Sweboz question marks

**TheStranger** · 08-10-2009, 11:47

It is indeed a bug with the .txt file under alex.exe, because other players have the same problem.

**Tellos Athenaios** · 08-10-2009, 13:08

Code:

0d80ca932253456f44c501775624cc3e, got 88f7a2053fa803f718ef71c2d02b70f3)
Changed file: .\eb\data\text\export_vnvs.txt (expected checksum

Somebody edited that file and saved it using the wrong encoding (the right encoding is UTF-16 or UTF-8). Presumably the file was saved in something like ANSI (or whatever the Windows implementation called ANSI) or ASCII. ANSI and extended-ASCII are not valid Unicode resulting in question marks when the data is interpreted as Unicode.

**TheStranger** · 08-11-2009, 01:12

Would anyone be so kind to attach the unmodified (vanilla EB) export_vnvs.txt? :)

Then I could add the traits needed for Alexander manually and save it with the right encoding.

**TheStranger** · 12-18-2009, 03:00

I've overworked the file so all letters show under ALX.exe as it should be. If anyone needs the file feel free to contact me. The file is too big to attach.

**legato466** · 12-28-2009, 17:47

Originally Posted by TheStranger

I've overworked the file so all letters show under ALX.exe as it should be. If anyone needs the file feel free to contact me. The file is too big to attach.

I am interested too in this file, could you please send it or host it in a filehosting website?

**TheStranger** · 03-14-2010, 10:56

It is very easy to make this workaround - just copy the lines which are added with ALEX.exe to the original EB 1.2 file. :)

**vartan** · 03-14-2010, 19:56

Originally Posted by TheStranger

It is very easy to make this workaround - just copy the lines which are added with ALEX.exe to the original EB 1.2 file. :)

I'm trying to understand the issue as I also play using the ALX engine mod from Maksimus. If I understand correctly, some of the unicode characters in traits (e.g. the Sweboz trait you showed above) are not being illustrated correctly because of the ALX engine mod files that Maksimus packed were saved in a non-Unicode format. What is the fix exactly that will correct this text formatting issue? I ask because if I'm not mistaken, the pack that contains the text files that make EB compatible with ALX is a pack of many, many files.