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The SAS Factory - Tech Help, Ancient Mods etc. => Tech Help (other than BAT or IL-2 Great Battles) => Topic started by: AirShark on August 05, 2022, 03:59:12 AM
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is it possible to open .mat files without matlab, is there any community tools for modding ?
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Any text editor... Notepad (Windows)... Notepad 2 (better)...
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Any text editor... Notepad (Windows)... Notepad 2 (better)...
oh thanks i thought they are compiled files lol :P
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Developers will use different extensions on text files to keep windows from doing something screwy and to make sure the game is the default loader, not notepad. It's always worth trying notepad first on a file with a different extension name to see if it's compiled or not.
The way WinDoze works, if you double click on the file, it'll make you "think" it may be a hex file because it will say there's no associated program. Hence, why you open notepad and give it a try rather than double clicking on the file.
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Files with the following extensions can be associated with Notepad (NotePad2 is much better).
These are "standard" text files.
- eff
- mat
- ini
- properties
- prs
- sim
- him
- txl
And I must forget some!
A special feature for "msh" files.
These files are "binary" when they concern "stock" objects.
They can be converted into text files with MeshViewer, for example.
Otherwise in the Mods, they are mostly text files.
Another special feature in IL-2 concerns the "tga" image files.
They are not in "standard" format.
To convert them you only need "ViewIMF v1".
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the problem with .mat files is that windows thinks that they are "Microsoft Access Tables" so it wont let you use other program to open them by default and also hides the .mat file extension. In general you need to first open a text editor (any will do) and from there open the mat file that you want.
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You just have to re-associate the extension to the Notepad... it works on my W10!
And don't forget to tell Windows to display all extensions of all files...