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Galaxyscenariodef is being weird

April 12, 2009 6:08:21 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums

Okay this is wierd. My galaxyscenariodef file in the gameinfo derectory of 7DS is unreadable. It is in text but it looks like this:

TXTstarTypeCount8 starType designName"RandomStar" designStringId"IDSGalaxyScenarioTypeStarRandom"   orbitBodyTypeCount 10  orbitBodyType "BlueStar"  orbitBodyType "GreenStar"  orbitBodyType "RedStar"  orbitBodyType "YellowStar"  orbitBodyType "BlueStar2"  orbitBodyType "GreenStar2"  orbitBodyType "RedStar2"  orbitBodyType "YellowStar2"  orbitBodyType "WhiteStar"  orbitBodyType "BlackHoleStar"
 

and its all like that, about 40 pages long. I cant edit it because it a nightmare to find anything in there. Why is it like that? It never was until i got 7DS 2.0 and 2.1. Can it be fixed?

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HouseRalan
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Reply #1 April 12, 2009 11:34:19 PM
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it's in BIN format, easier to process I guess.  I wrote the GSDef in txt, Danman converted to BIN.  You might need a txt to bin converter (found somewhere i reckon).

but... mmm... what are you wanting to tweak?  Just curious because I packed so much into it its massive and insanely populated.

 

 

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Reply #2 April 13, 2009 12:20:21 AM
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I wanted to add some planets and remove the green star. And it is in txt, it says so at the top of the file

TXTstarTypeCount8 starType designName...

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Reply #3 April 13, 2009 7:49:11 PM
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try opening it in "notepad++", an opensource project that vastly improves the functionality of notepad. I had a text file like that that opened the way yours does in notepad, but then i opened it in notepad++ and it parsed the lines correctly.

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Reply #4 April 13, 2009 8:15:45 PM
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Where would I get notepad++?

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Reply #5 April 13, 2009 9:33:57 PM
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a simple google search for it finds its homepage of http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm

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Reply #6 April 13, 2009 10:23:23 PM
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Thank you, that fixed it!

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Reply #7 April 14, 2009 12:11:56 AM
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np, glad i finally helped someone with modding efforts

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