Difference between revisions of "Talk:2DA"

Revision as of 02:23, 9 January 2010

This section doesn't seem very accurate: "Column names are case sensitive. This is because of the CRC32 algorithm used to generate the hash key. Changing the case of a column name after it is in use will break the game. White space before and after a column name will be removed before hashing." It's confirmed that the GDA file's CRC32 is based on the lower-case form of the label, but perhaps it's still case sensitive for other tools while still in 2DA form? I'm just not sure if my changing that line would be inaccurate for something else -FollowTheGourd 01:23, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

This is a rather poor page as stands. I think we need two sections. The most prominent section has to address Josh's questions in layman's terms, especially considering the role and importance of these .2DA files when creating modules. The second section shouldn't be too different from what we currently have, but should in no way have prominence on the 2DA page. I do feel parts of this section would be better served in tabular or bulleted form, a kind of technical sheet.

Deadrockstar 01:01, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Some more information on the usage of these files would be great.

Questions:

-- What todo with these files?

-- Where to put them?

-- Do you need to copy them or modify the original? (why is there only one set of these?, should not every module have it's own set?)

-- Where to find them? (tools\source)

-- How do they fit in the whole toolset thing?

-- Meaning and usage in your own mod.

-- Best practices?

For all the people coming from the NWN Toolsets, that should be straight forward.

But for newcomers, this can be a bit confusing.

Thanks Josh

also -- where the heck ARE these files?