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August 16th, 2006, 10:10 AM
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Re: SEV shipset instructions?
I usual make a standalone image of the correct size and then paste into the final image. Having a template file with an appropriate grid is not a bad idea either.
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August 16th, 2006, 10:57 AM
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Re: SEV shipset instructions?
What is a .CSF file and what do you need to create/convert one??
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August 16th, 2006, 12:17 PM
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Re: SEV shipset instructions?
Space Empires V has a script parser that creates the .csf file - which is the actual compiled script used by the game. Essentially you're just editing various AI text files and then compiling them into a .csf file.
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August 16th, 2006, 12:33 PM
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Re: SEV shipset instructions?
Thank you for the answer Kwok.
But what do you do if you want to modify an existing .csf file? Can you convert it back to a text file or do you need the original text file??
Anyway it seems to me that modifying will be more complicated compared to SE IV.
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August 16th, 2006, 12:38 PM
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Re: SEV shipset instructions?
You cannot edit the .csf files directly. You'd need to make your changes in the base text files and re-make the .csf file.
Modding the data files themselves is probably a bit easier since it's one entry per item. Only the intelligence and events file use scripts of the non-AI files.
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August 16th, 2006, 12:49 PM
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Re: SEV shipset instructions?
First look at data files:
- ***_Main_Script.txt and ***_Setup_Script.txt are written in some sort of prog language (prior to be compiled into .cfs). What is this language? Looks like Delphi to me, but I'm not sure.
- Other .txt files keep following an old se4 style (no char for comments, tabs and blank line problems)  |
August 16th, 2006, 01:17 PM
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Re: SEV shipset instructions?
Actually Aiken you can insert comment lines into the data files. But double blank lines can still be dangerous.  |
August 16th, 2006, 01:21 PM
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Re: SEV shipset instructions?
When did SE4 have problems with tabs? You can insert tabs instead of spaces between the field labels and :=. I'm not sure why anyone would really want to, due to the funky formatting issues with tabs, but that's another issue entirely.
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August 17th, 2006, 01:52 AM
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Re: SEV shipset instructions?
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When did SE4 have problems with tabs? ...
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Dunno, I just remember where was something wrong with tabs. I wouldn't bet on this though.
Still, where are whose "#include", "function" and other scary words came from? Which language, that's is? |
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