.strings.bin converter

**ramladu** · 01-06-2007, 02:02

I'm having trouble extracting the files from 0.72. It tells me "Unknown Comment Format" when I try to extract or double click any of the files and/or drag them. Is it possible my unzip program doesn't like the files?

**alpaca** · 01-06-2007, 16:29

Originally Posted by ramladu

I'm having trouble extracting the files from 0.72. It tells me "Unknown Comment Format" when I try to extract or double click any of the files and/or drag them. Is it possible my unzip program doesn't like the files?

Could be, you need a program that can extract .rar archives (such as WinRAR)

**Sir Dinadan** · 01-13-2007, 04:31

I believe 7zip also does and it is free

(atleast mine does)

Thank you mate for this.

**Jerek Kruger** · 01-28-2007, 08:24

Hi,

I used your .strings.bin converter to convert imperial_campaign_regions_and_settlement_names into a text file and add a new province in. However when I delete the original .strings.bin file no new one is created when I run the game. I'm using mod folders and until I tried this everything was fine. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

**alpaca** · 01-28-2007, 12:14

Originally Posted by Jerek Kruger

Hi,

I used your .strings.bin converter to convert imperial_campaign_regions_and_settlement_names into a text file and add a new province in. However when I delete the original .strings.bin file no new one is created when I run the game. I'm using mod folders and until I tried this everything was fine. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

Check the error log please and see if you find anything there.

**Jerek Kruger** · 01-28-2007, 23:01

Well I just re did everything as I did before but more carefully and it worked this time. I have a new province in England and the .strings.bin file rewrote. My guess is I made a mistake in the modding such that the game crashed before the point where it generated the new bin so it was never generated. Anyway thanks.

**Re Berengario I** · 02-02-2007, 15:04

Now what would be useful is a bin maker tool so we won't have to use a fake moddir in case we're messing with the original files using the --io.file_first.
As you probably know the game doesn't recreate bin files from new text files sitting in the original data\text folder.