Embarrassingly Basic Question... T_T

Commenting is something built into a language.  As there aren't any comments in any of the entity files, the function was likely never added into their system.

the only way that most modders use is an ordinary text or rtf file with the changes listed in it or a copy of the original file with a different extension( the bit after the '.') eg entold entorg etc.

hope this helps

harpo

You could do this as part of your develop/deploy process by developing a small process that strips lines that start with your preferred comment block and generates a clean entity file for testing in Sins. A little work on your part but if it's important to you it wouldn't be difficult to create.

I already prefer already to develop in a directory outside of the mod folder that is tied to a source code repository tool and then use ant to deploy to the various mod directories I maintain (one for unit testing, and one for shared alpha testing currently). If I want to see what I changed I can do compares against the history stored in the source repository so comments haven't been a priority for me but it has crossed my mind. I more miss comments for putting TODO blocks in the code so I can be reminded I wanted to come back to something later.

Thanks for the help guys. I'm not doing a big enough job that I considered developing outside of the framework of the game - but if my ideas get any more grandiose I suppose I'll have to consider it.

Todo blocks and change histories are the two main things I was looking for. I'm used to having both a commenting feature and a source protection utility - but as this is strictly a hobby project, I don't have any of the stuff I used to use at work.

Ah well. I'll just have to start either noting down what I've changed or else keeping a folder full of different revisions.

Check out code.google.com for maintaining source history and eclipse as a development platform.

This thread has some info on eclipse (https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/380774) and a entity validation tool I have written if your interested (I use subversion feature to do the source code control). Even for a small project I find performing checkins at various milestones a good habit to maintain. I created a project called zombiesrus5 on code.google.com just for little side projects. I have another one for a larger mod I am working on.

Thanks for that, I shall check it out.

Dragging me kicking and screaming into the light of organisation, huh?

Thanks for all the help!