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Report, edit, etc...Posted by BroodKiller on 2005-12-04 at 10:48:47

As for some more general news - I've been messing with SFMPQLib yesterday evening and todays morning (it's an MPQ-related library developped by ShadowFlare). Surprisingly enough (because of my almost complete ignorance about the use DLLs), I managed to get it to work to a certain degree. Yay for meh!!!

What this means (in case you didn't realise it

) is that MPQ Import/Export capability is very likely to be achieved rather sooner than later. Can't promise anything at this point, but things look good

Report, edit, etc...Posted by Doodle77(MM) on 2005-12-08 at 16:55:59

doesnt that only require calling
mpqfileopen
and
mpqaddfile
or whatever

Report, edit, etc...Posted by BroodKiller on 2005-12-09 at 13:27:57

Well, in the general sense you're right, but direct implementing of the appropriate MPQ fonctionality is a bit of tedious, if you ask me. Also, let me remind you that it's my first adventure with DLLs, so it will take some time until I get familiarized with them to a decent degree

But, speaking of it, I already achieved the desired functionality

###DatEdit is RC 2.1. It seems that all the bugs has been fixed so be ready for the takeoff soon

###

Report, edit, etc...Posted by mc_Smurf on 2005-12-09 at 20:01:54

DAMNIT I WANT THAT TOOL... >_> <_< I'm sorry I just can't wait for it >_> <_< why is everyone looking at me >_> <_<

Report, edit, etc...Posted by Pauper on 2005-12-16 at 19:18:31

When will this be out?

Report, edit, etc...Posted by Voyager7456(MM) on 2005-12-17 at 10:47:41

Gaaaahhhhh!!!!!!

Arsenal III just became corrupted again, gotta go reinstall it...

Please hurry BroodKiller! Save us from the Arsenal III tyranny!

Report, edit, etc...Posted by TERRAINFIGHTER on 2005-12-17 at 13:24:16

QUOTE(Voyager7456(MM) @ Dec 17 2005, 10:47 AM)

Gaaaahhhhh!!!!!!

Arsenal III just became corrupted again, gotta go reinstall it...

Please hurry BroodKiller! Save us from the Arsenal III tyranny!

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Actually, its ready to be released but I'm still waiting for broodkiller to upload it, or give me permission to upload it to sen

QUOTE(post from BroodKiller at samods)

###OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT###
DatEdit Release Candidate 2.1 turned out to be the best of the builds. Thus, it is this version that has been chosen to serve for the initial public release of the application! A download link will apear shortly. Stay tuned, we're taking off....smile.gif

Ojan>The unknowns will be added as soon as they're discovered. We can't wait until Xmas though, am I right?

And how does the external listing adds to the difficulty of keeping the public up-to-date? I think it rather goes in the opposite way, y'know...

Report, edit, etc...Posted by BroodKiller on 2005-12-20 at 12:13:02

########SEMI-OFFICIAL#######

Ok, boys'n'girls - listen up!

I decided to release an Open Beta for all of you to try and enjoy. Please, mind you however that this release is not an official one, which will come later in time. But worry not - DatEd 0.9b is fully functional (as a DAT editor) and should be safe from bugs. If you find any - contact me as soon as you can, so I can fix the problem =)

As for what's new with this release: I finally got the default DATs to work the way I wanted them to work (what happened this very day =), so no need to load an external file first

-BK

Report, edit, etc...Posted by TERRAINFIGHTER on 2005-12-20 at 12:26:49

You still didnt fix the weapon targetting unknowns to display what they are

Report, edit, etc...Posted by BroodKiller on 2005-12-20 at 12:33:35

This is because I think that the targetting control does NOT go this way all the time. There are combinations that produces results different than should appear just because of the flags used to create a said combo. It is better to leave it be until I am certain of how this work. =)

Report, edit, etc...Posted by Ermac on 2005-12-20 at 13:21:57

Wow, the program is very good! It is very comfotable to use, great work

Report, edit, etc...Posted by LoRdOfWaR]Dark[ on 2005-12-20 at 13:42:08

*lights aresenal III on fire xD* this thing ownz it xD

Report, edit, etc...Posted by petphot on 2005-12-20 at 13:51:13

Arsenal III just got PWND

Moddings the best and its fun this just made it even better (i still dont c why there isnt too many ppl making mods anymore, wish they still were, more mods the better i say)

Report, edit, etc...Posted by SirBean on 2005-12-20 at 13:53:53

In Arsenal 3, there are 4 unknowns under the Miscellaneous tab in the Units Editor. Are these values editable in DatEd somewhere? (They're useful for things like making flying buildings move and such)

Other than that, it look and displays great! Much cleaner than Arsenal 3. I've yet to use it extensively, but so far, so good!

Report, edit, etc...Posted by Centreri on 2005-12-20 at 14:53:38

I found unknown upgrades 55-60 or something like that (minor, just in case you didn't know. I'm quite sure you do though).
And no copy and paste ;(

Report, edit, etc...Posted by DiscipleOfAdun on 2005-12-20 at 15:24:18

QUOTE(SirBean @ Dec 20 2005, 12:53 PM)

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They are identified and placed where they belong. If you know what they edited, you can find them. One should be under movement, one under orders, one under staredit, and I don't know where the last is.

QUOTE(Silver-Dragon @ Dec 20 2005, 01:53 PM)

I found unknown upgrades 55-60 or something like that (minor, just in case you didn't know. I'm quite sure you do though).
And no copy and paste ;(
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The unknowns exist in the .dat file, that's why they are there.

Report, edit, etc...Posted by Ermac on 2005-12-20 at 16:01:50

QUOTE(Silver-Dragon @ Dec 20 2005, 10:53 PM)

I found unknown upgrades 55-60 or something like that (minor, just in case you didn't know. I'm quite sure you do though).
And no copy and paste ;(
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There isn't a copy-paste fuinction? Haven't noticed that, please insert it! It is very usefull.

Report, edit, etc...Posted by Voyager7456(MM) on 2005-12-20 at 16:45:06

I love it! It's so simple to use!

I've only used it for a little bit, but I find it a big improvement. It's got everything so clearly labeled, and the jump features... Omg, I love the jump features so much!

Hmm... I don't think the build time is in ms though...

Report, edit, etc...Posted by petphot on 2005-12-20 at 17:40:01

i got a problem i used DatEdit to edit my units.dat file now when i load it all my units can walk through eachother and buildings... well thats not so bad... but heres the bad part--> they get stuck, so i cant create units cause they get stuck in the building...

anyone know whats up?

Report, edit, etc...Posted by SirBean on 2005-12-20 at 18:21:08

QUOTE(petphot @ Dec 20 2005, 03:40 PM)

Whoa. What'd you do exactly?

[edit] NM, I just replied to your other post.

Report, edit, etc...Posted by petphot on 2005-12-20 at 19:06:54

voyager said on my other post that it happend to him too...

I think its DatEdit cause i only edited 2 units and it buggered up all of them

Report, edit, etc...Posted by TERRAINFIGHTER on 2005-12-20 at 19:28:21

QUOTE(petphot)

That only hapenned to me once in the beta testing, I thought it was something else that caused it (i was messing with some unknown ai scripts) so I reported it but it seems I reported it as the wrong thing cause its the unit size causing it

QUOTE(TERRAINFIGHTER (during beta testing))

I just found something else that was weird...I just tested it again but this time on zerglings and zealots when I noticed that every now and then a zealot walked on top of the zergling and they both had to move out of the way...I probably did some sort of editing on accident or my .dat is messed up

Report, edit, etc...Posted by Lord_Agamemnon(MM) on 2005-12-20 at 20:24:35

QUOTE(petphot @ Dec 20 2005, 04:40 PM)

I get that problem too. All I edited was the Guardian's air weapon and Unused Gauss Rifle 13--I'm trying to give the thing an air attack. Great fun. Additionally, when I MPQ'd the "default" folder and ran it, the problem didn't occur. It must relate to actually editing the files with DatEdit. Regardless, please fix it, since I don't want to be forced to continually reinstall Arsenal III again...

P.S. I love DatEdit--except for that one error.

Report, edit, etc...Posted by TERRAINFIGHTER on 2005-12-20 at 20:49:31

I just tested it and found what part of DatEdit corrupts the size

In the Units.dat editor DatEdit only edits the width but it doesnt edit the height and therefore assigns the value 0 to the height on every unit

Report, edit, etc...Posted by petphot on 2005-12-20 at 21:08:13

can u fix and post soon? im missing DatEditor already

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