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TB55555
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posted 30 January 2002 20:21     Click Here to See the Profile for TB55555   Click Here to Email TB55555        Reply w/Quote   
I'm working on a mod where i need to make a number of new uniques, but every time I make one it is named "Evil Force". Does anyone know how to give any other name to a unique?

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MPHG
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posted 30 January 2002 20:36     Click Here to See the Profile for MPHG   Click Here to Email MPHG        Reply w/Quote   Visit MPHG's Homepage!
this would be better suited in the mod making forumns

,but i would like to say welcome
and add rows to uniqueitems.txt to make new uni's

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Axalon
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posted 30 January 2002 20:42     Click Here to See the Profile for Axalon   Click Here to Email Axalon        Reply w/Quote   
You need to give the new unique a name by adding it to your patchstring.tbl by using Baron Darkstorm's Table Editor ... and also make sure you add the new unique in the bottom row of the .txt file ... not in the middle or in-between but in the very last row at the end

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TB55555
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posted 30 January 2002 20:46     Click Here to See the Profile for TB55555   Click Here to Email TB55555        Reply w/Quote   
Thanks for the advice.

i just tried that but it still calls the sword "An Evil Force". I've tried both replaceing another unique and adding a line in the file. Could it be that I've been using notepad to edit the file? Besides that I have no idea why.

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TB55555
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posted 30 January 2002 20:47     Click Here to See the Profile for TB55555   Click Here to Email TB55555        Reply w/Quote   
Man, you got to be fast to keep up with you guys.

I'll give Baron Darkstorm's Table Editor a try.

thanks again

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Axalon
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posted 30 January 2002 20:51     Click Here to See the Profile for Axalon   Click Here to Email Axalon        Reply w/Quote   
Use D2Excel to edit your .txt files, not notepad

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Apocalypse Demon
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posted 30 January 2002 20:57     Click Here to See the Profile for Apocalypse Demon   Click Here to Email Apocalypse Demon        Reply w/Quote   
lol...notepad. You need a spreadsheet program, I strongly suggest downloading D2Excel from the tools of the trade section of the site.

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TB55555
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posted 30 January 2002 21:00     Click Here to See the Profile for TB55555   Click Here to Email TB55555        Reply w/Quote   
I've got another question.

I know the Baron Darkstorm's Table Editor needs a table file. I'm just guessing but I would think that they might be in the patch_d2.MPQ file. How do i get them out of there? I've been using MPQview to get the txt files out but i haven't seen any table files.

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Apocalypse Demon
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posted 30 January 2002 21:02     Click Here to See the Profile for Apocalypse Demon   Click Here to Email Apocalypse Demon        Reply w/Quote   
Download jbouley's updated data file found in the tools of the trade. Then, load the data file and then open up your mpq and the tbl files should be there. If not, add the paths to the tbl files in your data file. The paths are:

data\local\LNG\ENG\patchstring.tbl
data\local\LNG\ENG\string.tbl
data\local\LNG\ENG\expansionstring.tbl

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Axalon
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posted 30 January 2002 21:06     Click Here to See the Profile for Axalon   Click Here to Email Axalon        Reply w/Quote   
You use MPQview to get the .tbl files also Have you read through all the tutorials for what you are trying to do? I suggest you do ... Try 'The Idiot's Guide to Mod Making', it worked for me

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