I just wanted to share this neat program that easily lets you compare two files. This is very useful for when you make changes to one file, like a mode's lua, and you want to make the same changes to another file, or if you changed something and can't remember what.

What it does is lets you open one file to the left and another to the right, then shows a side by side comparison of exactly what is different and where. You can then right click and perform actions to the text, like copying it over to the other file, editing it, etc.

Here is a screenshot:


As you can see I am comparing a hero assault lua to a conquest one. The red highlighted lines are discrepancies between the two files. Right clicking one line would let me copy it over to the other side. Also note this is Beyond Compare 2. Version 3 is in beta but has more features.

Download the trial of v3 here: http://www.scootersoftware.com/beta3/download.php

This I like! Maybe not for Battlefront, necessarily (as I don't do a whole lot of scripting), but overall, cool program .

Wow! I often needed such a program! Thanks!

EDIT: I just found this usefull program, it has a replace function which can replace a specific line in ALL files which are opened with it at the same time. Very useful sometimes...
http://www.notetab.com/download.php

Notepad++ is free and has all of the features described so far in this topic, it can also be used as a Hex editor with a plugin, I use it for editing/viewing pretty much every file type in the modtools except for textures.

AceMastermind wrote:Notepad++ is free and has all of the features described so far in this topic, it can also be used as a Hex editor with a plugin, I use it for editing/viewing pretty much every file type in the modtools except for textures.

Yeah, Notepad++ is good too. You can get it here: http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm

Also, while I'm at it, here is a nice tool that converts RGB color to HSV color:
http://www.csgnetwork.com/csgcolorsel4.html

Google "SourceGear DiffMerge." It's what I use to compare ODFs, very helpful. You can compare up to 3 files at once, as well as folders. I use EditPad Lite for text work and Tiny Hexer for basic hexing. For more advanced stuff I use XVI32. I use XnView and The GIMP for skinning, as well.

Maybe this thread should be renamed to "Modding software Central"?

tsurugi13 wrote:Maybe this thread should be renamed to "Modding software Central"?

Good idea