Please, somebody make a DBE guide for dummies!

[caralampio]

I appreciate Lt. Chambers' good work. I would appreciate it much better if I could use it! He seems to assume that you are a geek and already know how to use everything. He says in his posts, "I created a new tool" but no instructions!

I used to be able to edit fine in the old PFM (about 1.9.9 or so) I usually made my changes directly into patch.pack since they were only for personal use. But since DBE became mandatory I'm lost. Every time I try open a file in DBE, any file, the header says that it is patch2.pack. I can create new files, both in PFM 1.12 and DBE, but when I open them-



Anyway, it doesn't let me edit anything. As you can see I am completely lost, and I think I'm not the only one. Some other poor souls post here, sometimes they figure it out, but no doubt there are a lot of lurkers who just give it up. As I did for several months.

I'm sure that once you understand, it's like "oh, it is so simple!" but one needs it explained. Step by step. Not assuming the newbie knows anything. Could someone please make a simple tutorial? Not one of those "I'll show how to create a unit" tutorials that assume that you already know a lot of stuff. They don't help much, especially if you are not interesting in creating a unit. The tutorial would need things like:

-How to create a file correctly in the first place.
-Basic use of DBE, how to create a mod that changes one or more tables. Step by step, including things like how to make the file editable, how to let you see your own file instead of patch2.pack, etc.
-How to save your files.
-How to use them with mod manager.

And so on. For dummies.

[mokwhy]

so far i no you need to go to file CA packs are read oly click it off

then wen you open littel bar under FIle Edit View Help

take the black one you can edit the value when you edit sum ting clik on file agian then save

but how to get it to work in the game i try to find that out my zelf so far i can edit ever ting and it work oly i cant get it to work on land untis

and a guide for dummies! will by verry use full ;-)

[Dionysius the Mighty]

I would be very interested in this! I'm trying to do some (what I thought would be) fairly simple changes, not only have none of my changes actually changed anything in the game, now it's CTDing at the splash screen after someone told me to download some other thing.

[mokwhy]

yes is stil verry unclear how i works i got it to work dont ask my how but no one will take the time to help us out i ask for a wile now no ansers but i am dont whot ask hier get no anser anyway when i find out how i all works i will tell you i bissy whit BD edtor ever day so soon i will find it out then i will say how it works ;-)

[Cassius Gnarus]

hey man.
I'm new to DBEditor too, only been using for about a week.

Jinarik made a great tutorial for it.

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=291282

its helped me. hope it works for you.