quick wmllint question
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quick wmllint question
I've been working to update my campaigns and I've got a couple question that are probably rather obvious.
The first is about how do you actualy run wmllint, I've done dry runs and tried a few of the other functions that the program has listed, but I don't know how you actualy get it to edit the files.
The second question involves terrain masking. The dryrun I ran seemed to have problems with a terrain mask I was using because it didn't end with the .exe suffix. In the previous version I had simply been using a map file as the terrain mask. Is this no longer appropriate or is it fine, but I should put a .exe on the end of the map?
The first is about how do you actualy run wmllint, I've done dry runs and tried a few of the other functions that the program has listed, but I don't know how you actualy get it to edit the files.
The second question involves terrain masking. The dryrun I ran seemed to have problems with a terrain mask I was using because it didn't end with the .exe suffix. In the previous version I had simply been using a map file as the terrain mask. Is this no longer appropriate or is it fine, but I should put a .exe on the end of the map?
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Ken_Oh
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Re: quick wmllint question
If dryruns work for you, then just take -dryrun out of the command. Did you not try this?
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No I didn't try that. My previous experiance has not required me to use command lines and it never occured to me.
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Re: quick wmllint question
That's cool. Don't hesitate to ask any more questions, because I had a heck of a time getting it to work myself.
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You mean ".mask"Velensk wrote:The second question involves terrain masking. The dryrun I ran seemed to have problems with a terrain mask I was using because it didn't end with the .exe suffix. In the previous version I had simply been using a map file as the terrain mask. Is this no longer appropriate or is it fine, but I should put a .exe on the end of the map?
.mask files are terrain mask sources, and .map files are scenario maps.Author of the unofficial UtBS sequels Invasion from the Unknown and After the Storm.
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Terrain mask sources? But aren't .exe files exactly what you're supposed to get from sources? I think I'm confused now.Shadow Master wrote:You mean ".mask"Velensk wrote:The second question involves terrain masking. The dryrun I ran seemed to have problems with a terrain mask I was using because it didn't end with the .exe suffix. In the previous version I had simply been using a map file as the terrain mask. Is this no longer appropriate or is it fine, but I should put a .exe on the end of the map?
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If so zookeeper no less than I. ShadowMaster, in 1.4 I had two senarios that used terrain masks which replaced the entire map rather than just one section. Infact, in one of them I had 5 diffrent maps for diffrent water levels, which could rise or fall. All these maps were given the .map suffix, and it worked just fine.zookeeper wrote:Terrain mask sources? But aren't .exe files exactly what you're supposed to get from sources? I think I'm confused now.Shadow Master wrote: You mean ".mask"
It seems that there is a problem with doing this in 1.5 but I don't know what the problem is or what I should be doing about it.
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