SHPedit Help Needed
 

I almost have SHPedit working but I keep getting stuck at one part when I want to incorporate my new shapefile into the game. This is what typically happens...

-I load palette, upload shapefile, view shapefile "Icon0095" to determine number to edit "43", download it as a bitmap, edit it, upload the new bitmap,

[here is where it gets tricky for me] change that bitmap into a shapefile "the bitmap gray background turns to light blue", then I select "replace old shp with new" button...

So now I am a little lost. I've tried to rename both "bignew" and "newshp" but 1.] Can't find them in regular windows (when not in SHPedit) and 2.] When I rename them in SHPedit they become an icon with a lock next to it.

ANY help would be awesome and I can be more detailed if you need it. :D

Re: SHPedit Help Needed
 

Ask Cross that he knows much about it. Cross has a tutorial on Winspmbt.
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=47320

Re: SHPedit Help Needed
 

Thanks a lot I will check this out!

Re: SHPedit Help Needed
 

Once you add a new SHP, BIGNEW.shp is created. If you have further editing you use that NOT the original SHP. When you are done normally you delete the old shp and rename BIGNEW to that deleted SHP's name but when starting out I would recommend you simply rename Icon0095.shp to XIcon0095.shp then rename BIGNew as Icon0095.shp as a safely.

Ignore NEWSHP

BIGNew gets created in the SHP folder of the file you are editing. I've never seen this lock issue

Don

Re: SHPedit Help Needed
 

Okay guys ran into another error. I used the tutorial on how to edit icons
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showt...highlight=icon
but I got stuck at step 7. I think this is the problem.

When I search for the new shp file named BIGNEW it is not there however I can see the regular program shp files just fine.

I researched the "locked icon" and it probably has something to do with access permission because every time I mess with a shp file it needs my administrator permission. As soon as an icon's data is changed the lock appears. This doesn't happen if I simply rename an icon file (ex: Icon0095.shp to XIcon0095). Any advise?

If I can't figure out how to get the locks off would someone be willing to simply change some bitmaps into shp files for me?

Re: SHPedit Help Needed
 

Since you are talking about the O/S moaning at you for permissions, then you have either Windows Vista or Seven?.

If so - have you got the programmes installed in the /program files/ managed hierarchy?. if so, those Operating Systems will try to "nanny" your files. Some that it thinks are data files will be squirrelled away under your user profile instead of being put into the correct game working folders etc.

The cure is to reinstall to a folder entirely outside of /program files/, when the nanny functions will not get in the way.

That works for any programmes written before Windows Vista arrived - not just this game.

Cheers
Andy

Re: SHPedit Help Needed
 

Thanks for that. Cross was talking to me earlier about that and I can't believe that windows 7 could mess my stuff up that bad! I was going crazy because the manual on SHPedit didn't mention "hidden files."

Now I have another question. After moving everything I was able to save my shp file edits and they are actually changed. So I load my new Icon0095 and expect to see a new flag there...nope! Its the old flag still with no Icon0095 supporting that flag. Nuts! I feel so close and so far.

Re: SHPedit Help Needed
 

Don't move your files to a new folder - since Windows vista/seven has squirrelled some files in weird places then they will be lost (or the links to them) if you do so.

Copy any working files to a safe place, then reinstall from scratch to a folder outside of /program files/. Then copy over any saved working files.

All that is covered in the sticky re windows seven and vista installation at the top of the forum, already.


Andy

Re: SHPedit Help Needed
 

Weird. I relocated all shrapnel files outside of "program files" and it solved the lock errors but I'm still having a bit of a weird problem. :doh:

-The shp file I changed was edited using the palette for spww2.
-The original shp name was changed to OLDIcon0095.shp.
-The new shp is named Icon0095.
-When I was done editing I restarted the computer (Just because).

-I launched the program annnnnnd...no changes :confused:

What is weird is the program is using the old icon file when the old icon file isn't even there.

Re: SHPedit Help Needed
 

Are you sure you edited the icon/icons that you think you edited?

Icon0095 is flags. Are you editing menu flags, or battle ID Tag flags?

Cross

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Yes I know all my info and I'll post the results as shape files in case you have the time to check.

The following have been edited (as a control to make sure I can make edits. In this case I simply changed one flag.)

-Icon0095 (the swastika flag red to brown)
-Icon0097 (the swastika mini flag red to black)

Both will appear in shpedit as changed but will not change the flag in the game.

I swapped the cross and swastika flag just to see if the icons would change and they did. At least the computer is letting me do that.

I REALLY appreciate your help guys! This is one weird problem. :eek:

Re: SHPedit Help Needed
 

Thanks to Cross I really got this thing figured out now. For some reason Icon0095 only wants to show alternate flags in a battle and not in the battle set up screen. At least now I can start working on my other projects! :)

Re: SHPedit Help Needed
 

I believe Icon0095 and Icon0096 are the 'setup' Menu Flags,
and Icon0097 and Icon0098 are the Battle ID Tag Flags.


Cross

Re: SHPedit Help Needed
 

Ok so I finally got everything to work. Thanks a million for your help! :D

Re: SHPedit Help Needed
 

In a subfolder of Graphics in SPWW2 there are alternate flags for Germany for those people who don't want the swastika displayed in their game. There are three files that control that. Icon0095.shp, Icon0097.shp and Battle.Shp so if all you are changing is 95 and 97 and not changing Battle that would explain why the battle set up screen was not changing



Don

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Thanks, I didn't know about Battle.shp


Cross

Re: SHPedit Help Needed
 

Battle.SHP is where the button flags are and those alternative files to allow switching out the Swastika flag have been sitting in a subfolder of the game almost from the very beginning. In the DOS version they were in a Subfolder of SHP and in the Windows version they are subfolders of Graphics. The flags for the ID tags and V hexes etc have changed location between DOS and Windows but the buttons have always been in Battle.shp.

Don