EEEP! Can't get Xtool 2 work

[Ankhst]

Have downloaded the modders zip and extracted it to the main X2 folder.

I have tried opening the tool and sure enough something quickly flashes up and then disappears before I can read any of it. When I open the file with a hex translator the ascii down the side says something about not being able to open it in DOS mode.

I am running Win XP Pro.

HELP! I am trying to configure some ship characteristics - i.e. what weapons it can carry, Sorry if this has been a daft n00b question but am feeling a little thick and stressed today having been on the verge of throwing the work laptop out the window most of the afternoon!

[JustHere4Coffee]

open a DOS window and run it from there - on XP Pro (which I use also) this is in the Start Menu under Accessories

x2tool and x2build are command line tools, as explained in the readme file, and as they'll open a command prompt; however as you're just running it directly, it's printing its internal help messages and quitting, which (unless you adjust your default command prompt shortcut settings) causes the window to automatically close

[Ankhst]

DOH! ok now feel really stoopid. Thanks JustHere4Coffee much appreciated now just need to figure all the rest out...let's hope I'm not so daft with that!

All the best

[JustHere4Coffee]

it's a piece of advice that always seems to need repeating:

RTFM! that's what it's there for

[handzon]

it's a piece of advice that always seems to need repeating:

RTFM! that's what it's there for

[ now let us not assume that it provides an overview of how to obtain an command prompt ,or for that matter running a command line parameter, lets assume your new to computing,though the manual does provide an good overview of the process of un/repacking etc. it does lack in the before mentioned area, and all the reading of the F manual in the world isnt going to provide the no-how on solving this aspect of the process,and so for those of us that are new to computing, it's an excellent piece of advice that will sometimes need to be repeated,or possibly added to the manual ]