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[Pixel]

Not to sure about the change to xml... As im quite used to the ini files hopefully they havent changed to much.

[Lauri]

ini...xml.....

nice try Flame
says this with a evil laughing voice:
I'll bet their very very alike.... *cough*

[Banshee]

You can see a sample with some uncompressed maps in one of the links below:

http://files.ea.com/...reOrderMaps.exe
http://files.ea.com/...reOrderMaps.exe

[Phil]

Thanks for the hint, Banshee

[{IP}Gil-Galad]

I just can't wait, i love xml files and from a programmers standpoint xml is a god send for parsing and loading into a game. This will make my life hundreds time easier, CANT WAIT!!!!

[Phil]

The master hath returned! You're more than welcome here, Gil.

Great to see some of the veterans of CNC and BFME modding come here to join us

[Master Windu]

Now my CNC3 modding will be much easier! Trust me, just your presence helps people fix modding problems...

Great to see some of the veterans of CNC and BFME modding come here to join us

QFT

[thudo]

Now if only we could access C&C3's AI xml scripts. Totally hidden. Been searching since release. Grrr..

[Hogo]

Well theres some INI's Called Default

AIData
; set the values in ini/default/aidata.ini for now.
End

This but then it refers you to something else being AIdata.ini Open this and its all weard it doesnt allow me to paste it into this window either

I also checked there is more than 1 Gamedata.ini * Brain Explodes *

Data\ini\default\aidata.ini

data\ini\aidata.ini

data\ini\default\gamedata.ini

data\ini\gamedata.ini

What the hell did they put 2 of nearly or of everything is just leads you to a replica of the file name pritty much that just has some code in it?

Any ideas guys

EDIT: Second thoughts could some files be hidden and not be able to see with out something i dont know another tool?

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[thudo]

Hmmm.. all ini and xml files are NOT encrypted. That screencapture doesn't make sense. Aidata.ini is a regular textfile so no clue why its showing as binary code for you?

Other file extensions like .bin or .cda ARE encrypted.

[Hogo]

So can you see that AIdata in normal text on your PC then and what are you opening them with?

[thudo]

I don't open.. I extract. If I wish to view it within a Big extractor I use the latest FinalBig. Works fine and thats the way I dynamically make edits to Misc.big without having to constantly extract/edit/re-intergrate. Get FinalBig..

http://commandandcon...ig_Editor;38034

[Hogo]

Yeah thats what i have and thats how i do it i extract to see some extra some times but just edit with final big
But even in final big its all in code

[Nighthawk]

As far as I'm aware, all SAGE games have default and not-default versions of each INI, take a look at Generals or BfME's BIG files and you'll see. I think that the default files are what the game reverts to if the others can't be found, though I'm probably wrong on that.

[thudo]

Yeah thats what i have and thats how i do it i extract to see some extra some times but just edit with final big
But even in final big its all in code

Thats right: don't let FinalBig or BigEditor auto-view it. Extract it and you'll see its NOT encrypted. Regrettably, raw AI scripts aren't like this and thus nowhere to be found.

@Nighthawk - true but what I don't understand why the game won't use a \DATA folder I create which overrides the ones in the big files? In Dawn of War, if I create the same folder structure as in the .sga files then it uses those folders first instead of the ones in the sga archive. Not so in C&C3 at least.

Guess we wait on the official tools..

[Hogo]

When i extract it stays in that code that Final big shows but it shows more i just can't read it.

[Nighthawk]

@Nighthawk - true but what I don't understand why the game won't use a \DATA folder I create which overrides the ones in the big files? In Dawn of War, if I create the same folder structure as in the .sga files then it uses those folders first instead of the ones in the sga archive. Not so in C&C3 at least.

Where are you creating the DATA folder? Maybe it won't work in the root directory of the game, but maybe in one of the directories in the Core folder, or one of the subfolders in the RetailExe directory.

[thudo]

@Hogo - Use the latest BigEditor from this site and drag/drop out files from .big files first then use FinalBig to put them back (make backups first). Once you do that, then FinalBig can do direct edits right inside that .big file to the final you inserted back in.

@Nighthawk - I've placed the \DATA folder everywhere around \C&C3 when I got the game. The ONLY place where a \Data folder exists already is under \RetailExe\1.0 and under every new folder when a patch comes out up to the current RetailExe\1.4 but that never worked. :(

[Hogo]

i see il give it a go thanks

[Stealthsnake]

hey all, yes, stealth has come............*waits for someone to remember him*....

Well ill be looking into modding C&C3 when somone has cracked the code .