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Heroes Community > Heroes 5 - Modders Workshop > Thread: Editing abilities
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Legendary_Hero
Legendary_Hero


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Stronghold Warchief
posted October 24, 2007 11:01 AM

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You need to change the "Read-only" tag they have (check the file properties). Once you've done that, you can use any (text)editor to make changes to the files.


And you tried this?
How can i change it ?

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Maurice
Maurice

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posted October 24, 2007 12:40 PM

Right-click on the file, select "properties" from the menu that pops up (it's usually at the very bottom of that menu) and another window will open. At the bottom of that window you will find several options, including a "Read-only" option, which is check-marked. Remove the check-mark and you will be able to edit the file.

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Legendary_Hero
Legendary_Hero


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posted October 24, 2007 12:47 PM

I know that but i am talking about the files of the creatures they dont have properties

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Maurice
Maurice

Hero of Order
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posted October 24, 2007 12:56 PM
Edited by Maurice at 12:58, 24 Oct 2007.

No properties? What do you see when you right-click such a file then?

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Legendary_hero
Legendary_hero


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posted October 24, 2007 01:00 PM

Yes i see all folders but when i go to the creatures and try to remade something nothing happens i have tried almost everything

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Maurice
Maurice

Hero of Order
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posted October 24, 2007 01:02 PM

So can you edit the files or not? And did you save the changes to the files?

Once you've saved the files, did you pack them up into a mod that the game can use?

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Legendary_Hero
Legendary_Hero


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posted October 24, 2007 01:04 PM

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So can you edit the files or not? And did you save the changes to the files?

Once you've saved the files, did you pack them up into a mod that the game can use?
No i can't change anything why?

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Maurice
Maurice

Hero of Order
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posted October 24, 2007 03:00 PM

I'm really confused, I don't understand what you're doing wrong.

It should be so simple:
- Unpack the data.pak file, using WinRAR
- Locate the correct file(s) in the unpacked directories
- Check the properties of the file(s) and remove the "read-only" tag
- Edit the file(s) using any text editor and save
- Wrap up the edited files into a mod file with a .h5u extension

At which step do you fail? A little bit more description and detail would help a lot.

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Legendary_hero
Legendary_hero


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posted October 24, 2007 03:39 PM

Ok , I go into the data.pak using Winrar then got to GameMechanics folder then to creatures.And when I have reached creatures I try to open some file by double clicking but gives error(file unknown format or damaged)that what it says

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Moonlith
Moonlith


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posted October 24, 2007 04:22 PM

you should hold shift, then rightclick the xdb file, and tell your PC to open the file with notepad. Or, isn't that the problem?

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Maurice
Maurice

Hero of Order
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posted October 24, 2007 04:51 PM
Edited by Maurice at 16:52, 24 Oct 2007.

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Ok , I go into the data.pak using Winrar then got to GameMechanics folder then to creatures.And when I have reached creatures I try to open some file by double clicking but gives error(file unknown format or damaged)that what it says


Did you actually *unpack* the data.pak file? From what you write, I think you're trying to edit the file directly in the data.pak file. Then I understand why you can't figure it out, lol .

Editing directly in the data.pak file doesn't work for TotE. You really need to extract all files from it.

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Legendary_Hero
Legendary_Hero


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posted October 24, 2007 05:15 PM

Probably that is the answer it may take some time right ?

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Legendary_Hero
Legendary_Hero


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posted October 24, 2007 05:20 PM

Sorry by the way i'm *new into this editing stuff,but i am very familiar with the game

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GrandMoffDima
GrandMoffDima


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posted October 26, 2007 09:31 AM

How do i get this abilities works ?

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Maurice
Maurice

Hero of Order
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posted October 29, 2007 06:27 PM

You might just want to make a copy of the file, and then rename it to .zip. That's what I did, and my install of WinRAR unpacked it just fine.

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Maurice
Maurice

Hero of Order
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posted October 29, 2007 11:12 PM

What version of WinRAR do you use?

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Slapzech
Slapzech


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posted October 30, 2007 12:08 AM
Edited by Slapzech at 00:08, 30 Oct 2007.

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DDScv: This converts your .dds files into .bmp, .jpg, .psd, .png, and .tga. It will also convert back from said files.
(...0



Ok. So either am i completly blind, or the DDScv does not convert bmp to dds. It simply pops up screen demanding dds file, and then asks where to save the other format.
Nothing about the other way

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Daystar
Daystar


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posted October 30, 2007 12:24 AM

Open it, click the .bmp file, hit okay, and the next screen is where you decide what to convert it too.

I don't advise .bmp by the way, the program has trouble with it.  All the others are fine.
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Cepheus
Cepheus


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posted October 30, 2007 12:27 AM

I always use .bmps and it works fine for me, but .tga normally seems better.

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slapzech
slapzech


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posted October 30, 2007 07:08 AM

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Open it, click the .bmp file, hit okay, and the next screen is where you decide what to convert it too.
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I am really not an idiot.
The problem is the program does not have any option to SEE any other extensions.  And Yes, have tried changing the default bmp opening program to DDScv, and it simply crashes.

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