Big csv problem

[unmerged(18148)]

I made an event archive named "my_events.txt", put it in the event.txt file, and also added a few entries in "extra_text.csv" for the new events; the EOF lines are ok.

The game doesn't even start. It appears in taskmanager as a running process, but doesn't start. I restore the original files, and works again.

How am I supposed to create new events without having this problem? What did I do wrong? I save the csv and Excel tells some sh*t about non-compatible characteristics, and asks if I want to keep them or not.

No matter what I choose, the csv doesn't let the game start.

 

[Cat Lord]

Don't edit csv with Excel.

Edit it with Notepad.

Cat

 

[unmerged(18148)]

Whoa, it finally works! I can breathe again. o

Many thanks from a computer incompetent.

 

[Bismarck]

Don't edit csv with Excel.

Edit it with Notepad.

Cat

Am I the only one who has never had a problem with Excel while editing the CSV's?

M

 

[sayagh]

Am I the only one who has never had a problem with Excel while editing the CSV's?

M

I never had a problem with Excel too

 

[sirbruce]

There's no problem per se with using Excel. However:

1. After loading, you have to know how to convert text to columns appropriately, which can be tricky.

2. When saving, you have to make sure you save it without the extra Workbook features.

Bruce

 

[Bismarck]

So its more like a preferences/option thing with this then... because the way excel 2000 is setup on my system, it doesn't do workbooking and it parses the csv into rows automatically.

M

 

[NeilJT]

I think that excel maybe might be set up differently in European and N.American/British versions...

Here's my logic...

csv = comma seperated values - therefore excel (Brit+N.American) expects commas to mark column boundaries.

however in (many) European countries comma = decimal point therefore csv uses semi-colons to differentiate columns.

So the paradox (semi-colon) files don't open so well (need to be converted) in British excel, but *might* in European.

 

[Bismarck]

that makes a lot of sense now that I think of it....

M