Thanks "soasertsus" & "Thoumsin" I'll check it out. I have the forge tools somewhere stored on USB., but haven't used since the 1.16 & 1.02 changes.

I have also been trying to do something like what "DarkCloud" is trying to do with little success. This is how I've gone about it so far;

Copied a CAPITALSHIP entity file from the gameinfo folder and converted to text with "dk dataconverter tool". Then made some changes to some values eg. hull, shield and weapons plus added an extra ability. Also changed the "NumResearchPrerequisits 0" to "NumResearchPrerequisits 1 ", then added the name of the research entity file which I created in the same manner and added to the game info folder.

I added both these new entity files to the manifest and added stringinfo for them. I also added the info to the "playerTech" file.

Now here's where I think I may be going wrong(I think, there could be other things I'm doing wrong). In the "RESEARCHSUBJECT_CAPITALACCESS_CARRIERTECH" entity file that I created there is the "block" option and just below that there are some values in [      ] which I believe are Its location within the block. The first one I believe should corespond to the tier you want the research to show up in, I also made sure tier# just above the "OnlyWorksIfTierLabsExist TRUE" was set to correspond. The second  I believe is its position in the block in that tier. I made sure that number was not the same as any of the other "RESEARCHSUBJECT______" files that were in that tier also. I tried to give this value a number that I thought would correspond with an empty space within the block, but alas the mod will not "apply changes"(I have trying this with Entrenchment).

Is there only a curtain number of places allowed in each block?

Or is it something else, perhaps the "HUDICONS" are clashing with the original "CAPITALSHIP entity" file?

coconut, do you have the user.setting settings 'LogoOutput TRUE' and 'ShowErrors TRUE'?

they can help track down errors in mods. the last setting puts up a window and stops sins until you click on one of the three buttons or press the spacebar

harpo

you are probably using an entity from the 1.15/entrenchment 1.01 forgetools reference files in 1.16/entrenchment 1.02.

the fix is to base it on entities from the version of sins you are testing with, but later this week we should have the shiny new 1.17/entrenchment1.03 and reference files when stardock release them, but in the meantime there is my small utility in this thread that can convert a set of files between txt & bin in 10 to 15 minutes (by the way it WILL NOT convert the current games files only copies stored outside the program files directory)

hope this helps

harpo

if you want to copy ALL the files it will convert all convertable files, the only ones it will not convert are the dll's exe's and files that arealready in the type wanted. o by the way there are 3  capitalship*.entity files in the sins 1.16 that fail to convert ie

CAPITALSHIP_PHASEBATTLESHIP.entity
CAPITALSHIP_PHASECARRIER.entity
CAPITALSHIP_PHASECOLONY.entity

, they fail to convert with the convertdata_originalsins.exe so my utility is not at fault here, but all other entity files DO convert successfully

harpo

I made a CAPITALSHIP_TECHBATTLESHIPTWO. Just made a copy and put the two on it. Made the .entity in the same fashion. Also added it to the playertech file on the cap ship list. So far it just gives a mini dump.

Annatar11, Been a bit since I bumped your cart. In the Gameinfo/playertech file I added the CAPITALSHIP_TECHBATTLESHIPTWO in the same way the other caps were done and increased the count to six. Did the .entity the same way. Tring to make a 2nd teir Kol and Marza for me SP mod Stars at War. Almost forgot no I did nothing with the string files.

Thanks it was the .entity count that got me. Also thanks for the showErrors. I've been back pedaling to find and fix errors.

That's the problem, it is turned on but I don't get the error. Just dumps me, like a heartless ex girlfriend.

Is it possible to convert minidumps to text?

you need a shortcut to the exe and the downloaded files is a rar so you need either winrar or 7zip to unpack it.

galaxy forge is a map editor/creator for sins

harpo

Yes, you need to go to Microsoft's website and download their DEBUGGING TOOLS.

DANMAN

I've already unzipped it, but I can't get any further. Problem is, I just can't open the exe thing. It gives me the standard "has stopp working" deal.