Is there a decent guide to working with string tables, floating around somewhere, that I missed?
I seem to get the idea that people use external editors, although I don;t know if I should be using an ASCII, HEX, or other BIN editor to work with these files; or if they are in any intelligible format.
I've always used the in-built string editor, but in starting to actually do some work with Tango, it's a real pain to type long command sequences into a tank turret window. I just can;t imaging creating a series of string code, in an editor that you can see, and then needing to re-type it into ZQuest being the most viable option; nor a method that people such as Saffith use.
If I'm wrong, I'm wrong, but it's blasted inefficient, and tedious as can be...
When I open a string table in an editor (Coda, Notepad++, SciTE, etc.), the table uses code characters, such as (NUL) everywhere. I don;t know what is necessary, how to arrange formatting, etc., in an external editor, which is getting to be a critical string tool for what I'm trying to do.
A guide, or some assistance in comprehending exactly how anyone makes string tables to import, and works with existing string tables, would be very useful, and much appreciated.
P.S. Yes, I;'e tried Google search, and forum searches. The results are either so wideband, that they're useless in context, or seem to point to people asking similar questions from two to three years back.
Edited by ZoriaRPG, 29 April 2014 - 10:20 PM.
