Topic: Need Help updating shipnames.txt file!

[Navigator]

Hello All,

I need help updating the shipnames.txt text file in SFC1.  I updated this file using my 15 year old Borland C++ text editor.  However, now all the ship names end with a hollow square.  What text editor should I use to update shipnames.txt and strings.txt?

Thanks,

Navigator NCC-2120 USS Entente
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Here are some links to pictures of ship names with the hollow square at the end taken from within SFC1:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/blueman_0101/SFC1%20The%20Planet%20Sherman%20Incident/SCR00_Aurora.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/blueman_0101/SFC1%20The%20Planet%20Sherman%20Incident/SCR01_Ptolemy.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/blueman_0101/SFC1%20The%20Planet%20Sherman%20Incident/SCR02_Siva.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/blueman_0101/SFC1%20The%20Planet%20Sherman%20Incident/SCR03_Woden2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/blueman_0101/SFC1%20The%20Planet%20Sherman%20Incident/SCR04_BotanyBay2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/blueman_0101/SFC1%20The%20Planet%20Sherman%20Incident/SCR05_Woden1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/blueman_0101/SFC1%20The%20Planet%20Sherman%20Incident/SCR06_Sherman.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/blueman_0101/SFC1%20The%20Planet%20Sherman%20Incident/SCR07_Huron.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/blueman_0101/SFC1%20The%20Planet%20Sherman%20Incident/SCR08_Newton.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/blueman_0101/SFC1%20The%20Planet%20Sherman%20Incident/SCR09_Saladin.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/blueman_0101/SFC1%20The%20Planet%20Sherman%20Incident/SCR10_K-7.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/blueman_0101/SFC1%20The%20Planet%20Sherman%20Incident/SCR11_Republic.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/blueman_0101/SFC1%20The%20Planet%20Sherman%20Incident/SCR12_Federation.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/blueman_0101/SFC1%20The%20Planet%20Sherman%20Incident/SCR13_Enterprise.jpg

[Rod ONeal]

Only done SFC2, but this is my favorite little notepad app. http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm It's quite versatile.

[Navigator]

Thanks Rod.  I will download it and give it a try.

Navigator NCC-2120 USS Entente
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[Navigator]

Does anyone have any other text editors to recommend?  I suspect Interplay used the Microsoft Visual C++ IDE Text Editor to create shipnames.txt and strings.txt text files.  These files have the NULL Character after every other character.  I don't know if that is what the MS VC++ IDE Text Editor was designed to do or if Interplay created these files like that.


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[Navigator]

i personally use Edit Pad Pro, there is a free version called Edit Pad Lite, its pretty decent even has a function to view html documents using your default web browser (mine opens Firefox)

Fallen_Warrior,

Thanks, I will try it.

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[Navigator]

hope it works out for you

Fallen_Warrior,

EditPad Lite successfully updated the shipnames.txt and strings.txt Text Files.

Thank you,

Navigator NCC-2120 USS Entente
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