Trying to edit a readable: getting this error!

[Bikerdude]

When trying to save a readable I have just created I am getting the following error (see attached). Fyi there are no .pk4 files in the mission directory!

[grayman]

Known problem. Where's OrbWeaver when you need him?

 

Here's the only way I've been able to work around this problem:

 

1 - When you get that error, save the readable with a different Xdata name. i.e. instead of "MyNote", call it "MyNote2".

2 - With a text editor, find the xdata file where DR actually wrote the text for "MyNote2". It could be in any one of various xdata directories.

3 - Copy that text to the correct xdata file and rename it back to "MyNote".

4 - Make sure the readable entity in the game is referencing "MyNote".

 

A RPITA, I know, but it's been like this for a while, and I've been complaining about it for a long time, and no one's fixed it yet.

[Bikerdude]

3 - Copy that text to the correct xdata file and rename it back to "MyNote".

 

1. I let it create a new .xd file - can open and save changes to it no problem.

2. I then copy the relevant text from that file and rename it.

3. I then paste said texting into the old .xd and try to save and close and again I get that bloody error..

 

AAARRGGHHH>>>!!"!!!!!!

 

:angry: :angry: :angry:

[STiFU]

Sorry guys, I only have very little time at the moment to work on the Readable Editor, but as I already noted on the bug tracker, it doesn't even sound like it's the fault of the Readable Editor. I recently browsed the bugtracker for RE-issues and found three. I am hoping to fix them soon...

[Sotha]

Manually create the folder xdata. I think the readable editor cannot save the .xd file because the folder does not exist and it cannot create it.

[grayman]

Manually create the folder xdata. I think the readable editor cannot save the .xd file because the folder does not exist and it cannot create it.

 

While that might be a problem, it's not the root cause of the problem I filed, since my xdata folder already exists.

[Bikerdude]

I would like to add I have only been getting this issue since the latest version of DR and I think while working with 1.08. I will test this theory this evening.

[STiFU]

I can't seem to reproduce this behaviour in 1.7.2. I am guessing the issue has already been fixed by something else.

 

Here is what I do:

• Setup DR (win32) to use mod base folder for xdata storage (please note that the custom-folder-option is not supported by the importer. I could basically remove this one)
  
• Create a readable entity and fireup the readable editor
  
• Save some text and close the RE
  
• Reopen RE and everything is fine!
  

The only thing I noticed is that there is a problem when the RE has already created an xdata-file in another directory, i.e. mod or base instead of mod base. I am going to look into that issue right now...

[Bikerdude]

StiFu has fixed this issue in bug tracker 0003219

 

Huzza!