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iLive - Reader 0.9.3  Recommended

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An advanced modding tool for editing various SC4 game data files, including properties in Exemplar entries.


The first image previewed above shows an item of custom content being edited (Wild West Barn). In the second pic the SimCity_1.dat file is loaded into Reader, and the "Lighting" Exemplar entry open with the Sun pitch property selected.

For reference you may find this list useful which contains the list of Exemplar Properties:
https://www.wiki.sc4devotion.com/index.php?title=Exemplar_properties

 

What's new?

v0.9.3

  • Merge S3D function: In the S3D preview, you can add a new S3D to the current S3D by pressing the 'Add S3D' button.
  • Plugins Analyser: Subdirectories are scanned.
  • Property file updated (thanks to Tropod).


v0.9.2f

  • Fix a bug with s3d and key handle.
  • Fix a bug with zero length LF file.
  • Remove the 255 limit for "adding (n) Triangles &/or (n) Points" in s3d preview.
  • Change in the Find in Text to increase speed.


v0.9.2e

  • Fix a bug with bad LD.


v0.9.2d

  • Add a "Copy to clipboard" button in the LD preview.


v0.9.2b

  • Fix some bugs when adding index, vertices ... in S3D.


v0.9.2

  • Open/Save dialog have now a historical combo box.
  • Scroll bar added for UV map dialog.
  • keys (up, down, right, left) can be used to move selection in UV map dialog.
  • Clone dialog replaces the clone function. You can put the number of copy and automatically change the TGI of cloned entries.


v0.9.1

  • Instance Generator.


v0.9.0a

  • Memory usage reduced.
  • Entries appearing more than once (in property editor) bug fixed.
  • Crash fixed in Tweaker.


v0.9.0

  • Improve S3D decompression with large S3D file.
  • Add S3D animation: S3D animation section is now used to animate the S3D (through 3 new buttons in the s3d preview: play, stop, pause).
  • Navigator/Exemplar Analyser categories.
  • TGI Editor (menu Tools/ TGI editor). This dialog allows you to change TGI for one or more files. You can use # as a mask.
    (i.e. : 04##5### as Type will replace the first two characters and the fifth character of any selected files by 04 and 5)
     
  • In S3D/UVMap, you can move more than one UV point at the same time.
  • LD file preview added.

 

For any help, feel free to post in new or existing SC4 Modding topics. *:read:

Source code is available on: https://sourceforge.net/projects/ilive-reader/

 

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While difficult to use at first, it has infinate potential once you learn. Great job!
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I'd appreciate if you actually said what it does, rather than just patch notes, that's what descriptions are for; describing
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[quote name='blackshadow610' timestamp='1265740058']
cant open cuz it cant find OR_DAT.dll.
[/quote]


Mine is the same problem, I have to keep re-downloading it

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[quote name='LawLilly' timestamp='1277647870']
It just appears as a bunch of files when I saved it.
[/quote]


You extract all the files to a folder and then open "Reader".

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The newer version has some issues this version works almost perfectly without any fuss so if you want to use it over the other version its a good idea. I use it since its stable and does what I need it to do,crashes as rare as Win7.

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I can't imagine working on something like this, releasing it, and not provide any clues on how to use it. 

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