This contains some quick python tools to make some aspects of modding a little easier
To install just download the python script you want (or all of them).
If for some reason drag-and-drop to the python script doesn't work, make sure you have python files set to open with the python interpreter, if that doesn't work, repair your installation / re-install
Your life will be much better, and the use of these is far easier if you DO check the box to add python to your $PATH environmental variable when you are installing it. If you did not do this, you can re-install python, or 'modify' your installation from Add/Remove programs. Be warned, this is one of the times that an installer tells you to reboot that you actually have to do it.
Sadly, the native ETree implementation in python cannot do schema validation, so you will need to install lxml - the simplest method of this is to open a cmd or Windows Terminal with administrator privileges and run:
$ pip install lxmlNote from the initial warning above, python must be installed with the option to add it to your $PATH environmental variable.
This is a snippets file that contains some of the most used XML elements from the Giants spec. It has both modDesc and storeItem snippets.
This script checks the literal strings in your XML storeItem file to see if there are obvious entries that should be translated using the $l10n system.
This script is for use with multiple storeItem xml files that share an I3D file. It will compare the <i3dMappings> section of each and let you know what, if any, differences it finds. If you are using a shared I3D between multiple storeItems, this can help keep any changes in sync.
comparei3dMappings documentation
This script compares two or more translation files to make sure the same keys appear in all files, so you do not have un-translated text in one language.
compareTranslations documentation
This script checks an i3d file and outputs problems it finds with linked files, linked lights, unusual or unknown rigid body collisions, and visible shapes that are missing shadow maps. It also outputs realLight information in an easy to read format.
This script generates i3d Mapping for your XML file, from your I3D file. It does it's best to avoid name collisions.
This is a simple batch file that dumps the output of the mapper to the windows clipboard. Takes the I3D file.
This is a wrapper that takes your storeItem XML and writes the new i3dMapping directly to the supplied file. Please note that due to ETree limitations, this will remove any comments in the XML file.
This is a wrapper that takes your storeItem XML and write the new i3dMapping directly to the supplied file. This will also attempt to re-write any numeric nodes in the existing file into the new name mapping. Please note, that like the _toXML variant, this also will remove any comments in the file.
This is a very simple log parser that tries to pull out the important bits for easy viewing.
This script checks for common problems in your modDesc.xml file.
This script checks your storeItem xml for broken file links, and against the XSD schema. It also forces the $l10n strings to validate against a modified pattern for those entries (a super powered version of checkLiterals.py)