EDB validator

[ThePianist]

I used this EDB Validator on a completely-newly installed v1.5 vanilla RTW, and it said that
at line 657 in vanilla EDB file:

RTW EDB syntax:
Error parsing line 657: Missing a space between the last culture/faction name and the closing '}'

This is incorrect, because line 657 is:
recruit "egyptian bedouin" 0 requires factions { egyptian, } and resource camels

There is no problem with the brackets.
Could someone explain why the EDB validator does that?
and since it only displays the first error, it is stuck at this line, and I am unable to use it to check the rest of the file. recruit "egyptian bedouin" 0 requires factions { egyptian, } and resource camels

[Caligula Caesar]

There should be a space before the comma, I think.

[HouseOfHam]

Scanning files in C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Rome - Total War\data ...

RTW EDB syntax:
Error parsing line 657: Missing a space between the last culture/faction name and the closing '}'.
Token='roman,}'

Note: Only the first detected error is reported. Fix and re-select the mod folder to check if
there are any other issues.

This is the line it's complaining about:

                                stage_races 1 requires factions { roman,}

[Squid]

And if you notice there's no space after the semi-colon.

[Spartan 666]

Has this project been abandoned? It is a very useful tool...

By the way, it works only for x86 operating systems because the link goes into %windir%\system32\... x64 OS need %windir%\sysWOW64.

Here it is for x64 OS.

[Squid]

That shouldn't matter as all windows 64bit OSs still have a sys32 folder. I've also successfully used this both on 64-bit Vista and 64-bit Win 7.

[Spartan 666]

Yes, but I do not have any javaw.exe file in my system32 folder. I have it in the sysWow folder instead.

[HouseOfHam]

That's a non-standard location. Don't know why you'd have it there. But, as you had already found out, it's only a matter of changing the shortcut to point to wherever you have Java installed. There is nothing to fix in the code.

Regarding project status: The program does what I wanted it to do. I haven't seen any requests for new features or bug reports, so I've pretty much left it alone. Most of what could be added is already done by the Zeus tool. I can't think of a reason why I'd want to spend time duplicating that functionality.

[Squid]

Yes, but I do not have any javaw.exe file in my system32 folder. I have it in the sysWow folder instead.

As HoH points out that's a non standard location for your java exe's to be located. Depending on if you installed the 32-bit or 64-bit version of java (on a 64-bit OS) it should appear in Program Files (x32) or Program Files directory. Your likely problem is that the java bin folder is not on your PATH environment variable.

[Spartan 666]

@ HoH: so what is not done by this tool is done by Zeus. Good to know, I'll always use them together then!

@ Squid & HoH: indeed that's strange, maybe because I have installed the x86 Java on an x64 OS. Well who cares, it's only a matter of changing a shortcut! Thanks both of you!

[Squid]

The reason it works in the syswow64 folder is there are java run time files there (java.exe, javaw.exe, and javas.exe), but you should be able to use these files from wherever on your computer if your path is set correctly.

[Spartan 666]

Well appearently my Win7 Pro x64 doesn't get too well with Java. For some reason it can't read the enviroment variables I set. Right now I have installed both x86 and x64 versions of Java, then I tried a "javafix" executable and I got .jar files working again. Java is far too much for my poor programming skills..

[HouseOfHam]

Version 1.2.2 posted. Changes:

v1.2.2
- When reporting errors found in export_buildings.txt, show that the error is in that file rather than in EDB
- Added an optional check for tabs. When enabled, leading/trailing tabs are still considered ok, but tab in the middle of the line are flagged as errors
- Added a check to catch the use of building_present/building_present_min_level requirement condition in recruit capability lines (known cause of CTDs)

[HouseOfHam]

Version 1.2.3 posted. Changes:

v1.2.3
- Interface clean-up
- Minor bug fix in handling intermixed delimiters (both tabs and spaces) when set not to report tabs as errors
- Now will remember last used settings when you restart the program (settings are saved when you run a validation)
- Now works with RS2-like folder structure

[Gigantus]

I just came across a bug (version 1.2.3):

Error parsing line 3077 of C:\MyGames\Medieval II Total War\mods\xxxxxxx\data\text\export_buildings.txt: Missing the closing right curly brace after the building tag

When I move that section of the EDB to the end of the file, I still get the same error, at the same line.

I then unticked the "check for missing building descriptions" which promptly threw up a tab related error. After unticking that option as well the log returned error free.
Tab error (for every recruit_pool entry): recruit_pool<TAB>"[unit_name]" 1 0.30 2 0 requires factions { [faction_name], }

Any thoughts where I might have to check?

Edit: corrected all the <TAB> errors with Notepad++
The line error remains when the "check for missing building descriptions" is checked, else the log is error free.

[HouseOfHam]

If you read the error message carefully, you'll notice that the error is in text\export_buildings.txt, not in export_descr_buildings.txt - there is a line that looks like {whatever_building that's missing the }

[Gigantus]

Dooooh - Thanks.

Note to self: never assume again that the EDB checker only handles the EDB.


Edit: thought I just share some strange stuff. Underneath the line in question (3077) highlight left in notepad and right in notepad++ I am assuming some weird formatting might be the reason. No wonder I didn't find it initially (after my booboo).



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[HouseOfHam]

v1.2.4
- When a plugin definition is detected, will give a warning and skip over it, rather than abort with error.

For more info on building plugins, see http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showth...ide-to-Plugins

[ilmrik]

Great tool,
the scientific notation seems to work fine,
the plain 0.999 one causes errors ( atleast it does for me) oddly enough

[Aaronbaron]

Hi
Probably a stupid question what's an EDB?