Bini Format

[Chips]

let us know what it is if it is a solution please!

[Strail]

Heres some info I know that seems to affect it:

Any floats need to keep the decimal point in the number - so
Sort = 99 should be Sort = 99.000000 (as long as it has a decimal point it should be ok > 99.0 should be ok
This will apply to encounters as well:
encounter = area_scavenger, 6, 1.000000
faction = fc_j_grp, 1.000000 > this entry is ok, however
encounter = area_scavenger, 6, 1
faction = fc_j_grp, 1
would not be - i.e. you need the decimal.

I don’t know how much of this is critical for bini to work correctly, however, I’m guessing that the more files and size the server is loading the more important that the format is correct.

Another note of interest is the inability for (the tools i have) to deal with decimals to the 5th and 6th place. For instance, Attenuation in the lightsource heading causes an error.
Example - BR02:

[lightSource]
nickname = Br02_wight_planet_light
pos = -4800, 0, -29147
color = 226, 194, 158
range = 4000
type = POINT
attenuation = 1, 0, 0.000001

I have errors where attenuation values have a 5th or 6th decimal place entry - they are fine upto 4th. This applies to any light entries, including lair flicker and the entries in Nubulas and Asteroids. (basically anywhere that a value in the 5th and 6th decimal place is registered)

My only summize from this is that the text files are dealt with more tolerance than the bini files and as bini format is significantly faster for the server, uses less memory its therefore less tolerant.

Im going to make the changes wholesale to my mod and upload them and see where we end up.

[Wolfie]

nicee…

thank u…tho i use SDK

[Tanjitsu]

Strail did u ever get this workin for massiniconvertor ?

[adoxa]

Use TINI and BINI at my site. They can convert every vanilla binary file to text and back again. My BINI program even makes slightly smaller files than the originals.

It doesn’t matter what the type is, the ini reader will convert any type to any other type. So if you have 99, BINI will store it as integer; if the ini wants something else, it will simply make the necessary conversion (true, 99.0, or “99”).

[Tanjitsu]

Hey adoxa, thx for the reply

yeah i checked out the tools on your site,
trouble is im a slacker.
finished up some bits an was lookin at poss re conv to bini
for speed of server ect. but tba i know little or nothing about bini.

Used mass ini to conv all but kept getting errors when i start FL or server. figured it was the info in the files causin a prob.
i went through original files to look at what comes bini an whats txt in vanilla so i bini the same files.

but even when i use your tools still gettin

header [goods] missin param 1 or param 2

comes in huge spam
some of rebalance’s off variables causin probs ?

or is this just my lack of knowledge about what to bini ?

[adoxa]

I converted all the good.ini files from flrebalance355full without incident. Can you zip and attach the offending file?

[Tanjitsu]

thats the only prob i havent got round to testing one by one atm

just coverted the whole lot and booted up.

ill try an get round to doin em one a time see which is causing it.

[adoxa]

I’ve realised what the problem is, now. For text ini files, missing parameters are simply returned as an empty string; for binary files, missing parameters generate the warning. You’re going to have identify the file(s) and add the missing parameters (or even remove the line).

[Tanjitsu]

Ah k always good to know what too look for

[Tanjitsu]

Well it seems its the goods.ini file causing the problem

always one of the big files

thx for helpin me try to pinpoint this prob adoxa

also bini says will do all sub dirs but doesnt, what am i doin wrong >?

[adoxa]

“bini -s” will do everything in and under your main Freelancer DATA directory (except initialworld.ini, which should remain text); add a path to process everything in it.

[Tanjitsu]

so if i wana do a diff dir and still do all sub dirs can i use

bini -o -s c:\ect*.ini

?

[adoxa]

bini -os c:\ect

*.ini is default, but the pattern is added after -s, so if you wanted to convert .ini.txt it would be -s.ini.txt. Does the help screen not explain this adequately?

[Tanjitsu]

yeah i took my initial runs from readin the help
but im a noob an didnt know to put the o with the s or -os

What u posted worked a treat thx

Also got all the mod files converted,
was the , 1 missing off the addons in the ship packages in goods.ini that was causing the server errors !