Editing .BIN/.XML asset files

[PapaXpress]

Before you post any XML I would like to know one thing. Are you editing a BIN or GEO file? The problem I was describing with the file size was with GEO files, not BIN.

Also you should not post GEO code here unless it was a freeware model.

[Chacal]

Whoa! Good point.
It is a known problem that serz will not convert back a GEO file.

[PapaXpress]

Whoa! Good point.
It is a known problem that serz will not convert back a GEO file.

That's not completely true. MadMike and I edit GEOs all the time. The difference is that they are vary small.

[OlPaint]

I am just interested in editing the asset name of several locomotive repaints in my asset collection so that the asset names are a little bit more descriptive for my pleasure. I have a repalnt of the G-TraX SPS_700 Northerns that has a name assigned by the repaint author as simply "CO". I wanted to rename the asset as "CO600" indicating to me that asset in my personal collectionis a 4-8-4 Chesapeake and Ohio "Greenbrier" Class No600. My simple edit of the .BIN file for the repaint is constantly failing to recompile with an error "Expected Missing End Tag"

OlPaint

[Chacal]

Just to be clear, you still get this error when doing this:
In Rw-Tools:
- File/open (or Ctrl-O) the bin file
- edit the name without overwriting the xml tag at the end of the line
- File / Save (or Ctrl-S)

[OlPaint]

That is a roger, Chacal

A friend just sent my his copy of SERZ.exe. I was able to successfully recompile the .xml to .bin with his copy. I had a suspicion that my bundled SERZ that came RailWorks was misbehaving. Now I have a working copy to play with. What a relief.

OlPaint