Extracting resource files

[george moromisato]

I've just updated the TransData utility to enable extracting resources (.xml and images) from the Transcendence.tdb file.

Download TransData 1.1 at:
http://www.neurohack.com/transcendence/Downloads.html

To invoke, use the /decompile switch

transdata /decompile

This will extract the files from the Transcendence.tdb file. Note: This will overwrite files in the directory. If you have a modded Transcendence.xml file in the same directory, it will get overwritten.

[SparcMan]

That's great George! This should be a big help for those trying to run Transcendence under Wine in Linux. Not to mention the Mod community. 8)

[Betelgeuse]

wow thanks. now you don't have to provide the main xml.

[marr]

Sticky?

[Yugi]

Why can't you just keep the xmls on the download page as a zip or something?

[marr]

My guess would be: Because they change every five minutes, and providing a decompresser is way easier and more reliable. The facility could do with being a little more prominently mentioned, though. Adding it to this forum's FAQ would be good, f'rinstance.

[Karl]

I've just updated the TransData utility to enable extracting resources (.xml and images) from the Transcendence.tdb file.

Just humbly requesting that the TransData Utility page be updated to include this information. The TransData page does not yet list the new features of TransData, including the /decompile switch.

...And it's the most important switch! It is almost impossible to mod without knowing about it!

[goat not sheep]

If you've come that far to getting Transdata, you should know how to use it.

[Karl]

How should you "know" how to use it if the information isn't on the program's info page or in the help file? Telepathy?

[goat not sheep]

And how WOULD you know that "transdata" exists...in the first place?

[Karl]

Because it is linked off of the download page, the same page you download the game from.

[goat not sheep]

Ohh! Look cheese!*goes and gets cheese* SLAP! If you don't know what that big wooden thing with a metal rod, and has a cheese sitting ontop of what seems like a trigger, don't use it!!

[Karl]

From the sound of your last post, I think that you forgot to take your medication today.

And did you know that you don't have to respond to every new post in the forums? It's OK to just respond to those posts where you have something useful to say.

[Sponge]

If you're not 100% familiar with command prompts, TransData is a bit tricky to figure out. However, the documentation tells you exactly how it's used. Put it in the same folder with Transc. and open your command prompt. Change directory to the folder that it's in and execute the decompile command. If you don't want to go through the trouble, just go to the mod site, head to the Transcendence section and download the resources.

[Yugi]

One of the problems is that users inexperienced with the command prompt don't know how to change directory. It gives no instructions on that in the help file, etc.
It took me ages to figure out