how do i get the game to read an edited file?

Mon Jul 28, 2003 1:00 am by guardian

okay, i went through the steps that are on this site to change engine color. after editing i have a ini file. my question is: do i need to recompress the file to make the game read it or something else, how and with what program would i do that?
thanks in advance

Mon Jul 28, 2003 1:32 am by Don Zardeone

FL reads decopressed inis too, so you don't need to recompress it

Mon Jul 28, 2003 2:04 am by guardian

well it won't read my ini file. its the file that i used to make the changes but when i take out the original file (the engines file that i used the make my ships engines change color) that i uncompressed to get a file to edit and took out the original file and left in the edited one, in ini format, and loaded the game, i couldn't take off because the game said "can't take off without an engine" how can i make the game read my edited file??? i'm using windows xp, does that bother it?

Edited by - guardian on 28-07-2003 03:05:40

Mon Jul 28, 2003 5:35 am by Xenogear_0001

At this point, I'd suggest posting the part of the .ini you changed and showing us where you changed it. I think you would have only had to change one or two of the lines that define what engine effects are used.

Mon Jul 28, 2003 12:29 pm by guardian

heres my file:

[Engine
nickname = ge_coe2_engine_01
ids_name = 263683
ids_info = 264683
volume = 0.000000
mass = 10
max_force = 48000
linear_drag = 599
power_usage = 0
reverse_fraction = 0.200000
flame_effect = gf_co_smallengine02_fire <- changed
trail_effect = gf_co_smallengine02_trail <- changed
trail_effect_player = gf_co_smallengine02_playtrail <- changed
cruise_charge_time = 5
cruise_power_usage = 20
character_start_sound = engine_oe_h_fighter_start <- changed
character_loop_sound = engine_oe_h_fighter_loop <- changed
character_pitch_range = -50, 25
rumble_sound = rumble_oe_h_fighter <-changed
rumble_atten_range = -5, 0
rumble_pitch_range = -25, 25
engine_kill_sound = engine_bw_fighter_kill
cruise_start_sound = engine_bw_cruise_start
cruise_loop_sound = engine_bw_cruise_loop
cruise_stop_sound = engine_bw_cruise_stop
cruise_disrupt_sound = cruise_disrupt
cruise_backfire_sound = cruise_backfire
indestructible = false
outside_cone_attenuation = -3
inside_sound_cone = 60
outside_sound_cone = 180

this was to make the titan have the anubis engines

Edited by - guardian on 28-07-2003 15:14:34

Mon Jul 28, 2003 2:18 pm by guardian

somebody Please help!!! at least tell me how to recompress the file

Mon Jul 28, 2003 2:48 pm by Wanderer

You don't have to recompress the file. You probably made a ship which in the goods.ini, did NOT include an engine. Thats why the game says "can't launch WITHOUT engine". Sometimes its the most obvious errors that messes things up.

Mon Jul 28, 2003 3:54 pm by guardian

wanderer what do you mean? i used the engine_equip file to make the changes that the game won't read. do i need to change the ini in to a configuration settings type of file?

Mon Jul 28, 2003 8:07 pm by guardian

ha ha ha ha ha ha i am so stupid. i didn't know that i had to over write the original file with the edited one. now it works

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