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Laika 801
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posted 05-16- 04:28 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Laika 801   Click Here to Email Laika 801     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I can extract the Pe2.sm file but when I try to build it I receive an error message:

Invalid record or unexpected data
ascfile=0040B5F0
smfile=0040B610

I tried also to extract and rebuild without changing anything in the asc or lod files, still the same error. But the sm works in OPS and SDOE. So whats wrong here ?

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Laika 801
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posted 05-16- 04:50 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Laika 801   Click Here to Email Laika 801     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
OK - the material table is wrong. But how can I repair it ?

old working list:

[NameList:80:4280]
0 ; Name number
cement
1 ; Name number
glass
2 ; Name number
water
3 ; Name number
grass
4 ; Name number
sand
5 ; Name number
rock
6 ; Name number
dirt
7 ; Name number
mud
8 ; Name number
ice
9 ; Name number
snow
10 ; Name number
metal
11 ; Name number
rubber
12 ; Name number
wood
13 ; Name number
treetop
14 ; Name number
swamp
15 ; Name number
crater
16 ; Name number
fire
17 ; Name number
./aircraft/Pe2/textures/PeWings.tif
...

new non-working list:

[NameList:80:4202]
0 ; Name number
glass
1 ; Name number
water
2 ; Name number
grass
3 ; Name number
sand
4 ; Name number
rock
5 ; Name number
dirt
6 ; Name number
mud
7 ; Name number
ice
8 ; Name number
snow
9 ; Name number
metal
10 ; Name number
rubber
11 ; Name number
wood
12 ; Name number
treetop
13 ; Name number
swamp
14 ; Name number
crater
15 ; Name number
fire
16 ; Name number
./aircraft/Pe2/textures/PeWings.tif
17 ; Name number
...

Could someone tell me wich version (extractor/builder) I should use ???

All I changed in the .sm file (in OPS) is some cut 'n paste and some lod fiddling (add/remove). I also noticed that adding new lods in OPS is buggish. 90% of the time OPS crashes when I try to add a new lod. I also end up with complete wrong polyflags (01) so that some of my 2nd detail lods are invisible - so I had to fix this ! But how, would smd work ? ?

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Laika 801
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posted 05-16- 05:09 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Laika 801   Click Here to Email Laika 801     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Forgive me my insanity ! HUHuhagschhh - One thing is sure OPS don't like to copy file references (as child). Thank God I have about 50 backups of the Pe in all states of building. I still use björns version of the extractor builder - any updates for this ?

LK

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Hippie
Pilot
posted 05-16- 06:47 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Hippie     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
you could hand edit the .ASC file into
.OL format and compile it with OLC.
A bit tedious but fairly straigh forward.

The changes between .OL and .ASC are pretty
minor.

remove the name list and and material
table.

Get rid of the :n:n] stuff on the record
headers

[Group:n:n]
x ;

becomes [Group:x]
as do ENDGroup, Parts, ENDParts and LOD

name strings are not refered to by their numbers anymore but just apear literally
where required etc.

Comments end with a single #.

Extract a good file with extractor and then with smd and compare them, the differences
are fairly obvious.

Hope this helps.

Hippie

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Laika 801
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posted 05-16- 08:45 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Laika 801   Click Here to Email Laika 801     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The problem is solved. Somehow I lost the "cement" material" in OPS when I tried to copy a parent with a file reference as child.

Thanks anyway !

LK

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