UI layout file <-> xml converter - now handles 94% files from both ETW and NTW

[taw]

I hacked alpaca's converter to support Version032 / Version033 ui layout files.
Source code is on etwng.

It's a quick hack job, one converter per version, three total.
I want to merge them at some point, but for now enjoy converters.

Even older versions would be fairly simple to add, but there are very few of them so it's not a huge deal.

[T.C.]

Thank you very much

[husserlTW]

Very productive weekend Tomasz!

But I can't convert v 32 and v 33 files. I receive this error:



and the output is always the same, just this:

<ui>
    <version>033</version>

[taw]

Very productive weekend Tomasz!

But I can't convert v 32 and v 33 files. I receive this error:



and the output is always the same, just this:

<ui>
    <version>033</version>

Which file were you trying to convert?
I only tried it on a few of them, so I might have missed something.
I'll check with other ui layout files later.

[taw]

OK, I've been way too optimistic.
Statistics for successful conversion round-trip (ETW and NTW):

Version032 - 5 ok, 12 fail
Version033 - 20 ok, 116 fail
Version039 - 114 ok, 19 fail

Where fail means failure at any stage (conversion failing, conversion back failing,
or both working but producing non-identical file as a result).

So apparently there's a lot more to do before it works,
and my original test set was too small.

Some bugs are in original code (for example it doesn't escape </> in xml output),
some most likely are changes between formats I missed.

Anyway, we advanced from 114 to 139 successful conversions, so it's some progress.

[The Hedge Knight]

Odd request taw but would it be possible to convert these converters to ruby as i cannot install python on this computer for some reason and would like to use them.

[T.C.]

Is there and (long term) plan to bundle all of these converters into some sort of vb .exe with an interface? I find them easy to use, but they have a steep learning curve.
Also, will you be porting the fuse unpacker to windows? I'd really like to give it a try

[taw]

Two more files convert successfully now, thank to better XML escaping.

Odd request taw but would it be possible to convert these converters to ruby as i cannot install python on this computer for some reason and would like to use them.

I might end up doing this if they need significant rewrite, but I'd rather avoid it as long as converters work.

Surely someone knows how to install Python, and could write a tutorial.
Just create a thread about it, and hopefully someone will solve this problem.

Is there and (long term) plan to bundle all of these converters into some sort of vb .exe with an interface? I find them easy to use, but they have a steep learning curve.

I think you want to go to husserlTW with that question.
I'm trying to keep interfaces simple enough for other programs to use as well,
and if you need anything more complicated JRuby works with Java GUIs easily.

Also, will you be porting the fuse unpacker to windows? I'd really like to give it a try

Fuse driver on Windows? I know it's possible, but you need someone with more clue about Windows programming than me to do this.
I sort of intend to make Linux version though. ;-)

[husserlTW]

Is there and (long term) plan to bundle all of these converters into some sort of vb .exe with an interface? I find them easy to use, but they have a steep learning curve.
Also, will you be porting the fuse unpacker to windows? I'd really like to give it a try

Yes, I am planing to make a vb app where I'll unify all Empire/Napoleon tools and converters. Also taw has some interesting ideas that they may change the way we make some modifications. For example some startpos modifications can become by scripts. If this becomes possible then these modifications can be made from a windowed application which will be a bless especially for inexperienced modders that hate to mess with stubborn startpos.esf.

[taw]

We're up to 163 byte-perfect conversions now:

Version025: {"not supported"=>1}
Version027: {"not supported"=>1}
Version028: {"not supported"=>3}
Version029: {"not supported"=>5}
Version030: {"not supported"=>2}
Version031: {"not supported"=>1}
Version032: {"ui->xml fail"=>11, "ok"=>6}
Version033: {"ui->xml fail"=>101, "ok"=>35}
Version039: {"ui->xml fail"=>4, "xml->ui fail"=>2, "ok"=>122, "differ"=>5}

[The Hedge Knight]

Its not that i cant install python ebcause i dont know how. Its that python freezes ont he install for me.

Tried everything
-different binaries
-disabling antivrus
-running as administrator
-different insall locations
-different binary locations
-all other prgrams closed
-command line installing

[kungfuserge]

I wonder what's wrong ? no attribute readable

[taw]

Its not that i cant install python ebcause i dont know how. Its that python freezes ont he install for me.

Tried everything
-different binaries
-disabling antivrus
-running as administrator
-different insall locations
-different binary locations
-all other prgrams closed
-command line installing

Aren't there any alternative versions of Python, 32bit vs 64bit, 3.0 vs 3.1,
msi vs exe, or whatever, you could try?

If you keep having troubles like this with other programs as well,
people tend to recommend reinstalling your operating system ;-)

I vaguely recall someone who could run Python but not JRuby some time ago too,
I don't remember how he fixed it...

[taw]

samples_ntw/frontend ui/napoleon_battles converts perfectly for me.
Are you using Python 3.1.2 too or some other version?

I wonder what's wrong ? no attribute readable

[The Hedge Knight]

Thats what i mean by different binaries.

trust me, i have been trying over a week and dont really want to install os to get one scripting language working XD.

[kungfuserge]

I have the Python26 installed as for the mesh converter ffrom Knight Errant python script which works like a dream ...

and I have also the Python27 as I though it was better for your script

but helas none of the 2 works on my XP

Should we have the Python 3.1.2 ?

[husserlTW]

For Knight Errant's you'll need 2,6 but for the rest 3.X. You have to choose or you can have both but you have to adjust PATH in Enviromental Variables when you want to use the one or the other version. If you have 2 machines (e.g. desltop-laptop) then things are easier.

[taw]

I have the Python26 installed as for the mesh converter ffrom Knight Errant python script which works like a dream ...

and I have also the Python27 as I though it was better for your script

but helas none of the 2 works on my XP

Should we have the Python 3.1.2 ?

UI converter requires Python 3.x. It will definitely not run with Python2.x.
No idea if it requires any specific Python 3.x version - I think it doesn't matter.

By the way, we're up to 170 correctly converted files - including nearly every Version039 file.

Version025: {"not supported"=>1}
Version027: {"not supported"=>1}
Version028: {"not supported"=>3}
Version029: {"not supported"=>5}
Version030: {"not supported"=>2}
Version031: {"not supported"=>1}
Version032: {"ui->xml fail"=>11, "ok"=>6}
Version033: {"ui->xml fail"=>101, "ok"=>35}
Version039: {"ui->xml fail"=>4, "ok"=>129}

[taw]

Thats what i mean by different binaries.

trust me, i have been trying over a week and dont really want to install os to get one scripting language working XD.

That's nothing. I need 3 virtual machines with XP, Vista,
and Windows 7 just to test websites with various versions of IE for work ;-)

By the way wouldn't it be easier to port that mesh converter from Python 2.x to 3.x like everything else?
This looks like the most annoying conflict right now, and 2.x -> 3.x port is fairly simple.

Volunteers?

[kungfuserge]

Same with python 31 ; I will try with another computer