race file corruption revisited |
Tue, 22 February 2011 10:58 |
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BlueTurbit | | Lt. Commander
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Quote: | Coding Bugs
Race File Corruption:
If you edit the race name in a race file can cause the file to become corrupt. This is especially common when making the race name shorter than before. To get around this, when editing the race name, either edit it one letter at a time (saving and re-opening each time) or copy the race data into a new file by hand.
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http://starsautohost.org/sahforum/index.php?t=tree&th=34 8&start=0&rid=21&S=3655577339203c5300a8444b27d7c d45
Does this tip need to be updated for the newbies here?
This does not seem to be the accurate/easiest solution. Edit one letter at a time and save and reopen. Using the above method, to change the race name from "Humanoid" to "Robotoid" would take a lot of saves and reloads.
NOT! Only takes one save on my system. You know why?
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Re: race file corruption revisited |
Tue, 22 February 2011 14:19 |
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BlueTurbit | | Lt. Commander
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Right on! You just can't make the new names shorter than the old names by more than one character at a time.
An alternative to naming races, like when testing them for possible later use in games is to simply name them with short, two or three letter names. Like IT1, SS1, etc.
Then when you want to use them down the road you can just rename them, add password, and save under new file name. Reload to test, then send to host to join game. This way you can use them again in other games even with different names without having to do a bunch of saves and reloads when you want to use shorter names.
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Re: race file corruption revisited |
Tue, 22 February 2011 17:50 |
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I agree...we should update the known bugs to clarify that.
But *that* particular post would be better marked with This information is out of date - go here for the latest version
And then update this post and the wiki page instead.
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