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1Readme.txt
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3XmlTools v2.0a
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7Description:
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10XmlTools is a command-line modding tool that operates on XML files.
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12It supports many operations in XML files and even non implemented operations using custom javascript code.
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14It is developed in C++ and works in both Mac OS and Windows.
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16An additional guide with examples can be read here: http://wiki.oni2.net/XmlTools
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19Full Features:
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22-Update all values in a set of XML elements. (e.g., to reposition an OBAN animation or adjust pelvis height for a TRAM).
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24-Inverts a set of XML elements. (e.g., invert an OBAN animation).
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26-Add new values to a set of XML elements (e.g., add the 'unkillable' flag to some characters in a level).
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28-Remove values from a set of XML elements (e.g., remove boss shields from characters in a level).
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30-Replace values in a set XML elements (e.g., increase the health of characters by replacing the old HP value).
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32-Patch file support allows the modder to list multiple commands in a file, to all be performed at once.
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34-Add custom XML to existing files (patch only).
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36-Remove XML from existing files (patch only).
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38-Select elements using element name, parent element name, attribute name/value and XPath 1.0.
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40-Powerful custom XML editing using javascript (for what you can't do with native operations) (patch only).
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43Installation (standalone version):
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46Extract XmlTools folder to any place in your computer. Open it with command line on windows or terminal in Mac OS.
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49Contacts:
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52Script10k, "faob2@hotmail.com"
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54Oni Central Forum:
55http://oni.bungie.org
56->Select forum
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58Oni Wiki:
59http://wiki.oni2.net
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62Change Log:
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642.0a, 02-03-2014
65-Added multithreading support for @CUSTOM_CODE (performance may increase over 3 times in a quadcore)
66-Now a warning is given if a user javascript code (@CUSTOM_CODE) takes too much time to finish
67-Fixed small bug when applying patches with @COMMAND + --no-verbose where some std output should not be displayed
68-Added double single quotes in @COMMAND to allow single quotes in XPath expressions
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702.0, 08-02-2014
71-Rewrite XmlTools fom the scratch from C# to C++ in order to increase (much!) the performance of the program
72-The program now uses the following libraries: Qt5, pugixml and jsxml js library
73-The commands were simplified (they now use unix like syntax)
74-Update node operation (old updatechainvalues) it now receives the DIFFERENCE between the old value
75and the new value instead of the new value
76-Update node operation (old updatechainvalues) relation parameter was removed
77-The program now only edits files with .xml extension
78-The program now only reads patches files with .patch or .oni-patch extensions
79-The patch files now have a XmlTools minimum version
80-Some patch files operations were renamed and some extra arguments added
81-Added option to select xml elements by attribute name and value
82-Added option to select xml elements by XPath 1.0 (should reduce further the need of javascript)
83-The insertion of xml via patch now support multiple nodes inside <xml></xml> tags
84-Added exclusive option for AEI which allows AEI to pass a list of .oni-patches to process
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