Difficulty reading .entity files.

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I realize that GalaxyForge provides a large reference source of .entity files that are in TXT format. The converter also seems to only convert TXT to BIN...

Sadly, I really hate relying on others to keep me updated with references, and I worry about future patches and their changes to come.

Is there anyway to read the current "BIN" version of the GameInfo .entity files, in my Sins of a Solar Empire folder? It shows up as encrypted - []A[]B[]C[]D[]E[] text, rather than showing me the actual values.

So far scouring the internet didn't help much, and there are only about six threads on this entire forum even mentioning .entity files. None of them answer my question.

I was hoping somebody here could answer it for me, because I'm lost. =(
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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
Wait fo full release of mod tools. Those are just temporary files.
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
The currently available forge tools are not complete, as indicated by the phrase "This is a beta release and does not include all the tools or complete documentation." on the downloads page. Presumably one piece they'll give us later is a BIN to TXT converter. For now we'll have to make do with the reference files, which I think will work fine for this version.
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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
Well, as it is. I'm creating a database on the information provided to us from the GalaxyForge .entity's - I'll update any changes once they give us the tools required to read the .entity files, and as they patch the game.

Let me give you an example of what I'm up to for instance.

WWW Light Frigate Statistics

Ignore the ugly copy + paste format for now. I'm being lazy, and I'll definitely beautify it later.
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
I really doubt they'll provide a tool to convert BIN to TXT, however, I am working on such a tool but it's slow progress (need to document formats for each entity type).
Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top
it is annoying as before such files were in text format... all you needed was notepad.
Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top

I really doubt they'll provide a tool to convert BIN to TXT, however, I am working on such a tool but it's slow progress (need to document formats for each entity type).


I look forward to it's release.

Anyhow, I'm done all of the Frigates, and I'm working on finishing up Cruisers now.

The statistics database is coming along quite nicely so far. Once I'm done, I'll go back and fix it up a little so it doesn't look like pure arse.