SE V Design Type Editor v .2.2 Ready |
Program Name: SE5DTEdit (Space Empires V DesignType Editor)
New Release Version: 0.2.2
Previous Version: 0.1.8
Release Priority: Minor
Release Notes:
* Added a ‘Remove’ button to delete Design Type names you don’t wish to use anymore.
* Added a ‘Restore Default’ button to restore the backed up DesignTypes.txt file
* Updated the UI a little bit, added a label to show if you are working on a modified or unmodified types file.
Bug Fixes:
* None
Known Issues:
* None
This can be downloaded from:
http://charlesrking.net/downloads/download-se5dtedit
The Project information page is at:
http://charlesrking.net/projects/se5dtedit
You can submit bug reports there or here. I am interested to hear from any Steam SE:V users to see if this works with that particular version.
Again - This will only work with new games created after editing the file. I am working on a save game feature but that might not happen.
I will post this through the Projects section here when I have more time, this is just a quick release for the few of you that have found the utility useful.
Neat program...
Not that it's isn't a neat little program, but it's just as easy to open notepad and add an entry yourself. 
Now if it could append design types to a savegame file that would be really cool - but it'll be tough because the files are encrypted...
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Thanks maran, I mainly did
Thanks maran, I mainly did it for myself but thought people would find it useful.
Kwok - I know you can do the same by manually editing the file, but (for me at least) it is easier to just have something on the desktop that handles all of it for me [as well as restoring the default with one click]. Thats me though.
I would love to get it to append to the save games, I wonder if Aaron would help me out with some routines to access the savegame file? I think I know what routines he is using but the implementation can be different for different programs.
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Add/Delete Design Types in-game
It might be better to bug Aaron though to allow the user to add/delete design types in game as it was in SE:IV.
Sure, it would obsolete your program - but you might be able to move on to making an editor of other sorts.
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Yah true, I have plans in
Yah true, I have plans in the works for another full featured editor; but I don't want to step on the toes of the modder doing the current SE:V editor.
I can think of alot of things that I can make an editor for, I just don't know how feasible they will be - or if they will infringe on someone elses work; we all are working together to mod the game 
-Currently subjecting multiple galaxies to the doom of conquer or blackholes
Stepping on Toes
I can't speak for DevNullicus, but I don't think he'd take it as you "stepping on his toes" if you worked on your own editor.
If nothing else, it'd give you a grounding in the issues he's facing, leaving him with a resource to talk to when things go wrong.
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Nope, wouldn't mind at all.
Nope, wouldn't mind at all. As I've stated before, I'm making Space Empires V Editor for my own use. If other people get value out of it, great. If someone wants to make a different and/or better editor, more power to them! Since I'm releasing the editor as open source, if someone wants to take the current code and add more, feel free!
As for a Design Types Editor, I currently have no immediate plans to add that to the current editor.
The current editor will edit the following files:
- facilities.txt
- components.txt
- componentenhancements.txt
- techareas.txt
- planetsizes.txt
- vehicleunitypes.txt
In addition, the current editor has
- a formula wizard with graphs, etc
- Tech Tree Viewer (including a save-to-XML feature) that will graphically show your tech tree as well as what each tech area unlocks (components, vehicle sizes, etc).
- Weapon Comparison Tool that show damage at ranges, to hit values, Damage Per Second, etc. It will also allow you to show values with componentenhancements, at various tech levels, etc.
- Formula Graph Viewer
Currently, I'm porting devnullmod (or at least large chunks of it) to SE V using the editor. When that's done, or more likely as I need it, I'll be making editors for the following files as well (probably in the following order):
- vehiclesizes.txt
- GovernmentTypes.txt
- IntelligenceAchievements.txt
- CulturalAchievements.txt
- Formations_Fleet.txt
- Formations_TaskForces.txt
- Strategies.txt
- ShipExperience.txt
Dunno when those will happen, though I suspect VehicleSizes.txt will happen fairly soon as I'm starting to want to edit that file as well for the mod.
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Yippie!
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YIPPIE! No more editing that file by hand! 
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Cool
Cool - I will go ahead with some of my ideas then; Maybe I can come up with some stuff that you get bottlenecked on too
What language are you using? .NET?
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I decided to learn C#, so
I decided to learn C#, so the editor is my driving project to learn the language.
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Nice - i am teaching myself
Nice - i am teaching myself C# [slowly] as well, it is a pretty big change from VC ++ & VB 6. Heck all of the .Net VS is different but much more versatile. C# Is a little down my list, I am getting my 'toes wet' with VB.NET to get the .Net routines down - but also doing some C# stuff on the side
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I can't believe nobody has
I can't believe nobody has thanked you for your work on this.
Thank you for taking the time to add useful tools to the modding community.
Consult the great SEV Wiki