Pathfinder Creature Parser V2

[M_A_G_O]

I am having problems in installing this in my MAC, with Crossover i am usually able to install everything for windows, but not this time. Any idea, someone in the same situation?

[GMTroll]

I have it working on Mac using WineSkin. Don't remember doing anything other than installing mono in the wrapper but I'd need to check the wrapper

[M_A_G_O]

Mmmmm, no way, both with Crossover nor with Wineskin.

I let you a pair of captures,



This is trying to install the Parser with Crossover



And this last one trying to do the same with Wineskin...

Any idea Mac-users?

[GMTroll]

OK I've had a chance to look at the my WineSkin wrapper this morning and I have actually installed a lot of packages using wine tricks to get this working.

.Net 2.0 Service Pack 1 & 2
.Net 3.0 Service Pack 1 & 2
.Net 3.5 Service Pack 1
.Net 4 Client Profile
.Net 4 Extended
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable
MSXML 6.0 Parser

I am not sure if all of these are actually needed, and they make to package very large approx 1.2 GB.

I also had the error in your screenshot for WineSkin and you will need to point your WineSkin wrapper to the .exe manually. Follow these steps:

1 - Right click on your WineSkin wrapper
2 - Select 'Show Package Contents'
3 - Launch the WineSkin app that will be shown in the wrapper
4 - Press the Advanced button
5 - Set the path to the .exe file in the Window EXE field.

I found the .exe at the following path within the wrapper, however the name of the numbered folders may be different for your wrapper

/users/Wineskin/Local Settings/Apps/2.0/WA3MXBRL.K44/8M6889CO.0J3/pfrp..tion_403d954494254f63_0002.0000_f9029521ee3e 4bbc/PFRPG FG Creature Parser v2.exe

Hope that helps

[damned]

Awesome tool - thanks Trenloe.

[M_A_G_O]

OK I've had a chance to look at the my WineSkin wrapper this morning and I have actually installed a lot of packages using wine tricks to get this working.

.Net 2.0 Service Pack 1 & 2
.Net 3.0 Service Pack 1 & 2
.Net 3.5 Service Pack 1
.Net 4 Client Profile
.Net 4 Extended
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable
MSXML 6.0 Parser

I am not sure if all of these are actually needed, and they make to package very large approx 1.2 GB.

I also had the error in your screenshot for WineSkin and you will need to point your WineSkin wrapper to the .exe manually. Follow these steps:

1 - Right click on your WineSkin wrapper
2 - Select 'Show Package Contents'
3 - Launch the WineSkin app that will be shown in the wrapper
4 - Press the Advanced button
5 - Set the path to the .exe file in the Window EXE field.

I found the .exe at the following path within the wrapper, however the name of the numbered folders may be different for your wrapper

/users/Wineskin/Local Settings/Apps/2.0/WA3MXBRL.K44/8M6889CO.0J3/pfrp..tion_403d954494254f63_0002.0000_f9029521ee3e 4bbc/PFRPG FG Creature Parser v2.exe

Hope that helps

Really not at the moment, but i Keep on trying. I'll let you know as soon as i get something.

Thanks anyway

[GMTroll]

@M_A_G_O, here is a link to a working wineskin wrapper for the Creature Parser https://www.dropbox.com/s/44h4evkylq...arser%20v2.zip

This is a new wrapper that I created after experimenting a little. I is down to only the essentials and about 700mb. For anyone wanting to build there own wineskin wrapper here is what I did.

1 - Create a new wineskin wrapper using WineSkin Winery
2 - Right click on the newly created wrapper and select show package contents
3 - Launch the wineskin.app inside the wrapper (package)
4 - On the wineskin menu select advanced
5 - In the Wineskin Advanced window click on the Tools tab at the top of the window
6 - Click on Winetricks (top middle)
7 - In the winetricks window select vbrun6 and vcrun2008 then press the Run button
8 - Once that has completed select msxml3 and press run. Note this will open a web page in your browser to download the file. Follow the instructions from the winetricks output on what to do with the downloaded file. And you will need to run msxml3 again.
9 - Now select dotnet40 and press run. If this does not work then close winetricks and manually download .net 4 standalone and install by pressing the Install Software button at the bottom of the Wineskin Advance window.
10 - To install the Creature Parser click on the Install Software button and then press Choose Setup Executable and select the Creature Parser setup.exe. Once it has installed you will get an error saying an executable cannot be found. Don't worry we just need to enter this manually (or cut and paste)
11 - In the Wineskin Advanced window press the Configuration tab and enter or copy and paste the file path to the Windows .EXE field. It should be located here users/Wineskin/Local Settings/Apps/2.0/[name varies]/[name varies]/pfrp..tion_403d954494254f63_0002.0000_f9029521ee3e 4bbc/PFRPG FG Creature Parser v2.exe. Not that two of the folders names will vary from each installation.

[M_A_G_O]

@M_A_G_O, here is a link to a working wineskin wrapper for the Creature Parser https://www.dropbox.com/s/44h4evkylq...arser%20v2.zip

This is a new wrapper that I created after experimenting a little. I is down to only the essentials and about 700mb. For anyone wanting to build there own wineskin wrapper here is what I did.

1 - Create a new wineskin wrapper using WineSkin Winery
2 - Right click on the newly created wrapper and select show package contents
3 - Launch the wineskin.app inside the wrapper (package)
4 - On the wineskin menu select advanced
5 - In the Wineskin Advanced window click on the Tools tab at the top of the window
6 - Click on Winetricks (top middle)
7 - In the winetricks window select vbrun6 and vcrun2008 then press the Run button
8 - Once that has completed select msxml3 and press run. Note this will open a web page in your browser to download the file. Follow the instructions from the winetricks output on what to do with the downloaded file. And you will need to run msxml3 again.
9 - Now select dotnet40 and press run. If this does not work then close winetricks and manually download .net 4 standalone and install by pressing the Install Software button at the bottom of the Wineskin Advance window.
10 - To install the Creature Parser click on the Install Software button and then press Choose Setup Executable and select the Creature Parser setup.exe. Once it has installed you will get an error saying an executable cannot be found. Don't worry we just need to enter this manually (or cut and paste)
11 - In the Wineskin Advanced window press the Configuration tab and enter or copy and paste the file path to the Windows .EXE field. It should be located here users/Wineskin/Local Settings/Apps/2.0/[name varies]/[name varies]/pfrp..tion_403d954494254f63_0002.0000_f9029521ee3e 4bbc/PFRPG FG Creature Parser v2.exe. Not that two of the folders names will vary from each installation.

Incredible!!! This works perfectly!!!!

You have saved me a lot of work, thanks a lot GMTroll!!

[Lawleslisa]

Hello;
I am using the Parser for the first time and when I open the module in FG I get this message. The creature parser itself is not giving me back any errors -- it had been, a lot of xml errors concerning spells, that I think I have fixed. But obviously something is wrong. I am not sure what this message means or how to fix it. Please advise.

Database Error: A XML parse error occurred processing file EmeraldSpireEditMonsters:db.xml - Error on line 1846: Error reading end tag.

Thanks for any help in advance

[Trenloe]

Hello;
I am using the Parser for the first time and when I open the module in FG I get this message. The creature parser itself is not giving me back any errors -- it had been, a lot of xml errors concerning spells, that I think I have fixed. But obviously something is wrong. I am not sure what this message means or how to fix it. Please advise.

Database Error: A XML parse error occurred processing file EmeraldSpireEditMonsters:db.xml - Error on line 1846: Error reading end tag.

Thanks for any help in advance

These are the hardest errors to tie down.

The parser makes an attempt to recognise various sections of text within the statblock - most notably spells, spell like abilities and special abilities; and it formats these so there are more easily read in the "Other" tab. If the original format was not what was expected the parser can create XML that is broken - which is what you're seeing here. Open up the db.xml file (it will be in a directory EmeraldSpireEditMonsters) and look which creature that line 1846 is relating to. If you understand XML and XML tags, then you may be able to see where the problem is - the error will be caused by XML tags out of order.

If you can identify which creature it is, but can't work out the error then post the text of the creature here.

One thing to keep in mind - the parser will only parse one spell like abilities section, if there are 2 then this might be causing the error remove one of the spell like abilities section.