SE4 Modder Ver 1.76 (updated for ver 1.91)

[Fyron]

Here is a horrible bug for ya...

When editing SystemTypes.txt, if I delete an object in the middle of the list, the program creates a new entry at the end that is identical to the Last entry, rather than just lowering the number of objects by 1.

Ex:
Pre-altered:
star
asteroid
asteroid
asteroid
planet

After deleting an asteroid:
star
asteroid
asteroid
planet
planet

It should not be creating a new planet there... :'S

[Fyron]

In addition to that, it seems to enjoy deleting multiple entries at a time. :'S

[Fyron]

Ok... the modder has huge problems with system types such as

Standard 1 No AS I
Standard 1 AS I
etc.

It keeps thinking there are random objects in such system entries that are NOT in the file. There should be a bunch of asteroids, but sometimes it thinks they are planets!

Needless to say, this has been less than helpful to me.

[ September 15, 2003, 22:18: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

[DavidG]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
[QB]Ok... the modder has huge problems with system types such as

Standard 1 No AS I
Standard 1 AS I
etc.

It keeps thinking there are random objects in such system entries that are NOT in the file. There should be a bunch of asteroids, but sometimes it thinks they are planets!
[QB]

As far as i can tell this error occurs only when trying to delete a system object. When you first click the system everying gets shown ok. Does this make sense with what you see?
I have just fixed this. I'll test it a bit more and get a new Version uploaded.

[Fyron]

The random objects being shown instead of what is there happens if I click on a system once (displays correctly), then some other systems, then the first one I clicked on again (displays incorrectly). It is weird and does not happen consistently... and not always when I have tried deleting things.

[DavidG]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
The random objects being shown instead of what is there happens if I click on a system once (displays correctly), then some other systems, then the first one I clicked on again (displays incorrectly). It is weird and does not happen consistently... and not always when I have tried deleting things.

I've uploaded a fix. Seems to work OK on my system anyway. Without getting into a long winded technical description the bug I fixed could have cause some unpredictable results depending on how fast that bit of code could be run.

[DavidG]

ARggg how come no one ever told me how annoying those weapon sounds can get after a while (since I actually just started using my program to make a mod)