josh, the file registration was for the convertdata issues to do with the latest convertdatas that came with 1.18+/1.04+, and I did have the email on file and sent it. I think it will work for you, but the code for finding the files and writing the manifests did not change, so I do not know why you would have this problem.

harpo

I cant quite seem to make the Diplomacy version work. I am trying to convert the new release of Distant Stars into an editable format, but it isnt working, i get the following message:

convertdata not found for the expansion chosen. looked for

convertdata?diplomacy.5.exe here, and did not find it. please copy it into this

location

I did download your new converter, and i have the ConvertData_Diplomacy.85 copied into the GameInfo folder, so why doesnt it work?

does the folder that contains the mod's folder have the 'diplomacy v0.85' at the end of the name?, if not then that is the problem.

and the convertdata's are looked for in the SAME folder as the textbin gui, not the mods folders, as do all of my utilities that need the convertdatas.

harpo

I am uploading a diplomacy 0.9 compatible which is the same as the previous version, but with the 'ConvertData_Diplomacy.exe' from the 0.90 added with the name of 'ConvertData_Diplomacy.9.exe'. I will have it on filefront when uploaded

harpo

i dont understand your question, i have the mod in the folders in this order:

Mods-Diplomacy v0.85 > DS Diplomacy Alpha 0.5 > GameInfo

I was trying to run the application on the GameInfo folder... is that the wrong folder to run it on?

rivia, the textbin WILL work on the ENTIRE mod if you select it, ie Mods-diplomacy v0.85/DS diplomacy alpha 0.5.

you do not need to select a folder inside the mod to convert as the utility knows what file types the convertdata's can handle and looks through the subfolders and converts all the files that can be converted. it can even convert all the mods in a mods folder, it just takes a bit more time to do so.

harpo

I just want to be able to up the capital ship limit and increase the number of strikecraft. Looking at all this that I have to go through, I think I'd rather just edit the starting fleet population, considering I have no idea what this even means in the first place.

magnasonic,

to increase the strikecraft you NEED to edit the capitalship and frigateRACEcarrier.entity's.

to increase the number of capships beyond the 16 max you have to edit the 'RESEARCHSUBJECT_MAXCAPITALSHIPSrace#.entity' files especially #7.

to alter these you need the game files in text form so that you CAN alter them and understand what is being changed

harpo

Right, and I downloaded your Sins 1.181 version, only it dosn't seem to want to run.

I have just uploaded the latest updated textbin gui the textbin gui had an issue when selecting a folder inside the mod folders and looking for the wrong convertdata. extra checking and testing has been done to prove it to work as it should

 the filefront link

the dropbox link

harpo

I think I just fell in love, I've been looking a for a while to find a way to convert the Diplomacy data and now I can. Once I figured out the way to get the program to use the proper data it was easy.

I had to look around on here for how to do it because I originally thought the error message saying that it couldn't find proper convertdata here and to copy it into this location meant the folder I was trying to convert not the folder the program was contained in.

But it's all good now, thank you for the program.

I keep trying to create a reference folder, but the textbinnner keeps giving me the same message: "convertdata not found for the expansion chosen. looked for convertdata?entrenchment0.exe here, and did not find it. please copy it into this location."

Now, I have put all the ConvertData_Entrenchment#.exe in the entrenchment part of the reference, but it still doesn't want to run it. Am I doing something wrong?

the convertdata's should be in the SAME folder as the textbin gui, but you do not have the version number for the sins/expansion in the folder name for your reference files eg sins 1.181, entrenchment 1.041, diplomacy 0.95.

hope this helps

harpo

That works! Thanks!

Firstly I"d like to say thank you harpo for creating a great utility. This tool really makes life alot easier. I have been using this recently alot with the diplomacy betas.

Now that Dip 1.0 has been released, I was hoping to continue modding Diplomacy, but the convertdata for it dosn't seem capable of converting the Player entity files. And they are really crucial to what I was doing.

Do you now of anything that can be done?  Or will we have to wait until the Dev's release a convertdata that will do the player entity files.

superzero0, from MY testing the convertdata_diplomacy.exe DOES convert all the diplomacy files from the 1.0 release.the testing was with a COPY of the convertdata_diplomacy.exe renamed to convertdata_diplomacy1.exe in the SAME folder as my text bin gui and other utilities, and the path to my 1.00 diplomacy reference files is
"F:\sins\reference\Diplomacy 1.00" note the SPACE and the diplomacy version number are underlined RED text.

if you want to pm me with an email that can recieve a 61kb rar of the ENTIRE diplomacy 1.00 gameinfo folder, I will email it to you.

harpo

Thank you very much, that worked. I had it set up exactly as you have except for the space & I had re-named the convertdata with a 1.0 instead of just 1. I don't know how that makes the difference though. For the last beta I just re-named the diplomacy folder to Diplomacy0 and the convertdata to ConvertData_Diplomacy0 and it worked. I thought you just had to have them both re-named with the same name. It also seems strange that it will convert all the other files other than the player entity files by just having the same names.

Any way thanks again.

Thank you very much for this utility Harpo. I had to change the name of the Entrenchment 1.041.EXE to make it work for v1.05 of Entrenchment, but when I did the utility correctly changed my files so I was finally able to finish my starbase mod.  Without your utility it would have taken me much time waiting for the developers to refresh their Reference Data folder before I could have completed my mod. +1 karma for you!

Teun-A-Roonius

teunaroonius, the ONLY change that I have made from the 1.181-d95 contained version is adding the latest convertdata's with the version number at the end, AND editing the targetsinsver.txt with the latest versions. I do not re-use the convertdata's as I had found the old convertdata's would only convert correctly the exact version they were for, and that they would fail to convert the files from other versions. I would suggest reternin te convertdata_entrenhment that you re-name back to the 1.041 and copying the convertdata_entrenchment.exe from the sins folder and adding the current sins version number before the .exe (eg convertdata_entrenchment1.11.exe) in future.

harpo

Is anyone else having an issue when converting the AbilitySpawnSquad with 1.05? I assume this is because of the new paramater to spawn multiple squads per level, which is sadly the main reason I converted the new Gameinfo files in the first place.

here it is

TXT
entityType "Ability"
buffInstantActionType "CreateSquad"
instantActionTriggerType "AlwaysPerform"
squadType "SquadPhaseBomber"
numSquads
    Level:0 1.000000
    Level:1 2.000000
    Level:2 3.000000
expiryTime
    Level:0 120.000000
    Level:1 120.000000
    Level:2 120.000000
spawnSquadSoundID "EFFECT_DEPLOYCOMBATTURRET"
needsToFaceTarget FALSE
canCollideWithTarget TRUE
moveThruTarget FALSE
isUltimateAbility FALSE
maxNumLevels 3
levelSourceType "Intrinsic"
minExperienceLevelRequired
    Level:0 0.000000
    Level:1 2.000000
    Level:2 4.000000
aiUseTime "OnlyInCombat"
aiUseTargetCondition "Any"
isAutoCastAvailable TRUE
isAutoCastOnByDefault TRUE
pickRandomPlanetToExploreForAutoCastTarget FALSE
ignoreNonCombatShipsForAutoCastTarget TRUE
onlyAutoCastWhenDamageTakenExceedsPerc 0.000000
useCostType "AntiMatter"
antiMatterCost
    Level:0 50.000000
    Level:1 50.000000
    Level:2 50.000000
cooldownTime
    Level:0 35.000000
    Level:1 35.000000
    Level:2 35.000000
orderAcknowledgementType "ONGENERALORDERISSUED"
researchPrerequisites
    NumResearchPrerequisites 0
nameStringID "IDS_ABILITY_SPAWNSQUAD_NAME"
descStringID "IDS_ABILITY_SPAWNSQUAD_DESCRIPTION"
hudIcon "HUDICON_ABILITY_SPAWNSQUAD"
smallHudIcon "HUDICON_ABILITY_SPAWNSQUAD"
infoCardIcon ""

hope this helps

harpo

Indeed it does. Thanks Harpo.

So far, heres what i got:

1: Downloaded the one with Diplomacy pack from MediaFire.

2. Copied GAmeinfo from Install folder into "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Mods-v1.19\GameInfo"

3. Unpack zip file into there. And went to install folder to copy the 3 "ConvertData" files for vanilla, entrenchment and diplo

4. Launched the .exe file

5. Found the folder, press "Convert Folder NOW"

6. Keep getting "convertdata not found for the expansion chose. looked for convertdata?originalsins0.exe and did not find it. Pls copy it here"

7. If i just press Convert The Folder NOW. i get runtime error 5. Invalid procedure call or argument.

Im on windows XP x64 with some of the best equipment in town, runs the game without a hitch with everything turned up.

What am i doing wrong? Why cant i convert the f iles? the conversion is set to txt

have you double-clicked ( in the textbin gui) into the folder that contains the files/folders that you want to convert?

the latest version is the 1.19 modding utilities(I am using the sins version numbering and including all the expansions convertdata in all the versions released to date with all the needed support files and all of my released sins modding utilities in the latest versions)

hope this helps

harpo

Every time i run the EXE i get "run-Time error '-2147024770 (8007007e)':

Automation error  The specified module could not be found.

EDIT: i use Entrenchment 1.05