PopMaker Utility

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Is the PopMaker utility compatible with Revolutions? Or are there changes that have rendered it obsolete?

Also, at the risk of sounding like a dullard, is there some sort of trick to using this utility? When I double click on it a window briefly flashes on screen and disappears, but the only thing concrete that happens is that the program seemed to create an example file. Thanks for any help!

 

[OHgamer]

Not familiar with the utility, but there were no changes made to the structure of the POP files between 1.04 and Revolutions, so it should work fine.

I find it much easier though to just open the files with notepad, make the changes, and save. The file will still save in .csv format even when opened in notepad.

 

[RELee]

I did try the Popmaker once upon a time, but did not really like it. Manually editing the files works better, assuming you have a good text editor (I don't like Notepad - personal preference).

But then, I don't do a whole lot of pop editing these days either.

 

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Not familiar with the utility, but there were no changes made to the structure of the POP files between 1.04 and Revolutions, so it should work fine.

I find it much easier though to just open the files with notepad, make the changes, and save. The file will still save in .csv format even when opened in notepad.

I figured that that was probably the case, but I wanted to be sure before modding any files; I don't feel like having to reinstall Vicky/Rev. Thank you!

 

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I did try the Popmaker once upon a time, but did not really like it. Manually editing the files works better, assuming you have a good text editor (I don't like Notepad - personal preference).

But then, I don't do a whole lot of pop editing these days either.

Thank you for your reply as well! I haven't yet gotten it to load correctly, so I can't speak with any intelligence. The PopMod utility seems neat, although I'm having a bit of trouble with that as well--I think with how it recognizes file paths--so perhaps a regular editor, or even notepad, will be my best bet.

I haven't done any pop editing in ages myself. I was really turned off by the attitude of the folks doing the pop work here a couple years ago, but I recently purchased Revolutions and I've considered implementing some of my ideas on my own. We'll see....

Thanks again!!

 

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BTW, just for the public record, I figured out what I was doing wrong. It turns out that POP Maker isn't so much a program that you input information into to create .csv docs as it is a .txt to .csv converter. So all you have to do is put a properly formatted .txt file into the same directory as POP Maker, run POPMaker, and in a second you get properly formatted .csv files to add or replace your POP files.

If anyone wants more information I can either explain in more detail or do a screen capture of the process.

I'm sure that this is old news to most of you, but seeing as I hadn't gotten any replies about how to use POP Maker, I though this might be worth revisiting.

All the best!