Presenting... String List Editor

SteelixB · Post by **SteelixB** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 12:32 pm

As there's no utilities section under user-submitted downloads, i'll post it here (mods move it mb?).

Basically this little utility allows you to do what guerilla doesn't - edit unicode_string_lists. You can also export to a regular string list txt file (ascii or unicode), and compile in tool, but there really isn't much point since this utility also saves string lists.

So what is the use for this exactly? Well first of all you can easily add more strings for weapons like 'Picked up a Grenade Launcher', you can change various other text too like %s was pwned by %s, and more strings for new vehicles, such as 'Press E to enter drivers seat of Goliath'

How to use:

1. Open a string_list / unicode_string_list tag. Edit as you think appropriate, save tag.

2. Compile your map

NOTE: If your string list is (for some reason) the same filesize as the old one, tool will not compile it into your map, in which case you should maybe add a blank item to the list at the end, or change the length of an item with extra spaces.

UPDATE

Now supports multi-lined lists and tab characters

XDeathX · Post by **XDeathX** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 12:35 pm

That's great! Now how's about a PC to CE converter. and ce to pc

SonicXtr3me · Post by **SonicXtr3me** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 12:36 pm

Hows about that Kill PC version with one click program

XDeathX · Post by **XDeathX** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 12:39 pm

Or combine both of them and force them to play PCE, er CE!

SteelixB · Post by **SteelixB** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 12:39 pm

XDeathX wrote:That's great! Now how's about a PC to CE converter. and ce to pc

Been there.. done that... but im afraid it can't go public, sorry. CE to PC... why?

XDeathX · Post by **XDeathX** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 12:43 pm

Convert SP maps and make H2CE campaign maps out of them or H2 MP maps out of them or a glowing enegy sord in FP (I'd love to see that).

Does knave have this converter?

a baby seal · Post by **a baby seal** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 1:49 pm

Thanks for the program steelix...now about that pc to ce converterjk jk jk

gecko753 · Post by **gecko753** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 8:31 pm

a few weeks ago, i went to a string list tag to see what i could do with it and when i saw what itd take, as in manually rewriting each string, i gave up and waited for something like this

vgj

the_virus32 · Post by **the_virus32** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 1:56 am

This file is being mirrored by Halo Universe

gecko753 · Post by **gecko753** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 6:33 am

uh oh... i just started it up for the first time and im getting some weird results... it might just be me, but idk yet. i opened the file that holds the descriptions for the mp maps and ths happened:

edit: looks like if the string has multiple lines, then it tries to display all of it in the list of strings, making them overlap and blah.

SteelixB · Post by **SteelixB** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 3:24 pm

gecko753 wrote:uh oh... i just started it up for the first time and im getting some weird results... it might just be me, but idk yet. i opened the file that holds the descriptions for the mp maps and ths happened:

edit: looks like if the string has multiple lines, then it tries to display all of it in the list of strings, making them overlap and blah.

I'll fix this later, bit busy atm (didn't know there was multiple lined string lists..

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crackpot · Post by **crackpot** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 6:07 pm

HEY HOW DO i use the program, like what do i have to open to edit?

SteelixB · Post by **SteelixB** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 7:40 am

crackpot wrote:HEY HOW DO i use the program, like what do i have to open to edit?

You read what I put in my 'f i r s t p o s t'? (stupid filter)

Btw, problem nearly fixed, will re-release by the end of today some time.

XDeathX · Post by **XDeathX** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:43 am

I would still like to have that pc to ce tag converter for reasons mentioned above.

SteelixB · Post by **SteelixB** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:06 am

XDeathX wrote:I would still like to have that pc to ce tag converter for reasons mentioned above.

I'm sure you would, as would many others, but that's not possible I'm afraid.

Anyway updated for multi-line support ^^

MasterNeoChief · Post by **MasterNeoChief** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:04 am

Okay, not releasing the converter, I can live with that, but can you post the converted Elite Biped or any other tag?

crackpot · Post by **crackpot** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 2:14 pm

not to be noobish, but wherdo i get tthose strin files? in the maps? and howw extract? and recursive?

SteelixB · Post by **SteelixB** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 2:20 pm

crackpot wrote:not to be noobish, but wherdo i get tthose strin files? in the maps? and howw extract? and recursive?

They come with HEK, you'll find them under the UI folder in the tags folder.

XDeathX · Post by **XDeathX** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 3:06 pm

SteelixB wrote:
XDeathX wrote:I would still like to have that pc to ce tag converter for reasons mentioned above.
I'm sure you would, as would many others, but that's not possible I'm afraid.

Anyway updated for multi-line support ^^

Be very scared!

It does ce to pc too, doesn't it?

Why make ce to pc tag converter. Why didn't ya just make a pc to ce tag converter and release it that way people can now rip from campaign and not be limited to using it's stuff in PC. All those SP to MP conversions for PC, yet so little for CE. So many good SP to MP mods out there, yet there are so little for CE. Maybe if CE had a great Campaign, PC peeps would migrate to CE. Imagine that, creating your own campaign level. If they only had the Campaign map tags converted to CE. So little people can do Campaign CE, but only .5% are actually trying or getting anywhere. I believe since CE doesn't have Campaign, most people will stay as a PC player and mod those maps.

SteelixB · Post by **SteelixB** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 3:15 pm

XDeathX wrote:
SteelixB wrote:
XDeathX wrote:I would still like to have that pc to ce tag converter for reasons mentioned above.
I'm sure you would, as would many others, but that's not possible I'm afraid.

Anyway updated for multi-line support ^^
Be very scared!

It does ce to pc too, doesn't it?

Why make ce to pc tag converter. Why didn't ya just make a pc to ce tag converter and release it that way people can now rip from campaign and not be limited to using it's stuff in PC. All those SP to MP conversions for PC, yet so little for CE. So many good SP to MP mods out there, yet there are so little for CE. Maybe if CE had a great Campaign, PC peeps would migrate to CE. Imagine that, creating your own campaign level. If they only had the Campaign map tags converted to CE. So little people can do Campaign CE, but only .5% are actually trying or getting anywhere. I believe since CE doesn't have Campaign, most people will stay as a PC player and mod those maps.

What the hell is a ce to pc tag converter? pc can't use tags, we don't have an editing kit for pc. Of course the converter is pc to ce, but its also ce to ce meaning people can rip other people's tags. Thats not a good thing and chances are, people could hack the converter even if i disabled ce maps.

Also, Whats to say the people who do have the converter cant make an SP to MP mod for CE (I've already done 3)?

And most people keep modding PC cos the HEK is too confusing for them...

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