Having modding problems

[Sabo]

Whenever i try and unpack a dat, and then change something, and then repack (for instance edit the Tships file). When i run X2, select the mod, and then start a game it always crashes to desktop during the loading screen. Is this because i am using Stone-D's patch and not the official tools? or is there something else i may be doing wrong?

Thanks for any help

[Burianek]

I've never gotten Stone-d's tool to work packing .dats, but if you incorrectly change a value in a types you will crash to desktop when you try to load a game.
My guess is you've screwed up a value somewhere in tships.
For example, some numbers must be integers, and if you put in a decimal, you'll ctd.
Try unpacking and repacking the same files w/o editing them. If it works, then it's definitely your edits causing the prob and not your packing process.

[Sabo]

ahh nice idea, thanks alot