Reference files are not working...

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I'm trying to edit some structures by using the reference files included with the Galaxy Forge tools but activating the mod with any of the reference files just stalls the game by causing it to spam infinite line errors...

When enabling the mod with even one of the reference files, I will get this error.

"Text FileArchive missing Label.

File: C:\Users\xxxx\AppData\Local\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Mods-Entrenchment v1.03\Booster\GameInfo\PLANETMODULE_TECHORBITALCANNON.entity     < If I delete that, it'll just replace it with another file...
Label: MeshNameInfo
Line Number:659      < There's not even that many lines in the file! is it just trying to piss me off or something...?
Line Contents:rotateToFacePlanet FALSE"

I haven't even edited the files, they are producing errors all by themselves... I am facepalming my self so hard I think i'm going to pass out...

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

the reference files in the forge tools are for sins 1.15/entrenchment 1.01 ONLY

if you want to create your own CURRENT reference files from your sins & entrenchment folders follow these instructions

1 copy your program files sins folder to the location you want your reference files to be (note NOT in the program files path)

2 download and run my sins txtbin gui program

3 browse in the txtbin gui to the location you had copied your sins files TO

4 click on the button work in this folder

5 click on the button convert the folder NOW

the gui will now convert the files to txt

when the gui finishes your files should be in readable TXT mode

hope this helps

harpo

 

 

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Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

It really makes me mad that the developers didn't update the pack with the latest files spite the patch being out for quite a while, I carefully edited over 70 of those references only to have that error explode in my face and seeing no way to fix it, now I have to redo it all!
Thank you for the help, guess it's back to redoing all of them again now. :(

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

I have seen a small change in the entity files between entrenchment 1.02 & 1.03 of adding a line
renderShield TRUE
after the shieldmeshname line
in ships, planets,planet modules,and starbases.
The changes for 1.01 to 1.02 were the 'rotateToFacePlanet TRUE' changed to 'rotateFacingType "TowardsOrbitBody"'

hope this helps

by the way I am in the middle of writing a utility to UPDATE any mod from a VERSIONED mods folder to the latest version, by updating the files with the changed/added lines.

harpo