[TOOL] BAF (attr_pc) <-> XML converter 1.0 - 02/14/2012 - Visual Editor in Toolbox

[Copernicus]

It works fine when not using context menu actions; I've updated the tool to do some more path checking. See Op for DL-link.

[VulcanTourist]

It works fine when not using context menu actions; I've updated the tool to do some more path checking. See Op for DL-link.

That's got it. Version 1.2 is the sweet spot. Now I just gotta find the perfect XML editor and I'm all set. Thanks again for the followup and an essential tool.

[Copernicus]

The problem isn't as much XML itself as it is the structure I've chosen for the files. It would have been much simpler if the nodes' names actually were the keys etc. (but that wouldn't actually be a well-structured format ). Recently I've been thinking about returning to where it all started (with DoW2) and to use Corsix' format for converted RBFs.

[VulcanTourist]

I already knew the fundamental structure and syntax of XML, I've just never been in the position before of having to do major XML editing. I don't fault you at all for using well-formed XML as the target; the strength of XML is its generality, and you lose some of it when you "break the rules". I just need to find the editor that best suits me. Notepad++ gets the job done, but doesn't help much with the scale (all the hours spent with the powersword was grueling, AND it didn't even work). The UI of Serna doesn't make sense to me, and Microsoft's XML Notepad is pretty useless. Of course I'm not spending $$$ for some professional-enterprise editor-IDE, so my marketplace is FOSS. I haven't turned over every rock just yet.