JayDominus 5 Posted September 10, 2014 So, I have this thingy going on that requires a lot of TLK editing. TalkED, while a great tool, is not very comfortable for doing a lot of editing, with its lack of autoreplace function. Converting the TLK to TXT or other Notepad+ editable formats would be perfect and I found a tool for doing that - Ajaja's TLK unpacker. But the only problem is that included packer makes the strings all jumbled and in all the wrong places. TLK Compiler by another user that Google search found me just doesn't work and creates empty files. So I a tool to convert TLK to TXT (or other Notepad+ editable formats) and back. Can you please tell me if there is one? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fair Strides 508 Posted September 10, 2014 There is no tool for such at this time, but within a few days I can send you a tool that will convert the tlk to txt, with some formatting: Header: Language: Number of Strings: Then for each string: String : Flags: Sound: SoundLengeth: Text Present: Audio: Text: That would be the format I'd extract the TLK in, and I'd need it to be in that format to convert back to TLK. Also, I say that I'll send the TXT->TLK first because the TLK->TXT will be a bit more complicated to do and require more time. Also, given the specific use of the tool, it'll probably be a command-line/prompt tool, okay? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JayDominus 5 Posted September 10, 2014 There is no tool for such at this time, but within a few days I can send you a tool that will convert the tlk to txt, with some formatting: Header: Language: Number of Strings: Then for each string: String <TLK StrRef>: Flags: Sound: <Yes/No> SoundLengeth: Text Present: <Yes/No> Audio: Text: That would be the format I'd extract the TLK in, and I'd need it to be in that format to convert back to TLK. Also, I say that I'll send the TXT->TLK first because the TLK->TXT will be a bit more complicated to do and require more time. Also, given the specific use of the tool, it'll probably be a command-line/prompt tool, okay? Sure! This will help me tremendously, thank you! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fair Strides 508 Posted September 11, 2014 Well, I got some free time and decided to do the TLK->TXT program. I should have the TXT->TLK done within a day or two. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JayDominus 5 Posted September 11, 2014 You're a life saver! My translation project would take 4x more time without such a thing! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fair Strides 508 Posted September 11, 2014 You're a life saver! My translation project would take 4x more time without such a thing! Well, unfortunately, I'm not sure how it will work with languages other than English. It'll need testing on that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JayDominus 5 Posted September 11, 2014 Well, unfortunately, I'm not sure how it will work with languages other than English. It'll need testing on that. Just tried it out, converting to TXT works like a charm with non-English letters. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fair Strides 508 Posted September 13, 2014 Just tried it out, converting to TXT works like a charm with non-English letters. Well, that's great! Guess what's better? Here's the TXT to TLK converter! Mind you, it will again have to be tested for compatibility with other languages... 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JayDominus 5 Posted September 13, 2014 Hmm. It only creates 1kb files for me, regardless of language. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fair Strides 508 Posted September 13, 2014 (edited) Hmm. It only creates 1kb files for me, regardless of language. Can you contact me on Skype within 10-15 minutes? It'll be easiest when we can send files to each other. Edited September 13, 2014 by Fair Strides Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JayDominus 5 Posted September 13, 2014 Can you contact me on Skype within 10-15 minutes? It'll be easiest when we can send files to each other. Sorry for the late reply. Can I contact you later? I'm tired and in need of a good nap. I got your Skype id. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JayDominus 5 Posted September 14, 2014 Sorry for double post. Fair Strides sent me new files over Skype and they worked flawlessly. He'll post the new files here. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fair Strides 508 Posted September 15, 2014 As promised, here is the bundle of files to convert a .TLK file to .TXT and back again, allowing for easy editing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hassat Hunter 571 Posted October 5, 2014 Same question here; why dont you upload these to "proper" downloads knowing it's working? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fair Strides 508 Posted October 6, 2014 Same question here; why dont you upload these to "proper" downloads knowing it's working? As in, uploading it in the download section? Hadn't thought it really necessary, as it's a specialized tool and we don't really have a section for tools in the upload... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Malkior 472 Posted October 6, 2014 Well we have Media, Mods, and Skins in the downloads section. Perhaps we should put out a request for an Essential Tools or Modding Tools section as well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sith Holocron 2,452 Posted October 6, 2014 Send a PM to Tyvokka Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fair Strides 508 Posted October 7, 2014 On it now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zbyl2 811 Posted October 7, 2014 Hadn't thought it really necessary, as it's a specialized tool and we don't really have a section for tools in the upload... I added a Modding Tools category for you. Wasn't sure whether to put it under KOTOR or TSL, so it's a separate section altogether. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fair Strides 508 Posted October 7, 2014 I added a Modding Tools category for you. Wasn't sure whether to put it under KOTOR or TSL, so it's a separate section altogether. Is it possible to increase the maximum file size? With the way Perl packs it's files, my tools usually run above 5MB, but don't get as high as 10MB. The maximum is 2MB, and I simply can't meet that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zbyl2 811 Posted October 7, 2014 Is it possible to increase the maximum file size? With the way Perl packs it's files, my tools usually run above 5MB, but don't get as high as 10MB. The maximum is 2MB, and I simply can't meet that. Sorry, didn't notice the limit. I increased it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
