Sigil23 wrote:mgarnett wrote:Sigil23 wrote:i have a question concerning the editor. I changed some unit stats with it but somehow they don't show up ingame so i must have made an error somewhere in the process. I opened the equipment file, selected the graphics folder, entered new data, selected commit unit and then save equipment file. Where did i go wrong ?
thanks in advance
Did you then copy your newly saved equipment file into your game data folder? If you didn't then the game will still be using the original equipment file rather than the new one you just created.
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Mark
Uhm...no, wasn't aware of this. Where is this newly saved equipment file to be found ? Is it also called equipment.pzeqp ? This slightly confuses me for when i open the editor again and open the equipment file of the game i do see the changes i've made, they just don't show up in the game. Anyway, thanks a lot for your reply, your help is much appreciated.
At the bottom of the equipment editor dialog form, you will see a button called "Save". When you have finished making the changes to the equipment file, you need to click the button. When you do that, a standard Windows dialog will pop up asking you where you want to save your new equipment file. Now, you can choose to save this anywhere, either to a seperate location or over the top of your current equipment file which is stored in the "Data" directory in the folder where you installed the game. If you want to use your new equipment in a game, you will need to put your new file in this directory by "dragging and dropping" it into the "Data" folder, or saving it over the top of your old file when you click the "Save" button.
Think of it as editing a document with Microsoft Word and then saving the document using the "Save As" command, it's the same process.
Most people make a backup of their original equipment file before using a new equipment file, because if you make some mistakes you can always revert to the default installed file my simply copying it back into the game directory. This is also the reason why no edits are made to your original file by the editor, if you make a mistake, its very hard hard to undo the mistake, so make a backup of the equipment file first.
If you are still having trouble please drop me an email using the email address in the "About" box and I'll take a series of screenshots to walk you through the process.
Cheers
Mark