Stats editor

[dmkp]

I apologise if this has already been asked.

Is there a better editor for research/structures etc than the database provided by pumpkin?

[Zarel]

Not at the moment. You can get a pretty decent editor just by renaming the .txt files to .csv (and renaming them back when you're done), though.

[dmkp]

Ah I see.


If you could put together how the research stuff works, I could make an editor. Been looking for something to make so I'd love to do this.

[KukY]

I could make an editor. Been looking for something to make so I'd love to do this.

I think winsrp is already making stats editor.

[Tenoh]

I dont see why you need editor anyway,just edit stats in the file like i do.

[KukY]

I dont see why you need editor anyway,just edit stats in the file like i do.

But some files are very confusing.
Research files are complicated, weapons file has lot of values...

[dmkp]

Well I could still make one too.

I know they're tables but how do they relate to each other and what do all the items represent? That's the sort of info I'd need to make one.

[KukY]

Not at the moment. You can get a pretty decent editor just by renaming the .txt files to .csv (and renaming them back when you're done), though.

Hoping that it will be organized, I do that, and I go from this:
,to this: .

Do I need to have something else then just Excel?

EDIT: I found a program specialized for opening csv files.
http://csved.sjfrancke.nl/
Works good.
Is there a way to add a comment line on beggining of every file?
Like:

Code: Select all

//,bodyname,techlevel,size,buildpoints...

I think it would be helpful.

[Zarel]

Is there a way to add a comment line on beggining of every file?
Like:

Code: Select all

//,bodyname,techlevel,size,buildpoints...

I think it would be helpful.

We are planning on doing that soon.

[dmkp]

So.. could you tell me how each of those files relate to each other so I can make an editor?

[Zarel]

What do you mean?

The columns are defined at http://developer.wz2100.net/wiki/TxtEditing

[dmkp]

What do you mean?

Well, just how each table is linked to each other. Like with most databases there's a main table with a primary key. And the other tables need this table to work properly etc.

I can sort of guess a couple of them but not all. I'm guessing all structures are defined in structures.txt. Which the research topic needs to reference in order to "activate" the structure once researched.

The columns are defined at http://developer.wz2100.net/wiki/TxtEditing

Has the format of this ever been changed since the original source?

[Zarel]

Yes. The ones with "(*)" are new.

[dmkp]

Just those?

[KukY]

Will you remove those "unused"/"dummy" values?
They can be really confusing sometimes.