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why does each entity give me broken idents when i clone anything? there clean maps too!

also, what exactly is a broken indent? and what does it do?
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A broken ident is a broken dependency where entity cant find a Tag ID that matches the one that is inside one of your metas, it is usually caused by bad plugins
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ok thanks, can u by change give me some good plugins? cuz i think mine are all messy, iv tried about 5 different versions of entity 1.3 from different people, still get broken idents
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Th2mods wrote:ok thanks, can u by change give me some good plugins? cuz i think mine are all messy, iv tried about 5 different versions of entity 1.3 from different people, still get broken idents
http://plugins.pheonic.co.uk/

There you go, don't use the vehi plug-in. It will always say that there is a broken indent in the scorpion and wraith.
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demonicsandwich wrote:
Th2mods wrote:ok thanks, can u by change give me some good plugins? cuz i think mine are all messy, iv tried about 5 different versions of entity 1.3 from different people, still get broken idents
http://plugins.pheonic.co.uk/

There you go, don't use the vehi plug-in. It will always say that there is a broken indent in the scorpion and wraith.
how come all the plugins show up as xml? There not even downloadable. It just shows up as xml on my screen
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Th2mods wrote:how come all the plugins show up as xml? There not even downloadable. It just shows up as xml on my screen
You have to copy the xml into notepad and then save it as 'something'.ent.
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'anything' .ent?
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Th2mods wrote:'anything' .ent?
Like weap.ent or vehi.ent etc...
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Prey wrote:
Th2mods wrote:'anything' .ent?
Like weap.ent or vehi.ent etc...
so its just as simple as naming it anything you want? or does it have to relate to the tag?
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Th2mods wrote:
Prey wrote:
Th2mods wrote:'anything' .ent?
Like weap.ent or vehi.ent etc...
so its just as simple as naming it anything you want? or does it have to relate to the tag?
No, it has to be theexactfor letters used in the abbriviationfor whichever tag its for.
BIPD, MATG, ect..
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