.tt files

posted on December 19th, 2010, 2:39 pm

Hi
I'm new to the whole modding area and I can't for the life of me work out how to edit the .tt sections of the mods I've looked at.
I can open the files in notepad, but it won't give me the option to save the file...

Can someone please help?

posted on December 19th, 2010, 2:54 pm

right click the file go to properties and make sure they are ot on read only

posted on December 19th, 2010, 3:16 pm

Hi, thanks for that. The tech tree file was on read only, which I've now changed...but still won't let me save it, I keep getting an error message about not being able to make the path =/

posted on December 19th, 2010, 3:18 pm

wot operating system have you got? ive had issues saving files on win7

posted on December 19th, 2010, 3:20 pm

I'm on Vista Basic.
I've installed the game onto my external hard drive...but I don't see how that would make any difference =/

posted on December 19th, 2010, 3:21 pm

not sure as i dnt use vista but try saving on the desktop then copying over

posted on December 19th, 2010, 3:24 pm

It's letting me edit that way...& I've made sure to keep a back up of any files I change hehe

Once I've edited this bit, I'll playtest & hope I haven't killed it lol

posted on December 19th, 2010, 3:38 pm

My game crashes as soon as a maps finished loading...displays everything up until then =[

posted on December 20th, 2010, 7:18 pm

Well, what did you do exactly? We need specifics please.

posted on December 22nd, 2010, 11:08 am

I've downloaded a few mods from http://armada2.filefront.com/ and tried to add them into my game following the instrctions each of them come with. I make all the changes they say I have to and so far, all it does is crash my game 
The first one I tried was: http://armada2.filefront.com/file/Federation_Orbital_Habitat_Station;79262

Following the instructions included - with help from Blade on how to implement them - I ran a game, which loaded, but proceded to crash upon completion...without getting to the game screen =/

posted on December 22nd, 2010, 2:53 pm

I think I've made some progress! I've followed the instructions in the habitat station folder again nad now when I run a game, it doesn't crash. Downside is, there's no option on any ship or station to build a hab station 

posted on December 22nd, 2010, 3:33 pm

Did you add the ship to the build list?   If so, the button may be missing so look for a blank spot to click on. 

posted on December 22nd, 2010, 8:55 pm

I'm pretty sure I did...there's a part telling me to add it to the gui_global.spr, tech1.tt & fulltech.tt

Would it help if I post up the "readme" that came with this mod?

posted on December 22nd, 2010, 10:09 pm

its because you have UAC on full protection so it wont let you touch the program files area for your protection... Thats why you can save it on your desktop. Go to control panel and user accounts, then user account control and turn it off and all your problems will go away...

posted on December 22nd, 2010, 11:38 pm

you could move your whole game to your desktop.