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Title: Beam lists
Post by: Lowcorn on August 29, 2008, 11:23:53 pm: There a list somewere that gives info on all the new beams in the editor? if not ill be happy to compile what i can.
http://home.att.net/%7Eclay.h/fs2/beamfaq.htm this is an example of what i mean.
Title: Re: Beam lists
Post by: Dark Hunter on August 30, 2008, 12:50:21 am: I don't believe there exists a similar reference table, but what you could do is look at Inferno's weapons table (http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/Weapons.tbl)... located in Inferno's .vp file.

VP's are basically archives (think .zip or .rar), which can be opened, extracted from, and edited given the right tools.

For what you need to do, I'd reccomend VPView (http://www.descent-network.com/descman/) (scroll down). It allows opening and extracting VP files, though it cannot alter them itself.

Don't worry, extracting the table won't break Inferno. However, it'd be wise not to just let the table sit around in FS2's files, where it could potentially screw things up. Table files can be viewed with Notepad.
Title: Re: Beam lists
Post by: aurora_energy on August 30, 2008, 03:47:17 am: Quote from: Dark Hunter on August 30, 2008, 12:50:21 am
Table files can be viewed with Notepad.

I was wondering. Since TBL's can be opened with notepad, and they are pritty much just a TXT with TBL as the file extention, why is there TBL viewing software.
Title: Re: Beam lists
Post by: Snail on August 30, 2008, 03:55:16 am: Quote from: aurora_energy on August 30, 2008, 03:47:17 am
I was wondering. Since TBL's can be opened with notepad, and they are pritty much just a TXT with TBL as the file extention, why is there TBL viewing software.
Well because with TBL viewing software it'd be easier to see all the fields in a logical fashion instead of as a giant list for each ship.
Title: Re: Beam lists
Post by: Droid803 on August 30, 2008, 11:58:36 am: But the giant lists are quite logical for me...
Title: Re: Beam lists
Post by: aurora_energy on September 04, 2008, 12:42:47 am: I am almost cirtain the appearance is the same. It has been a while since I last used TBL viewer, but I am sure all it does is what word does really.
Title: Re: Beam lists
Post by: Stormkeeper on September 04, 2008, 05:47:57 am: Quote from: aurora_energy on September 04, 2008, 12:42:47 am
I am almost cirtain the appearance is the same. It has been a while since I last used TBL viewer, but I am sure all it does is what word does really.
It adds colors to certain important section, makes it easier really to see the tags.
Title: Re: Beam lists
Post by: Aardwolf on September 12, 2008, 03:43:22 am: TBLView sucks. It puts everything in a big un-editable spreadsheet-type thing.
Title: Re: Beam lists
Post by: Harbinger of DOOM on September 12, 2008, 04:27:40 pm: Notepad FTW.
Title: Re: Beam lists
Post by: Snail on September 12, 2008, 04:34:46 pm: Quote from: Aardwolf on September 12, 2008, 03:43:22 am
TBLView sucks. It puts everything in a big un-editable spreadsheet-type thing.
Yeah I never saw the point of that program.
Title: Re: Beam lists
Post by: Mobius on September 13, 2008, 02:30:48 am: What happened to MetalDestroyer's TBL editor?

Anyway, I'm sorry if there are no such lists in the Wiki. I was adding a lot of Inferno stuff but my computer died before I could start adding weapons... :(
Title: Re: Beam lists
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on September 25, 2008, 11:03:27 am: Quote from: Harbinger of DOOM on September 12, 2008, 04:27:40 pm
Notepad FTW.

:lol:

Notepad can open everything.
Title: Re: Beam lists
Post by: Herra Tohtori on September 25, 2008, 12:07:08 pm: Notepad++ ftw.

In addition to being in overall superior to MS Notepad as a text editor, it can also for example edit POF files to use different textures by just editing the texture names, since it preserves the hex structure of the files...
Title: Re: Beam lists
Post by: Mobius on September 25, 2008, 12:38:59 pm: Wow, I didn't know that...that's another good reason to get that program! Thanks for the precious info, Herra! :)