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Editing ingame text : CSF & STR

Article for Battle for Middle-earth BFME, Battle for Middle-earth II BFME 2, Battle for Middle-earth II: Rise of the Witch-king ROTWK

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Hostile
Category: Code
Level: Beginner
Created: Monday March 26, 2007 - 13:01
Updated: Saturday June 27, 2009 - 20:53
Views: 2283
Summary: Learn to edit the in-game text

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Converting CSF to STR

This bit will explain how to convert a BFME CSF file into a STR file (which can also be used by BFME), which is much easier to edit.


  • Open your csf file with CSFEditor.
  • Select 'File' / 'Export' / 'to ini'
  • save it somewhere as LOTR.INI (NOT in the lang folder of bfme, stick it on your desktop or something.)
  • next, open that new ini file with a hex editor
  • you can delete this bit:
    •               
    Code
    [Header]
    Language=0

    [Table]

  • then find the replace function
  • you need to replace the following HEX strings in THIS ORDER!!
    •               
    Code
    0D 0A -> 22 0D 0A 45 4E 44 0D 0A 0D 0A.
    3D -> 0D 0A 22
    7C -> 5C 6E

  • Then save the file into your data folder as LOTR.STR.
  • once saved, open it in notepad go to the end of the file and remove the extra:
    •               
    Code

    "
    END

Links / Downloads

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Hex Editor424April 3, 2007 - 8:35
colorINI504March 30, 2007 - 19:42
CSF Editor653March 30, 2007 - 19:29

Credits

HostileCSF
chedSTR
pabtyfCSF -> STR

Comments

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borbak trufa - Friday August 8, 2008 - 13:34

Thanks for this tutorial, it's really useful, I would never have found the ingame text without it. Now I've got one question: Do I have to activate subtitles or do anything other than changing them to get them working? Cos I dunno how to activate subtitles, there ain't an option in BFME settings menu. Or do they activate themselves automatically after being edited?

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Thanks for this tutorial, it's really useful, I would never have found the ingame text without it. Now I've got one question: Do I have to activate subtitles or do anything other than changing them to get them working? Cos I dunno how to activate subtitles, there ain't an option in BFME settings menu. Or do they activate themselves automatically after being edited?

Acronos - Thursday February 7, 2008 - 19:55

If I installed patches for BFMEII, do I have to change the text in those .str files too?
Or can I just change lotr.str?

Medicleous - Sunday February 3, 2008 - 4:14

Ok done, that helped. However some hundreds of lines failed to convert properly, I had to go in and manually add the " and END commands. Works now though, thanks.

m@tt (Administrator) - Saturday February 2, 2008 - 4:55

The Hex Editor has a replace function (under the search menu), just fill it in and hit Replace All.

Medicleous - Friday February 1, 2008 - 18:37

I also don't understand this rediculous tutorial. I've spent ten minutes staring at this hex code and don't know where to start. There's heaps of 0D 0As throughout the code, do I replace all of them? If this is the best the 3rd Age community can do then god help us all.

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I also don't understand this rediculous tutorial. I've spent ten minutes staring at this hex code and don't know where to start. There's heaps of 0D 0As throughout the code, do I replace all of them? If this is the best the 3rd Age community can do then god help us all.

Maereandil - Monday October 22, 2007 - 4:26

May I add that for some languages for Bfme2 and Rotwk the game still uses CSF files. Maybe you can add that.

Bart (Administrator) - Sunday August 19, 2007 - 4:22

yes

CNCM_BLITZ - Saturday August 18, 2007 - 21:55

I cant understand THIS part.

              
Quote
you need to replace the following HEX strings in THIS ORDER!!

Code
0D 0A -> 22 0D 0A 45 4E 44 0D 0A 0D 0A.
3D -> 0D 0A 22
7C -> 5C 6E "


I dont really know what I am replacing. Is it the part before ->?

Bart (Administrator) - Saturday August 18, 2007 - 19:38

you just need to find the 'find and replace' function, which is of course different depending on what hex editor you use

in Notepad++ it's Ctrl+H

CNCM_BLITZ - Saturday August 18, 2007 - 19:01

STR editing is much easier than CSF. Its a pity we cant understand your tutorial so we can convert it. What does it mean to replace the strings? I found the overwrite string function but don't know what you meant for us to do.

What is all of this?

0D 0A -> 22 0D 0A 45 4E 44 0D 0A 0D 0A.
3D -> 0D 0A 22
7C -> 5C 6E

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