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| Author: | Intruder [ Sun Oct 27, 2002 10:26 pm ] |
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Ok well on the road to making a few new alien races, and I go and create a NAM file. but when i select it in the GOLD manager it pops up with the error: File XXXX.NAM not found in Gold subdirectory! If i put any of the test1-5 in there it works, but as soon as I use any other name, even renaming one of the test1-5's it doesnt pick it up, i have cycled the server and also restarted TWGS. Any ideas? |
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| Author: | The WABBIT [ Mon Oct 28, 2002 2:30 am ] |
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quote:Originally posted by Intruder Ok well on the road to making a few new alien races, and I go and create a NAM file. but when i select it in the GOLD manager it pops up with the error: File XXXX.NAM not found in Gold subdirectory! If i put any of the test1-5 in there it works, but as soon as I use any other name, even renaming one of the test1-5's it doesnt pick it up, i have cycled the server and also restarted TWGS. Any ideas? I believe that TW is looking for a file name that is standard to the old DOS standard. ie 8.3 8 characters for the name, with a 3 character extention. If you do not have name in this standard. It will not find it. Plus, you do need to make sure that the extention is .NAM/.nam. |
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| Author: | Intruder [ Mon Oct 28, 2002 3:17 am ] |
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Well I belive my files were in DOS standard, but just incase I brought up my dos prompt and in EDIT make a .NAM file Still doesnt work... |
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| Author: | Paladyne [ Mon Oct 28, 2002 1:45 pm ] |
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quote:Originally posted by Intruder Ok well on the road to making a few new alien races, and I go and create a NAM file. but when i select it in the GOLD manager it pops up with the error: File XXXX.NAM not found in Gold subdirectory! If i put any of the test1-5 in there it works, but as soon as I use any other name, even renaming one of the test1-5's it doesnt pick it up, i have cycled the server and also restarted TWGS. Any ideas? JP released an application specifically for creating alien NAME files and RANK files. I just spotted this at the bottom of the TW revision history list and downloaded it (I had forgotten about it), and I will check it out very soon. (Oops! The file is TOOLS100.EXE) |
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| Author: | Intruder [ Wed Oct 30, 2002 12:23 am ] |
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Thank you! |
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| Author: | Ariule [ Thu Aug 28, 2003 1:45 pm ] |
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Although I can get the NONPNAME.exe to execute correctly and generate alien names, in the editor, I am unable to view custom ranks; it ends with similar error, unable to open file. I am also unable to locate the aformentioned utility to create them. Does anyone know if this fixed this issue? Please advise. - Ariule |
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| Author: | Boss [ Thu Aug 28, 2003 2:00 pm ] |
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Ok guys, you can find the tools at this link http://www.eisonline.com/twgs/beta/ go all the way to the bottom of the page and download it. |
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| Author: | Ariule [ Thu Aug 28, 2003 2:10 pm ] |
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Most Excellent. Tanks. - Ariule |
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| Author: | Ariule [ Thu Aug 28, 2003 2:18 pm ] |
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Alrighty then: Downloaded tools set, installed ok and used ok. STILL did not work. HOWEVER, after some messing with I discovered that the names would work only when copied to C:\Program files\EIS\TWGS\Game\Gold. My Game dir was C:\TW2002-I "For Game I" on menu. Any other way to correct this? ALthough it works, it makes file organization difficult. Thanks again. - Ariule |
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| Author: | Thistledown [ Tue Sep 09, 2003 2:09 am ] |
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Had to go to the 3.09 docs for this one; the NONPNAME.DOC file is not included with the current version of the TWGS. Ok, the non-player name generator feature pre-dates the TWGS and it looks like this may have been overlooked in the design. You can only get it to recognize *.nam files that are located in the \TWGS\GAME\GOLD directory. I tried dumping it into the \GAME\<gamename>\GOLD directory but it doesn't work. Perhaps this would make a good enhancement request for the next version. quote:Originally posted by Ariule Alrighty then: Downloaded tools set, installed ok and used ok. STILL did not work. HOWEVER, after some messing with I discovered that the names would work only when copied to C:\Program files\EIS\TWGS\Game\Gold. My Game dir was C:\TW2002-I "For Game I" on menu. Any other way to correct this? ALthough it works, it makes file organization difficult. Thanks again. - Ariule |
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