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Hosted Projects - Non-FreeSpace => MechCommander OmniTech => Topic started by: Cipher on March 05, 2011, 07:32:38 pm
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well, i was editing the direwolf csv to add a favorite (canon) variant of mine, and after i finished and went to solo mission to make sure it works, this happened.
(http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/7113/oopsf.jpg)
so, now i'm looking through the csv to find what i did wrong, and because i'm not really experienced in this, i'm totally stumped
p.s. i edited it with ms excel 03, and i'll put it here to see if someone could try and help me
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First mistake, using Excel or some other DB type program to edit. Made that one myself. :confused:
Your best bet is to use NotePad. You can change the values between the commas without losing any.
Just from looking at the first few lines I see missing commas at the end of the line. The code expects them to be there, and if not, will throw off positions for other values in the data.
Go to my web site. http://members.cox.net/morkover/ (http://members.cox.net/morkover/)
Download the CSV Weapons coding file, it's in Rich Text Format. It explains how to make what changes you want. Plus a little hysterical background on the files. :nod:
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There is also a tool available to edit csv files, but having the same good look as excel. It's called "CSVed". However, while it supports a good and organized view, I find it quite unhandy in editing. You can try, but your best bet is as TheOldman said, using notepad. In time you get used where each value is stored
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Isn't a csv just a file of Comma Separated Values?
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Yep.
But Excel is messing it up when you try to save it :(
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i've done it before (2 other times), but for some reason it's always the direwolf that i mess up :lol:
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Hi "TheOldMan",
I went to your site to download the CSV Weapons Coding document and got a "File Not Found Message". Please help.
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Can't upload .RTF as attachment. So, I ZIPped it.
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Try :http://cid-15efb07473c65248.office.live.com/self.aspx/.Documents/CSV%20Weapons%20Codng.rtf (http://cid-15efb07473c65248.office.live.com/self.aspx/.Documents/CSV%20Weapons%20Codng.rtf)
Name messed up on server. Trying to update. :banghead:
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Web Site should be working now. Damn server! :mad:
First it doesn't like spaces in file names, then it doesn't like Upper/Lower case mismatch. :confused:
Now I can't even delete the file with spaces in the name! :banghead:
It's now 9:45 am Sunday. I'm going to bed. :mad:
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Thanks "OldMan"!! Now my question to you is how did Wolfman, Magic et al manage to put an entirely NEW weapon into the game and have a description of it show up. The reason I ask this is that the compbas.csv file that comes with the Omnitech download does not have the RAC2 or the RAC5. When I took the data from Wolfman and tried to make an entry into the OT compbas.csv file, the gun shows up in the game, but the description is "undefined". Your thoughts/comments??
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Tried the same thing myself. Just so I could use a Rail Gun.
I'm pretty sure, just like many other things in the game. that they are hard coded in the source somewhere.
It might take a while, but check out Wolfman's Forum and Dropship Command Forum. I remember seeing a discussion thread somewhere that talks about Weapons Upgrades to the game, and compbas.csv.
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Thanks "OM" for the quick follow-up. Will do; will report back if I come up with anything.