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I have installed Python 26 and tried converting an obj file to a dat file using obj2dattex.py, but it just can´t be done! I go Start-->Run-->CMD-->cd\python 26--->obj2dattex.py brick.obj-->enter--->It tells me that it could be an external command etc. What do you all do?

I think I have seen some discussions about newer Python versions not playing very well with obj2dattex.py. You may want to try installing Python 2.4 or 2.5 and see if this helps.

Thanks. And sorry about the 2 year apart post, didn't want to post a new topic about something already posted

Yep, they all need converting to run successfully in 2.6 ( they were developed and work fine in 2.4), they're indeed different scripts, some developed earlier than others. Obj2dattex.py is slightly more complex than obj2dat, which serves as a valuable reference if you need to twiddle the converstion files...

Btw, python is an interpreted language, so those .py files are just text. If you're interested, you can edit them ( upgrade them to 2.6, anyone? ) in notepad++ already!

Thargoid wrote:

But as A_C says there are some issues with v2.6, but slightly earlier ones certainly work. Also I think I'm using (successfully) obj2dat.py, not obj2dattex.py . These of course may be the same file just with a re-name along the way somewhere...

On a related matter, I had to downgrade Python 2.6 to 2.4 due to 1.73.4 dev source tools python debug console requiring tcl8.4

Yep, that's why we provide the js console as a precompiled executable in windows. It neatly sidesteps most of these issues; besides, the average windows user would be stumped by having to install python in the first place...

Glee!

This being available not from the oolite.org site, but from berlios.de instead. from http://prdownload.berlios.de/oolite-lin ... le-1.0.zip

<stimpy>Squeal!</stimpy>

Another Problem (Sheesh..) Can't save shipdata file as plist.

Commander Learner wrote:

Another Problem (Sheesh..) Can't save shipdata file as plist.

A plist file is just a text file with a different extension. So worst case scenario make a .txt file (using a suitable editor that will write a vanilla text file without adding all sorts of hidden/special characters in it, ie not Windows Notepad) and then rename it from <foo>.txt to <foo>.plist.

Isn't it Wordpad that adds all those hidden stuff? Thanks anyway.

Y’know, there must be someone in the commoonity who knows their way around Python and can upgrade our various scripts. Come on, someone! There’s a listing in the illustrious Official Contributors File up for grabs!

Funny, I've had no problems with objtodattex.py & Python 2.6 on my machine (Win XP pro SP3).

As long as you have UV-mapped the model and have:
objtodattex.py
.obj
.mtl
.tga
in the same directory, and type objtodattex.py *yourmodel*.obj in command prompt (having navigated to correct directory there) + hit enter.

Yeah...could do it already, many ships a'coming this way. Thanks for the help everyone . Say, I don't see my ships anywhere in the game.....do they need a shipyard.plist file in the config or just the shipdata file?