Post by propbeanie on Oct 5, 2016 15:54:40 GMT
Hello Privateer!!!
I've tried multiple ways to get what I want out of 010 Editor, and while I get close sometimes, I keep falling short. I'm not sure if I have a traction problem on level ground, right out of the gate, or if I've crashed into the ditch, can't get traction there, and just can't see it... In other words, I can get results that appear as if it would be useful, IF I could just sort it the way I want... maybe... As an example: well... Nevermind - the Code box does strange things with Tab characters and / or white space...
What I will say is that I am Searching on Class and Type in the MIS files, trying to show the different lines that they occur on. However, first of all, my "hits" are on NewLines, not in separate columns. If I go to split into columns, I lose the Line association with the file. Also, some of the Group definitions in the MIS files do not have a Name and / or Class associated with the Group Definition, but instead just have a Type number, such as 102 for what I'm guessing is a GENERIC merchant call? Similarly with DD vessels and such. They aren't always "named". When that happens, I'll have a bunch of Type hits in a row with no Name. Trying to "Sort" has issues with that, and I'm not thinking clearly when it comes to parsing such a mess. Besides just blindly doing Search and Replace in Files, I'd like to know that I'm not hitting things that should / could be left well-enough-alone. I've already done some "test" flying like that, and while the files seem to "play" fine in the game, I have no clue as to if I've eliminated part of the game...
Let me copy a portion of this CSV, and let you see it...
Edit: OK, In the first section of that "FrustrationSheet.xlsx" (which is actually a csv that for some reason I just noticed got saved as an xlsx... dad-blame it!), I was trying to do a "running totals" for something else, as a "Totals and Highlights" kind of thing. Not a necessity. The "41a_Jap_Convoys.mis" section is what I end up with trying to eliminate duplicates for the "41a_Jap_CoastalTraffic.mis" above. The "41a_Jap_TaskForce.mis" section co-mingled with the "41a_Jap_SubHunters.mis" section above it, from the Remove Duplicates done on the sections above. This gets worse the further down the sheet one works... What I want to have, is the ships' Names, such as Class=BBKongo, and it's associated Type, such as "Type=11", kept together... I'm probably not doing a very good job of describing what I'm after...
If I could remember some of my old programming days, this would be a breeze, opening a file, searching on a string, finding said string, adding strg chars to the end of the field based upon the original find, storing the result, and moving on to the next... but alas, I'm getting a headache instead... :lol:
Edit Again: Almost forgot! One of the main problems with "Searching" on something like "Type=" (no wildcards in use) is that I also get "MissionType=", "MissionDataType=", "MultiMissionType=", etc., and I don't really wanna change those, along with the ship types...
I've tried multiple ways to get what I want out of 010 Editor, and while I get close sometimes, I keep falling short. I'm not sure if I have a traction problem on level ground, right out of the gate, or if I've crashed into the ditch, can't get traction there, and just can't see it... In other words, I can get results that appear as if it would be useful, IF I could just sort it the way I want... maybe... As an example: well... Nevermind - the Code box does strange things with Tab characters and / or white space...
What I will say is that I am Searching on Class and Type in the MIS files, trying to show the different lines that they occur on. However, first of all, my "hits" are on NewLines, not in separate columns. If I go to split into columns, I lose the Line association with the file. Also, some of the Group definitions in the MIS files do not have a Name and / or Class associated with the Group Definition, but instead just have a Type number, such as 102 for what I'm guessing is a GENERIC merchant call? Similarly with DD vessels and such. They aren't always "named". When that happens, I'll have a bunch of Type hits in a row with no Name. Trying to "Sort" has issues with that, and I'm not thinking clearly when it comes to parsing such a mess. Besides just blindly doing Search and Replace in Files, I'd like to know that I'm not hitting things that should / could be left well-enough-alone. I've already done some "test" flying like that, and while the files seem to "play" fine in the game, I have no clue as to if I've eliminated part of the game...
Let me copy a portion of this CSV, and let you see it...
Edit: OK, In the first section of that "FrustrationSheet.xlsx" (which is actually a csv that for some reason I just noticed got saved as an xlsx... dad-blame it!), I was trying to do a "running totals" for something else, as a "Totals and Highlights" kind of thing. Not a necessity. The "41a_Jap_Convoys.mis" section is what I end up with trying to eliminate duplicates for the "41a_Jap_CoastalTraffic.mis" above. The "41a_Jap_TaskForce.mis" section co-mingled with the "41a_Jap_SubHunters.mis" section above it, from the Remove Duplicates done on the sections above. This gets worse the further down the sheet one works... What I want to have, is the ships' Names, such as Class=BBKongo, and it's associated Type, such as "Type=11", kept together... I'm probably not doing a very good job of describing what I'm after...
If I could remember some of my old programming days, this would be a breeze, opening a file, searching on a string, finding said string, adding strg chars to the end of the field based upon the original find, storing the result, and moving on to the next... but alas, I'm getting a headache instead... :lol:
Edit Again: Almost forgot! One of the main problems with "Searching" on something like "Type=" (no wildcards in use) is that I also get "MissionType=", "MissionDataType=", "MultiMissionType=", etc., and I don't really wanna change those, along with the ship types...
