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#1 Rainwizard6

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Posted 28 July 2009 - 11:00 PM

_!_Fixed My Own Problem_!_ ...again

The problem:

I've been using General's .csf editor to modify and add strings in lotr.csf located in english.big. Just to change descriptions and add new ones for a new power I had added. I open up english.big, extract the lotr.csf, and open it in the editor. I then add my modifications, save it, remove the old one from english.big and add in the new file I just edited using finalbig. Everything works fine, the new things I added work and everything, but If I go to the settings menu (the gold key) and click on options. All the entries for sound that have checkboxes all have text over them that says: 'Missing: ' APT:Null'. That only happens when I use an edited .csf file. Its just very strange because I have not done anything other than add a few strings. I beleive this is an error with the .csf file because this has happened before when there is a reference missing or something. If theres no way to fix this, I'll live as everything seems to work fine, I just dont know what the problem could be. Is Generals CSF Editor saving the file incorrectly and cutting things out? I have seen mods where .str files are used seemingly in place of the .csf ones. Would it be possible to convert my .csf file to a .str file and see if that works? Im not sure how to do that. I was also looking for different csf editors but this one seems to be the only one I can find. Thank you. :umad:

The solution:

*Posted in my reply* Hope this helps someone

Edited by Rainwizard6, 29 July 2009 - 12:34 AM.


#2 Rainwizard6

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Posted 29 July 2009 - 12:32 AM

Well, I seem to have a knack for fixing my own errors within 10 minutes of posting something asking for help. Im still not sure what went wrong, but heres what I did to fix it. I took lotr.csf and converted it into lotr.str using the article written in the articles section which gives a detailed tutorial on how to do that. It involves using a hexeditor etc. After that I placed the lotr.str file inside the data folder, where I then made my modifications. I removed lotr.csf from english.big and started the game. Everything works flawlessly and that peksy error is gone.




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