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Topic: adding Runewords to 1.09exp
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bitesizedchunks Squire

Posts: 27 From: Registered: Jan 2002 |
posted 28 January 2002 15:49
alright, yet another question. in modding 1.09 expansion, when i attempt to add a runeword, game crashes. i set it up the runeword 'MyRuneword' in Runes.txt and added entry in patchstring.tbl. (first time, the key='MyRuneword', value='MyRuneword'--CRASH. second time, key='Runeword#',value='MyRuneword'-CRASH.)what's up? the specific error was something to do with fog.dll (wtf?). it would be absolutly fabulous if i could create my own runewords. or am i dreaming. all older posts seem to be about pre-1.09, and Blizzards runewords all work for me. Suggestions?

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Zhoulomcrist Forum Admin.
    
Posts: 3239 From: USA Registered: Jan 2001 |
posted 28 January 2002 15:50
Runes.txt is a real flaky file. It can crash even if you simply open and save the file (even if no changes were made). I suggest using a program like D2Excel (Available in the Tools of the Trade section of the keep) or Staroffice if you have it for editing that particular file.------------------ Diablo was vaporized by Zhoulomcrist's redeemer ************************ Classic Diablo II: ZhoulomCrypt Project Administrator

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bitesizedchunks Squire

Posts: 27 From: Registered: Jan 2002 |
posted 28 January 2002 16:09
So it's highly likely that the problem is not user error? wow. that's a first. i'll try D2xcel. thanks again.

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Zhoulomcrist Forum Admin.
    
Posts: 3239 From: USA Registered: Jan 2001 |
posted 28 January 2002 16:13
You're welcome . I ran into this as well in the past. I used StarOffice to get it to work and Excel for all the other files. But, as I've heard, D2Excel should also allow you to successfully edit that file without causin' a crash .------------------ Diablo was vaporized by Zhoulomcrist's redeemer ************************ Classic Diablo II: ZhoulomCrypt Project Administrator

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bitesizedchunks Squire

Posts: 27 From: Registered: Jan 2002 |
posted 28 January 2002 18:13
What i've learned today: 1-MS Excel sucks for editing D2 text files. i tried isilweo's editor, and it is a much better deali-o. 2-TreaseureClassEx.txt is NOT a gargantuan pain in the butt. Using it is actually quite easy if you really sit down and look at it. 3-in TblEdit, key should match name in text file, value should be what you want to see in game. For all you newbies out there (like me...), i hope this helps. and thanks again to everyone who has helped me today.

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Zhoulomcrist Forum Admin.
    
Posts: 3239 From: USA Registered: Jan 2001 |
posted 28 January 2002 18:19
Congrats Actually, MS Excel has been probably the most widely used tool for D2 Text editing since way back in the early days . Runes.txt and itemstatcost.txt are the two that I've run into that like to be a pain in the ass for editing in Excel. For those, I use Staroffice to fix it up.  ------------------ Diablo was vaporized by Zhoulomcrist's redeemer ************************ Classic Diablo II: ZhoulomCrypt Project Administrator

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bitesizedchunks Squire

Posts: 27 From: Registered: Jan 2002 |
posted 28 January 2002 18:37
crazy...yeah, i've never had problems with excel, except for runes.txt. i do like the D2xcel, mainly because it works for runes.txt, but i'm sure i'll find another reason someday...i'm curious, does this happen to everyone who uses MSexcel, or just a select few?

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Myhrginoc Honorary Warlord
   
Posts: 1326 From: Percussion U Registered: Dec 2001 |
posted 28 January 2002 21:31
It happens to everybody. Runes.txt has no termination or data column at far right like most files have, so Excel gets confused and loses the last tabs of the last line. Think of the lines in the text files as records in a database, and that every field must be properly defined whether used or not.

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