RA2StrEdit

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The RA2 String Editor was developed in 2000 by [[Matthias Wagner]] to edit Red Alert 2's string file (ra2.csf); since the format has not changed, it can equally well be used to edit Yuri's string file (ra2md.csf).

It supports several open files at once, reading, inserting, editing and deleting of strings as well as the setting of the language flag.

==See also==
*[[CSF|Information about CSF files]]
*[http://www.wagnerma.de TheMatze's Website]
*[http://yrarg.cncguild.net/old/pages/hosted/ra2stredit.zip Download Link] (needed since Matze's website doesn't seem to have this)
*[https://www.mediafire.com/?26ehbyi9b3btp9m Another download link since the above is dead]
[[Category: Tools]]

CSF

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{{HorizontalBar|[[Ra2.csf]] redirects here. If the part about the file itself grows large enough, move it there.}}

{{HorizontalBar|[[Image:Cc_advancedsettings.png]] If you're looking for the technical details on the CSF file format, see [[CSF File Format]] instead.}}

CSF files contain all the ingame texts of RA2 (ra2.csf) and YR (ra2md.csf). They can be edited either with [[XCC String Table Editor]] (by [[Olaf van der Spek]]) or with [[RA2StrEdit]] (by [[TheMatze]]). They can be loaded from outside a MIX file much like .ini files, if they are named stringtablexx.csf (where xx is a number from 01 to 99).

==Editing CSF files in XCC String Table Editor==
[[Image:Xcc string editor1.gif|thumb|170px|Select the game]]
[[Image:Xcc string editor2.gif|thumb|170px|Type in the string name]]
[[Image:Xcc string editor3.gif|thumb|170px|Add the string content]]
Let's say you are following a tutorial for adding a new unit... and the tutorial tells you to "add an entry {{Tt|Name:NewTank}} to the CSF file and set it to 'My New Tank'".

* Open [[XCC Mixer]].
* Launch > String Table Editor > select the game.
* In the left panel, select the "NAME" section.
** You can actually select any section you wish, it will still get saved properly.
* Click "Insert" at the bottom.
* Type in {{Tt|Name:NewTank}} and hit Enter.
** These strings are ''case-insensitive'', you can type in {{Tt|naME:NEWTANk}} and it would still work.
* Double click on the new entry.
** Alternatively, click on it and hit "Edit" at the bottom, your choice.
* Type in {{Tt|My New Tank}} in the big box, and leave the bottom box empty.
** These strings are ''case-sensitive'', and the text you type in here will be displayed in the same case as you entered it.
* Hit "OK".
* Hit "OK" at the bottom.

There you go, now your tank will be named "My New Tank" when you move your mouse over it. (This doesn't affect the cameo.)
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==Editing CSF files in RA2StrEdit==
{| align="right"
|[[Image:Ra2stredit1.gif |thumb|none|170px|Open the file]]
|[[Image:Ra2stredit2.gif |thumb|none|170px|The open file]]
|-
|[[Image:Ra2stredit3.gif |thumb|none|170px|Insert a string]]
|[[Image:Ra2stredit4.gif |thumb|none|170px|Enter its name]]
|-
|[[Image:Ra2stredit5.gif |thumb|none|170px|Enter its content]]
|[[Image:Ra2stredit6.gif |thumb|none|170px|Hit "Save"]]
|-
|
|[[Image:Ra2stredit7.gif |thumb|none|170px|Confirm the flags]]
|-
|}
Same thing as above, for RA2StrEdit.

*Open [[RA2StrEdit]].
*File > Open > ''browse to the folder where you left your [[ra2.csf|ra2(md).csf]], select it, and click "open".
*Edit > Insert string.
*In the "String ID" field, enter your string's ID ({{tt|Name:NewTank}} for this example).
*Hit "OK".
*Now you have to scroll the string list on the left down until you see your newly added string; you can press it's first letter to jump near it (so, in this example, select any string, press "n", and scroll down until you see {{tt|Name:NewTank}}).
*Make sure you have your string selected.
*Enter your tank's name in the big box labeled "Content" to the right ("{{tt|My New Tank}}", in this example).
*File > Save.
*I have never heard of a case where the flags were set wrong, so unless you created a new .csf, just hit "OK".
**If you ''did'' create a new .csf, make sure the language flag is set correctly.

Once you hit OK, your file is saved. You're done.
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[[Category:General_Editing_Information]]
[[Category:General Tutorials]]
[[Category:XCC Tutorials]]

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