Ds1 editor problem

[Kiahdaj]

I installed the ds1 editor from the file center, and installed it according to the directions. But when I open a .ds1, and select "run", a Dos window opens up, and just sits there, without doing anything. The map never opens.

Do you have any idea what could be wrong?

Thanks

[Freiik]

You should read the README.txt file. It needs some additional parameters to open a map.
There is also a gui loader for it somewhere on the pk.

[Kiahdaj]

Okay, thank you, that was exactly what I needed to know.

However, when using the loader to configure everything, it gives me the error:

"Error while parsing ds1edit_loader.ini, line 13:
Unknown non-empty line."

Any idea what could be wrong?
I haven't done anything to ... anything since I installed it.
Besides configuring the loader to the correct directories, and such....

[Jeewdew]

I'll be following this close too...
I have alot of trouble making the DS1 Editor and Loader working.

[DarthDevilous]

"Error while parsing ds1edit_loader.ini, line 13:
Unknown non-empty line."

It might help if you posted line 13 from the ds1edit_loader.ini

[Kiahdaj]

The beginning of the .ini is instructions, regarding the file itself... I'm not sure if that counts for lines. Non are numbered, soo... Also not sure if spaces count.

1. [PARAMS]
That is all that there is to the 13th line, including the beginning, and spaces.

2. arrow.ds1 Act 1 - Stone Fill 2 act1\outdoors 2 30
That is the line if you count the beginning, but don't count spaces.

3. baalew03.ds1 Act 5 - Baal EW expansion\baallair 34 1061
And that is the line, if you skip the beginning.

I wasn't sure what it counted, so I figure it would save time and effort, if I posted all three..

Hope that was of some sort of help..

I did check the .ini before posting the question, but I didn't see any relevance of the line to the error itself, so I was puzzled...

[DarthDevilous]

Is it possible you're running an old version of the loader, or you have an old configuration but a new version? I'm not entirely sure at this moment but I think the [PARAMS] section was replaced with a maplist.txt at some point...

[Kiahdaj]

Actually.. I think that may be what it is...
It would make sense.
These are the two that I downloaded:

https://d2mods.info/filecenter/dload.ph ... le_id=1472

https://d2mods.info/filecenter/dload.ph ... ile_id=125

The loader seems to be fairly recent. But even in the description of the actual loader, it says it's a bit outdated. But I could only find one other version, and that was the release version...
Am I missing something?

[DarthDevilous]

I'm still not sure why the error message is occurring, i still think you must have some old configuration file lying around... But even with that fixed, you've got the wrong program: you need the "win_ds1edit" by paul siramy, not the "ds1 editor" by Isilweo. The loader download is also one minor release behind the current version, but the changes are minimal, so it *should* be working fine..

[Kiahdaj]

I don't know if it's just me, but I can't seem to find it
Am I just missing something?
I couldn't find it through search, or just by searching through the map editing section...

[DarthDevilous]

https://d2mods.info/filecenter/dload.ph ... ile_id=127
at the bottom of the first page in the map editing section of the downloads...

[Kiahdaj]

Oh...
That was the other one that I'd seen, with the first (wrong) editor I downloaded... And I guess I just figured it was the same one, but a different version, so I looked over it...

Thank you, and sorry for being so annoying


Edit: Ugh... So close to being able to start...
I downloaded the right editor, and linked the Loader to it. But when I start it, it says that it can't start, because MSVCR70.dll was not found. That .dll was not included in either downloads.. So I really don't know what to think...

[Paul Siramy]

Must be a very old one. Check here, and take the 2007 version. It should have all necessary dll.

Note : there's also this version win_ds1edit_20100616.zip which I have rewritten a bit, but I don't remember what I changed since the 2007 version. I know I've added something about the command line syntaxe at least.

[PureRage]

just google the file required, you will be able to download it and put it in the editors folder.

[Kiahdaj]

Yay!
Finally!
Even before I had problems with my hard drive, and had to delete everything, I had major problems getting it all to work...
But now it's fine. Thanks, Paul Siramy, for the new link, and thank you EVERYONE else, for all your help