EV Mission Text

Is there a program that will let me put text into a mission? Just like EV-Edit does?

I'd use EV-Edit, but it has caused me to lose my EV Data File. So, any suggestions? And if you say Pontus' EV Mission Tet Exporter, or one of his, please explain, cause I don't understand how to use those.

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Okay, I'm trying to use ResEdit to make the mission text. But I can't seem to get into the misn resource. Yeah, I can ge t into it, but all I see are numbers! I can't get the fields where I type the mission text. I read the part where it says in the EVBAE. But I don't see what it's talking about.

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Use Schmelta-V by Jeremy Condit. Mission editing is what it does. Actually, mission editing is pretty much all it does. And its interface is somewhat easier to work with than EV-Edit's mission edit component. You may download Schmelta-V from the EV Add-Ons page here.

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PlanetPhil
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Ev-Edit made you lose your data file? Gee, who'd had guessed? 😉

Use shmelta-V. Its the best for mission editing. Resedit isnt working for you because you don't have the template loaded.

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--ares
"Out of all the sperm, I was the fastest."
Check out my new EV website: (url="http://"http://home.cfl.rr.com/aresev/")The Legion(/url).

Of course, in ResEdit, you put the mission descriptions in the dësc resource anyway. Nothing wrong with that, as far as I can see.

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Macavenger, can you add my site to your links? I have you on my links page.

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--ares
"Out of all the sperm, I was the fastest."
Check out my new EV website: (url="http://"http://home.cfl.rr.com/aresev/")The Legion(/url).

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Originally posted by ares1:
**Macavenger, can you add my site to your links? I have you on my links page.
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It's on my to do list. it may be a bit before I update the site again, but yours will be up there when I do. Promise.

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- Macavenger | e-mail: (url="http://"mailto:e-gamerguy1@home.com")mailto:e-gamerguy1@home.com(/url)e-gamerguy1@home.com

Mac -
I have tried to in ResEdit. When I open the plug-in that I want to put it in, open the misn resource, there's just numbers. And no place to type the text I want.

I can't find anywhere in Shmelta-V to type the text. Is there an upload area? Please help me!

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Originally posted by The Space Between:
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I have tried to in ResEdit. When I open the plug-in that I want to put it in, open the misn resource, there's just numbers. And no place to type the text I want.
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Open up the templates.

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I can't find anywhere in Shmelta-V to type the text. Is there an upload area? Please help me!

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Originally posted by The Space Between:
**Okay, I'm trying to use ResEdit to make the mission text. But I can't seem to get into the misn resource. Yeah, I can ge t into it, but all I see are numbers! I can't get the fields where I type the mission text. I read the part where it says in the EVBAE. But I don't see what it's talking about.
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It sounds to me like you have not installed the EV templates either in your Res-Edit Prefs or in your plug. If put the templates in either location, the numbers will go away and fields will appear.

As far as using Editors for this tasks, while it may seem easier and faster, in the long run the practice you would get by using ResEdit for simple tasks will allow you to be able to complete more complex resources for your future projects that Editors cannot handle.

~Iron Eagle

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Slaps his forehead DUH! Thanks Luke.

What EV Templates Iron??

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Uhm. Okay I found your problem:

GET THE EV BIBLE!

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--ares
"Out of all the sperm, I was the fastest."
Check out my new EV website: (url="http://"http://home.cfl.rr.com/aresev/")The Legion(/url).

(This message has been edited by ares1 (edited 09-22-2001).)

DAMMIT ARES1 LEAVE ME ALONE IF YOU'RE GONNA BE A DUMBASS! I HAVE READ THE WHOLE EV BIBLE! I HAVE READ THE WHOLE RESEDIT HELPER'S GUIDE! I HAVE TRIED ASKING PEOPLE FOR ALL KIDS OF HELP, AND LUKE, MACAVENGER, CAPTAIN SKYBLADE, IRON, AND SOME OTHERS HAVE BEEN GREAT HELP! BUT ALL YOU DO, IS SAY "Oh, I don't know what your problem is, so I'll just be a dumbass!" Well, bite me!

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"The Answer. . . Lies beyond the horizen" - Me, David L. Clark "The Beloved"
(url="http://"http://www.geocities.com/ev_evo_spacebetweensoftware/")http://www.geocities...btweensoftware/(/url)

Yeah, that's about how I felt when I tried to make my first plugin.

Sorry if I'm not very helpful. I don't know a lot about plug-in development. If I did I would be working on one instead of being on this board. You could e-mail me the plug-in file and I could take a look at it. Sometimes you overlook something, and it helps to have another person look it over for you.

Try reinstalling your EV Data file. It sounds to me like it may be corrupt or something.

That's all that I can tell you. You may want to go onto the Developers board and ask for help if you havn't already. They will probably know more about this than we.

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--ares
"Out of all the sperm, I was the fastest."
Check out my new EV website: (url="http://"http://home.cfl.rr.com/aresev/")The Legion(/url).

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Originally posted by The Space Between:
**DAMMIT ARES1 LEAVE ME ALONE IF YOU'RE GONNA BE A DUMBASS! I HAVE READ THE WHOLE EV BIBLE! I HAVE READ THE WHOLE RESEDIT HELPER'S GUIDE! I HAVE TRIED ASKING PEOPLE FOR ALL KIDS OF HELP, AND LUKE, MACAVENGER, CAPTAIN SKYBLADE, IRON, AND SOME OTHERS HAVE BEEN GREAT HELP! BUT ALL YOU DO, IS SAY "Oh, I don't know what your problem is, so I'll just be a dumbass!" Well, bite me!
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Aside from being excessively rude, that's really uncalled for. You really haven't given us enough info to make an accurate diagnosis of your problem. Like ares has said, without having your plug to look at, there's only so much we can do. If you want to mail it to me, I would be willing to have a look at it for you.

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- Macavenger | e-mail: (url="http://"mailto:e-gamerguy1@home.com")mailto:e-gamerguy1@home.com(/url)e-gamerguy1@home.com

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Originally posted by The Space Between:
Is there a program that will let me put text into a mission? Just like EV-Edit does?

Read the FAQ.

(url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/cgi-bin/ubb/forumdisplay.cgi?action=topics&forum;=EV+Plug-in+Developer+FAQs&number;=29&DaysPrune;=20&LastLogin;=#25")How do I make a mission?(/url)

You don't actually put text into a mďsn resource; rather, you create dësc resources, and put their ID numbers in the appropriate fields of the mďsn resource.

I would suggest that you ask further questions about this in the Development forum.

(Edit) Oh, and the EV templates are (or should be) included with the EV Bible. There should be a resedit file called EV templates or something like that. If you open it, you'll find a "TMPL" resource, which you should cut-and-paste into any plug-in file you're working on. Most if not all 3rd party plug-ins will also have these in the plugs. Mine (Bounty Plus) does, for example.
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(This message has been edited by WickedDyno (edited 09-23-2001).)

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Originally posted by WickedDyno:

I would suggest that you ask further questions about this in the Development forum.

Yes. That way I can personally delete your posts if you start being rude again 🙂

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Mazca

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Originally posted by The Space Between:
**Slaps his forehead DUH! Thanks Luke.

What EV Templates Iron??
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THE EV Templates. 😛 Without them, it would take years to make a plug with ResEdit. 😉 I forget the easiest place to get them, though... :frown:

And stop swearing at ares! He didn't do anything wrong.

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Originally posted by Luke:
**THE EV Templates.:p Without them, it would take years to make a plug with ResEdit. 😉 I forget the easiest place to get them, though... :frown:

And stop swearing at ares! He didn't do anything wrong.

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TSB, the ev templates that come with the ev-bible. You said that you read the ev-bible, so you should know what we're talking about.

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--ares
"Out of all the sperm, I was the fastest."
Check out my new EV website: (url="http://"http://home.cfl.rr.com/aresev/")The Legion(/url).

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Originally posted by ares1:
**TSB, the ev templates that come with the ev-bible. You said that you read the ev-bible, so you should know what we're talking about.
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Unless he was reading (url="http://"http://www.evula.com/ev_bible/")EVula's copy(/url) on (url="http://"http://www.evula.com")www.evula.com(/url).. 🙂

In which case, I should have to find templates for him, I suppose.

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- Macavenger | e-mail: (url="http://"mailto:e-gamerguy1@home.com")mailto:e-gamerguy1@home.com(/url)e-gamerguy1@home.com