[Help]Conversion to UTF

[Dave Synk]

So I've got my nose into alchemy stuff, but I ran into a problem while I cannot conver the xml file. I poked on the chatbox too, the suggestion was perhaps something with the file is but I'll put the code below and maybe something I missed. This is the test code from the Tutorial section of the alchemy guide

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<UTFXML filename="my_test_engine.ale" path="DATA\FX\ENGINE">
    <UTF_ROOT>
        <ALEffectLib>
            <ALEffectLib type="ALEffectLib" version="1.1">
            <effect name="my_test_engine">
                <fx>
                    1, 32768, 1, 0xEE223B51
                    2,     1, 0, my_test_engine_fire.emt
                    3,     1, 0, my_test_engine_fire.app
                </fx>
                <pairs>
                    2, 3
                </pairs>
                </effect>
            </ALEffectLib>
        </ALEffectLib>
        <AlchemyNodeLibrary>
            <AlchemyNodeLibrary type="AlchemyNodeLibrary" version="1.1">
            <node name="FxCubeEmitter">
                <effect type="0x103" name="Node_Name">my_test_engine_fire.emt</effect>
                <effect type="0x003" name="Node_LifeSpan">Infinite</effect>
                <effect type="0x105" name="Node_Transform">0x435</effect>
                <effect type="0x200" name="Emitter_LODCurve">
                    <float_header type="4">
                        0:
                            <float type="4">
                                0: 1
                            </float>
                    </float_header>
                <effect type="0x002" name="Emitter_InitialParticles">0</effect>
                <effect type="0x202" name="Emitter_Frequency">
                    <single type="4">
                        0: 30
                    </single>
                </effect>
                <effect type="0x202" name="Emitter_MaxParticles">
                    <single type="4">
                        0: 10000
                    </single>
                </effect>
                <effect type="0x202" name="Emitter_EmitCount">
                    <single type="4">
                        0: 0
                    </single>
                </effect>
                <effect type="0x202" name="Emitter_InitLifeSpan">
                    <single type="4">
                        0: 2
                    </single>
                </effect>
                <effect type="0x202" name="Emitter_Pressure">
                    <single type="4">
                        0: 4
                    </single>
                </effect>
                <effect type="0x202" name="Emitter_VelocityApproach">
                    <single type="4">
                        0: 0
                    </single>
                </effect>
                <effect type="0x202" name="CubeEmitter_Width">
                    <single type="4">
                        0: 0.5
                    </single>
                </effect>
                <effect type="0x202" name="CubeEmitter_Height">
                    <single type="4">
                        0: 0.5
                    </single>
                </effect>
                <effect type="0x202" name="CubeEmitter_Depth">
                    <single type="4">
                        0: 0.5
                    </single>
                </effect>
                <effect type="0x202" name="CubeEmitter_MinSpread">
                    <single type="4">
                        0: 0
                    </single>
                </effect>
                <effect type="0x202" name="CubeEmitter_MaxSpread">
                    <single type="4">
                        0: 5
                    </single>
                </effect>
            </node>
            <node name="FxBasicAppearance">
                <effect type="0x103" name="Node_Name">my_test_engine_fire.app</effect>
                <effect type="0x003" name="Node_LifeSpan">Infinite</effect>
                <effect type="0x105" name="Node_Transform">0x435</effect>
                <effect type="0x200" name="Appearance_LODCurve">
                    <float_header type="4">
                        0:
                            <float_type="4">
                                0: 1
                            </float>
                        </float_header>
                </effect>
                <effect type="0x001" name="BasicApp_TriTexture">false</effect>
                <effect type="0x001" name="BasicApp_QuadTexture">true</effect>
                <effect type="0x001" name="BasicApp_MotionBlur">false</effect>
                <effect type="0x201" name="BasicApp_Color">
                    <rgb_header type="4">
                        0:
                        <rgb type="4">
                            0.0: 0.4, 0.6, 1.0
                            0.5: 0.2, 0.8, 0.6
                        </rgb>
                    </rgb_header>
                </effect>
                <effect type="0x200" name="BasicApp_Alpha">
                    <float_header type="4">
                        0:
                            <float type="1">
                                0.00: 0
                                0.05: 1
                                0.75: 1
                                1.00: 0
                            </float>
                    </float_header>
                </effect>
                <effect type="0x200" name="BasicApp_Size">
                    <float_header type="4">
                        0:
                            <float type="4">
                                0.00: 0.4
                                0.05: 0.65
                                0.25: 0.5
                                1.00: 0
                            </float>
                    </float_header>
                </effect>
                <effect type="0x200" name="BasicApp_HToVAspect">
                    <float_header type="4">
                        0:
                            <float type="4">
                                0: 1
                            </float>
                    </float_header>
                </effect>
                <effect type="0x200" name="BasicApp_Rotate">
                    <float_header type="4">
                        0:
                            <float type="4">
                                0: 0
                            </float>
                    </float_header>
                </effect>
                <effect type="0x103" name="BasicApp_TexName">soft-flare</effect>
                <effect type="0x104" name="BasicApp_BlendInfo">5, 2</effect>
                <effect type="0x001" name="BasicApp_UseCommonTexFrame">false</effect>
                <effect type="0x200" name="BasicApp_TexFrame">
                    <float_header type="4">
                        0:
                            <float type="1">
                                0: 1
                            </float>
                    </float_header>
                </effect>
                <effect type="0x202" name="BasicApp_CommonTexFrame">
                    <single type="4">
                        0: 0
                    </single>
                </effect>
                <effect type="0x001" name="BasicApp_FlipTexU">false</effect>
                <effect type="0x001" name="BasicApp_FlipTexV">false</effect>
            </node>            
            </AlchemyNodeLibrary>
        </AlchemyNodeLibrary>
    </UTF_ROOT>
</UTFXML>

The XML file is saved as "my_test_engine.ale.xml(this being the actual format)" I've tried without the .ale in the name but the effect is the same. There is something in the code maybe that I'm missing. Please, gimme a hint if you see it.

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- Sovereign

[Sombs]

Durandal gave me two tools for that, ALE to UTF and UTF to ALE. They should be in the mod pack. If not, I can host them for you.

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[Dave Synk]

Would be great if you could host them quickly Thank you Sombra

PS: I am using the UTFXML/XMLUTF convertors btw

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[Sombs]

UTF -> XML

XML -> UTF

They are rather self-explanatory. Look at it for two minutes and you know how to use them.

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[Dave Synk]

I have the Freelancer XML Project that contains the two files, but apparently I cannot convert the XML file to UTF, even using the program.

PS: "Examined 1 XML File, Created 0 UTF files", I don't get it why..

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- Sovereign

[Sombs]

Weird, it works for me though. Play around with it a bit, maybe you find the answer.

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[Dave Synk]

Can you convert the code I posted ?

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Rudimentary creatures of blood and flesh, you touch my mind, fumbling in ignorance, incapable of understanding.
- Sovereign

[Sombs]

No. Something is wrong with your code.

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[Dave Synk]

No. Something is wrong with your code.

Damn I cant figure out what, cuz I've took it directly from the tutorial, line by line, checked it again even..

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Rudimentary creatures of blood and flesh, you touch my mind, fumbling in ignorance, incapable of understanding.
- Sovereign

[Treewyrm]

Add newline at the end of the file so that the last line in file is empty string.

In short XML-UTF tools are poorly coded and aren't handling XML in a proper way.