrom · Post by **Maelstrom** » 17 Oct 2005, 14:27

As promised, an excel program to edit FBI files. Not yet complete, but is getting there.

http://www.fileuniverse.com/?p=showitem&ID=1647

Can only save FBI files at the moment. No open. That means you will have to enter the FBI setting by hand for now, but you can save the Excel document with the FBI files still in it, so you only have to do this once.

Future version will include an open function, mabey ability to import other files for some of the settings, stuff like that. Stay tuned, v0.2 will be out next week, if not sooner, with Open working correctly.

Comments/Suggestions/ideas are welcome. It is still new, so I doubt EVERYTHING works right, so if you spot bugs please tell me.

zwzsg · Post by **zwzsg** » 17 Oct 2005, 15:07

I don't really see what use there is for FBI editor. Notepad is more simple, more user-friendly, more stable, and more powerful, than any special FBI editor you could make. With notepad you can add any new tag without waiting for an updated version of notepad. With notepad commenting is made easy! Notepad can be found on any PC!

And if you need to edit many FBI files at once, just use any program able to edit many text file at once, such as UltraEdit.

NOiZE · Post by **NOiZE** » 17 Oct 2005, 15:13

editing a lot of fbi's file in an spreadsheet like environment is extremly powerfull. You can multiply for example sighdistance=x by 1.25 and if u want to do that for every fbi it saves u big amounts of time. Also u can compare units extremly easy.

Maelstrom · Post by **Maelstrom** » 18 Oct 2005, 03:52

Well I was just making what someone had requested. If I modify it a bit you will be able to make your own tags that will work fine. I will also make a handy little box that you can do all sorts of calculations from. So from that box you could multiply LOS by 1.25, increase health for everything by 25, and stuff like that.

mongus · Post by **mongus** » 18 Oct 2005, 04:56

(load doesnt work on OO :p )

edit: Sorry there Maelstrom, i should rfa before posting. (didnt get to read the no open part).

anyhow i thought that was bc of OpenOffice, i hope it works there too.

looks good :) keep giving us usefull utils!

edit2: well the latest version (posted on mods) doest work on OpenOffice either (was not expecting it do so,... (just hopping)).

will give it a try in a pc that has m$office.

feature request:

Damage/time graph. (and a way to compare units using this).

Maelstrom · Post by **Maelstrom** » 18 Oct 2005, 09:49

If your pointing out that I specifically made the open button not work, and even courteously notified you of the fact then... Why?

If you saying something else, then... What?

Anyways, another relase by the weekend, with nicer looking stuff all around. Plus it will work better. And stuff.

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Any tool for this exists?

Any tool for this exists?