Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 11:58 pm Post subject:
Here's a useful Program for ALL you modders out there.
Hi guys. I'm Kushan, lead producer of the Tiberian Dawn mod. But I'm not here to plug my mod, I just thought I'd post this for those of you who are starting to get big into C&C3 modding =)
Go and download yourselves an excellent little program called Programmer's notepad.
It's a LOT better for editing XML files than notepad is, plus it's lightweight and speedy. What's more, it has tabs, syntax highlighting and all sorts of other nifty features that make it perfect for this kind of thing.
You can create little projects so that it remembers all of the XML files that you're editing and lists them in a treeview at the side.
What's more, if you know what you're doing (and if enough people request it, I'll write up a little tutorial how) you can make building your mod a command IN the editor (Tools > Buildmod, or Ctrl+F8 in my case), that can then display and parse the output and pick out any errors there may be, then even give you a link to open up the offending file and jump straight to it!
It's definitely the most useful tool I've found for making and organising mods.
Here's what it looks like, catching a simple little error that a LOT of people would have trouble spotting:
Tiberian Dawn is coming along just nicely at the moment and this tool is making it a LOT easier to maintain =) QUICK_EDIT
Joined: 20 May 2005 Location: Defiance Industries HQ, Antarctica
Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 10:39 pm Post subject:
Hey thanks for putting this up this will help.
-Later
-Kurorahk- _________________ Defiance Industries: We prefur to call it well prepaired not over kill.
Blaze, Demon of The Round Table, Mobuis One call me what you want I am one with the sky. QUICK_EDIT
TibEd for C&C3 is completely different than Programmer's Notepad. Your editor is made for C&C3, PN2 is not. You can use PN2 for just about anything, such as homebrew Nintendo DS development and most any other programming endeavors if you have the compilers and know the command line parameters.
They may look similar in appearance, but they're completely different. _________________ QUICK_EDIT
It looks to me like they provide the same functionality in regards to C&C3 editing, and I'm betting TibEd is easier to get up and running for the purpose... _________________ QUICK_EDIT
Thnxx for Programmer's Notepad, its really helped my modding of several different games, not only TW. Its very useful with extraordinary functionality... QUICK_EDIT
It looks to me like they provide the same functionality in regards to C&C3 editing, and I'm betting TibEd is easier to get up and running for the purpose...
It's called Programmer's Notepad because it's designed to be simple and easy to use. You could just as easily use Visual studio for such a task, but that's a lot more awkward to set up.
The reason I choose PN over TibEd is because it's not a beta, it's a LOT faster than Tibed, I can add ANY assets from anywhere (so for example, I can add art files from the Art folder, not just the contents of my Mod's folder), it works with as many files as I want, not just the standard C&C3 ones and it's syntax highlighting is a lot easier on the eyes =P
Don't get me wrong, Tibed is an excellent product, but it's aimed at a completely different group of people than PN is. QUICK_EDIT
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Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 4:49 am Post subject:
For some reason, I'm still fan of NotePad++. It works very well for a lot of programming languages and some of its included tools are very helpful. QUICK_EDIT
TibEd for C&C3 is completely different than Programmer's Notepad. Your editor is made for C&C3, PN2 is not. You can use PN2 for just about anything, such as homebrew Nintendo DS development and most any other programming endeavors if you have the compilers and know the command line parameters.
They may look similar in appearance, but they're completely different.
You had to slip that in didnt you , i use EditPlus++ anyways, easy to write syntaxs for custom use... maybe i will try this PN... QUICK_EDIT
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Here's a useful Program for ALL you modders out there.
, i use EditPlus++ anyways, easy to write syntaxs for custom use... maybe i will try this PN...
