These strings, where are you finding these strings?
All I can find is three text files with UI positions and sound settings.
Is there some sort of a guide to this?
post what you found in gwdat!
DarkWasp
stretchs
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MoriaOrc
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These strings, where are you finding these strings?
All I can find is three text files with UI positions and sound settings. Is there some sort of a guide to this? |
stretchs
Antigorgo has the gwdatbrowser dump all the text strings and then compares them to the last dat file strings then it spits out the changes from one to the other. It isnt a difficult concept I am just not able to do so without alot of manual work as I am unable to customize the datbrowser to extract the txt strings and then compare without lots of hand time
DarkWasp
So its a matter of us non expert scripters waiting for a browser update then?
stretchs
I would say it is unlikely that it will be updated, Anti didnt create the browser, he just updated it the way he wants it, if others want to do what he does, you can either do it yourself, give sexual favors to anti (not going to work but worth a shot for his regard) or sit back and wait for news
Ravious
If you want the gw.dat browser to advance go to the relevant thread on the xentax forum and tell the coders how much you appreciate their work and how you are looking forward to updates.
I doubt they know all this interest exists, and the best way to show them is in their arena.
I doubt they know all this interest exists, and the best way to show them is in their arena.
stretchs
Ravious post a link to said forum if you would plz, I know I would give them some props as I have spent several hours looking into the dat files
DarkWasp
Ok now, i found one with like a bunch of tutorial messages.
Heres a helpful TIP:
Extract it, when you open it in in notepad its all spaced out, very hard to search the file this way.
To get rid of the spaces but keep the spacing between words, do this:
Press CTRL+H or go into edit/replace...
Click within "Find What" and press space TWICE...
Click within "Replace With" and type "{A}" (without the quotations)...
Click Replace All
Click "Find What" again and reduce it to ONE space...
Click "Replace With" and empty it...
Click Replace All
Click "Find What" again and enter "{A}"...
Click "Replace With" and put in ONE space...
Click Replace all and you're done!
You can now search the file for words like "Crystalline" without having to type "c r y s t a l l i n e". It's also easier to read.
Anyway, just thought it might help (unless im late to this conecept).
EDIT: Some Bork! stuff I found:
Heres a helpful TIP:
Extract it, when you open it in in notepad its all spaced out, very hard to search the file this way.
To get rid of the spaces but keep the spacing between words, do this:
Press CTRL+H or go into edit/replace...
Click within "Find What" and press space TWICE...
Click within "Replace With" and type "{A}" (without the quotations)...
Click Replace All
Click "Find What" again and reduce it to ONE space...
Click "Replace With" and empty it...
Click Replace All
Click "Find What" again and enter "{A}"...
Click "Replace With" and put in ONE space...
Click Replace all and you're done!
You can now search the file for words like "Crystalline" without having to type "c r y s t a l l i n e". It's also easier to read.
Anyway, just thought it might help (unless im late to this conecept).
EDIT: Some Bork! stuff I found:
Code:
Yuoo aere-a a hurse-a!. Yuoo aere-a a sheep!T Yuoo aere-a a munkey! Bork! Bork! Bork!2 Yuoo aere-a a ruuster!* Yuoo aere-a a dug!
Antheus
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Ok now, i found one with like a bunch of tutorial messages.
Heres a helpful TIP: Extract it, when you open it in in notepad its all spaced out, very hard to search the file this way. |
Something like strings.exe -u 12345Unknown.raw > output.txt.
You can then open the output.txt in notepad. And voila, all the strings, non the fuss.
Pleikki
Yoda Awesome found lol!
Antitorgo
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I would say it is unlikely that it will be updated, Anti didnt create the browser, he just updated it the way he wants it, if others want to do what he does, you can either do it yourself, give sexual favors to anti (not going to work but worth a shot for his regard) or sit back and wait for news
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To be honest, it isn't really anything terribly exciting. You're better off waiting for someone to find the goodies for you, I think people are pretty quick to post changes after a new build comes out.
MithranArkanere
You cannot check changes unless you backup each file until the next change and then compare...
Antitorgo
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You cannot check changes unless you backup each file until the next change and then compare...
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Not terribly tricky or exciting, but I know that not everyone who thinks they are uber-leet hackers and want to surf the .dat file and tell all their friends how super awesome they are are able to grasp the concept so I've given my modified version to another person to use (since I'm not really playing the game much anymore) and leave it at that...
Pleikki
mm Its intresting Read and look those pics but Who rly wants Search things in that dat while :d
the_last_m_p
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Ravious post a link to said forum if you would plz, I know I would give them some props as I have spent several hours looking into the dat files
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Eldin
Aaargh! Rick Rolled!
Also, does anyone know if there is a way to sort the data file by two things? (Such as file type and ID#)
That way I can find the newest/oldest DAT things and simultaneously, specifically, ones of a certain type.
Also, does anyone know if there is a way to sort the data file by two things? (Such as file type and ID#)
That way I can find the newest/oldest DAT things and simultaneously, specifically, ones of a certain type.
evenfall
Did a diff on the gw.dat and saw this.
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Yes, change it. I want to see concise skill descriptions in-game. Concise descriptions have a new format designed to make skills more compact.<p>Example of concise style for %str1%: %str2% No, leave it. I want to see the traditional skill descriptions in-game. Traditional descriptions maintain the classic style and have been in place since the first campaign.<p>Example of traditional style for %str1%: %str2% To change skill-format style while in-game, use the General tab in the Options panel. Note: This message appears only one time. After you make your selection (below), login will continue like normal.<p>Guild Wars now supports two types of skill description: traditional and concise.<p>To continue, please make a selection: |
isamu kurosawa
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Did a diff on the gw.dat and saw this.
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MithranArkanere
Uh?
That sounds like a system to show descriptions based only in what the skill does...
Interesting... maybe it's something that we'll see in GW2?
That sounds like a system to show descriptions based only in what the skill does...
Interesting... maybe it's something that we'll see in GW2?
Cacheelma
While I'm really glad they're fixing the skill descriptions to make them more concise, I can't help but wonder: Why now? Why bother fixing it when the game isn't going grow anymore (as in, no more campaign/expansion)?
I suggested they do this long time ago (before Nightfall), and general consensus of people on GWO was that I was being too nitpicky and that Anet had better things to do. Well, ok. I thought (back then) that making skill description less vague would be better for the game (and its upcoming campaigns) in the long run. But people didn't agree. Fine.
But now there's no more "long run" for the game to get better for. I have to say I see no point in it. Oh well, maybe they have too much free time.
I suggested they do this long time ago (before Nightfall), and general consensus of people on GWO was that I was being too nitpicky and that Anet had better things to do. Well, ok. I thought (back then) that making skill description less vague would be better for the game (and its upcoming campaigns) in the long run. But people didn't agree. Fine.
But now there's no more "long run" for the game to get better for. I have to say I see no point in it. Oh well, maybe they have too much free time.
MithranArkanere
The are many answers, and all of them are simple:
- Because there's nothing else left to do with their current resources on GW1.
- Because there will never be more skills and now they can make a system that works for all of them.
- To help people get used to the new system we'll see in GW2 (like with the WADS walking option we already have).
- Etc.
- Because there's nothing else left to do with their current resources on GW1.
- Because there will never be more skills and now they can make a system that works for all of them.
- To help people get used to the new system we'll see in GW2 (like with the WADS walking option we already have).
- Etc.
Tijger
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Uh?
That sounds like a system to show descriptions based only in what the skill does... Interesting... maybe it's something that we'll see in GW2? |
zwei2stein
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While I'm really glad they're fixing the skill descriptions to make them more concise, I can't help but wonder: Why now? Why bother fixing it when the game isn't going grow anymore (as in, no more campaign/expansion)?
I suggested they do this long time ago (before Nightfall), and general consensus of people on GWO was that I was being too nitpicky and that Anet had better things to do. Well, ok. I thought (back then) that making skill description less vague would be better for the game (and its upcoming campaigns) in the long run. But people didn't agree. Fine. But now there's no more "long run" for the game to get better for. I have to say I see no point in it. Oh well, maybe they have too much free time. |
Seef II
The concise skill descriptions have been in there for a while. I think they're used on dev. Remember the update that "broke" Twisting Fangs?
samcobra
There's an awful lot of hair models/textures in the .dat. Whatever happened to that hairstylist idea or whatever?
MithranArkanere
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Eh, why would there be anything related to GW2 in the GW1 dat file?
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So we get used to move by using the WADS, the arrows or by holding Both mouse buttons (Click and hold Right mouse button, then click and hold left mouse to move the best moving method I know).
Cacheelma
Yeah well the "no click-to-walk" option has been there LONG before the idea of GW2. Besides, I don't see any reason why GW2 won't have "click-to-walk". It doesn't make a game better (by not having it), it's just an option people can use instead of using the keyboard.
And judging from the dev's comments regarding GW2, they make GW2 because they want the game to be less complex (they said the skill and profession system of GW made the game more and more complex with each expansion, skill, and profession that came out). So I'd imagine GW2 has a lot less amount of skills; there's really no need for us to get used to "anything".
i.e. Did we have something to prepare us for GW1's skill description? Nope.
And judging from the dev's comments regarding GW2, they make GW2 because they want the game to be less complex (they said the skill and profession system of GW made the game more and more complex with each expansion, skill, and profession that came out). So I'd imagine GW2 has a lot less amount of skills; there's really no need for us to get used to "anything".
i.e. Did we have something to prepare us for GW1's skill description? Nope.
Numa Pompilius
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Easy, to make users start to get used to the new system. Like the 'do not walk by clicking' option.
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Gli
Funny, I've never moved by any other means. I remapped those keys.
MithranArkanere
Yup, but until some time ago, there were no way to deactivate that move-by-click.
And sometimes you moved with accidental clicks.
Since that addition, people that choose to move by keys or by mouse button only can deactivate it to prevent accidental moves.
Same with double clicks and autoattacks.
And sometimes you moved with accidental clicks.
Since that addition, people that choose to move by keys or by mouse button only can deactivate it to prevent accidental moves.
Same with double clicks and autoattacks.
Kakumei
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Yup, but until some time ago, there were no way to deactivate that move-by-click.
And sometimes you moved with accidental clicks. Since that addition, people that choose to move by keys or by mouse button only can deactivate it to prevent accidental moves. Same with double clicks and autoattacks. |
DarkWasp
Well I must say, whether or not his example is valid, but can't you see his point?
I do.
Like didn't they release alliances before Factions so that all the guilds could get prepared?
I do.
Like didn't they release alliances before Factions so that all the guilds could get prepared?
Numa Pompilius
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Well I must say, whether or not his example is valid, but can't you see his point?
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However, I don't expect to see those exact skills in GW2, the similarity is more general. That's why I think it's no use looking in the GW1 dat file for scoops on GW2.
MithranArkanere
Yup. Although the content will never likely be the same, the system can be tested in GW1.
The Xunlai Marketplace thing could have also been a system tested.
The Xunlai Marketplace thing could have also been a system tested.
samcobra
Post more pix of stuff in the .dat plz!
AbalaDoon
the top photo is margonite faces , you can see the multiple eye slots in that goofy mask they where
YornStar
oh hai look at the pics plz
MrGuildBoi
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oh hai look at the pics plz
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