EasyEsf for ETW (15/12)

[peaceandwar]

Hey everyone! This looks really great, but i am having a problem installing jruby. When the jruby installer starts it tells me it cant find java.exe. So i direct it to the java.exe in my program files x86, and it tells me the file is damaged? Then something about too large file i think.
i have 64 bit windows 8 and java version 7.0

[husserlTW]

when i click start it copies and converts the file sucessfully then when i click the factions button inbetween campaign and region it says "it seems that esf has not been prepared correctly. please return to main page and restart."

I get this whenever I click on the region tab to make modifications. With either the startpos.esf or the regions.esf file loaded. All I am trying to do is change a regions income.

I have jruby installed and all updates to easyEsf and am trying to mod an ETW game (grand campaign).

Both of you have problem with files conversion. Get Taw's esf2xml utility, try to convert an esf file (choose a small one like episode 1). If you succeed then you can use EasyEsf, else you cannot since my program is based on Taw's converter.

Hi, can somebody help me?

All i get is this an error:


Error: Project -> on Menu, Line 40: Argument 1 must be of type table.

Stack Traceback:

1:[Globals] Line: 40 in function 'prepare_startpos'
2:[Project -> On Menu] Line: 48 in main chunk

And ESF folder is just empty.

As you said: "..ESF folder is just empty", so? Copy your file there first.

Hey everyone! This looks really great, but i am having a problem installing jruby. When the jruby installer starts it tells me it cant find java.exe. So i direct it to the java.exe in my program files x86, and it tells me the file is damaged? Then something about too large file i think.
i have 64 bit windows 8 and java version 7.0

Do you have Java only in Program Files x86 (32 bit mostly for imternet explorer/frefox)? If yes install the 64 bit version (it should be installed in Program Files, not x86). If nothing can be done address your question to Taw: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=392712

[peaceandwar]

I just downloaded it from java website and it installed in my program files x86. Does it have to be an internet explorer version of java or something? Sorry if i sound silly, i dont know anything about java . I will ask this taw guy anyway. Thankyou.

[Smara]

Please help!
I want to make Greece playable.
I start it but when i press the "faction" button in the main menu it says "Please start first a new procedure and the peoceed in factions changes"
Note that i have the vanilla startpos in the ESF folder.
Help me please.

[Goutlard]

I always have issues, not when importing the ESF but when building it, everything looks to work perfectly and... One I start a new campaign the game crashes :/

[peaceandwar]

I managed to fix my java problem myself. I just downloaded 64bit jruby from the website and it works okay. well some of it does. I get an error with loads of codes when i try to open one of the big menus, such as diplomacy manager, technology, faction etc. I can make some minor changes with no errors, but easyesf doesnt build the file properly. It takes about two seconds. I will post the exact errors i am getting when im in the mood for it lol.

[Minas Moth]

Suggestions for the noobs, by the noobs and of the noobs!

as a title says it, I have been eager to use this tool to add two more building slots to the major cities in American Civil War: Brother vs. Brother in order to make room for the new building chains I made. As I am a complete noob when it comes anything like java or jruby or ruby you can imagine my frustration when I couldn't make it work. before you even consider installing this awesome tool there are a few preparations that are recomended to be made:

• The Java : head to the following page if you are not sure whether you use a 32bit or 64bit Windows. Even if you could swear on the lovely sister of yours that you use 64bit/32bit I would strongly recomend you go here(LINK) here you will find java downloads for both 32bit and 64bit Windows and a way how to determine which of those two your browswers use. you can go to the official Microsoft page (LINK), but good people at java have a nice little feature: it is a yellow window that will appear (and you shouldn't miss it) where they will warn you that they suspect your system uses 32bit. this is beacuse (as I understand it), some internet browsers use 32bit even though your system is 64bit to open certain web applications as the 32 is better or stable. in this case download and install both. one will be probably installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Java and the other in the C:\Program Files\Java

• The EasyEsfEditor: now install this wonderful tool... at the end of installation I would recomend skipping the installation of offerd jruby version as it is now an obsolete version. also, be sure to update EasyEsf with both patches provided in the OP, even though you plan to use it only for ETW (as I do).

• The jruby: now comes the important part. it took me a greater part of the afternoon to solve this cracker and it would be impossible without the husserlTW's help. open up google and type in jruby 1.6.8. you will be offered several internet pages, but go to this one(LINK). here you have info on theat version and two links (Homepage and Download). choose the download page. now a whole bunch of things appear: a current up-to date version of jruby, the one you were looking for and all previous releases (LINK). Scroll down to your chosen version (1.6.8.) and look at the files. In case you are the one of those that had to install java for both 32bit and 64bit operating system be sure to download the appropriate version. it will be called something like this: JRuby 1.6.8 Windows Executable (x64) in the extension you have (md5, sha1) But we don't need those. click on the long one[JRuby 1.6.8 Windows Executable (x64)] and download it. when downloaded run the installation of the jruby. when asked by the installer if you want your paths to be automatically set (or something like that) be sure that the box is thicked. since you are a noob, better don't overestimate your own abilities. now whe the installation is over, check you have done it ok by choosing start>all programs>jruby 1.6.8 and run either irb (1.8.7)/irb (1.9.2). if a jruby console shows up, you have done it.

• The nokogiri > this one was the . there are two ways you can install this. but you being a noob, you need to know only about the simpler one (don't worry about things you don't understand). again go start>all programs>esyesf for NTW and there choose install_nokogiri. a command window will open, you just wait it out until the program does its own course. in case you already have a nokogiri (which I doubt you do 'cause you are a noob) then you already know how to remove the existing one and install the one you need. as the easy install icon is in EasyEsf for NTW now you see why is paramount to upgrade the easyesf editor all the way.

now you are ready to use the easyesf editor. I don't claim that the jruby 1.6.8 version will work for everyone, but you can easily download other (newer versions) at the provided link and try them out. then be sure to repeat steps jruby and nokogiri. although you probably don't need to install nokogiri again...

In the first post it is said tha some problems come from UAC (User Account Control). I will not give directions on how to edit the UAC itself. there is a great deal of good info on the net. just google it and you will see. also, it is important (or it can't hurt) to start the EasyEsf Editor with administrator privileges (right click on the easyesf editor either on the desktop[shortcut] or in the easyesf directory [where you installed it] and choose run as administrator.

Finally, it will not hurt if you add jruby, nokogiri, EasyEsf Editor to Windows Firewall exception list. I remember reading on several other sites that firewall doesn't really like manipulations with xml files; especially on large scale as is the case with this program.


This is written from one noob to all the others who want to use this, but can't get it work. It would be impossible to make this "guide" without husserlTW's support and help. keep in mind that if the EasyEsf Editor doesn't work for you, there is 99.9999999% chance you messed up the installation. trust me I know... I got it to work only on the 8. try.





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[KingKuno]

How I can change that I have activated all battles from Napoleon ?

[nionios]

Hello! I would like to ask an advice about a problem i'm facing. I used easyesf to make genoa playable, i created victory conditions and also turned genoa from a 1-slot city to a 4-slot one. Everything ok. But when i used the option to make genoa a major faction (for a prestige game) nothing changed. I'm trying to edit the startpos file manually with esfeditor 1.4.8 on CAMPAIGN_ENV/CAMPAIGN_MODEL/WORLD/FACTION_ARRAY/FACTION_ARRAY/FACTION/ (true on the 6th line) but the game keeps crashing during the load screen. I tried older versions of esfeditor with the same result. Is there a problem with the easyesf or am i doing something wrong?

[bastapia]

Hey Husserl, 2 days ago i downloaded EasyEsf with the goal of converting the Crimean´s 1 slot capitol into a 5 slot. I decided to use ETF´S startpos, it all went well, EasyEsf created the two files and I overwrote the old files. So i started ETF and began a campaign with the Crimean´s. I was delighted to see the 5 slot city. However when i saved the game and tried to load the campaign it would crash. I read though all your posts and didn't find an answer for easyesf. I tried not using etf instead I used the original ETW startpos, I unlocked crimea with easyesf although when I started a campaign it crashed in the loading screen. I'm very confused at the moment and don't know what to do next, should i use esfeditor to check if everything is like your tutorial?

PS: as you can probably see.. im a noob . Im also using DM 9.1 and aum.

[husserlTW]

You cannot use the ETF files for regions changes because I have modded them manually (before EasyEsf existed) and their structure has changed (see LINE_OF_SIGHT position in some regions are in first place while originally should be lower).

But you should not have any problem with a vanilla startpos. Did you use the right regions.esf in global_map folder?

[bastapia]

yes i used the right one, the only one I could find in global_maps, ive tried vanilla startpos with hannover (which I unlocked with easyesf) and it would work but yet again when I would start the loaded game it would crash... should I upload the starpos and region files so you could have a quick check?

[nikalii]

im trying to edit a save of mine no errors pop up when save changes i make using the toolbar options up top to change religion etc, but when i use the faction button way of doing things its says there was a error saving my xml. the problem is when i do it either way no changes are made to the save. im running vanillia no mods empire, also i followed minas moth's instructions to the word so yhea any idea's guys?

[husserlTW]

yes i used the right one, the only one I could find in global_maps, ive tried vanilla startpos with hannover (which I unlocked with easyesf) and it would work but yet again when I would start the loaded game it would crash... should I upload the starpos and region files so you could have a quick check?

Yes, zip and send them over.

im trying to edit a save of mine no errors pop up when save changes i make using the toolbar options up top to change religion etc, but when i use the faction button way of doing things its says there was a error saving my xml. the problem is when i do it either way no changes are made to the save. im running vanillia no mods empire, also i followed minas moth's instructions to the word so yhea any idea's guys?

Hmmm... thinking that in a save file some records are missing (than in startpos) maybe that is why you meet that problem. If you know how to make a hybrid, pass the campaign model from the save to a vanilla startpos. In this way you will be able to make the changes safely. Then either pass campaign model back to your save or start the game with your new startpos (you will be found at the point you saved the game).

[bastapia]

Tanks husserl! Here are the two .esf files for a 5 slot city in hannover.
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?blrp2ji3r88kg1p

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?njkabo7czm1ncsf

Hope you can without hassle find the problem and inform me on what I did wrong!

[husserlTW]

Your adding slots was successful :

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

However there is a critical error in your CAMPAIGN_MANAGER which makes startpos unreadable by the game. Did you just deleted the sub record (because this does not work)? If you want to change camera manager use the attached file (replace the existing in your startpos and test again).

[bastapia]

Do I just replace your cam manager in CAMPAIGN_STARTPOS/CAMPAIGN ENV/ CAMPAIGN_CAMERA_MANAGER?

By the way im not sure what you mean by sub-record and dont now were to find it, is it in the startpos or region file?

[husserlTW]

Yes, just replace your existing CAMPAIGN_CAMERA_MANAGER(where did you find it?) with the attached (delete the old, copy/paste the new one under CAMPAIGN ENV). Both are single records with no sub records but it is OK (you do not actually need the sub record).

Normally (vanilla) has a sub record but we avoid to use it because it has a small bug when you want to play as a minor or emergent faction (it focus on Ivory Cost when the game starts).

[bastapia]

I used esfeditor 1.4.5. I replaced the camera_manager there with yours, however it still CTD´d/crashed. I will try once more. Did you spot any other possible error?

[husserlTW]

You should use the 1.4.3 for such jobs. Anyway here is you file with the change:

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?d342bzti34zl3k1