HuntingNut
HuntingNut
   Login or Register
HomeCommunity ForumsPhoto AlbumsRegister
     
 

User Info

Welcome Anonymous

Nickname
Password

Membership:
Latest: RALPHJANIS
New Today: 0
New Yesterday: 0
Overall: 13166

People Online:
Members: 0
Visitors: 75
Bots: 1
Staff: 0
Staff Online:

No staff members are online!
 

Coppermine Stats
Photo Albums
 Albums: 314
 Pictures: 2466
  · Views: 825562
  · Votes: 1316
  · Comments: 85
 

Adding a wildcat to the caliber database
Help / Support / How-to's / Discussion related to PointBlank Software and External Ballistics in general
Post new topic   Reply to topic   Printer Friendly Page    Forum Index » PointBlank Software

View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
cz75lang
Rookie Member
Rookie Member


Joined: Apr 03, 2011
Posts: 7

PostPosted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 12:47 pm    Post subject: Adding a wildcat to the caliber database Reply with quote

I have a wildcat I had made I call the 257 long range ultravarmint. Thats 257 LUV for short. I have been trying to add this to the caliber database but when I try to save, it seems to be there but when I call for the new rifle, only the original database comes up to choose from. I'm using Excel from Office 2010 and when I use save, I get a standard excel work sheet. If I use save as" I get choices for the format but none that exactly matches the original file format. Is there a way to over come this? If not, is there a free spreadsheet editor that will let me get the job done? I want to get my new reloading data posted.----PJ
Back to top
View user's profile
DallanC
Site Admin
Site Admin


Joined: Jan 18, 2005
Posts: 3585
Location: Utah

PostPosted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 1:17 pm    Post subject: Re: Adding a wildcat to the caliber database Reply with quote

You are adding the new caliber to the calibers_user.slk file?

I havent heard of any issues with office 2010... SLK files have been around for a very very long time. I am concidering switching over to XML format though, the only issue is most users have no way to edit xml files, but most have editors that will read SLK files.


-DallanC
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
DallanC
Site Admin
Site Admin


Joined: Jan 18, 2005
Posts: 3585
Location: Utah

PostPosted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 1:19 pm    Post subject: Re: Adding a wildcat to the caliber database Reply with quote

Email me the file you edited, but doesnt work please.

dallanc @ huntingnut.com

-DallanC
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
cz75lang
Rookie Member
Rookie Member


Joined: Apr 03, 2011
Posts: 7

PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 12:35 am    Post subject: Re: Adding a wildcat to the caliber database Reply with quote

I finally ignored calling Point Blank up using the patcher and simply called for the program. It came up with my wild cat in the edited caliber file. I made a new rifle entry and added a couple of loads and saved it. Exited the program and restarted using the patcher. My wild cat and the loads are there. I added a couple more loads to check function and it works fine. The wild cat still doesn't show in the caliber file. How do you call for the caliber_user file?---PJ
Back to top
View user's profile
DallanC
Site Admin
Site Admin


Joined: Jan 18, 2005
Posts: 3585
Location: Utah

PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 10:01 pm    Post subject: Re: Adding a wildcat to the caliber database Reply with quote

Did you get the email I sent you? I sent you a working caliber_user file with your data.

You will want to use the "Xxxxxx_user" files for your user data otherwise the patcher will overwrite them with info from the website.


-DallanC
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
cz75lang
Rookie Member
Rookie Member


Joined: Apr 03, 2011
Posts: 7

PostPosted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:52 am    Post subject: Re: Adding a wildcat to the caliber database Reply with quote

I have the calibers_user file you sent me. How do I use it? I can't find any way to access it in the program and the help file doesn't give any information on how to use it. I can easily edit the slk file but still don't know how to make use of it.---cz75lang
Back to top
View user's profile
DallanC
Site Admin
Site Admin


Joined: Jan 18, 2005
Posts: 3585
Location: Utah

PostPosted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 8:06 am    Post subject: Re: Adding a wildcat to the caliber database Reply with quote

Just copy the user_calibers.slk file into your pointblank directory. If any ****_user.slk file exists, it is automatically loaded and its data integrated into the normal data.


-DallanC
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
cz75lang
Rookie Member
Rookie Member


Joined: Apr 03, 2011
Posts: 7

PostPosted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:45 pm    Post subject: Re: Adding a wildcat to the caliber database Reply with quote

If you delete the semi-colon it works just fine. I guess I should read the instructions closer. Thanks----PJ (cz75lang)
Back to top
View user's profile
schastain
Rookie Member
Rookie Member


Joined: Nov 01, 2011
Posts: 3

PostPosted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 12:44 pm    Post subject: Re: Adding a wildcat to the caliber database Reply with quote

I had similar issues, one with a bullet and one with a powder. The bullets_user.slk file fixed the one with the bullet. However I still can't get the patcher to add the powder that i put in the powders_user.slk file. Any suggestions?
Back to top
View user's profile
cz75lang
Rookie Member
Rookie Member


Joined: Apr 03, 2011
Posts: 7

PostPosted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 1:44 pm    Post subject: Re: Adding a wildcat to the caliber database Reply with quote

No Longer Watching-----PJ
Back to top
View user's profile
DallanC
Site Admin
Site Admin


Joined: Jan 18, 2005
Posts: 3585
Location: Utah

PostPosted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 2:59 pm    Post subject: Re: Adding a wildcat to the caliber database Reply with quote

schastain wrote:
I had similar issues, one with a bullet and one with a powder. The bullets_user.slk file fixed the one with the bullet. However I still can't get the patcher to add the powder that i put in the powders_user.slk file. Any suggestions?

The patcher doesnt make any changes to the *_user.slk files. You edit those yourself with any spread sheet program like Excel or Open Office.

The patcher will however, make sure the normal component *.slk files are synced up with the server, overwriting any changes that have happened.


-DallanC
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
schastain
Rookie Member
Rookie Member


Joined: Nov 01, 2011
Posts: 3

PostPosted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 3:05 pm    Post subject: Re: Adding a wildcat to the caliber database Reply with quote

ok, sorry for this misunderstanding of how the program is configuered to work. I still cannot get it to recognize the powder i added. I created a file named powders_user.slk with one powder in it (w780). no semicolons in front of the line with the powder data. Is there something im supposed to do to get pointblank to recognize the "custom" powder. I did it exactly like the bullet i added and Pointblank found it.......
Back to top
View user's profile
schastain
Rookie Member
Rookie Member


Joined: Nov 01, 2011
Posts: 3

PostPosted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 3:08 pm    Post subject: Re: Adding a wildcat to the caliber database Reply with quote

now i feel stupid! It is there now, don't know how i missed it before, but your instructions work perfectly! Thanks for all the hard work you have put into this!
Back to top
View user's profile
DallanC
Site Admin
Site Admin


Joined: Jan 18, 2005
Posts: 3585
Location: Utah

PostPosted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 10:49 pm    Post subject: Re: Adding a wildcat to the caliber database Reply with quote

You are welcome!


-DallanC
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic   Printer Friendly Page    Forum Index » PointBlank Software
Page 1 of 1
All times are GMT - 7 Hours



Jump to:  


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum


Valid CSS! Valid HTML 4.01!
Click to check if this page is realy HTML 4.01 compliant for speed :)

All logos and trademarks in this site are property of HuntingNut.com.
The comments are property of their posters, all the rest © 2011 by HuntingNut.com
Interactive software released under GNU GPL, Code Credits, Privacy Policy

.: Upgraded to DragonFly 9.2 by *Dizfunkshunal* :.